The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-03-03
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Remarks Of Mr.. Pugh,

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Remarks Of Mr. Pugh,, ,'2 2
ON THE Bill TO REPEAL so MUCH oi
THE APPoRTIoNMENT Bull AS Dr
vIDEs HAMILTON COUNTY, XXX, 1 :"
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The borough system, with all its rot
tenness, @as bad enough: for while +
purpor,ed TO furnish representation !,
pursuits instead Of population "a pr;nci
pie in opinion, abhorreni 10 the princ ci
Piles Of ren" pvernment,D Il had
the me &east. ,. But whilst
s., sRss1es the same obi
|sgas s.asFevs ,sss'iIng 6bjess, ,Jit bears talse.
hood upon RS very face and font. The
Ninth Ward Of Cincinnati contains
nearly all I'm pork houses. very large
proportions ofthe commission and for.
wafding pr$juee stores, and has more
capital enIWkedi in commercial pursuits
than any Other Ward in the civ
more. PerhPs, Than any two, other
.a!vafds. 'Ths Tenth ward has the largn..
est factories and nunderies in the city,
Except, perhaps, The Third,) and the
Ninth IS nol lar behind. The Touring
m lis the oil nils, the printing presses
worked by water power, are nearly
all in the Ninth All Tenth Wards: |.
they exceed in tn aulo0r,l of;a,an,,li Az.
turing caPital any fsiher three Wards
IN the c,ty-nay tg j. whole city beside.
A right line aiong h,hn street, from the
river Westward, wAssldthave left with
in the first district con,me -cial and
manufacturing constituency, 10 some
extent, but the district Wouid also have
been democratic. The Sole idea.
however Of separating Cinciihsti from
the rest Of the county, with view 70
protect commercial and manufacN ring
interests, is entirely absurd, and IS IS
known to be such by ali who know
any thing OF the question: for it is 10
Fulton and Slorrs townships, that our
mighty steamboats, are built and repair
ed-in Columbia that our railway, cars
are construc,ed--in Millcreek, Delhi,
Fulton, Storrs, Columbia. and even
Crosby and Whitewater, lha, our ener.
gy creates the s,upendous wonders of
mechanism. rts e. a.. .-ta
There was n pretence. indeed. that
The citizens of Cincinnati had a special
''rrban" interest properSio be sepftAe.
y represented in The General, Assem-,
oy; but the ninth and tenth Wards are
,nder the same corporate government,
ind. as every man knows, their citizens
lave precisely the same interests to he
ePresented, as the citizens Of the 9th.
r eight wards have. And if there tru-
y be any diversity Of interest between
he people Of the city and the people
i the other parts Of the county, (Which
will not, for one moment, admil,) how
MUST TO separate the citizens of the
nth and tenth wards from those whose
,terest is Identical With their interest,
nd attach them, in representation, to |
nose whose interest is adverse! .sag
Then, as every body knows, the
'ealthy merchants and manlacprerers
{ Cincinnati, cannot as a general thing
ng expect to live in the city: the few
rye residences which you now find
thin the Incorporate limit, are ,hose
men who bought real estate in early |
mes, and have retained il, living upon
e income Of leaseholders. And these
e daily diminishing in number. One
eek you may behold some ancient
anslon, secluded apparently from the
mult OF the metropolis, with It's gar
ms, and, conservatories, and shrubs.
I'd waving primevaI trees. " The next
eek it will all be pile Of rubbish, and
a few months you will see row of
ring red brick stores, five or six sto,
IS in height, ,hronged with sellers and
j ers, and fraught with all the babel {
a great commercial emporium.
hose who have accumulated fortunes
trade or manufactures, and many of
ose who are prosperously engaged in {
EN- retire daily; even no W, not, to /
rburban, but to ultra.urban residences; e
d will by and BY. be compelled 10 /,
We commercial and manufacturing in /
rests represented by Gflhes districts II
ntlpue) men who are the choice Of II
: day laborers, living in the narrow a
eets and dark houses Of the city, Is
list they the princes Of trade and Ii
'nniacturing capitalists, must vote for ID
% 10 represent The hardhanded agri. 4
alists for whom the second district is Il
ensibly created. "a a',ssgaii |, 81 a
But for the unconssitu,ionaii,v Of thell;
ten, would not (as @emocraD res|n
i Its operation, when a few years a
re- shall have come and gone. III To-
10, when fresh from ademicshades, m
evDted mysaflections Gas nv bonest II