The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08
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To the Senatorial Delegates Of Hooking
Perry and Fairfield, In Convention asse m
bled.

Perry and Fairfield, in Convention asse M
bIed;
GENTLEMEN-As my friends have pre-.
sented my name 10 the Convention, re.
Icommending me as candidale for the
Senoie, deem it becoming to state,
briefly, my position and views relative
to the 50 called apporionment law Of last
winter, and the course | should pursue, il
elected. The resolutions of the Demo.
cratic State Convention of the 10Th of
May last, have now, as they had when
passed, my hearty appreciation, and, if
elected, shall faithfully labor TO cary
out theirspirit, believing that can there
by best aid in sustaining The Constitution
OF Ohio, the rights, the honor, The inter
ests, and the peace ofmy fellow-citizens.
The present crisis of affairs in Ohio is 0i
great moment 10 her people, and one
which ii is the duty Of every good citizen
TO investigate aud meet with the calm
Judgment Of enlightened palrlolism-re-
gardIess Of the false clamOr and counter
felt alarm Of mercenary demagogues. who,
amid the din of loud professions Of law
abiding honesty and fierce denunciation
OF facts they cannot controver, seek to
perPetuate, by the popular voice, the un
paralleed fraud committed upon the
rights Of The people.
The resolutions Of the 10Th Of May. de-
liberateIy passed by nearly unanimous
vote, of large and patriotic Convention,
expressly called to consider the crisis re.
terred 10. are as follows:
ResOl0ed, Isl. That there is now in
existence in Ohio, no law, by means Of
which the Stale Legislature can be form
ed aud organized, after the second Tues
day in October next.
"ResOlred, I'd, That the evils likely to
be entailed upon the people by reason of
the improyident course pursued by the
wing majority in the last Genera Assem-
/ bly,, may still be averted, if the executive
will exercise the prerogatiye vested III
him 10y the constitution. and convene the
Legislature for the purpose of enacting
the requisite law, for the apporionlneni
of Senators and Representatives among
the several counties of the State, and as
peace-lovng citizens of the State, we
especially call upon him to discharge
this duty.
"ResOlred, 81, That if the legislature
be not thus called together by the Gov.
ernor, it will become necessary for the
democratic voters of Ohio, as a measure
of protection and self defence, to appear
at the polls on the second Tuesday of Oc
tober, in all their force, and cast their
suffrages for democratic candidates for
the Senate & House of Representatives
under the whig apportionment scheme,
with view 10 uterior measures for the
preservation of their just political rights:
These measures may be deined 10 be, III
the first instance, refusal on the part of
the democratic candidates who shall re-
ceive majority of the votes cast in the
several counties and districts, 10 take up
on themselves the obligations of Senators
and Representatives under fraudulent
and nugatory enactment for their cleo
tion.
In the second instance, and as the law
making power provided for in The Con
stitution, will be at an end for the want
Of constitutional legislature, it will de-
volve on the people in the exercise Of
their inherent and sovereign rights, to
frame a new constitution, wherein their
own peculiar interests may be more ef.
fectuaIy protected than they have hilh-
Ierto been. Thus, from temporary in
convenience, resulting from wanton
abuse of power on the part Of whig leg
islators, mighty mass of two millions of
souls shall inherit charter of freedom in
consonance with the spirit and improve
ment of the age, without the least eXer.
ton ofphysical force.
"Resol0ed, 4th, That if The Governor
shall neglect or refuse TO discharge his
constitutional duty, aud convene the leg
islature for the purpose of passing an APP
portionment law. as aforesaid then and in
that eventit will be expedient for State
Convention to re- assemble at Columbus,
OH the first Monday in December next,
to devise the necessary measures for Sc
curing the action of the whole people on
the subject of new constitution"
Do these resolutions accord with the
facts of the case, the requirements Of the
constitution, aud the rights and duties of
the citizens Of the Siate9 In my opinion
they clearly and fully do. To sustain the
correctness of these resolutions. we have
only to advert to the fact, which has not
yet been successfully controverted, and
never can be, that the apporllonment bill
of last winter never was passed into
law in accordance with the provisions of
the constitution of Ohio, and the rules
framed under that constitution, for the
government of the law making power
Though months have elapse since the
convention the 10th of May, no paper
and no man in Ohio has yet controverted
a single fact, asserted in the address pub
lished to the people by that convention
and no denial can be based on truth.
Among the facts there charged and prov
ed, is the startling one that the Journal
of the two Houses, as printed. do not
give the true action on the bill in ques.
ton. No legislation, then, can constitu-
tioually take place under that bill.
1t requires little legal knowledge or sa
gaci;y TO foresee that, should such e5isla-
non be mad, it would lead to almost endless
litigation and difficulty. And what is OF
0ravpr imnnrtanra than ih.f-tn rarar niya