The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-31
TROUBLE IN OHIO.

IFrom the Columbus Statesman
In less than three weeks time the freemen of Ohio
will be called to the polls to cast their votes for twenty
three cleo of President and Vice President of the
United States. For months past 1t has been evident
that the majority preferred Cass and Butler for the
two hest Offices over any other candidates for the
same Offices The Law under which these electors of
President and Vice President are to be chosen says,
the Governor sixty days before the election shall issue
his proclamation to be published in newspaper in
each county in the State where any such paper is
printed notifying the voters of the time whe the cleo
ton is to be held and the number Of electors to be cho
The Governor Of the State has seen proper dsre
gard this plain requirement Of statute law and the be-
lief in many minds is that If such will defeat
Cass and Butler, the wing party will take advantage
Of the neglect refusal to issue the proclamation and
thus aside the of the State and treat the
election though none had been held When first
we drew attention to the fact, the Journal tried to
make sport of it. but finding that Of avail by the
aid of Governor Bebb 1t undertook to argue that the
law repealed We showed this to be false. showed
that If repealed there law of the state what
provide for the meeting Of the electoral college,
law to commission the electors, law to count the
votes The Journal then was silent The Cincinnati
Gazette, leading wing paper, edited by one of the
ablest whg lawyers in the State, expressed similar
views, and advised that even yet Gov. Bebb should
issue his proclsmation but Gov Bebb dsre that
advice he had dsregarded the law and forty of the
sixty days required have passed, nd proclamation
has been issued. The votes for President aad Vice
President, are to be opened and canvassed by the
House of Representatives in Congress. That body
contains whg majority, and If they deem the Issuing
the essential to the election they will
cast aside the vote Of the State If Gen Cass when
the returns opened and counted should be found
to have minority OF the electoral votes, including
Ohio. then the vote Of Ohio will be counted but it, by
throwing aside the vote Of the State Gen Casa be
defeated it requires great stretch Of Imagination to
conceive that the leaders OF the party who went with
the enc in the late war; that the party who attempt
ed to gain power through all time by base and vii
famous fraud on Ohio will be found sufficiently COR
rupt If they whip their followers into the traces to
the fraud by throwing aside the vee of the
State because Gov Bebb refused to execute the plain
requireme nts Of statute law The law makes 1t the
duty of the sherfs Of the different counties to give
notice by proclamation, ten days before the election,
of the time Of holding ush ee ction, and of the
Der of electors Of President and Vice President to be
chosen. The law Is as imperative upon them, in this
matter, as 1t Is upon the Governor. Several of the
sheriffs have already performed their duty-others
have not. Though Gov. Bebb has refused to do his
duty, warn the sheriffs, have before warned
them that pleading the precedent set by the Governor
will not avail them and that it will be for
their neglect of duty The time will pass, when
such pro exclamation ean1egally be issued aud
Them ere 1t be too late to that the law is by them
carried cut