The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-12-22


revolution has been onward. The only
thing we have to be thankful for, so far,
is, that it has been blood!ess.
AS an evidence that the public enemy
have not abandoned any Of their wicked
purposes, the member from Ashland pro-
claimed from his seat on the first Monday
in December, that it was his wish that the
Wing Representatives should 60 home,
in order to prepare the way for new
Constitution, and the destruction of all
moneyed monopoies. Such is the work
the destructonists now have on hand
1t now becomes our duty TO state more
particularly the course pursued by the
Wings, that the people may know what
they have done for the sake ofpeace, and
how dete rmined are our adversaries to
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 aud unfair organi.
zation, and thus submit the government
into the hands of those who had threat
ened to destroy it, or disavow it, and pro
ceed to organize independently of them.
We did not hesitate as to the course we
we're bound to take. Mr.. Holcomb, an
old member, was called to the Chair,
who called over the several districts. and
thirty.one members answered, and were
qualified by William T. Martin, a Judi.
cial officer of this city. The organiza-
tion was completed, so far as it was pos.
sble, by the aPpontmet of the old Clerk
and Sergeant alarms. Here was tenn
porary organization effected without
surprise, at the usual time, in the usual
place, in which our adversaries were in
v;ted to partake, for they were all pres
ent when the Chair called the vacant dis
tricts. In this state Of things it is very
evident that nothing could be done ex
cept through concession and compromise.
The question then is, what would be the
right
1t will be seen at once, that every
proposition for compromise thai did not
exclude both sets of the claimants from
the lst. district of Hamilton 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 and Lawrence could he rejected,
and two Democrats put in their places,
who, in turn, would sustain them, would
be to render the power into the hands of
a revolutionary faction, when according
to both fact and law, it is just The other
way. 1t is unnecessary for us to state
how often the olive branch was rendered
to our adversaries, and how often an or
ganization, upon the basis that both sets
of claimants should step aside until their
rights could be determined, was offered
by us. All this will be found spread out
in the public prints of the day, and all
that will be found necessary to say is,
that as often as the proposition was made
it was as often rejected, in way, too,
that violated every rule of courtesy, and
in a way to discourage any further at
tempts at reconciliation. Ingenuity
was taxed to invent some fair method Of
an accommodation that would meet the
views of our opponents. At one time il
was proposed to have our list Of quail
fled members entered upon the roll made
} out by our opponents of their own mem
bers, and upon this basis proceed to or.
ganize. But to this we received the re.
ply, that if we would forward our ere.
dentials to them, and permit them to be
the judges ofour case, they would, ifthey
saw proper, receive our names, and en-
ter them upou their list ofmembers. II
other words, they generously ayowed
the purpose of first deciding upon theil
own rights to seats, and then condecen
ding to make themselves the sole arbiter'
ofour'rig ghts also. We were told, at last
that propositions were useless, and the
only choice we had left was uncondition
} al surrender But not discouraged, ever
as late as the morning Of the Sth, wher
we passed the following resolution, in the
presence ofonr adversaries:
ResolUed, That we are now ready, as
} we have ever been, and as we have re-
, peatedly offered, to receive from any gen
tleman claiming seat upon this floor, ANY
} proposition for fair. amicable. and lega
organization of this House"
! As the gentlemen of the House who
compose the Free Soil party took an in
l dependent position, as it regarded botf
} parties, they took upon themselves the
\ part of an umpire. On the 9th of Decem
ber distinguished member of that party
+ offered the following resolution:
! Resolved, BY the members elect oftht
House of Representatives, that for the
, purpose of restoring order, peace, ant
5 preserving the dignity of the Genera
, Assembly of Ohio, that all persons claim
=, ing seats from the county of Hamilton, ,b'
f excluded from the deliberations of tn,
: House, and their respective certificate
n returned to themnntil the House shall b'
: organized, and their respective claim
Y duly examined and determined.
: While the Wings gave their ready as
=, sent to this proposition, not a single DE
t mocrat would treat it with respect, an,
i. the member was put down without bein
n suffered to speak. But the patience G
: our Free Soil brethren was not exhaust
# ed, and Mr.. Riddle, who had connecte
= himself with neither organization, afte
It some eloquent remarks, offered the fol
r lowing resolutions:
It WHEREAS, the members of the Hous
of Representatives of the State of Ohio
n have assembled at the Capitol ofth Stat