The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-12-30

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the relief Of the poor family and to do with
out his toys. The mother added from her
own store and together they followed the
little girl to her home, where they were The
means Of affording happiness and comfort,
unknown for many day, to that family
The little boy was surprised sometime after
his arrival home, that bountiful supply OF
Christmas presents were provided for him.
Reader, a kind Providence willbe more
ready to reward your benevolence than even
that fond mother was TO reward that charity
in her boy which somuch delighted her.
She felt that he should experience no regret
for his noble conduct.
As the novelist would say, sour tale is
told" From all quarters, the mails are
sparse in their favors, and our "news ofthe
morning"is done up to order for copy. II
it stirs up one heart to bear in mind the les
sons therein taught, our labor in filling up
our paper for to-day will be amply repaid and
should our City Fathers Npke hint, there
may be fewer wet feet, fower coughs and
colds, and consumption will be put afar off.
WASHINGTON GossIP.-The attempt of a
portion of the majority in the United States
Senate to prevent Senator Dixon, of Ken
lucky, from taking his seat in that body, will
pPpear so suprsmely ridiculous when the
facts are examined, that an ordinary man.
not versed in the willy acts of political dema-
gogues who in these latter days obtain seat
in high Legislative bodies for which Nature
and Education never fitted them, will he
surprised that proposition of the kind could
be entertained for u moment. The facts, as
we CLEAN from the Lexington OJservor, are
simply these:
"Mr. Clay sent to the Legislature of Ken
lucky, in January preceding his death, his
resignation, to take effect on the first Mon
day in September thereafter. The Legisla-
'ure, which meets biennially, being then In
session, resolved, Gas is always the case when
advised of vacancy that is o occur before
the next meeting,)to proceed to the election
by himself should expire, and MIR Dixon was
chosen. Mr.. Clay died before the time fix.
ed for his retirement, and the Governor of
the State filled the office ad interim, Chat il
for the remainder Of the unexpired term
which Mr.. Clay had not resigned, } by the ap-
pointment OF David Merriwether, speciical-
" limiting the time Of that gentleman's ap-
polntment to that which Mr.. Clay had fixed
as the date Of his resignation. Mr.. Merri-
wether servetout the remnant of the term
according to the terms Of his appointment,
and at the opening Of the present session.
Mr.. DIXON presented himsolf to be qualified
as the Senator elected by the Legislature of
Kentucky for the unexpired term for which
Mr.. Clay WAS elected, and it Is objected that
thereis no vacancy to be 4 He'd, the Govern
or Of Kentucky having appointed Mr. Merri-
wether to fill the vacancy. aud that be had
NO power to limit the term Of his appoint
ment.
snow, it is clearly shown that Mr. Dixon
has the sanction Of the Constitutional elec.
tive power OF the State=-th4t his claims to
the scat are based upon the action Of that
body, which had been apprised by the sitting
member himself hat there would be vaean.
cy ats given time, and that time at period
before the next biennial meeting Of the Lee
gislature-thst almost every man who holds
a seat in the Senate holds it by an election
of the same kind, and that in view of a. va
cancy not existing at the time of his elcc-
tion, but vacancy thatit is known will ex-
ist at given time thereafter, precisely as
was the case with Mr.. Dixon Under these
circumstances,tis unaccountable,e except up
on mere partisan grounds, that there should
be an objection to the right of Mr.. Dixon,
so clearly in accordance not only with es-
tablished usage, but with the sovereign pow
er of the Commonwealth he represents, as
expressed through her only constituted au-
thoritics.' - 4
So absurd was the attempt that. upon the
final vote and after discussion of several
days, only sixteen Senators could be found
whowould vote against the right Of Mr.. Dixon
to his seat. 1t was only another attempt to
place the one-man power over that Of the
peoples representatives..