The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-09-28
More Bcnuiies OF LOeOGOeO Legis-
laliOM.

We continue our 'elegs 0t extracts" from
the journals, and trust they will receive
the atleniiOn-of every reader be his politics
what they may. What we give are Jdc,S,
aud are amply substantialed by the records
as officially circulated aiming the people.
".ISSiSiiag 10 o, gaMize. ."--CusiOIn has au.
lhorlzed the Sergean,-at-Arms, on receiv
lDg his appointment, TO take ftoo assistants,
each OF whom is paid $3.tO per day. Du.
1ng the attempts al organization Of the two
separate parties 10 the sawe hall, each par
~ appointed Sergeant at. Arms; the Wing
nominee was II. p Pike, who took Messrs
Ne" burgh and Dolson as his assistants, and
The loco nominee was ) &. Cain, who call
90 10 ms assistance soae fifteen or iueniy
others Cams "ass lsiants" presented az.
terwards their bills, most Of them lsn offer.
Ing certificates signed IS &. Cain" pur.
porting that "he had EMPLOYED Mr.. 20 aud
SO, as one Of his assistants 10 organize the
House, see pages Al. 81, 81, ia and rs.
The names Of tlIleen Of these chaps are Civ.
en- in the journal, as also Of about Gnzen
more who we're 'employed" as ''nessen.
gers"--see page Al. Here was some Iitty
dollars a day paid for nearly a month, las
sistIng" the locoioco squad to "organize''
and ITO guard the property Of the State" to
VT: 10 old chars aud wooden clock, the
whole Of which if sold at auction wouIdn',
have brought enough to pay these hiysd bul
les for one day! But that is only one item
IN The expense 10 the people caused by Lo'
coiocolsIn 10 this abOrtiye attempt 10 revo
iutlonIze by violence the government ofOhio
WiJliiy ProtraciiRg Bnniess and Wast
ing The Public .NJhey. .--Ou the morning o.
the 10TH OF January, after the Journal had
been read, Mr. Pennington rose and said
that The Journal just read, of the proceedings
Of the day before (the counting Of the vote:
cast for GoVernor) was incorrect ahl
sIsoWed a ttiSphood on its face as every mem
Der knew. and moved that The same be cor
rected by the OrCe er Ofthe House, The fal
slty Of the journal was so palpa6le that eveI
fownshend and Morse could not, in thi
matter, go with the locofOc.s as usual, ant
they accordingly VOIed all that day with III,
Whigs--see pages 81 to 81, The lOcofoco
stopped at nothing to prevent the correc
ton Of the lie, and their speaker Mr. Bres
lin, aided and assisted them by deciding i'm
properly that calls Of the House and motion
for advancement "were always 10 order
under the rules. The whole Of that day wa
thus spent, mainly in these alternate calls
thus preventing direct vote being take
on the correction. The Clerk called tn
yeas ana nays IevpAty-oHe times, amid grea
noise ane confusion, screaming the calls 70
nearly ten hours, as the House took no re
cess for dinner. and sat until late at night
The Wings, with Townshend and Morse
polled 35 votes and the Iocos 80 votes, thu
Debating The n.oiio0s OF the latter only t
see them alternately renewed. Thus lhi
beauty Of legislation" consumed who'll
day. at cost to the people Of over seOe
hundred doliars--and it as done By the 10
cofocos to prevent the truth IN relation /
} the votes for Governor, from appearing
the records Of the State: in other wOrd
they desired 10 show that Weller was cleo
ed, when they kneto that Ford had major
ty and they afterwards very willingly asst
ted in his Inauguration. See also Senal
Journal p. ll2.
Is there any man, whose sense of rigl
and ofthc dignty of his State is not deaf
ened by partisan spirit, who can thus recl
TO the records without feeling the most pair
ful modification!