Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-05-31

Lhat Il proieS ,,i',.i oil 49, Dt IA .ue and SUD
/ scrbed by the members ..BtFoRE ALMioH
w COP AND THE HoNoRABLs horsE, THAT
1 NsITHER MYSELF NOR ANY OTHER TO MY
/ KNoWLEDoE HAvE sTAKEN AWAY, OR DO At
| rHis PRESENT CONCEAL A BILL ENTITLED
&s."
The taking Of the npperiionment bill
| from the table of the Senate, where it wa:
laid by the adjournment of Monday, addec
larceny to the cons, piracy against the rights
If The people OF the State. In the common
walks OF lie, crimes such RS these would
| no, g., unpunished--and yet, because they
we're committed in Legislative capacity
! he perpetrators fild aiders and co'r.orters
among pans,ns OF the same political
school.
The passage Of the resolution in the
| House, although done by ''FRAuD AND CON
splsAcY," aud in violation the sumo rule
..f order, which caused the Justification OF
the journals and the purloinng the bill
from the Seuate 'hamber, and enrullng II
even before its pretended passage, are only
I, part of the SCHEME by which the fraud
was perpetrated, Us will appsar fron the
Senate journals.
The Constitution requires two.thirds OF
the members 10 form quorum tor the trans
action nf business. Inc Senate journals
show that during the entire day on trid'y,
M, more than one hall OF the members
were in the Senate Chanber; yet mes 'ge
was received ann"uncng the pasage ot the
House resolutions; and the journal "l the
&t,,, I,eo si,o n .hsNSA
that the Speaker OF the Senate signed the
the bill on Friday without n quorum. and
before the Senaie was notified that the
Speaker OF the House had signed it,; and
one dav before i, was reported back from
the hands of the enrolling committee. T"
subs,an,iale these cha,ges, we quote from
the. journel, (pnge sos "rhe Speaker di
rected "a call Of the Sena,e,' &c. >even-
teen Senators were found absent, two "i
whom were sick and fifteen reused t"
attend, as shown by the journal; and every
recorded vote upon all questions during the
entire day, shows only from seven to sevei-
teen Sennt,rs present. No business then
under the Constitution could be transacted; !;
and all tina, was done except sending for
the absentees and adj III rning, was constitu-
tionally void Again. the journa! of sat.
urday. had the following eniries-see pages
574-'5. --s
..Messags from the Hous of Represen
tativts.
.:Mr. Speaker. The Speaker OF the
f1ouse has signed the following enrolled
bills, and Join, Iesoiutans."
The last OF which is
rs. No. 20, to H. and appar,ion the rep,
resentation of the General Assembly o: tho
State of Uhl,.'' Then comes the follow
ing entry:
SIS md enrolled bills were severally s. gn-
ed bv the Speaker vt the Senate ON YES.
TERDAY"
Also OH pnge 56l-2. slme dav.
"Mr. Hastings truu, the co'n"'itte on e".
rollment, maae the following report:
II he standing communities on enroll
ment have compared the following enrolled
bills and resolutions, and fund the same tru
ly enrr,led,- among which we tind ''S.>o
10 10 tix and apporton The rep. esentation
of The General Assembly OF the State OF
Ohio." -
The Speaker then, had not only sign
ed the bill without n quorum to constitute Il
Senate i;r the transaction of b,s!nes; but
in his h,.t hasle tn consuninle the trick,
he even signed ths bii! one day in advance.
and before reported and cnrolled by the ell.
rolling committee.
The parliamentary law ON this subjecs
may be found in the toll wing j'lns sIanh
ing rules oi the last Legislature
"I3. When bills or ,lnt resolutions
nre enrolled, they shall be examined by
n ,int cunmtte ol two members from each
House, to be appointed IA standing commit
lee for that purpose, whuse duty 1t shall be
to compare the onrol cd with the engrossed
bills and resolutions passed by the two
Houses, curfeci any CLERICAL errors which
NAV be discove, ed, and report forthwith to
lneir respective Houses.
ia. .iter examination and report, elch
bill and iHnt resolution, shall bs slgued III
their respective Houses; first, by the t>pe.k-
,r OF Il Sena e, and then by the House
who shall Ii the di,ie thereto"
In the administration OF justice in our
courts, the rules OF the court, and usages
of law, as To pleadings &c. are strictly Ell,
forced Oi'how much more binding valid
it: then should parliamentary usages and
law be observed In the passage OF ennc-
ments, affecting not ont, the rights OF clli-
zens, but the very liberties OF the people!
Such, citizens ef Ohio, is II Ialthtui den-
cation OF II portion only Of the appliances
anu means used by the majority liz the last
Legislature To pass an apl'"rsonmenI bill,
vi ,lating the CeustIlntion, and forever per.
petuatlng pnwer i'll their own hands in op.
position tn the voice OF the naj'rIty Of the
people OF the State. Such, also, are Some
Of the facts which induced the denn'cratic
Convention Is, declare
s.i'ha, here is now i'm existence in Ohio
no law, by means OF which the state Leg.
lslature can be formed ANA organized alter
the second uesdaH in October I.exl."
la this declurati,n, the Convention ex.
poets to he sustained ny every friend ot con-
>litutional libert. throughout the State
There i. uoi government, even IN mon.
arcacal Europe, that would have dared S"
gro .sly and irnudulen,ly To have trarnpied
upon the constitutional rights oil the people;
and when we add To- this the fraudulent and
tricky means by which this usurpalion OF
,,,,wa ba. ,,oan .ttonnfe0 Let no fnari-Im