The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-03-04
saturday Evening. Feb. ~. 1852

To The people 10 keep them fully advised
loi The cond"ctofthose "PecuTiai friends"
l"f the New Constitution. that they may
see how near they come To keeping their
promises made bcf1re the elecrinn. II
will not be our fault, fthe majority in
Ohio shall find they made great error in
entrusting that sacred instrument inio The |
hands If "such friends" Il will I've re.
membered by those who read the new
! Constitution that q clause is contained in
it giving tn the Legislature the power Of
passing general laws onIy for the organ.
iza,ion ofcilies and Incorporated villages.
Well. ... .. ... ...
The City Council Of Cincinnati. as well
as the Councils Of dher cities aud towns
have The power tn change the ooundleies
ur enlarge the number Of wards. A year
or two since, democratic Council ger
rymandered the city in order to control
its government. and it is now feared by
this party that The Wings. who have the
power. will alter this arrangement as
they ought to do, and they wish TO take
the power away from the Council. But
howtO do III NospeciaI law eau he pass
ed for the city aud general law might
bring out opposition from other towns
aud cities. A difficulty was here pre-
seuted and To overcome it was reserved
for nne of the "fieuds" Of the new Con
siituiion. Mr.. Lyle Of Hamilton. Ac
: cordingly he introduced tho following
bil:-
A BILL Limiting the powers of certain
: municipal corporstinns. I'D ...
SEC. l. Be ii enacted by HE General
AssembIy Of he State Of Ohio, That
e wherever. 10y the charter of any iucnrpo-
9 rated town nr city. in this State. CONTAIN
I ing more than one hundred thousand in.
,e habitauts, authority is conferred upon the
Sc town or city council thereof, 10 alter the
tie number nr boundaries of the wards, ol
election districts therein. the provision.
81 Of any action or sections conferring such
n power, be, anl the same are hereby re.
If pealed. ..........
e The force ofihis general law" will be
" readily appreciated when it is known
= that there is but one city in the State to
IT which it can apply. and most likely will
e be but one for the next century.
Now we ask the democratic masses il
>, all candor, from whom come these ef
e forts to violate the plainest provisions o
ID the Consltutiunl" Is it not from ;hus,
N very individuals who professed SD higl
y" regard for in Who made the effort L
II destroy the fjrce Of the clause lakin
- from the Legislature the perquistes q
,e menbersl Democrats. Who has stea
y lily violated the provision in relation /
= the public printing, since the teginniD
re of the session. Democrats. Who is
,e thai attempts to evade the prohibition d
We special iawsl A democrat. Who say
II that the Judiciary system is all wrong an
~ must falll Democrats. ...... o..
dy Is the instrument worth anyihiRg2 AT
an its provisions as excellent as represen
edl Is it in the hands Of its fr:endsl
ilv these questions are answered in the q
d's frmalive, we ask ain, why are not
vas provisions and the oath of office wh
nc these men have taken, regarded
The truth is, that several clauses we
IA placed in the instrument to gain yot,
49, Others were put in by men who kne
ed not what they were about. and its pr
III visions are not what they onght to be
OF many respects. Thus it will ever
"l. when demagogues aud partizans uude
,Mas 80 take to make partizan instrument &
lie the Fundamental law Of fsociety. Its plai
ed, est provisions are violated and men vi
zen profess to be its peculiar friends are Il
=" first to evade its prohibitions.
i've At the head of the Senate, presidil
of over the deliberations Of that body. sits
by distinguished democrat. who last sur
to mer. it will be remembered by our rea
y ers, urged upon the Democracy of Fai
ID field, the adoption of the new Constit
Ihe tiun, because it was one of the best instr
"" ments of the kind ever framed; and aft
r,v the Constitution was adopted. it will
Ing remembered, that he urged the peop
ton as ttrenuously 10 place it in the hands
of i,s r,;oDJs in ord.r thu, u. nr,v;s;,
~ w. might have flH force and cfect. r.
,.r people listened To him aud voted wi
ich him. and elected himio preside over t
rk' deliberations Of the Senate, in order Ii
he, who presided over the deliberatio
of the Constitutional Convention, mig
or assist the Legislature in putting the
49,, 80 s,rument into operation.
N, THIS individual who lOred the Cons
les. tuition and the people 80 well, has nj
red for upwards of seven weeks been an e
I'm witness to the violations Of his bantliI
.I', N and yet we have not heard one word