The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-03-25
-a0LAxoAsTER, MARCH 10. IsSs.
hIArE PupLIo PRINrINa.-The folloN

u .sH D. HU
ing. 1t will be noted that he had pre-,
viously stated, that Mr.. Medary had been
inifasor of re pudialion. He also charg.
Oh him with being in favor Of the Will
mot Proviso and with urging the Locofo
co members Of this State to vote for il,
while in Washington. He denied that he
possessed any honesty Of purpose. What
follows relates TO the printing of the
present session: p,
,"But, the General Assembly met. Mr..
Medary succeeded in, duping its two
Houses into the election of clerks volun-
tarily or invuluutarily dependent upon
Ills will, and in wheedling and bullying
them into adopting resolutions which
practically for the time being nullify the
constitution and indefinitely posip
action und er it. We had fondIy hoped
that the adoption of The new constitution
would have the effect 10 silence the eter-
nal cry on the subject of the State print
ing, which has so long assailed US from
Columbus. and with which The people
had becorhe Sd perfectly nauseated. We
have been disappointed. The bull dog
hold of Mr. Medary upon the treasury is
hot to be broken without renewal of
the Did, familiar aud characteristic howl
have expressed my opinions; aud you
are about To express yours For this we
have been denounced aud abused, and
will be. Every resource Of private Sian
der; every Ihagazine of personal epithet
aud vituperation, the entire capacity ufa
styie characterized by nothing bat bul
lying vulgarity. will bo ransacked. EN-
plnyed aud exhausted upon us. But
what thenl Shall we surrender the or
binary rights Of freemsn. To escape the
Slenunciations of bold, bad, aud un.
scrupulous man. the self appointed die,
tstor Of his countrymen and censor ol
their opinions! ! trust not"
q Tbe,other speeches at the meeting aud
the resolutions were charged with the
Same kind ofthunder.
Now here is pretty ack owledgemen,
Here is large majority in both Houses,
headed by the Lieut.. Governor, whose
sweet and persuasive mites were heard
all over tho State, calling upon the peo
plo tn send none but "friends of the
Constitution To the Legislature, in order
that full effect might be given To its pro
visions. The urgent appeals even Yet
ring in the ears of the people. The soft
strains ale yet vibrating upon the heart
strings of the faithful "The new COnSt,
tutiOn"-"TnE GLoRioUs CONSTITUTION
--"THE BEST CONSTITUTIONS
mus; not be weakened or its provisions
violated by those who did not help t'
make it and did not understand ii, II was
n sacred instrument aud must not he plac
ed under the guardian care of any but il'
-frieuds." The triumph was complete
What is the consequence? How have
the sacred pledges been keptl How
have the friends of the new Constitution
cherished this sacred trustl ...
Medary. one man, Que among tn.
s'friends," has succeeded in duPing the
two Houses to elect clerks dependen
upon him and has then ,oheedltd aud bul
lied them into adopting resolutions
which practically mul',fy the printing
provision uf the new Constitution. Oh
the beauties of this glorious instrument
Hurrah! for the result of the election; !
IS placed in the hands of it's frienGsl!
Il In another article will be found thei
confession that they are as yet, even alie
ihiee months labor and three othe
months Of preparation prior tothe sitting
of the Legislature. unacquainted witt
what laws are really necessary to pu
The new Constitution into operation
here is another charge from one uf thei
own kind that they have been sill.
enough 10 be duped and cowardly enougI
to be bHliied by The editor of the States
mar. laa,a rt s..s e. .H..O
What follows is intended for the lead
eFs, not ter the masses. Isit supposed
that the theh, Who, after years of polili
cal connection with Mr.. Msdary. jus
now dsnounce him as corrupt and un
principled. are any better than he isl A
few Of them may be; but the large ma
jority are just like him. They have
fought with him for the spoils Of office
they have known each other for years
. they have fully understood the mo,iye
/ which have prompted each other to &C
Iiop. ~ But the secret lies 10 the fact tina
the party is divided--uponthe Presiden
tial queslion--divided about the liSiribu
tion Of the spoils. Here is the CAUSE
which induces them to denounce eaci
other. and they can do il effectually. a,
their union has exposed the weak poinll
6f one to. another We do no make the
sweeping charge that all the leaders are
eOrTupts but those who figure at meet
shgs. who manufacture public sentiment,
who arrange the division Of the spoils, Jar,