The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-04-01
THE LOWEST BIDDER.


This old gentleman, the Lowest Bidder
seems to have been quite popular with the
last Legislature. True, in their Partially for
him, they have defeated the ends of Justice
so far as the people are concerned-but, wha,
did they care about the peoples Under thei.
misc-(ah, hem) administration, little paper
in the extreme north west part of the State
took the printing of the laws at ten cents
per thousand less than the regular price OF
setting the type. OF course we cannot pub.
lish them until they are published in that pa
per--and he, if he has "good luck and no back
SETS" will probably get through with them a
.gainst next January.
Laws were passed which are of vital impor-
tance to the people, and yet we cannot get
them. The Probate Judges do not know the
provisions of the bill for the settlement Of
estates Of deceased persons kind OF a
thing was passed which is called temper
ancs law, but we cannot get an official copy.
Even the School Law is published in viOlati n
of the spirit of that law. An official copy
was given to the publishers of the Ohio
Journal of Education, and from it we give it
TO our readers.
Had the poor contemplate simpletons let
the law of the previous years alone, we should
probably, by this time, have given all the laws
of the session to our readers. They were then
promptly published in the Columbus papers,
and the next wesnn, 1t farthest, they appeared
in our paper. Now, we can tell nothing a.
bout when they will be published here.
We suppose the whole scheme was got up
to prevent the people knowing the laws under
which they live--and as they do not know
their provisions, of course they are very liable
to violate them. This will give more business
to the Lawyers, and the people will have to
pay roundly for the very ignorance which the
Legsatur has forced upon ,hem--for max.
i'm of thes law is, that ignorance Of the law
excuses not the crime" Perhaps the people
will submit to this brutal tyrany! Ifthey do
we shall not pity them, when trbulation
comes.
But question arises, whether the popular.
ity Of Mr.. Lowest Bidder may not yet be ex.
tended How would it do to put out our LIE.
gislating to the lowest bidderl We think
a better Legislature than the last could be OBJ
tanned in this way, at much less than $4 pei
day--and we are very sure worse one could
Nrssff&e nssff& found if the whole State were raked
with a finc:ttssethed comb. But we need moi
stop with the Legislature. Our Governors
e. all State officers-Judges, &e. &c. y Cods
ty Auditors, Clerks, Sheriffs, &c &c. nigh
all come under the same rule. We see NJ
reason why the "Bg Bugs" should not come
under the same rule that is applied to Mechan
les. Nay, why should it stop there? VIII!
not apply it to our Preachers Lawyers Doc
tors, and all who do business for the people
school masters included! Why not, when
man is about to get married, letout the job Il
the lowest bidder! And so in all the othe
afIars of life. In reference to the Legisla
ture, it might be we'll to leave it to the Coun
~ Auditor, Probate Judge, and Prosecuting
ATTORNEY to decide whether we shall hav'
Representatives and Senators at all-and
SO, what proportion of the time they nigh
be alsoged to be there.
We are sick and tired of such tcm-ioolery
We have racked our brain to find epithet
suitable to express our contempt for the las
Legislature. The English language does no
furnish then, aDd We give it up in despair.
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