The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-01-05
The first month Of The session.

| Leg aC"us'
Fonr weeks ago, the Legislature met
The Senate went through the preIimioa a
n ~ organization without any difficulty
though the parties, on most poli'ica' ques
n tions, are tied. A member Of the Senate
4 called the body to ordef--ihe certificate,
Of the Senators elect were banded 10 hin
and Judge of the Supreme Court ad'
ministered to them the oath of Office, and
The body then proceeded to the eifction
. of its ficers.
In the House the same course was pur
sued. A member Of that body called the
House 10 order-forty-t two out Of the sew
enty.two o members elected handed 10 their
certificates, and the oath Of Office was
administered to them by Judge Of the
Supreme Court. The other thirty mem.
bers refused 10 recognize the organ,z..
lion, on the ground that member of the
House was not the proper person TO call
the House to order, and to preside at the
preliminary organization-that duty they
alleged belonged to the Clerk of former
House. They also object ed to the sw ear.
ing in Of Mcssrs Pugh and Pierce, mem,
bers elect from the county Of Hamilton,
Who held the certificate of the Clerk, aud
who received large majority of the votes
cast.
10 accordance with Parliamentary law
and I'D accordance with custom coeval
the State government, the evidence Is ia.
ken as evidence prima facia of right
to seat, and the very men who attempt
ed to deny this right in the case of two
members from Hamilton County. held il
to be right when applied to the Sheriff
of Lawrence aud theShrif OF Clinton cuun.
| ty, both Of whom, by the express terms OF
the Constitution are Ineligible as can
j,date for, or to a seat in the General As
sembly, yet as they held certificates, the
federal members insisted on their righ
to a seat "nil ousted by a contest, but
were unwilling that the same rule should
be applied to two ofthe members of Ham
ilton coul ty,against whose claims to seats
no Constitutional objection was ever
claimed to exist and who had been elec
ted by an overwhelming majority of the
people.
Again, and as if to show the utter alb.
surdit, Of the claim that the Clerk of the
frmer House was the proper person TO
ia ha
the disorganizng wings wen, through the
farce Of organizing another House of Rep
resentalives, but--'tell il not in Gath
they chose Mr.. Holcomb member of the
House, to preside as its Chairman, only
allowing the Clerk OF the former House
to act as Clerk Of their mock LegisIa-
.ture.
Day after day. until three weeks Of the
session had well nigh ended, these men
interrupted and refused to present their
cerrifc ales aud allow a quorum to be
formed. In this they were cheered on by
the profigate press that claims to be the
central organ Of the whig party in Ohio
in this they were cheered on, and 'aid
and comfort given them by the reckless
of the federal party. AT length better
prevailed. The voice OF the
people, stern and strong in its condemna
ton, came up fr'm the d ffe'ent parts OF
the state, and whiggery caved IN. Their
Clerk was discarded and they came into
,i.,t of 10
formed ty the democracy. Every argu-
ment the recusants forward to sustain
they virtually abandoned when
they came into the organization of which
Mr.. Letter is the able Chairman, and
thus did they show a want Of sincerity
when thew urged them.
The past week has been spent by the
House in getting ready Tor the discuss
ion aud action on the Hamilton county
case, (Which will probably be decided
before the election of officers.
Ia the Senate, the FIRST month of the
session has been famed but for the federal {
members voting down every effort to in.
SetiShtS thC VI CCEtdtu
avs, which take from the people and .
give 10 the Auditor of State the kingly
power oftaxat,on, and TO screen their +,
state officers from an Investigation which
It is believed, will not be very fattering
10 The whig officials.
So far In consequence Of the strange
and disorga ganizing conduct OF the federal
party; the frat month of the session has
passed without profit to the people and
to the disgrace of the state, whose credit
has been injured and whose citizens, as
they lose respect for the law making pow
eI, in the same ratio their attachment to
the laws being weakened--the fountain
being impure they cannot expect purity
from il.
Why was this revolutionary and disor-