The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-02

hank TAXATION.

cd BY their acts being held irrepealable
BY action Of Legislation or Courts. Even
the Constitution, government Instituted
by the people Of the State, is set aside
by the decision Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States, on grounds which ex-
hibii that body as only the representatives
Of monaichical and aristocratc principles,
and utterly failure as the exponenis Of
the Free Principles Of Constitutional De-
mocracy, The decision is the most ter
rible assault on the principle Of State
rights which has ever been made since
fatuiious fogydom began TO exercise a
reactiontry influence on the principles Of
The Declaration Of Independence. Ii ut-
terly annihlaies tue rule Of the People.
BY il a bribed Legislature may belrdy the
rights and liberties Of State, 1i,hou,
other remedy than that Of Revolution
Of Blood and Dissolution Of The Union.
Had the decision of our own Courts been
sustained by the Legislature and by our
Democratic presses,we should have coun>
selled resistance 10 decision so revolu-
tionary. But the money power is every
where in the ascendant--it controlled
Ohio Legislation--it decided in the U.
s. Supreme Couri--ii rules the leading
Ohio Press.--ll is omnipotent. We can
only submit-wlth lrampled and Vi olated
tights before US for the presents and hope
less, except in the convulsions Of the fu>
ture, for remedy and Republican gov
eminent; and only our own factions to
thank for the result.
The decision Of The Supreme Court.
gives TO Legislatures the power TO make
irrepealable laws; makes their mistakes,
their blunders and their treachery 10 pop
ular rights without remedy FORE YER and
REMEDIAL ONLY RY REVOLUTION. Wha,
else could be expected Of Judges owing
their position 10 Presidential and Sena-
torial inirigues and not 10 the People .
How could men elected under the REM
nani Of the aristocratic forms which mar
the harmony of the U. S. Constitution be
expected TO respect The rights Of Peo-
ple--of Sate--nnless some work Of ty-
ranny or despotism was 10 be sancllonedg
Their constitution is anii>vepubiican and
their action accords with il. Antcipa-
ting this result, we proposed a resolution
in the House OF Representatives, last win-
Ter, asking for Republican tenure for
U. 8. Judges. II passed the House and
went 10 the Senate, and wps referred to
the Standing Committee on Federal Re-
lations, Of which Mr.. Pcndleton, OF Gins
cinnaii. was Chairman, and Mr.. Jewetl,
Of Muskingum, was member. We again
and sgair asked these gentlemen TO re-
port the resolution back and permit the
Senate 10 act upon it. They'assured us
they would do SO. Surprising them 70
be honorable men, we believed their as
surance that they would ACT according TO
their promise, and were deceived. and
the expression OF the will Of Ohio, as a
protes, against such decision, was de-
MED by piiiful and contemplate ,rickery
and faIsetood. So it ever is; the rights
OF the masses nle sacrificed from age TO
age 10 interest, TO personal consldera-
tions, 10 ambition; and we pass through
in the cycles Of Time series Of changes
only terminating in the hopeless sacrifice
Of Human Rights and Human Liberty 10
the despicable cupidity Of unworthy syc-
ophants Of Power, who are as incapable
Of a sentimeni Of Liberty or Justice as
the grave is Of the principle Of vitality.
There is, however, nothing in The de-
cision OF the Supreme Court which com.
pels the receipt Of the Bills Of Banks that
pay taxes only ontheir dues, for State,
County, or Township Purposes. We
ihink, If this is truly the decision Of The
Supreme Court, that these Banks are SO
far as their charters extend incapable Of |
Legislative or Constitutional regulation,
that the Shylocks should he restricted to
the terms Of their bond, and no privilege
accorded them which the State could le-
galIy withhold. But as il is now, the
School Fund suffers, the poor are unsup.
ported The State Debts go in part unpaid,
sIl interests are injured that q class Of
msp may prey and plumber the people al
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