Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-01-10


nevoleHee and enlightenment into all the
departments Of social life. A reduction
was made in the price Of our canal lanos,
in limited quantities, TO actual settlers, ono
the result is that since the law went INTO
operation on the frs, day Of March, 1917,
more than ninety thousand acres have been
sold for over one hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars. The public faah has been
Eo5ly sustained. The sinking fund has
been enlarged. Aud a portion OF the Stale
debt paid. The Peniten,iary has been light
ed with gas, and furnished with more than
seven thousand volumes of books for the
use the convlcts Many have feen taught
in the prison Sunday School to read, and
the cheering results Of kindness, blended
with wholesome discipline, and of mental
and moral training, are manifest IN Inc
reformation Of its inmates. A large por'
tion Of those lately discharged are known
TO have entered upon life Of fhonest indus
try, alike honorable to themselves and use
lul to the country. Of two hundred and
seventy whose sentences have expired, or
who have been pardoned within the last
two years, only three have been returned
to the prison. BY the wise and oppor:une
act of the last .wiaiassl. .etfsctual chefk
was givsn~afder Of Glory
tracts for pehnshtiisss e. ~ab8r, as we'll as
to the renewal of the old ones. The work
on the new State House has been earnest
'y resumed and vigorously prosecuted -
More than seven thousand perches of stone
have been laid. The whole Of the tounda.
tions have been completed; and the walls
raised to points of elevation varying from
six to ten feet above the surface OF the
ground. The dressing Of stoneis still pro-
crossing More convicts from expired con-
tracts may be obtained next season. And
by moderate appropriations each year,
which are recommended, this edihce, SO
much needed for the accommodation OF the
Legislative and other departments OF the
government, as we'll US for the preserva-
lion Of its archives, now so much exposed
to destructi n will, at comparatively small
cost, be brought to an early completion.
In obedience to the resolution of the
twenty fl tn day of February last, | have
made personal examination into the gov
ernment regulations, and affairs Of the AS
ylums for lunatics, for the blind, and for
the deaf and dumb, the result whereof will
be made the subject of a special commuhi-
cation.
The Constitution Of the state of Ohio was
formed in November, 1902, when there
were but nine counties, and less than fifty
thousand inhabitants in the state. That
Constitution declares that frequent recur-
renee to the fundamental principles of CIV
il government is absolutely necessary to
preserve the blessings of civil liberty. 1t is
one Of those fundamental principles that
governmental power emanates from the
people. | therefore believe that all offices,
legislative, judicial and executive. should
be made elective directly by the people.
believe that biennial instead of annual ses.
sions of,he General Assembly, would, al
less expense, better subserve the interests
Of the state believe that there should be
some constitutional Limitation upon the
power to incur state deb,s. And believe
| that our judicial system is susceptible Of
| very material improvement
For these prominent reasons, as well as
that the Constitution in other respects be
accommodated to the present condition of
the state, and entertaining the utmost con
6dence that the whole subject is safe in the
hands Of the people, and there only | beg
leave tourge upon the Legislature thatsibey
shall recommend to the electors at the next
| election for members to the General Assem-
bly, TO vote for or against a convention,
that the question may be brought before
tho people in the only mode prescribed
in the Constitution.
While the nations Of the Old World
have been and are drenched in blood, the
same period has been signalized on this
side Of the Atlantic by one Of those peace.
full revolutions so characteristic of Ameri'
cans and of American institutions Some
there may be who look upon this srevolution only
as hurling one patty from power and in
sailing another, and as having no signif
cancy beyond. \ more careful survey o
its nature, its causes and probable results
mus, present it to the rejecting mind, dis
posed at all to loo TX beyond the hollow tri
umphs of mere party,as an epoch in the bis
tory of our institutions vastly more signfi
cant and stupen;lous. Examined in thi
| point OF view, tHa observer SitH uaTuiy Iai
to discover that it h2s done much to estab
lish several important truths
l. That this Government not merely il
theory but in practical operation, is, ane
ought to be Republic and not an electis,
Monarchy; That the Legislative and Wa
powers are and Of right ought TO be ves'et
in Congress and not in the President; ant
that the veto power should be confn
witsin lis Legitimate design.
! 2. That American labor is worthy tn,
regard of American Gs.:asmen; that th'
thrift Of 1916 ought tos6s repealed IN
something enacted in its place designed t.
protect the mechanic, afford market Il
the rm.r, develope our unbounded re
sources, diversity our pursuits, prevent ru
inous expectations ofcoin, replenish our ex
haus.ed treasury, and establish an ampl
ard secure basis for our currency.
8. That the population Of the great in
terror Of the United States inhabiting tn
i. borders Of our lakes ond rivers which ar,
far more extended than our ocean coasts
are no longer by the arbitrary instrument
ality Of the veto to be treated with parsimo
ny and scorn, and all the revenues of tn
nation lavished on the seaboard.
4. That while majority of the peopl
} have adopted neither The doctrines Of thos'