The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-22

enrolled, signed by the speakers and is
now tho law of the State, under which
Messrs. Whitman, KELLER and LARI.
MORE are now running for seats in the
next General Assembly. which they are
pledged not 10 fill. And we now come
to the consideration of other matters in
the defence.
ITS FAIRNESS.
The Committee have not seen proper
to found any objections TO the bill, on the
ground Of its injustice to either of the
great parties Of the State. They could
not do this; for the very moment that
they made the attempt, a call would have
been made upon them to present fairer
bill, and like the GLORIOUS 6fteen," they
would have been compelled TO acknowl-
edge that it could not be presented
Having been frequently asked to prepare
such bill aud the leaders in this revo.
luton as frequently refusing, we must
60 back to the apPortionment bills, franz
ed. supported and passed by their party,
to discover what they call "fair."
Take the law of 1856. Atthat time
both branches of the Legislature were
Locofoco. In the year 1886, Governor
. VANCE, whig, was elected by minority
of 5000, yet our opponents carried the
lower House by majority of 2. And
how was this done! Perry. Hooking,
Fairfield, Butler, ColImbiana, Monroe
and Holmes, with 25,7S4 voters, had IL
, Representatives. Muskingum, Belmont,
D Montgomery, Huron, Cuyahoga, with
2S,sls voters, had only FIVE Representa-.
tives. The former is democratic, the lat.
f ter whig- one Locofoco voter having as
much power as tUo wings In the alb
i sence of other evidence,we are bound to
4 consider this q fair Locofoco bill. and this
is what the Revoutionisls wanted whig
D Legislature To pass. In the same law,
n Perry, with 3,062 voters. had iioo locofo
!. Represe sentatives-.M .Muskingum county
with 6,3l6 voters, had one Wig. A 10.
q cofoco, in Perry. having as much power
. as fur Wings in Muskingum. This bill
..n, D.N, T.rn.,, o.. H. TI,,:,ol C.....
Senate, where for six years he misrcpre.
,, sented the popular majority Of Ohio; and
we re-iterate, in the absence of proof to
to the contrary, that the same kind of q
bill was demanded by the Revolution
lists ofthe last Legislature, and the ason
j. may be that Senator is to be elected in
l. the place Of Mr.. ALLEN.
70 The law of lS39..40 was equally un
D. fair. Under its provisions, though Cor
70 win was elected by near $4,000 majority
D. aud Harrison by $4,000, yet the whig
u succeeded in carrying only one branch o
r. the Legislature. Under this bill. WIN
y ALLEN was elected to the United S,atel
u Senate, where for six years he has mis-
Is represented his State.
% Both these laws were highly objection
NJ able on another ground than open fraud
S' A system of floats was adopted
10 When State Printer, a u. S. Senator
a. a Supreme Judge. or high State Office
70 was to be elected, an additional repre-
70 sentative was given te a strong locofoc,
70 county, whom no important officer was t,
rs be elected the float was given to a viii,
h county, and this same system, we arr
m bound to presume, the Revolutionisi
10 asked us to continue-und this is wha
IL they would call .fair' bill,
10 lflhese features constitute "taiyness
" in bill, we humbly confess that the bi
s' Of last winter is very unjust, If ovel
" representation in locofoco counties an
"; under-representation in whig couutie
SO are necessary to make fair Apportior
sd ment bill, then is the bill of last winte
DO outragcously unfair. But no sane ma
NJ will assert this, aud hence the Commitle,
ar in their defence, have not stopped ,
show better bill. but have passed on ,
sy other matters, where wo must now 70
90 low them.
n. Before doing this, however, we woul
as mako remark or two, upon what W
II. consider excellent features in the presel
he law. The system Of floats, which al
lr, scarcely ever used except to perpetrat
'm frauds, Orc entirely discarded. But thre
ry locofoco counties, we believe, ARE in whi
tn Representative districts, and two whi
eW counties in locofoco districts. In III
nte Senatorial districts, Swing and s locofsc