The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-10-07
"Wednesday EvcnInE. OCt.o 1852

"wednesday Evening, Oct.o. 1850
FACTS FOR THE PeOPLE-QEAO AND Reflect
We are indebted to the Athens Messenger
for the following important facts for the Peo-
pie. Mr.. Voorhees,, the able and Industrious
editor. himselfa member ofthe General AS
sembly, lno,cs wlaths uorites, and none o. his
statements can be refated. The condition Of
things disclosed in this summary should ar
rest the attention of every taxpayer and
citizen WHO honestly desires the prosperity
of our good State of Ohio, and should be
read and reflected upon by every one. Let
1.-The citizen remember as he reads. that por-
ton OF the sovereign power Of the State is in
his own hands, and that he is responsible to
God and his country if the proper remedy
for such reckless conduct is not applied-if
the unfailhful public servant who abuses the
trust con6ded to him, OF uses the power of
the people to promote his own selfish ends,
instead Of the good of the pcoplc--be not
rsbuked. The remedy is al Tie Laliol-bor--
there, by our votes, we pronounce our vcr-
dict, and make known our will, either that
lhe dishonest servant be continued in our en-
ploy, or dismissed. We ask you to read, re-
fleet, and then go to the polls and vote as
you think right, for or against such cxtrava-
gance:
BEAR THE FACTIN MIND,
That at the last session of the General as
sembly, the so-caled Democratic party had
i6S members in the lower House,. and "a in
the Senate; or q sufficient number at any
and all times to have defeated or carried any
measure coming before them, although that
measure might be of n nature to require a
two-thirds vote. They could have accom-
plshed the result if every Wing and Free
SoiIer had resigned their seats and returned
to their constituents.
BEAR THE FACT IN MIND,
That il is with and by the Standing Commit
!, tees where the important measures Of legis-
, lation are matured and brought for the ac-
ton of the General Assembly; it is to them
all important measures are referred to be
examined and reported upon for amendment,
, rejection, or passage.
| BEAR THE FACT IN MIND,
0 That of the ffty-two Standing Committees
of the two Houses, the Locofocos had the
magnaninity to give the Wings the control
of but two-the Agricultural and Library
Committeeman these of n nature not to
D admit ofthe transaction of that kind Of leg
@ islatve business upon which parties are apt
e as parties, to differ. Placing these facts to-
gether, no man of ordinary discernment can
= fail to discover that it was the intention oil
= the dominant party to assume the RESPONSE
bility of last winters legislation; and thai
e they are absolutely responsible for the sins
: Of omission and commission properly belong
: ing to that branch of the Government. They
t possessed the power for good or evil, ant
: they did not fail to exercise it.
; BEAR THE FACT IN MIND,
That one Of the prominent reasons urged in
favor of the new organic law-in view of the
= fact that it provides for biennial instead
-, of annual sessions-was that the People
. would have cheaper administration of State
= aflairs but do not forget, that instead of on
session in i,Go years, these reform.rs vii
have palmed upon the People the expense
of fro sessions in one year; that they have
increased the Legislative expenses nearly three-fo
by the employment of shoal OF useless
clerks, scrgeants and hangers on; by the in
discriminate increase of the salaries o
. State officers, and by the reckless lavish
n ment of the public treasure in ways and by
d means too numerous to give in detail.
r BEAR THE FACT IN MIND,
I People Of Ohio! that the total appropria
tion Of the session Of lS50-'5l, amounted t.
|, $36S, l29, including the sum of $4,000 bal
II anco Of expenses incurred by the Coustiu
tional Convention--while the total amoun
u of appropriations last winter, on the first hal
i of the first session under the "new Constitu
G ton in the hands fits friends" loom up Il
$730,053:0l or an increase over the aggre
: gate appropriations of the former session
!, and the last under the old Constitution, o
u 1871 1923, or more than one hundred per cent!
. BEAR THE FACT IN MIND,
!, That although there is an estimated incrcas
of 1875 100000 to the grand duplicate sine,
the last assessment; that although there i
not one dollar of the foreign debt to be pal,
$ until 1857, our State taxes are decreased bu
( one-thirty- per cent, or one-tcnth of
: mill from last year, and that, too, when it i
Q n notorious fact that tho Wings, under for
d mer assessments and with $25O00OOO les
=, ofa basis, managed during the last six year
d to reduce the State debt s., 100000 and as
+ consequence lessenng very materially tn
l. amount of interest to be provided for b,
s those now iu power. Why, then, no more 0
i a reduction in State tareS! TAere Is reasoI
h "A cdus for ii, and one that the People Shoul
n make themselves familiar ,oith. The cause ma
Q be traced in lie main 10 The wastefal and lauis
l. expenditure Of hepuhiic funds in he increas
Of salaries, and The useless increase Of LeqiSidtir
e erpeases. And first in the category
BEAR THE FACT IN MIND,
J. That there were employed in and about til
=, Legislature, FIFTY-TWO Clerks, Scr
,r geants and their assistants, to wait upon an
e do the bidding ofl32 Misunderstanding th
e People Of the State, for this one item, ,OVEI
h TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS o.
IF OVER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE during hi
II part Of session than it cost the State durin
j. four of the previous years of Wing rule! An
If this, be it remembered, is $l2,S24 so NOR
e than was paid for similar work in the Massa
l. chusetts Legislature, during the last session
C where they have 400 members, and were oc
cupied nineteen days longer in point of time
BEAR THE FACT IN MIND,
That the per diem and mileage of member
=, of the General Assembly and It. GovernoI