Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-12-22


iiau or the government was dsuuctly uvowed.
as will appear from some Of The resolutions a.
dopicd at that Time:
"RssOirea. lsi, That there is nov in existence
IN Ohio. no law by means Of which the Siate
Legislature can be formed and organized after
the second Tuesday Of Oclober next"
Had the resolution declared that the govern
menl would quietly expire in October, bot that
the people should not know il until The first
Monday in December, il would explain the
course taken by our adyersaries and why il was
that scenes that must forever disgrace the State,
have taken place within the llulls of the capt.
io. We were told in May last, thai the Legs-
laure could not be organized, and il seems that
the reyolutionisls mean TO be as good as their
word. In this case, as in every other, the
course of revolution has been onward. The
only thing we have 10 be thankful for, so FAR, is,
that il has been bloodless.
As an evidence that the public enemy have
not abandoned any Of their wicked purposes,
the member from Ashland proclaimed from his
seat on the first Monday in December, that ii
was his wish that the Wing Representatives
should 90 home, in order to prepare the way
for new Constitution, and the destruction Of
all moneyed monopoes. Such is the work that
desruclionists now have on hand. Ii now be-
comes our duty TO state more particularly the
course pursued by the Wings, that the people
may know what they have done Tor the sake Of
peace, AID how determined are our adyersarles
10 carry out their reasonable declarations of
MAY last. As matters stood when the Wings
entered the Hall, they had either to submit TO
an illegal and unfair organization, and thus sub
nit the government into the hands of those who
had threatened 10 destroy il, or disaVOw il, and
proceed TO organize independently Of lhem.-
We did not hesitate as to the course we were
hound 10 take. Mr.. Holcomb, an old member,
was called 10 the Char, who called over the
several districts, and thiry.one members an
swered, and were qualified by William 7. Mar
Tin, judicial officer of this city. The organi-
zalion was completed, so far as ii was possible,
| by the appointment Of the old Clerk and Ser
geant.atarms Here was a temporary organi-
cation effected without surprise, at the usual
time, in the usual place, in which our adversa'
ries were invited to parake, for they were all
present when the Chair called the vacant dis
tricts. In this state Of things it is very evident
that nothing could be done except through con-
cession aud compromise. The question then
is, what would be right
| 1t will be seen al once, that every proposition
for compromise that did not exclude both SETS
of the claimants from the first district Of Ham,
ilon county, until their rights could be inquired
into, would be unfair; for, to permit Messrs
Pugh and Pierce to retain their seats, until, by
their aid, the Two members from Clinton and
Scioto aud Lawrence could be rejected, and two
Democrats put in their places, who, in turn,
would sustain them, would be to surrender the
power into the hands of a revolutionary faction
when according 10 both fact and law, it is just
the other way. 1t is unnecessary for US TO stale
, how often the olive branch was rendered 10 our
udyersarics, and how often an organization, up
on the basis that both sets Of claimants should
sta side until their rights could be determined,
was offered by US. All this will be found spread
out in the public prints Of the day land all that
will be found necessary to say is, that as ollen
as the proposition was made, il was as often re-
iected, in way, too, that violated every rule
of courtesy, and in way to discourage any
further attempts at reconciliation. Ingenuity
was taxed 10 invent some luir method of an nc.
commodalion that would meet the views Of our
opponents. AT one time il was proposed 10
have our list of qualified members entered up
on the roll made out by our opponents Of their
own members, and upon this basis proceed TO
organize. But to this we received The reply,
that if we would forward our credentials TO them
and permit them to be the Judges in our case
they would, if they saw proper, receive oul
nan es, and enter them upon their list of mem
bcrs. In other words, they generously avoweC
tho purpose of first deciding upon their owr
rights 10 seats, and then condescending to max,
themselves the sole arbiters Of our rights also
We are told, at last that propositions were use
less, and the only choice we had left was un
conditional surrender. But not discouraged
even as late as the morning of the 9th, whel
we passed the following resolution, in the pre-
sence of our adversarcs:
7 "ReSOlued That we are now ready, as W
have ever been, and as we have repeatedly OF
] lered, TO receive from any gentleman claimin
: a scat upon this floor, any proposition for ial
a amicoble, and legal organization Of the House.
Q As The gentlemen of The House who compos
g the Free Soil party took an independent pos
s tion as it regarded both parties, they took upo
themselves the part Of an umpire. On the Ct
c of December distinguished member Of III;
}. party offered the following resolution:
II Resolved, BY the members elect Of the IIous
e of Representatives, that for the purpose of rel
a oring order, pcuce, and preserving the digniI
e of tho General Assembly Of Ohio, that all pc
n sons claiming seats from the county of Hami
n ton, be excluded from the deliberations Of th
is House, and their respective certificates returnt
" 10 them until the House shall be organized, at
Q their respective claims duly examined and d
5, lermined.
e While tha Wings gave their ready assent
o this proposition, not single Democrat wou
l. treat il with respect, and the member was p
n down without being suffered to speak. Buttl
oG patience of our Free Soil brethren was not e.
D. haus,ed, and MIR. Riddle, who had connectt
D. himself with neither organization, after some
ID oquent remarks, offered the following resol
10 tons:
r "WHEREAs, the members elect Of the Hou
g Of Representatives Of The State of Ohio, ha