The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-04-22
saturday evening, Aprn "a. 1889
ADJounNnrNr FlxgD. The HruI

adjournment on the FIRST Monday Uf May. Ii
to meet again in December next. Every
man "f ordinary disceInment here. saw
lhet. by the way things were going on,
and the vast mass Of work yet lo be done
that there was propriety in the meas
ure. Ii was not to be expected that ths
fsrmets aud business men could remain
here during the entire summer to the
Jetriment oftheir private affairs.
We know this event will very much
distress our amiable friend of the CincIn
natl Enquirer. aud th"se nervous gentle
men who have agreed with him that the |
salvation Of the Locnfnco party depend.
ed upon the members hanging on all
summer. With humble Difference we
suggest that the'party has more heinous
sins than this to answer for, and that u
this were all. we should not entertain
tithe of the firm expectation Of sending
the entire Locufoco party into hopeIess
minority in Ohio that we at present Ell.
tertain Ohio State J0urRaI.
To find fault with political or personal
friends. is. the very last thing we desire
to do; bat when one Of the most excep.
lionable measures Of the dominant party
is thus endorsed by our Central organ,
we respectfully ask ii to maintain its Po-
sition. not by a simple assertion, but BY
good, substantial reasnns.
The issue is not fairly presented in the
above article. If these gentlemen leg
isIatnrs had not time to attend to their
duties. they should not have accepted
Office. They know, or ought to have
known their capacity, and yet offered
themselves to the people as men compe-
,eut to put the new Constitution into oP'
eration, and having failed in this after a
lengthy session. they have now no right
to ask for a recess for six mbnlhs in order
that they may have a chance of getting
sufficient knowledge beat into their
brains To enable them to perflrm duty
for which nature never designed them.
When they found themselves incom.
pe,ent to the task, instead of adjDurniDg
over, they should have resigned the pow
or into the hands Of the people. in order
that another Legislature possessed OF
more wisdom might have been selected.
But this is not the worst feature in the
transaction. Half the time of the pres
ent session has been absolutely squan-
. dered in debating unnecessary resoiu'
tions and party bills. We have not room
! for an extended review. but we will al
, lude to a few of the most prominent.
The Kossuih matter has occupied many
: days of the session, which might have
been devoted to the regular business o
legislators.
Several days OF the session have beer
!, wasted in debating measures which be
a long to the duties of our members of Con
). gress.
II Several days of the session have beeI
. more than wasted in the consideration u
bills. which were intended to legislate
IN half dozen Wings out Of office and put
Id half dozen Democrats in; and we are
he the opinion that the time aud nome
squandered in these useless debates. az
in worth more than all the Locofoc0s wh
es will be benefited by this miserable a
T. tempt to get wings out OF few insigu
ficanr offices.
RS And it is only the present week. whe
" we find day occupied by the Senate an
RS two days by the House in discussing
Mt resolution to give away the arms of I'll
State, a most Piriful, miserable, lame a
; Gs tempt to play the demagogue, by pr
re tending to do that which they could nj
, do.
We After three months Of the sessinn hay
u been thus occupied and the membe
find the hot weather approaching and
s,' 81 large amount of Necessary business b
ia. fore them, they adjourn over and recei'
the sanction of our friends of the JOHrH0
o, ol To this we would not object, were
: not for the fact tHat they have alluwt
ny the day of grace to pass by and then 6u
to our friends willing to grant dispenssti'
for duty neglected. If they had ev
;as ~. tried to fnlsh the work, we might pos
er. bly find some excuse for them; By :,
never can and we trust the pe9So nave
'vi 'ui will allow men to waste t:g .nd mune
nd and then attempt To eX =, o,; ar,
"a, at ment because ~ Cu'e ="
1t have been dous l,..o
by - ~.as.Es' has not been done
TheE< -na---l ---.--- =
Or, berrn This Legislature, and without ii
oe, lsnding any disrespectful allusi"u' W
~ ~ must add lha, the only persons who wi
at be benefited by The adjournment viii b
=, :. the citizens of Columbus aud the mem
be,s and officers Of the Legislature. wit
mt S4 per day.
ne "Tbe new Constitution is in the hand