The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-20
WILLIAM T. FITcHErT, Secretary.
From the Columbus Statesman, Jan. 10.
Ohio LcsiSlature. rIi ... .

Ohio Legislature. .5t. aaE Ne
In the Senate to-day, Mr. Dismock, from select
mee. laid before that body the ablest written report
the subject of the homestead exemption that
recoec to have heard On motion to print it, the pop
gun of the Muskingum senator was fired as matter OF
course. tH.l lui.... .Te. g-''.i1frt 500 ..I.
To-day, the subject OF governor was again up. The
resolutions of Mr. Chase, submitted last week, for full
and fair examination of the legal votes cast laid
the table lie vote.
Mr. Swift offered resolution referring to Joint Sc
ect committee the examination of the returns in the
hands of the speaker and of the secretary OF state, and
il was carried Many of the democratic senator's OPP
posed it, the ground that travelling out OF The
recordgoing beyond the legal evidence and then stop
ping short after portion of the evidence to show the
votes, legal and illegal for governor, were examined,
without going into that examination which would alone
show the choice of the people for governor of the
State The democrats were in favor OF rejecting all but
the legal evidence; Or If other evidence TO be pre-
sented they wished all the evidence TO be heard
arrive at correct understanding of the matter that they
and the freemen they represented, might have all the
facts before them. This would not suit whgery and
amendment calling for all the facts voted down by
Tie and party vote. .rt
In adopting the plan proposed by Mr.; Swift the fed.
era leaders have virtually abandoned the whole ground
assumed by them Monday last, that the speaker of
the Senate was alone the judge of the returns After
talking for week, they have referred that to commit
tee which they claimed could not be referred to a
mittee, under the constitutions and they stand in the
predlcament OF men whose assertions, IN the Legislature
and out of it, proven false by their votes and what
is worse for them, by this vote they acknowledge that
their conduct in the House of Representatives Tues
day last, while the houses in joint convention,
high outrage upon the rights of the people,
which cannot now be palliaed by any excuse.
In the House the final blow given to the rights OF
the minority. A more alrocious exercise of power was
emed by written law The rules of legislative bodies,
sanctioned, like the principles of the law, by i'm
memorial usage like the Bsis of the constitution itself
considered therefore the and the nfable protec
ton of the minority of the House, have been stricken
down by miserable majority of two votes, and
rampled under the nsoent feet OF the dominant faction
in the House. l,t.s e..
This is small matter in appearance. So the de-
mand for shpnoney, which brought the head Of Charles
the First TO the block So was the tax on tea, which
broke the British empire to pieces, and ushered the
American republic into existence, and both of these
for less nsolen and less dangerous nvasons of right
than this reckless and desperate step of the majority this
morning The review of their conduct by Mr.. Letter
scathng, and had conscience place the breast of
any of them, would have made them hide their heads
the fruits of their crime They WERE however, defeated
by the GOODNESS and determination of the democrats