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

The proceedings Of this body which assem-
bled at the close oe the last month in Column
bus, do not present many very striking fea-
lures, and are not different from what might
be expected of men making the profession
that Free Sellers do. After endorsing the
Buffalo platform, it proceeded to erect a State
platform, adopting, in general terms, "the
great principle Of equal rights for all, guar
anteed and secured against invasion by equal
laws" We pass by its resolutions in regard
to the proper mode of taxation, the increase
Of corporations, obligation 10 discharge the
State debt, security of homestead, &c., to its
sth and 9th resolutions, which read thus:
Resolved, That while we desire a
homogeneous population for our State,
and believe that we shall have it whenev-
err slavery shall cease 10 force the VIC
Tins Of its tyranny into the uncongenial
north, we are inAexibly opposed 10 all class
Legislation and legalized injustice, and
therefore insist on the repeal Of the en-
acments commonly known as the Black
Laws Of Ohio.
Resolved, That the action Of the
Legislatures ofNew York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts and other free states, in
prohibiting The use Of the jails Of the
stale and the aid Of state officers, 10 the
p%ursuers Of fugitive slaves, presents ar
example proper 10 be followed by the
Legislature Of Ohio.
1t further resolved that a new Constitution
ought TO be framed for Ohio, which, among
other desirable things, should provide for the
following:
l. The cheap, prompt and certain admin
i~straiion Of justice.
The expense, delay, and "glorious uncer
tainty" of the law has become proverbial, anC
a reform in these particulars is certainly Il
be desired by every litigant, actual or expect
ant.
.. The adequate education of all the you'll
Of the State.
This no one ought to object to, and no on
who is a friend 10 education will; and al
though some would desire that the colorec
youth should be educated in schools by them
selves, yet such would admit the prophet,
of adopting the suggestion as stated.
8. The prohibition of State debts beyon,
an amount to be specified in the new Consti
tuition, except in the case of actual invasion
or for the payment of existing debts.
This undoubtedly would be far better tina
to give the government agents authority t
incur any amount Of debt they may choose
and then tax the people in order to pay it.
4. The prohibition of banking corporation
except by the special consent of a majorit
Of the people.
This might be Democratic so far as the Ell
tire State was concerned, but highly unju'
and oppressive toward a district whose pei
pie believed they needed a bank. The su;
gestion is surrounded with a thousand diff
c%ulties.
5. The division of the State for represer
taiion in both branches Of the Legislature il
to single districts, equal in number to tn
number Of Senators and Representatives 7,
spectively, upon some fair and equitable plal
TO be fixed by the Constitution.
Probably but few would object to the il
corporation of som such provision into a ne
, Constitution; and none who believe that m
%jorities should govern, can find fault with Il
+. following, which closes the specification
the matters deemed of sufficient importan,
a to be named by the Free Soil Convention
d " ataa.~ H.,
( provide.
6. The election Of all State and county
o fcers, by the people.
Now had we been delegates to that Co
v~ention, we should certainly have remind
n the members Of a fact they seem to have 9