Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-02-24
PEOPLE of Ohio,

You are threatened with internal commo,ion.
Fifteen Senators have retired lrum their seats in
the Senate Chamber. and the legislative power
Of the State is interrupted. Day alter day.
calmly and patiently, the majority have peacea.
bly, cndeayored to procure the attendance of a
n quorum, and TO despatch the remainder of the
buiinCs' Of the sessicn. Tier efforts have
BEEN iruilless. The absentces recklesslv refuse
obedience 10 the laws aud Constitution; and
have announced TO the public their unalterabIe
determination to prevent the npporlionmenI Of
The State for representation, un.ess the majority
shall eocoed to terms TO be dictated by the re-.
CuSanIs.
PEOPLE OF Ono! You are now threatened
with clyil REVOLUTION. The unblushing con.
demnalion Of the. proposed apporlionmenl is but
a FALSE EXCUSE for deep. dark, and reckless de.
signs. The councils Of the minority arc now
directed By u few men of desperate fortunes,
destitute Of principles, and jacobus in charac.
ter tn'aherlngty for the last five years, Your
vcrdcts have been against them. 1t is now
their purpose 10 ruin that people who have so
constantly rejected their aSperaons for power.
Equal representation is no cardinal principle
with item. Anarchy, the overthrow of all
your State institutions, they have in contempla.
uon. Even that Constitution which thcv hvpn-
crIlcay pretend to revere, ills their declared
purpose 10 overhrcw-not by the pcaccube
means of the baIInI hox, not in the way anpoin.
ted by the organic law, but in the mockcry of
the ub will, and in defiance OF estal li,hcd
law. The popular will is onIy 10 be consulted
at the market house, and no law regarded but
that Of The mob.
In the meantime, the institutions Of your
Stale are as nothing. appropriation bill has
been passed. Your public institutions has been
closed. These noble charities in which every
Ohoan has placed his greatest pride, must cease
their usefulness. The Blind, the Dumb, The la.
nallc, the Insane under the providence of God.
The greatest charges upon the cmrues Cf man,
must agaInbe turned over to the precariouS chan
ces Of the hour. No State tax can be levied.
and consequently. the interest on the public debt
must remain unpaid. The ah of Ohio must
be furnished. The bill fixing The time for hoI.
ding the Supreme COR i, not vet a law. Jus
tee between m1n AMI man can no longer bc ud-
mustered The same is true as 10 The Courts
.oI Common Pleas in some Judicial Circuits.
Besides these general and all important laws.
ihcro IS very large amount Of local business of
deep interest TO particular dlslrrts. all proslra.
ted by the recusanls. Mischief so deep aud
widespread, should have deferred an honest
man from advenlurlng upon such disorganizirg
counscs, No one bat desperate bud man can
contemplate such conduct, without Il shudlrr.
Butwhat care the leaders of the minorityl-
It is their Ia bold stroke for powlS; Tor the
overthrow Of established Instuions-,he wild
turmoil of disorganizcd society cannot confne
Them. Your public charities. Your couris OF
IJusnco-Snle Iaih---alI that honest ireemcn
most GcarIy cherish arc to them as nothing so
long as they are no; in power and have not at
Their disposal all the Offices of the State.
Frecmen of Ohio! Arouse TO The crisis
Iour institutions. your private fortunes. all that
you most cherished are in danger Yol are
called upon not in the spirit Of the alarms, but,
with the full sense Of the dangers ut hand, and
IN the strong conviction that countless evils can
only be aYcrcd by the firmnesS Of the paoIIo.-
IT you stand by the constitution and The laws,
your noble institutions us they are, and spurn
from you dlsorganzors and dslurbers ct the
peace all will be well. JUSTICE.