The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-29

revolutionary conduct OF the federal party who have at
tempted to throw the control OF the State government
permanently into the hands Of the federal party by district
ing the State, in direct violation OF the constitution The
federal press OF course, busy engaged in misrepe
sentng the true of the difficulty. and attempting 10
throw the blame upon the democratic members In or
der that our readers may have true knowledge Of the
facts, we copy the following account Of the origin and
progress Of the difficulty from the Ohio Statesman:
ANARCHY omo"--Under the above significant head
the New York Tnbune-he leading federal newspaper In
which labored and somewhat ingenious attempt & made
TO deceive the people and msead the public mind in
Ohio Is not our purpose to reply at length to the
Gus misatements and misrepresentation Of the Tribune,
this controversy. dissracsai alone 70 those
who produced ~ and to state the true grounds upon which
The Tribune by allnson the congressional
apportionment charging thar unfa has been used In
ocras We deny that there has been any nnarness in any
superintendent made by the democrats either for congress
Tribune ITSELF that the people sustained The democrats ia
their last congressional apportionmen after the wings had
ofthe perfect fairness and poprie Of that law And we
may as well here state that L is perhaps, unfortunate for
three localities and their inaortes those localities
piled Up upon one another as e render their votes Of small
and impartial superintendent The remendous whls ma
oes on the western reserve in the Mnskngam, Scoto
in the popular vote Of tho State are not loly available Ia
saS S Sas sSa e equally e.
democrats, who have majority of the counties and those
had fair and legi,i%ats and matrS advantage IN ap.
portoning the State aud consequently in fair contest the
Wing majority Of 5000 in the State But ia 1876 the de.
mocacy were divided on the currency question and by
tanned the ascendency in the legislature, and passed
s,upendous banking scheme emodeled the tax laws Of
necessary to cary out their Views Of State policy Blu, 70
secure majority 70 the legislature heyoand i necessary
districts give them improper and unnatural advan
Ii is only necessary this article that we give one speci.
men Of the inequality and general unianes Of the present
apportionment scheme The counties Of Delaware and
Franklin, with only four hundred than Coum
biana and Mahoning, have and represent
atyes while the two latter counties have but tochu,
much power in the popular branch Of the legislature,
$500 in Coumbana and Mahoning The secret Of this
the latter Democrat There instances Of inequality ii
number and INJUSTICE and Improperly in the arrangement
ties and ouages, was found almost impossible
wing majority in each branch without dividing the comfy
vision of counties for legislative purposes The senators
and are required % be apPorioned amon
aon Is then appofioned among tolonas. or without any
definite geogra phica limits The democratic members o.
and injustice of various features Of the scheme
for ,hei. M bat when they saw that the cons.
nsnrp seize upon and forever retain political power
In this state they determined TO all constitutional and
legal means prevent the damning fraud The democrat
&c senator's therefore, withdrew from the Senate chamber
ton makes requisite 70 DO The Senate ' ,Ssn ad
loarned laying the apporionment bill upon the table from
stolen therefro when The Senate was not in session.
conveyed TO the House, there signed by the Speaker Of thai
cd his iodgins, The Constitutional rules of the ess.
ature require all bills to be signed by the Speakers a
received ali the other necessary Sanctions was
not been signed when the Senate not in
acted upon by either House, and vitality
validity than any other paper which the Speakers Of the
be printed among the laws Thus this miserable fraud
pom the e-book-by ns1paton by hickry and by
he a9 !hs State refused % sanction
rights and, the best of peaceable and efIccua
resistance, determined adopt the form OF the scheme and
send Up to ,hs legislature men pledged TO use all honor
peal this fraudulent and unconstitutional enactment The
democracy Of Hamilton county however, refused
lided that county into two districts indeed they had
he .sfa power 70 com pei is adoption they had de-
esentaves TO be apportioned among the several coun
no. voting for every member appgo"sd 10 T. 'Gan
plcases hence every Judge OF election who refused
enativcs, receive ballot from voter in the aeond
iricf 90 called because the senator to be elected
,oter whose ballot was thus refused.
Under these circumstances the election In 1913 held
he nuiy Of il. passage. were ppt directly in issue by boh
parties nearly every democratic candidate being pledged
"A
most gallant fght neunlizng the power Of the federal
lsurpers in both branches OF the Legislature and defeating
he operation OF the pretended law la the House by adj
mission Of the five members elected by the Of the
whole county. tF II
After the adjournment Of the legislature the whis, again
taiute In issue, and were again defeated A majority
gain the OF the scheme having been
urned to the House, disegarded by that body and
he whole five members from Hamilton county admitted TO
or elected from the county, without regard the appor
ionment division, has obtained In that body.
The imputaon upon the clerk OF the OF Hamilton
ouny by the Tribune 10 utterly uncaed for, and unworthy
my respectable editor The clerk 10 support the
Qualification of the State Of Ohio and where come in
onict with thar instrument he follow the dictates OF
s conscience, subject TO the decision OF the courts
law. An appeal has been made the proper judicial
rbuna and the judges, three Of whom belong the whig
arty, have acquitted him Of all blame, and referred the
i'm and vudcaied the rights and interests Of the people
4 the State. ,
The position Of the parties In the Senate on the ID inst
also grossly misrepresented by the Tribune well as
her course OF action during the struggle for organza
ION OF that body The democratic senators came the
apal OF the State with strong desire organize the
enate honorably and tremendously the usual and ord
ary manner Whatever might have been their views OF
he pretended Law dividing Hamilton county, they no
ther intention desire than give
roper officer They did not then know their senatorial
apacy, could they know, either johnson or Broad
veil, until their credentials had been presented
ion TO the chairman presiding Mt the organization Of the
sembIed In Columbus the lst dag OF December inst
nd IN the Of that day they received
on from certain individuals, claiming be senators hold
NJ over and senators elect offering cooperate organ.
Eng the Senate on eerfan conditions This letter itself
insult to democratic and betrayed
uls rx,aI.