The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-09
Re0enI OF ehc BInck Laws.


The bill. for the repeal Of the Black
Laws, has passed the Senate BY avOtc of
2s ayes to II nays, with two slight a
mendments-oue relating to juries, the
other to the poor laws-to which the
House will doubilessngree The follow
ing is the list Ofthose voting in the Mega
tive-Locos in italics: Messrs. BiOeksOm,
Burns. Byers. Clsypool, Conklin, GOd'
dard. Judy. Kend II. Scat, Vinal and
Whitman. Mr.. Ewing, Loco and Mr.
Horton. Wig were excused on account
of sickness.
We are truly astonished at the miracu-
lous conversion of the Locofocopariy up
on this question, and cannot divine the
cause. The Stafesman. however. says
that it was done to show that the Wings
were not sincsre-the opposite must also
be true, and of course the Locofocos were
not sincere in their opposition. A more
likely reason is, that it is part of the pur
chase money, by which Townshend and
Morse were induced to vote,against their
consciences and opinions, for Pugh and
Pierce.
Upon the strength of the passage o.
these laws through the House. the ''cot
ored" individuals of Columbus held q
meeting, which was addressed by a"GO'
Ored" citizen Of fCIeveland. In the course
of his remarks, he declared tnat the Gov
ernor of Ohio and the citizeHs Ofthe Uni.
ted States, generally, were usurpers. that
they had treated "colored" individuals
outrage ousIy. that they were oppressers,
that the agent of the American Coloni.
zation S"cieiy was an impostsr-an-a a
gent Of the South to prevent abolition
that the "colored" individuals would
never leave Ohio until their brethren
were all free as air, that they would de.
fend their rights if necessary with the
sword; ;he also said various other things
for which we have not room.
Among the resolutions passed, we find
the following: .t. .t.
Resolved, That we will never leave
this country while one of our brethren
groans in selfish f1tters in the United
States. but will remain on this soil and
contend for our rights, and those of oul
enslaved race-upon the rostrum-in the
pulpit in the social circle. and upon the
field if necessary, until liberty to the cap
tive shall be proclaimed throughout the
length and breadth of this great Repub
lie. or we called from time TO eternity.
That is rather spunky, although tn,
bill for the elevation Of "colored" indi
viduals had only passed the House
Now that it has passed the Senate w
will look for further developments.
Upon our frst page will be found Al
outline of the proceedings in the House
In the Senate, the bill was referred to
Committee. who reported it back, whe
il was passed as above. II will doubt
less become law; and we will not b
surprised, next. to hear Of the Locofoc
party urging, among the amendments t
the Constitution, one to extend the righ
of suffrage to all the citizens ofthe State
| CoRREcTIoN.--An error occurred /
the list Of yeas and nays published yc'
terday, on the bill 10 repeal the blac
laws. The vote on the final passage |
the Senate was as follows:
| YEAs-Messrs. Ankeny. Archbold, Bach
us. Beaver. Bennett. Blake. Chase. Coz
win. Dennison. Dimmock Dubbs. Emri,
Evans, Graham. Haines, Hendricks, Lew
is, Myers, Patterson, Swift, Wilson, Wol
cester and Speaker--23.
! NAys-Messrs. Blocksom. Burns. .Byer
Claypool, Conklin, Goddard. Judy. Ker
dali. Scott, Vinal and Whitman--11.
Ohio State Journal. FEB. 6.
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