The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-01-19

ofonr canal lands, as would bringabou'
their sale and improvement. And by
strict economy in the administration in
all the departments Of the government.
a. That the condition of the coDvicts
10 the Peniten,iary, who were toiling
from early dawn until dusk. without an
hour TO read by day, or light to read at
night, should be ameliora,ed; and that,
even in their fallen estate, the accents
pf kindnes tie enlighment Of truth, the
teachings Of morality, and the consola-
lpns of religion, should not be withheld.
81 That the monopolies gradually fas-
iening themselves upon the stale, aud
beginning to claim perpetual duration,
smb acipg hundreds of able bodied men
working at thirty three cents per day,
boarding, lodging, and workshops found,
In competition with the mechanics Of
The state, ought not 10 be endured or tol.
era,ed beyond what a fair construction
of the constacts, made in accordance
with law, demands.
g. That the work on the new State
House should be Immediately, and earn
es,ly, resumed; and convict labor with
draw from voca,ioni injurious 10 M at
ical pursuits. and directed TO this impor.
tant object; taking care, in its gradual
withdrawal, to work no Injury to any just
fights Of contractors for prison labor.
Z. That those enactments very proper
ly denominated by universal consent, 'the
Black Laws OF Ohio are impolltic, unjust
and inhuman, al war with the genius OF
our free institutions, aud The spirit of the
age ia which we lvej and that they ought
to be Immediately and uuqualisdly re
pesled.
THIS last opinion was every where dis
tiactly avow ed during he canvass Of lS46
The repeal has been recommended, on
J every proper occasion since. And al
though the General Assembly has, thu,
far. 10 the exercise OF its constitutions
powers and duties, maintained a diferen
policy, yet cannot refrain, in this mi
last ufficial act, respectfully yet earnestI!
20 recomme nd, that these laws should n,
longer remain upon the statute books o
n the first state, organized under the ord
nance Of 1857.
l, will remain source Of grateful re
me einbrance to me. 10 all future time, tha
every one of these recommendations, th
last only excepted, has MET The aPproba
tion and sanction Of the Legislature. IT,
currency and revenue laws have been ur
) held, and are fulfilling the just expecta
D uops of their founders. Our colleges
as, lums and schools, have been LIBERAL
I sustained, and IN return are pourin
streams Of benevolence aud eDlIghe EN-
meut into all the departments OF socia
3 life. A redllction was made in the prlc
of our caual lands, in Limited quantities
4 to actual settlers, and the result Is tha
= since the law went into operation on III
? first day Of March, l847, more than nine
ty thousand acres have been sold for owe
one hundred aud twenty thousand dollars
The public faith has Been nobly sustain
ed. The sink,ng fund has been enlargee
And portion Of Slate debt paid. Ih
penu,tent:ary has been lighted with gas
y and furnished With more than seven thons
, and volumes Of books for the use Of lh
convcts. Many have been taught in tn
prison Sunday School to read; and tn
cheering results Of ki0dhess blended wit
wholesome discipline, and Of mental an
moral training, are manifest IN the ref"r
m matiou Of its inmates. large proper
ton of thuse lately discharged are know
:, to have entered Upon life Of honest in
oustry. alike honorable to themselves an
2 useful to theiI country. OftWo hnndre
and seventy whose sentences have ea
pirer or W 10 have been pardoned with
: the last two years, only three have bee
: returned to theSprison: BY the wise an
opportune act OF the last winter, an efcc
, uaI check was given to the execution {
well as III the renewal of the old ones =
:, The work on the new State House ha
been earnestly resumed aud v'g"rohsi
prosecuted. More than seven thousan
perche Of Stone have been laid. Tn
whole OF the found ations have been cou
pleied aud the walls raised To points {
elevation varyii G from SIX TO ten te'
above the surface of the ground. III
dressing If stone is still progressing
More convicts from expired contracts ma
be obtained next season. And by mot
crate appropriations each year, which al
recommended, this edifce, so much meet
\ ed for The accommodation of the Legisli
tive aud other departments Of the gover'
/, ment, as we'll as for the preservation I
, its archives, now So much exposed 10 de'
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