The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-11-24

ibis vas done v. aud dii, facilitate lesisla-
tion. Wheu business got slack, as Il did
towards the midle OF the session, several Of
the assistants pere dispensed with. and al
Though this fact WIS well known, the writer
lof The pamPlet changes that every clerk en-
ployed fora single week was employed du-
iEng the entire session-and this writer states
that be gets "from the most authentic sour
res and may be relied upon rs correct. -
Ilumbly eoneeiving that We know more a.
bout this subject thAn any other person can
can Know, We place the brand of lalsehood
not only on the author. but charge that this
most authentic sources WAS but the concoc-
tion of his own brain, disordered by believ-
ing in the scounderlly doctrine that all is
fair in politics"
1 The next ehsrgeis one that has been much
harPed upon. In the pamphlet it is thus
given:
| They the Democratic members ncreas-
: cd the expenses Of Public Printing ennr-
mous!y, toput money into the hands Of
partisan pirsS, in violation Of the Constitu-
Iion."
The new Constitution required the pas
sage ola law to let the printing out at con-
traet. Before this could be done printing
was "bsolutel y necessary. The Clek of the
House was authorized to contract for prin-
ting ordered by the House, at rates not ex
ceedlng those paid by the last session, and
until the necessary law could be passed.
he prices thus ordered to be paid, were the
precise rates fixed by the Wings for the same
printing. two sessions previous
In Ike manner, the Clerk of the Senate
was authorized to procure the necessary
printing for that body. On the motion of
Mr. Burnet, (Whig) the prices were not to
exceed those paid Messrs. Scott & Bascom,
the publishers OF the Ohio State journal, at
the last sessoin.
This simple statement of facts rives the
ne direct to The charge that the expenses Of
public printing were increased enormously,
nor wcr' they increased at ALL The price
paid in the Senate was not to be greater
than the sum paid the Wing Printers during
the proceeding session, and the prices to be
paid for the House printing was he same
AS was paid during the previous winter, and
at rates voted for by all the wings at pre-
vious session. Duling the session of 1850
81, when the Senate printing was AWARDED
to Scott q Bascom, they and their whig
friends claimed that it was the lowest price
ever paid before in the State.
10 show that the prices paid for the print
In3 In the House WAS considered remarka-
| bly, low. oa the last day ofthe sessisn, Mr..
Gest, of Green, offered a resolution instruc-
ting the Secretary of State to have the House
Journal printed under the lawletling out all
the public printing at contract which reso-
luton was agreed to. Mr. Casad, of Lo-
gan, leading whig, and who, dnnng the
winter, had been particularly bitter and ma
llsnant towards the persons selected by the
Clerk OF the House to do the printing, moved
a reconsideration of the vote, on the passage
Of the resolution, and it WAS reconsidercI.
/ Had the prices to be paid been large does
any man believe that Mr. Casad would have
forced the editor Of the Ohio Stateman, the
person employed. 10 do this work?
/ The expsnse of printing is stated in the
pamphlet at S33, $50 1t is unfortunate for
the author of the pamphlet that he had not
added few cents, in order to show by odd
Numbers, that theaccount was drawn like
that OF the pay ofclerks, seargents at arms,
. and messenger boys. "from most authentic
sources. What the cost Of the printing is
we know not. We know that it is placed
in the whig calculation, at thousands of dol
lars more than will be charged, but as the
accounts have not yet been published, we
know no more about them them, than any
Io'her Individual can know, by looking over
the Printing executed.
! The session of the Legislation occupied
100 days. Three weeks of time in the
business of Legislation, was necessarily lost
by the destruction of the State House bv
fire, in tie loss and disalrangement Of pa-
pcrs and the fitting up Of new rooms. This
would reduce the session to 1C6 DAYS
Tie Legislature of l848-9 was in session
ll3 days the Legislature of l84o. 50 was
in SESSION precisely the same number of days.
while that Of i350-51 was in session 115
days. The pamphlet charges the last ses-
sion as unusually ong, and that the time Of
the members was wasted. Aa refutalion
OF the first part of the above charge, we Of
fer IN evidence the three last sessions under
the old const tutiou, tie volume of General
laws, and to the Journals of each House to
show, that from The first organization of the
. State, to the present time, no Legislature
ever had SO difficult a task TO perform, and
, no set of men ever met responsibility with
more determination to perform THEN duties
with unliring energy. than the members OF
the last Legislature, and the Legislature of
last winttr-the putting into execution the
new Judiciary system, and the numerous
other laws, among which is the one that
taxes the banker as other citizens are taxed
and by which an increased revenue, more
more than sufficient TO pay all the cost Of
Legislation, is paid into the State Treasury
will bear favorable contrast with any
that ever preceded it,
i From the day our Legislature met, until
thee present time, storm of abuse and mis-
representations has been showercd npon it.
The Ohio State Journal, lie office from
which the pamphlets in question cmauated,
led Oft IN this work Of caIumny and detrae-
ton, and twas followed by The lesser lights
of the party. That paper. during the vim
ter. took the ground in favor of an adjour-
red session. Now, it charges the payment
OF four dollars day as a crime, and it has
repeatedly abused the Legislature for pay
ing living salaries to The Judges and other
State officers. In word, the SANDERS of
the last Legislature have been consiste Mt
only in their utter inconsistency and
in fl!sehoods connected to serve their