The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-05

new Constitution that would render such
measure constitutional in their judg.
menus witness articles on The single
district system" in the Cincinnati Enquir
ler. Hamilton is not the ONLY county |
that would he diyided--lhe issue To be !
lrIed. the single disrcl" principle cor
/. rect; and, oh this point, we commend T. |
he Statesman. for the present, the FL
lowing exIrocts from the speech nf Mr.. |
Reemelln, leading democrat in the Con- |
lvsDilOn:
"MrREEMELlN said: Il has becnmr
"bvipus 10 every observer, that for once
in my life, have got into strange compa
ny, and On listening iD the remarks If the
genIlrman from Ross. Mr. GREEN aud
ir"m Logan Mr.. STANTON was ready
10 exclalm, lord what have | done that
! my enemies should praise me'-aud If
we're the mere parry hack which men
VIII" don't know me may have supposed
me 10 be, | might be ia sad predica.
ment-but as it is, having carefully sur.
veyed the whole ground, having weigh
ed all sides. having scanned every sup.
posable contingency and every hearing
the question has. have no fears If the
result. have cnoy and calmly deter
mined To sustain. 10y vote and v1cp, the
: single district system. as both honest aud
, fair"
Il want no more swamping Of coH,ti-
uences-no mOre sitting Of voices. nn
more court house centre influences; |
want true, thoroughly radical, separate
p aud distinct single constituency for eve
~ representative who sits ~ Columbus.
This is the true method this is honest
it is right.
My friend from TrumbuH. [Mr. Ran
, NEY is very cafelul never to touch the
I question. ! said yesterday that the d,
vidiug line between us single district
men and our opponents is. whether the
> people Gods living bodies aud souls
shall be represented. or the corpnraiinn
other material interest. And then said
that once grant 10 us that population is
the basis, and we could drive yun from
y position to position, for the opposition /,
Y single districts can get no tuothnId, uules.
:. it plants itself upon the old IDEA of a
= borough representation. then callet
= upon my friend tu relute my POSITIONS
Is based as they all were upnp this princi
g pie, that population is the scknowedl
as ed basis Of representation. But he ha:
- been very careful io 60 al aroDnd my er
-, guments. but equally careful to never
= touch them. expected as much. and Il
al this hour nui one Of the debaters has dar
" ed to approach our impreguabIe position
r, True. caprinus objections have beer
. made to the details Of the plan, to which
. it seriously Urged, | may reply hereaf
u ter, but the principle has not been ever
touched. aud my friend. Mr.. RANNtY,
It, with his usual caution in debate. know
,f ing that not 10 say something would no
do. and that he dare not deny that popu
lation is the true basis Of represe niatinr
u" has admitted it, but he claims at III
o. same time that the county. as count,
ir. had some claims (Which, by.lhe-by. h
We did not define for representation, an
., he has thus adroiily avoided both horr
'' of the dilemma, by getting on both.
q "My friend then means to say that til
county gets the representatives. say
is The people within it. A slight differ
ence. but one which makes all the di
90 ference in this discussion. if member
:, will but consider it "
va 81 ask. what is The idea of our whol
he government 1t is that every man, W,
man and child in the State IS represente
TO in the government, not in their pecuii
,,s whms, but their rights; and our Gpuert
lte Assembly is AT least supposed 10 reffe
is, the will our pc pie That is the bas
ie of representative Democracy. I'll
m reason is this. that we cannu, oil NEE
far we cannot all be heard; subdivisions a
he therefore made, but even there we ca
or not all be heard. therefore we elect Re
ri. resentatlves, and these men represe nj
ra. and not themselves I hey speak nj
ns voice, or should do sn. Now | ask IT
Ia friends, since we cannot all meet in G.,
ra nmbus and speak our own sentiment
be whether we should not come as near to
mt. as we can, consistent with other relation
er of society, aud know from his Democr
his cy, that he will grant this. and then a
the him whether single districts do not a
at prnxl nate nearer to the people, wheth
to through them we will not get nearer
Rot the will of the people than through
re. system which piles seven rePresentati'
ate on top of each other, and which makes
Iity swallow not only often representa-
To we don't want, but also others, with wh
for we are remotely only concerned.
heir dominant majority in a county select I
had resentatiVes f'r all portions of the co
rate ty, under your pl4n,-in ours, each !
les selects lis own Which is most repu
,uld can, the county plan or the single {
r in trictS9 leave to others To decide"
cor
an The gentleman from TIumbuil,
RANNEY afraid to meet the principle,
,ies, tacks the detail AMI enleavnrs tn pa
,ws, out particular instances wherc abu
lORc will arise. But is he lorne out by
go. facts} We have such assemblies of
ing. We have the board Of equalization,
be have city councils. school boards. {
am are these corruptinrs? Again the v
en-, system is in operation in New York,
rgn has he, can he show me in any the p
ing, lie papers, or in any public or private {
rom ument, even the scratch of pen go
not TO show or even declaring that any abt