The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-12

midness of her climate and peculiarly
adapted in the form of her surface and her
proximity to great Lakes aud navigable
Rivers to the highest degree Of improve.
ment by Railroads-is compleied-is fin.
ished? We are not prepared so to act
We see no good that is cquivalentt 10 the
evils which will grow nut Of tho adop.
tion ofsuch principles.
4th.-Every act off the General Assem-.
bly, creating corporations with Banking
powers. is to be imperative until it shall
be submitted to vnte Of the people Of
the State for adoption. and when thus
adopted it is to have the fnrce of law.
We might have indulged the expecta
tion that, after a Banking system had
been thus created and brought into exis-
tence after it had received the express
sanction Of a majority Of all the voters Of
State. it would have been protected by
the Constitution from assaults from every
quarter. But not So. The Constitulio on
expressly authorizes the Legislature. at
any time and at all times, after these char.
ters shall be thus adopted. to repeal them
in common with all other corporate char.
ters, at pleasure.
Why should the will Of the people,
thus expressed, be prosirated, or permit.
ted to be prostrated by the General AS
semblyl
Why should this Constitution so con
tinually distrust the capacity of the peo'
pie to determine what is good for them.
selvesl
This is anti.republicau. anti.dpmocrat
ic. The effec, If it will be to divert cap
tal from us and to drive the capital among
us seeking investment in Bank nr other
corporate stock, into other States where
this kind Of corporate property has that
projection which will render it secure snt
stable. Without such proieclinn, thi
kind Of property cannot be brought int
existence, as no set of mon who are pos
sessed Of capital. are willing so to invcs
it as to leave it at the mercy of its emo
: mics or Of those who may pride IN its dc
struction.
5th.-The State is districted for Sena
turiaI purposes into thirty.three districts
: to each district is given one Senator, ex
Q cept the district composed of Hamilto
countyto whichis given three. TheConati
= tuition alsn provides that no change shal
! ever he made in the Senatorial districts
. except in those districts composed of
. plurality of counties. or course the di,
trict formed Of Hamilton county is PEI
petud'.
II In our State, we recognize pc0pIe Onl
as entitled to representation, aud not fe
II r't0ry or property either real or persoI
l. al.
lr If the people of Hamilton county a
s. entitled to three Senators, why shoul
10 the territory of that county not he divi
- ed into three parts, SO AZ to give ea
!" subdivision ofils people oae Senator,
III the same number of people occupyil
Ie other portions of the State are subivid
Z" into single districts? There can be
Sc other reason except to disrranchise Il
"i minority of the voters in the county a
"' To put the poltical power and represe
tation that would belong to them. if su
m divided iuto single districts, into the han
1t of the majority --and that is effected, !
II for ten years only, but for such period
u time as the Constitution shall endu
should it be adopted.
N For years past, the division of Ham
~ ton county, for purposes of represen
=" tion, has been fruitful theme Of disc
N.Y. sion IN all parts of the State, and esp
'hS tally in the General Assembly. Tie
suit of that discussion, we had suppo,
IAN to be, an admission ON all hands of
md Justice and proprie,y of the divisi
ing while many honestly doubted the autl