The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-02-24
JOB PRINrrrn

"1a' ieasonaOie Prlce3 81. stsfgBstt 10 Hgftf
represented. Each English bs rough, u
as well as each city, has ns re,ufningl
,offlcer apart from The rounty nj large,
and 10 whom the sheriff issues his pre-.
.cept.--l Black. Com. 1T. .ess''1e.
How does the case stand in regard )
to the two districts Of Hamilton counsyf j
Have they separate sheriffsl Havs j
they separate returning officersi They
have not, and they cannot have undsr
the present constitution. B aa Rgsylssoi
On the tenth day. of October Iast, fls :
qualified electors Of Hamiion county o
were notified, by the proclamation Of >
the sheriff, to meet at the usual places
OF holding elections, in the several town. r
ships, precincts, and wards, and choose 70
five Representatives to the General Az. J.
sembly. The bill of 18th FEBRUARY
last afforded him (he sheriff. noinssluc.
ton as to his duty. and did not assume
to repeal former Iegislation upon that
subject. By the act OF 1891, which IL
still in force, he is directed ..fiiteen. dsys .
ataeast, before the holding Of ans gen-ss
eral election. or ten days before the
holding oiany special election. to give IA
public aotice BY proclamation. Trough
out his connty, Of the time Of holding
such election, and the number o( off.
GERS at tllattlne 10 he chosen, one eopy
Of which shall be set up at each of tho
places where elections are appointed to !
be holden" &c.--Nwan's Staf. soe.
Now the number Of Representatives ss
that time to he chosen by the electors
OF Hamilton county (whe,her chosenin
separate districts. or at iarge) was fce,r
not Two. nor three. A mi the law /
makes no provision tor separate procIs-
nations 10 the distlic;s. nor for a pro.
clamation partly addressed to one dis-d
trict OF the county, and partly TO anoth.
er. II must be proclamation throush.
out The county--io the whole county,
| OF the number OF officers at that. time 10
be chosen. (not ot the number nj .aay1
place, or in any particular district, to 10 !
chosen.if and copy Of il must be segs
up 10 every precinct Of the county,
where votes are. -vnDt oae kind
4 approximation in Cincinnaiitownship, !
and another kind. Of proclamation (nog j
acoPy OF the firsDin Miami township--s
lar less t,Oo procamaiion., neither q
copy of the other, in the first and ia
ninth wards of jhe city Of Cincinuati.a
And yer, Mr.. Speak err. why notify ths,
TcItlzensof the second district what tho,
citizens OF the first district must do. and
nice versa, unless il he that the consii-
tuition presses the supporters Of the bill .
OF February last TO the very ex,ren,eofs
the absurd and impossible. .s2e@oll
! took occasion to show, 10 nv reply
to lndge Spencer on the ID ullimo, the.
confusion which would inevitable resuly,
from an obedience Of that bill by the
Clerk Of the Court, the returning officer
in common Of the Two districts, and The.
legal lmpossibility of the Clerk obeyinR
il. without palpabe usurpation OF iu-
dicial power and violation Of his OATH,
| will not repeat that argument now;it
has no, been answered. (al,hough Judge
Spencer threatened arejoinder y and il is,,
IN my humble judgment. unanswei able
But why need lspeak Of this divi.
SION of Hamilton county as compara-
BILE TO any other system of representa-,
hon. II has no feature OF the county..
township or municipal system; for this
Izigzng line cuts in twain the township,
OF Cincinnati, and the city Of Cincin.
natl, as well AS the county OF. Hamilton;
commencing where the corporation and
township line intersects Mill creeks,
thence eastward to the Miami CanaI;s
thence south-ward along .ths canal TO-
The elbow, [as it is called and turning
Il righ, angle, eastwardly, along the ca
nal 10 Main street; thence southwardly,
along the centre line and tuning an-
other right angle, along the centre Of
Sixth, bendingSio the north ward at the
extremity OF That street, turning again
Alright angle and ruaning up, Lock
street one square; thence to and fro,
among obscure lanes and alleys, till IL
strikes the odd bed OF Deer. creek;
thence meandering along thai rayine
norihwardly and east wardIy 10 the COZ.
poration and township line again, md
with THAI line eas,wardly II the RIVER
making, Of The first district, q 6gure. Ill.
known amns' to geometry, and des,
.lhed hereafter. trust, 10 be lnnknown
'yen 10 poliiicans and tricksters. 80
i The syslemls not one Of single dis
riots; tertwp represen ntaiives are 10 -
elected in one portion thus divided, and
hree in the other, because il was swell