New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-21
Ohio-Anarchy.


Ohio-Anarchy.
The essential character Of the party Just bidding
sdieu TO power in this country-its proneness 70
violence and outrage-its exaltation Of Force over
Law-its disregard OF courts and tribunsls-ought
never 10 be lost sight Of Its dolstry Of Andrew
jackson, the iron man who wrote his own laws
with his sword and disregsrded all others, was in
perfect keeping with all its instincts. His over
ruling Of decision of the Supreme Court, IN the
case Of the Cherokee Indians against the State OF
Georgia, as in hui judgment unconstitutional, and
thus rendering it nullty, never elected murmur
from it's lips. His averment, in his Bank Veto,
that President should sustain the Constitution as
he, and not others. understood it,-thus making the
President practically the interpreter as well as
the executor Of the laws-was rapturously ap-
pauded by 1t. The Maryland CONFUSION in 1887,
the Donite war IN Rhode Island, the outrage on
the sovereignty of New Jersey in the memorable
Congressional contest were but ebullitions of an
everything spirit II is but fow years since
Loco-Foco Congress ostcntatiously OVERRIDE an
express law OF the preceding Congress, wisely and
Justly prescribing that elections TO the House
should be uniformly made by Single DISTRICTS
-Four Loco Foco States resisted and dehed this
law, and the Loco Foco House admitted the Mem
bers thus Illegally chosen, without hesitation or
question. They did not attempt to repeal the
law for they could not have done 1t but they
trampled it under foot as worthy Of no more re-
spect than a dcers blasphemy. And the same
party will do the like again and again 1t is the
nature Of the beast.
Ohio has been the victim of several most un-
righteous Appointments of her Legislature, one
Of which sent William Allen 10 the Senate in 1896
in defiance of a popular Wing majority OF 5000
In ls42, the same party undertook to District the
State for Members Of Congress so outrsgeously as
TO give the Wings but seven out of twenty one
The Wing Members of the Legislature, driven to
the last extremity, took an extraordinary though
perfectly legal step-they resigned their seats In
body. and thus prevented the contamination of
the act. This step, though in defence OF their
most precious rights, was not justified by the Peo'
pie it cost the Whig party defeat at the ensu-
ing election, which sent William Allen again to
the Senate, the Loco Foco Representative of a
Whg State. The State was then apportioned for
Congress most outrageousy, but a subsequent
Wing Legislature corrected some Of the most in
toerable errors.
Last Winter the respportionment OF the State
for the Legislature came up, and the Wings
had a small majority in each House. They ap
portioned with entire fairness as to Population,
but, in puttiHg Counties together 10 form Senate
or Representative Districts, they gave the advan
tsge to their own party, us usual. And the Coun
~ Of Hamilton, which includes Cincinnati, hsvins
grown 90 populous as To De entitled to two Sena
tors. while no other County was Of it itself emit
tied to one, II was divided, 30 to give the Wing.
one Senator and two Members, while TO their op
ponents were conceded a Senator and three Mem
hers. This the minority in the Legislature vio
lently denounced as unconstitutional, and on III,
final passage Of the bill their Senators seeded IL
body, leaving the Senate without a quorum
Thus the wheels of legislation were blocked fo
several days, the recusants retaining their seat,
but refusing TO occupy them or return TO the dis
charge Of their dates. Finally the bill having
already passed each House, and been returned 4
the Senate for concurrence in amendments, it wa
carried through by ruse, regularly signed and sp
proved, and became rrrra face a law
The Loco Focos pronounced it no law, whicl
they had perfect rightto do. But they propose,
no arbitration. and secuted the idea Of suhmttin.
the question to any Judicial tribunal. On th'
contrary. while they nominated and ran csndi
dates according TO the Apportionment In escl
division OF Hamilton, they at the same time vote,
q considerable number of ballots containing tn,
names Of all their candidates These were can
vassed and returned BY their Inspectors. in ute
l.E. IF ~. laxx NJ ~ -, -
that the returning officers viii return the Who'll.
Ave Loco Focc candidates as elected, to the ex
cluson of Messrs. Spencer and Runyon. wh
were chosen in the Cincinnati district by lsrs,
majority These FIVE, II is arranged, are to repsi
to Columbus and claim their seats. aud either oh
tain them or throw the entire State into anarchy
Should Gen Csss he elected, We believe OH
will be delaged with irsternSl blood. Should h
be defeated. conspirstors will not venture to pro
secute their designs.
The atrocity of this Hamilton County business i
Obvious at glance. The County OF Hamilton
was never entitled to five Representatives unit
the Apportionment Of last Winter. vote for fSC
at any former Election would have been void. We
here are five voted fer by men who declare the
Apporticnment Of last Winter unconstitutional
and declare that il was never enacted. Yet the
very men who so declare i, acknowledge and se
on It's validity 30 far it serves their turn 1.-THE
law is valid the election by Districts is valid. and
all the votes for FIVE Representatives are waste
paper II it Is invalid. the County has no night &c
Eve Members, and every vote for FIVE Members 10
still invalid. Yet BY holding this law both valid
and invalid, the partssns Of Cas- expect TO upset
the recent verdict Of the People and take the Gov
erpment into their own hands We think they