The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-02-29

os Monday morning the bill should be pas
ssd la violation Of tho pledges given on Sat
ssdsy night ptevious ItAnow became q
matter oflifa and dssth 70 the right of the
majority TO govern, 4 right forever endanger.
I'd BY the bill befbre 10, and on our action
h6nRfhe fase 6f scur Constitution sa.
ossdnessbf osf oaihs--the cause Of the peo-
ple againss corporate privileges--the inter
sstsof. .ihslaboring thousands against those
yfihe,idle few. We looked all around us
Gf relief No appel could be made to the
CodTis of Justice. No! the perpetrators of
the ouirages would mos, likely be the Judges
nsxt winter Ia The General Assembly, if an
appeal was 10 be made there. Rl legal
remedies were then gone--our argcmenis,
u, snd our appeals had proved in vain! What
then was left 10 us2 The rights of free
man 10 resist tyranny! The right we have
exercised We have left the Senate Cham
bef, and thereby deprived an arbitrary ma
jority, Of the power TO do further mischief
The power Of the nineteen perjured tyrsnts
isa an end, and once more the freemen of
Ohio breathe ffecr and deeper. /.
b0 The remedy is now in the hands, of the peo-
pie. The democrats have struggled valiant,
Nly but hopelessly for four years against inya-
siens Of every description upon the tights Of
. the people, Law upon law went upon your
Y s,a,u,s books, each more aggravated in its
y character, all having one tendency TO destroy
that polical equality, Upon which alone rests
:, the fabric of oar democratic Government
b Rights were granted to wealth and denied TO
g. labors bur,hens we're placed upon labor and
wealth Was exempted from theni. Link az
Scr link was added to the chain with which
TO bind ahe political Sampson, the democrat
sic party Of Ohios one more link was neces-
sary 10 fasten the chain, and helpless
would have stood before mockug whiggery,
this san, growing rapidly in the favor Of the
people Of Ohio. That link we have snap.
ped assunder; il will give breathing spell
IN tho honest people Of Ohio--to PAUSE
10. reirsce their steps and once more 4" send
the ship cf State aAoat, iis helm entrusted to
democrntic guidance; may il find the haven
NJ ssfety, and new constitution give US G.
quality Of rights and equality Of burlhens, as
the great groundwork Of our political reeen-
Grafton. ssm ei..ilf P.
Nor.hsve we been wanting in careful and
dsep reflection. before we took our final de.
sstmlns,ion.. Broken pledges, the stern ne.
eessiiy Of the case, violated constitution,
and the absence Of any other legal remedy.
a, least compelled US reluctantly to take this,
oar present position. oa
ig Aud even this we are willing 10 surrender,
whenever reason, justice and honesty shall
have again resumed a partial sway over the
minds Of the party now having majority in
80 Genersl Assembly. Ths will appear To
,,,u plain, on reading the following dcclara.
.inn, signed by Us, and which was presented
10 the Senate BY vne Of US, before leaving
. . chamber,
9fEIets follows tho declaration which We
gave in our paper Of las, week.
!, That document contains our position, un.
a'terably takeni and, come veal, come woe,
q . people, our constituents, shall find that
ne have met the crisis, and that nohing can
d, 70 US from OUT honest, prudent and reluc-
,unily. but firmly taken position. a
n, AZ long az even a semblance Of an adhe-
70 90 TO tho constitution marked The course
d he majority, we felt bonnd to bow sub
Va sively to their behes,s; but when broken
an /, violated constitution warned US tha. ev.
cry barrier 10 cur lber,cs was 10 be swrp;;
away, then further submission became vice.
those now, or at any lime entrusted with
the management Of the government, Of the
tsopls, of Ohio, have no power except tina,
concerted by the constitution. That is the
language Of the instrument itself. The ex-
ercss OF any power no. conferred by the con-
s,i,u,ibn 10 an act of resolution, aud such an
eel must be resisted by counter revolution
That right we have exercised, and shall again
., si, ise, whenever necessary 10 defend our
ftes, un,. mod = .z,G.at .....
We shall now await the further action of
Tie majority Of the Senate, ready at any time
10 return to the final discharge Of our duties
~ legislators in finishing and perfeciing ev-
cry constitutional measure of the session, ar
TO II turn home, each to his cons'itnen,s.-
In ither case are we satisfied that we have
fe.,lsssly discharged our duties as represent
at,es Of freemen, and that had we not re-
sis ed, il might, with propriety, have been
sa Of ue, Hthat we were bat fiji 10 be slaves,
anil fit instruments 10 enslave the rest Of man
kind." .g.t.- r,r<4,,,,s ~, gs;
~ q ~ ANDREW II. BYERs,
g 'ra arRA JAMES II. EWING, EE Il
$50 aPs JAMES B. KING, -
,,,. SABIRT SCOTT,
sssE 10 ~ J. r. EMRIE, ttg |,
s9v41j ,taf JESSE WHEELER.
+9oI7 JOHN GRAHAM,
y 1879 HENRY CRONISE,
IT 7,ts9r P.B. ANKENY, 'lr,f@