The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-06-02

HFMSut, ttaN '"V }"''""'s So
~ 40 TO Sustain ths bold conspiracy
.ins, the cousti,uiion, and against I'M
! /, zeal rights Of tho people Of the stare
lle Constitution Of Ohio provides tha
Representative shall be "appoin,et
.sagnr The several coanf'es,' yet the major
~ ,he last Legislature, fnding that b>
,. division Of Hamilton county, the!
I'D ssoure an additional Representa-
te, al once rejected the posture de
.1n,ls Of the Constitution nnd reported
lll dividing Hamilton county INTO 'wo
lerisIs,iye districts. But few al this late
gay, with the light Of the discussion wh'c"
subject has brought forth, viii pre-
nd that this was done from an honest
,opyic,ion OF du,y--and fewer still, VIII
-lieye that il nothing could have been
t.ined for party purposes, that this out
fuse would have been attempted.
Previous TO the formation of the state
convention, the Territory North West OF
he river Ohio, was governed by the or-
,8napce Of Congress, passed July l3, 1851
liader that act Of Congress, Ohio, until
omitted into the Union as q State, was
governed. That law provided that KEEP
,e,en,a,lyes should be elected by 'coun
,te. or Townships When the delegates
NE, uuder the provisions of that ordi
.puce, TO form State constitution, they
had the alternatives presented 10 the"' o'
.lecting lheir Representatives ei'ner 0!
counties or tow nships.' That they chose
ne former mode can be seen from 'he
tlain reading Of the constitution. whlcn
.xpressly declares that the Representa-
,iyes seall be sapporlioued among the sew
raj counties.' In the absence OF othe'
Argument, this alone would be sumoieh'
40 show the intention of the trainers o'
,l,e constitution. But as II to add PROOF
rpon proof,--to dispel any lurking dono''
,he constitution al once settles the q"es'
zion, b, the first Appor'ionment' who"
" as made by the men who framed 'he con-
sltu,ion, and incorporated II within It's
provisions. Section Z, Of the schedule
declares.
sUulil the first enumerations shall be
made. as directed in the second sectiop
of the first article Of this constitution, the
county of Hamilton shall be entitled to
four Senators and eight Representatives.:
the county Of CIermon, 10 one Senator
and two Representatives.; the county OF
Adams. one Senator and three Represen
tatives; the county of Ross, two Senators
aud four Representatives; the county oil
Fairfield one Senator and two Represen-
ta,ive.; the county OF Washington, two
Senators and three Representatives.; the
county OF Belmont, one Senstor and wv"
and the county OF from
bull one Senator and two Representa-
tives.'
Two year after, the Legislature. com
posed Of many Of the trainers OF the CON
again districted the State for
Legislative purposes, and every four years
the State was district ed anew
and in every case, the appor'ionment "i
in the language OF the
was 'among the several
of the State, and never until tue
las, session of the Ohio Legislature was
the doctrine asserted, that counties con'a
be divided for Legislative purposes. II the
doctrine asserted last winter for the hrst
time be true. then were the trainers ol
the Constitution ignorant OF The TACT OF
else why in their frs, apportionme"t' o'u
they allow the people of Hamilton oo'nN
to elect -four Senators and e'g"1 hepFe
sentauyes' in common, instead OF dividing
the m among the townships of the county.
1.-THE doctrine be true, for forty odd years
have the people of Ohio lived under
Constitution, the meaning of which neiih
er they, nor those who drafted II knew
until enlightened by the men who COM
posed the majorit, in tee last Legislature
If tie city of incinna,i had a separate
interest, from the remainder OF the coun'
~ Of Hamilton, so pressing as to demand
a violation of the Constitution, to redress
grievances, why was the city, ray, even
the tow nship of Cincinnati divided! The
9th and 10th wards Of the city, running
into its very heart, was cut io"se fro"
the other eight wards, and attached to the
remainder of the county. If the commu
nifty of interest which bound The ci'y and
the county together, was lacking, and
their interests were Of so conflicting a
character as 10 require divorce at the
expense Of the Constitution, VIII, not di
vide the whole city and not leave part,
where, if the argument Of those who at
tempted to defend this apportionment
scheme. be true, there 10 no reciproc,t,
of interest? The answer to This question,
unveils the whole plot. The 9th aud to
1n.h ~ N rJs pra stroppIy demoCratiCt Ii