The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-27

ANSWERING DrFFIcULT QUESTIONS. = Oor
contemporary ofthe Eag'r, having been fre-
qnently asked by his friends from the com
try, "wbat the Legislature is doing" and
"when it will adjourn" and having no de-
sire to give definite answer to either ques-
ton, throws the entire blame upon the sin
fernal printing law" That will do for those
who don't know any better, but il the Eagle
would simply publish few extracts from
some OF It's LOcofoco exchanges, it would
give more satisfactory idea of the state of
affairs. The truth is the adjournment over
and the summers schooling have had but
little, If any effect, in improving the legisla-
tive capacity Of members. As general
thing, they are not qualified for the station
they occupy, and as a matter Of course, they
have to do everything they undertake twice
or thrice over, and then leave it imperfect
So much for selecting mere partizans to lead
in the Legislature.
Out ofany quantity Of egregious bloLders
we will allude to recent one. resolu-
ton was offered to correspond with other
States as to the propriety of universal un-
derstanding 10 abolish all bills under the
denomination Of FIVE dollars. After bcnig
discussed for some days it was passed. /!
didn't exactly suit some members. recon
sideration was moved and carried, another
discussion tJok place and the resolution
was referred back to the currency Commit.
tee. Now for the life ofus, we cannot see
what influence the "infernal printing law
exercised upon this resolution.
Another great cause of delay,is the De
sire of members to discuss national question
and attempt to control the action Of Con
gress-a mere waste of words, ideas. time an
money. Had the people of Ohio an ide
that these gentlemen would have performe
better ser, ice in the National than 10 III
State Legislature, they would have signife
their desire by nomination and election l.
the former body They didn't do ii, however
and cur opinion is that they might have mad
better selections even for our home legisla
ture.
Another cause Of delay may be traced Il
high salaries. Men love money and W
don't blame them for it, Four dollars da,
is u great attraction for men who can't earl
the half oft at home, and it has tendenc,
to protract the session. We are not in ia
vor of starving rates, but at the same tim
we think good many salaries could be re
duccd with infinite advantage to the publ
AMI in many instances to the ofice-holdeI
themselves. High salaries frequently lea
to pronigacy and dissipation.
We have thus, in brief, assisted our neigf
) Dor OF the Eagle in replying to naughty que'
lions, and should this solution Of slow wor
and a .protracted session not prove satislat
tory, we will recur to the subject again an
enter into more detailed statement of leg
slative blunders and legislators incapacity
INTERESTING LEGAL DEcIsIoS.-T Ne,
trality La,Os ofhe United States.-Chief Ju.
tice Taney delivered an important decisio
in the United States Supreme Court, fe
| days ago, in the case of certain America
} citizens, against Col. ThomasJ. Chamber
of Texas. While Texas was contending
gainst Mexico, but before her independent
had been acknowledged by our Government
l the defendant, Chambers, desiring to carr
on the revolutionary cause, sold large trac
: Of land to the plantiffs-title to which !
covenanted to make at any time when ca
: led upon by the purchasers. The purcha
> money was expended in equpping soldie
for the revolutionary army; and after the e
tablishment of Texan Independence, the d
. fe .dant received the thanks of the Co
Q gress Of the new Republic, and was reir
, bursed althe expenses incurred by him d
ring the war, in the public service, inclu
ing the price of these lands. Subsequent
. he was called upon to make title to Il
lands sold to plaintiffs, which he refused.
Suit WIS brought to compel him to the pc
n fcrmance Of his covenant, and he set up
+ defence the allegation that the contract W
void, because in contravention of the ne
: trality laws of the United States. The cot
h sustained the defence, deciding the contra
to be null and void, and those who advanc
u the money were liable to be punished in
criminal prosecution, for violation OF t
i neutrality laws of the United States.
Z The VoTE.-We find the following CO.
. parison ofvotes in one Of our exchange
embracing the last four Presidential ele
n tions: 500 '.I '1H
i Wing. DIM. r. Soil. Aqgreg
1910, I,274, ,42S /, ,236,222 400 2,4O2,6
= 1874, j ,SOl, ,72s l,34O,lll 62,l92 2,703 0
Z, ls4s, II 1861, 1921 1925, ,463 292, 1913 2,S76,6
y 1852, I,S73, 900 l,5ss,709 l55,a4s 3,ll5,6
I With rare exceptions, the Wing vote
ls5sis confined to the Whig party exc
if sively. In lS4s, they had aid from otf
4, parties, yet the former voteis the largest }
~ given. Talk about the Waig party lOsi
strength! Why every faction, save
free-soilers, voted with the Locofocos,whi
n will not probably again occur for years, tr
le the simp' fact that the dominant party d'
cd not adopt measures to keep them with it.
= French GossIP.-The latest item is Z
he the Duchess Stephanie and Prince Mu
ur ,re now mission to Dusseldorf to sol