New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-11

q take The requisite Eefs =
CORRECTNESS. Of Their assumption Toe o'~''
Legal tribunal, which kre tuih9-ized ana co
petent 10 pronounce what Pu'Po'ii % be on7 o.
ne, law. eitbe- unconstitutional or not d7'y e.
.,,.5 ,n5 a. no law Il ali. To these tnoonas u
Is he duty OF those deiyinR az enactment - 30
v,h4 70 bring Il ~ adjudication. Inc process g
.,,v b,,S.sd oonclaslvs. TO the az sa1 -
a.. ,,,umooy. 4 they SPEAK not according =
thi.x o-I II !, bccsuse tners u no light 10 them
-Ysl tie .dyertaiss o. tAs APPortonnea! have
never Yer.ortd 70 sppsa 20 and sbi1e the 2di1iai
ordeal Their shrinking from IL is a virsusl con
Es.ion O. Judgment They knop that tEs law
would be sustsiaed By the Cogrti, 9: they Touit
appeal 10 toe n for its overthrow.
The Looo- Focos Of Hamilton County, as. year
gyss5 in defiance Of the lsw for sebstor and Eve
Aeabsrsio the whole County ,he Wings voted
for tro Members il ,as frt District Cincinnati,
ani Tor G5enstor and three Members 10 the second
lcoans,y district. Ia TIE forne-, the. succeeded
in the l.iter, they were Of course u.a5-7'y.-
The Loco Foco Clerk, z. {. Roll 10 dehs1oo q
the lav retsroed all the Loco Voc0 csrdidsses -
No opposition vas made ~ tnoss Tno we're Che
sen from the second district, woo had nhJorlty
any way, bat the Wing Members from TIE Fret
district proc ored cerf cd transe pit Of the votes
given 10 that district, showing that they had
clear ra,iorty. and tbereapon claimed their seats
At the outset But the Loco Focos bad taken
posse.ion OF the Representatives. Cn'nosr our
iog toe night previous 10 the day on when ths
session was 70 open, and had Installed their ls"
dsf,ing delegates from Cincinnati In sess When
the Wing Members entered ~ the usual hour they
found the lswless party swearing N am orssnz
iog toe sIou,s. Each party nominated Chairman
and for some days tbs House v.s Bedsm OF ~
no ait and confusion. Finally, it was agreed that the
two Cincinnati claimants Of either party should
stand back add let tbs uodspVted Members organ
ize tie House. A Loo9 Foco Speaker sod Free
Soil Clerk were chosen BY bargain. Tie sos, q
ono Whis wa he having s.o ,aoshero ONCE
when cbossD, and new election ordered He
was reelected bat meantime bargain had been
struck between tee Loco Focos snd two Members
chosen as Free Sellers by which the contes. was
decided The Loco FOoOs, IN consideration oltgo
votes 70 be given sgs insi toe Wing Members and
10 favGJ Of taeir prstenders from Cinctnnsu, and
10 consideration also Of the votes 70 be given by
those Members for their candidates FOR certain To-
dicisl aud other Offices agreed 70 repeal tina mi
qu toos and anti republican statutes known 80 he
Black Laws i~h-reof they had been for yeArs
the -ociierogs sad proscfp tive cham pions and 70
make sslmJu p. Chase u. g. Senator in place OF
their own William Allen Articles OF agreement
we're duiy signed and delivered. The parties
made haste to clutch the spoils while they YET
might ST.. o. NJ Spencer the Leading Wing
Member from ClaoDnst. was absent a. the red
eide Of bis dying mother the reelected Wig
Member from Clinton Comfy would very soon be
la his seat The intrigaers hurled - vote the
seats a. from Msssrs. Spencer and Ran. on, be
'Woig claimants, and inlo the PosSas.ol Of lss'rs
Pogh scd Piorce, the lsw -de9iog Loco Foco pre-
tendc7s This w1s - RED by 0As msorty--tSo
votes Jg il bell < cast by Mes.rs Townssend of 10
rain AID Mofse Of Lake F &c 5oiiers both req-o-
sentins Districts notoriousiy adverse to the out
rage aud ia favor oi the law W. ssy motor 3gs',,
not merely in reference 70 tho previous oharkcter
Of those Counties, but also in view Of the decided
majority gwen ~ each for Governor al tne preced
iDs election t. Sesbgry Ford. VINO had helped Tass
and at all t,nes icsii6ed tbs ApporiIonGit Mt
against John Weller, 70. ernhittered sud clamor-
Gus adversary. BY the votes o. those two men,
Law was rubvert1d sa3 Riot enthrcnsd in OL.o.
The ms,terspirit Behind tbs scenes, The Al
hal hereafter e. this neisSious iutrigu. We
Salmon Y. Chase, who oy means Of 1t now els "a
tue senate Of the United States He bad one sup
porter in the Legislature 20 VT Norton : To~'.
sirnd Aforesaid Who was able 10 control the &C
ton Of the wesker vessel, Morse. Iney two and
no mor~ were necessary TO the triumph Of Rios
Z \ AZ -
ed, and they got Nci,bec OF them was rec eot-
- last Fsl Morse wac not a candidate Town
shend was defeated. bet long ere this he ;bl .
pieces has been oiutchet by the master wirewor.
her. " no cared not whose fingers were burned 50
long as the ohes.nUis eaured 70 him. The .tipuls
,ons OF the bargain we're al sorapuously fulfilled.
A new election took place last October a. d
tae olc question was revived. An attempt was
made al tho last Session to rePesl the Hamilton
dividing csuses Of tbs Apportioumeut Act, but it
did lot succeed. The Loco Foco Sheriff OF Ham
iltoa County issned the usual notice Tor the cleo
ton In thst CeaIty ~ ocooraaEce Wttt ne i7-,
specifying snst a Senstor and two Representa-
tves were to DO chosen from the first or Cinen
matt district, ant three Representatives from the
second or county district. The Loco Fooos new
erthsle. voted 10 defiance Of that law their
Judges OF Election counted votes es.t IN defiance
Of the law ior Senator in the District which had
no Senator To elect. and Tor i've Members through
ont. when the law and the ofhcisl notice for the
election prescribed that tao Members were = Re
voted for in the fret and three in the second ds-
tcs. The Looo.Foco Clerk counted these votes
a. legal In defiance Of the law and in defiance OF
the law declared that WIN. 7. Johnson had been
chosen Senator for the whole County Of Hsni TOD,
VITA the i've LOCO. Fooo Representatives
Ths Wings made an attempt to Gust the Clerk
Tor this outrageous oondSct, bat were defeated
Judge Hars Ia sort Ct Wing, bat the brother-in-
law Of Posh, tho leading tooO-Foco returned to
the House in defiance of lsw) deciding that the
Clerk hal acted eove.e-cIoEsly and that the act
{ ement Of the whole matter in dispute belonged
pOpel y v the Lsgl'lG.arc Acoordingto itis De.
cisioo, Coprt Clefk may deliberately, c.tsnts-
.ionsly violate lsw with impunity. 10 long a. the
JUDI Is over him shAl see dt ~ presume that he
tho Ugh. the ls~ that ought to be respected