The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-02-02

state generally, is and will continue to
be, it's agricultural productions. 1t will
therefore be readily seen that the promo.
ton Of the interests or the farming class
Of our toihihunity, REQUIRES the Particular
attention Of the General Assembly, That
int rest is always fnlly REPRESENTED 10 this
body, and will trdst. receive full share
Of its consideration.
History and example teach, that d re
publitah goteFnment, depending as !,
does upon the will of the people, can oh-
Iy be maintained where information and
knowledge are generally diffused. I'm,
pressed with this truth. the trainers of the
constitution declare in that instrument
that, Schools and the means Of instruc.
tipn shall forever be encouraged by leg
islative provision
Considering the age OF our state. much
has already been done in obedience to
this requirement Of the constitution. But
much more rem aims TO be done before our
system Of educat on W i'll become as per,
feet as its iIhPortanGe demands. Ia the
administration Of our school law, great.
er number Of persons are engaged than
in the administration Of any other law up
on our statute hockl it should therefore
be plain, explicit aud easy to be under.
stood. The acts now constituting our
system of common schools are scattered
through the different volumes Of the stat
ute, sections and parts Of seetions changs
ed altered and repealed Until il Is no easy
matter even for skiIhl lawyer to ascer>
tain what the law is. | would therefore
'ecothmend to the Legislature a revision
of these laws. 50 that the whole subject of
common school edncation may be EN-,
braced in a single statute
Within the last tweut. FIVE years a sys.
TEN of internal improvements has been
commenced and completed at the public
expense. That these works have added
much to individual and general wealth
there can be no doubt, since by their
construction every portion of community
is brought within a reasonable distante
of a market for all their snrplns produc-
,inhs, thus having developed the resour
ces of the state and given at impetus to
every variety Of business transantionss-
To procure the means uf constructing
these works a debt OF considerable mag
nitnttide has been contracted, which at
une tine seemed TO TIRES ten our prosper.
iiy aud our credit, But by the energy Of
our officers aud the fidelity Of our people
both have been preserved. and our obI-
cations will be faithfully adhered to m.
I'll that bebf shall be paid to the last far.
thing.
By The operation Of ouF present system
OF resen"e, system believed TO be as
equal as any that could he devised, the
interest Of our State debt is puoctuaIly
paid and already since its adoption
larger amount of the principal of tina,
debt has been discharged. The new
/ banking system has restored confidence
In cur currency by the facilities afforded
! 10 business, aud It's security to the bill
holder. and is vet all that was expected
of il. These two systems. | doubt not
will be sustained whilst their benef cial
effects remain so clearly manifest.
From a sideration ofthe laws them-
selves. as well as from The agitation OF the
subject In all parts Of the State, | invite
the attention of the General Assembly TO
the act of January 9Th 1904, entitled. san
act to regulate black and ihuiatto per.
sons and the act amendatory thereto
passed Jan. s5th, 1907. These acts.
which are in common parlance, denomi-
mated the 'black laws are of long stand.
ing, the first having been enacted soon
after the organization of the State COY
ernment. From the first they have net
with decided opposition from portion
of the people of the State. Ofiate years
and on a more fuh Investigation. this OPP
POSITION has become more determined
and more extended.
There has sometimes been manifested
disposition to imp"'e improper motives
to those vho enacted these laws. In this
attack upon the memory of those who
have gone before us, | am not disposed to
participate. These acts we,e undoub ted
ly intended by those who passed them for
good-they were iegislating far a State
which had hut lust been organized. 90 |
its southern boundary, and separate from
it only by the Ohio river. were States in
which the coiored man was ensiaved. But
in their own State. bath by its const,:u
tion and the ordinance Of 1857, happily.
sIarery should never be tolerated; its
people and every portion of them must
forever remain free. Under those CIR
cumstances they spPrehended danger
that their southern Beighhors might cast
upon them saoh of their slave population