Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-01-12

'SNh'lh1 III Tue administration III all The de-
pariments Of he Government.
4. That the condition Of The c%onvicts in the
Petiientiary. who were toiling from early
dawn until dusk, without an hour TO read by
day, or a light 10 read at night, should be
amellorated and thar, even 10 their fallen es-
tale, the accents of kindness, the enlighien-
meni Of truth the teachings Of morality, and
me consolation Of religion, should not be
withheld.
D, That the monopolies gradually fasten-
ing themselves upon the State, and beginning
TO claim perpetual duration, embracing hun-
dreds Of able bodied men, working at thirty
three cents per day, boarding, lodging, aud
workshops found in competition with the
mechanics Of The State, ought not to be en-
dured or tolerated, beyond what a fair con-
s%itnrlion Of the contracts, made in accordance
with law. demands.
G. That the work on the new State House
should be Immediately, and earnestly resum-
ed and convict labor Withdrawn from voca-
lions injurious 10 mechanical pursuits, and
directed To this important object; taking care,
in its general Withdrawal, TO work no injury
TO any jus, rights Of contractors for prison la
Dor.
4. That those enaciments very properly de-
U''hluhltu ny nUlNPTSdl consent, ~ tue DldCk
Laws Of Ohio are impolitic, unjust and in
human. al wal with the genius of our free in
sliiulions, and the spirit Of the age in which
we live; and that they ought to be immedi-
attly and uuqualiiedly repealed.
This last opinion was everywhere distinct
ly avowed during the canvass Of 1916. The
repeal has been recommended, on every pro-
per occasion since. And although the Gene
- CpVnI H. sl--E e. - H. - -
It's constitutional powers and duties. main
tanned a different policy, yet ] cannot refrain,
in this my last official act, respectfully, yet
earnestly TO recommend, that these laws
should no longer remain upon the statute
hooks of the first State organized under the
Ordinance of 1887.
1t will remain a source Of grateful remem-
brance to me, in all future time, that every
one Of these recommendations, the last only
excepted, has met the appreciation and sane
tion of the Legislature. The Currency and
Revenue laws have been upheld, and are full
filling the just expectations of their founders.
Our Colleges, Asylums and Schools have
been literally sustained and in return are
pouring streams of henevolence and enlight-
eminent into all the departments of social life.
A reduction was made in the price of our Ca
nal lands, IN limited quantities., 10 actual set
tiers, and the result is that since the law went
into operation on the first day of March, i9i7,
more than ninety thousand acres have been
sold for over one hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars. The public faith has been no.
bly, sustained. The sinking fund has been
enlarged. And a portion Of the State deb,
paid. The Penitentiary has been lighted
with gas, and furnished with more than sever
thousand volumes of books for the use Of tht
convic,s. Many have been taught in the pri
son Sunday School TO read and the cheer
ing results of kindness, blended with whole
some discipline; and of mental and mora
training, are manifest in the reformation o
the inmates.
A large portion Of those lately discharged
are known 10 have entered upon a life OF hor
est industry alike honorable 10 themselve:
and useful TO their country. OF two hundre'
and seventy whose sentences have expired
or who have been pardoned within the pas
two wears, only three have been returned t
the prison. By the wise and opportune &C
Of the last winter an eifectual check was Civ
en- to the execution of ne contracts for peni
Tertiary labor, as well as to the renewal O
the old ones. The work on the new Stat
House has been earnestly resumed and vigor
ously prosecuted. More than seven thousan,
perrhes of stone have heen laid. The who'll
of the foundations have been completed /; ant
the walls raised to points of elevation vary
ing from six to ten feet above the surface o
the ground. The dressing of stone is Still
prourpssing. More convlcts from expired
contracts may be obtained next season. Ant
by moderate appropriations each year, whlcl
are recommended, this ediice so much need
ed for the accommodation Of the Legislatiy
and other departments Of the government, a
well as for the preservation of its archives
) now so much exposed 10 destruction, will, a
comparatively small cost, be brought 10 a.
early completion.
In obedience 10 the resolution Of the twer
,y.ffth day of February last, | have mad
) personal examination into the government
regulations and affairs Of The Asylums for IN
natics, for the blind, and for the deaf an
dumb, the result whereof will be made th
subject Of a special communication.
The Constitution of the State Of Ohio wa
formed in November, 1902, when there wer
lint nine counties. and less than fifty thou
U sand inhabitants in the State. That Consl
| tuition declares that a frequent recurrence t
the fundamental principles of civil govern
mpnt is absolutely necessary TO preserve tn
: blessings of liberty. 1t is one of those fur
q damental principles that government powe
emanates from the people. l therefore be
6 lieve that Offices, legislative. Judicial and eN
ecutive, should be made elective directly b
7 the people. believe that biennial inslea
Of annual sessions of the General Assembly
3 would, at less expense, better subserve tn
: interests of the State. | believe that ther
should be some constitutional Limitation upo
. the power to incur State debts. And be
f lievs tina, our judicial system is susceptible
!, of very material improvement.
: For these prominent reasons, as well a
that The Constitution may in other respec'
= he accommodated to the present condition
i The State, and entertaining the Utmost conf
dence that the whole subject is safe in ii
: hands of the people, and there only, | be
= leave to urge upon the Legislature that "th'
shall recommend TO the electors at the ne.
% election for members to the General Assef