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march OF country in proportion TO the terrific
ly u may 5verTun
And whereas. the reputation Of family
lhifhy depends upon ihe character for purity
md virtue Of its members respectively
And whereas. the Free being sisters Of The
Sfaae States, and desiring 10 sustain st home
ind abroad good reputston, are unwilling
hat any farther stigma be brought upon the
great family 20 which they belong. by the A.
ioPnon oi any more polluted daughters; there
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Resotpef, Jy he Gener0l AsssrnIly Of Tie
STATE ef Ohio That L.e legislative body in.
''ruet our Senator'S in Congress. and request
our Representatives, 70 oppose any law orran.
z'ng Territory, or admitting State lnto
he Union. irrespective Of latitude, unless Sla.
very in Such Territory or State be forever ex
cluhed by said law.
Resolusd. That We will ever defend the act
'f March 9, 1920, commonly called The Mis-
souli Compromise as a solemn compact be.
tween the Norh aad the South. live 10 10 !, in |
good faith by the North, that we deem il dis. |
honest in any Statesman, to lend his aid IN the /
violation Of ifs provisions; that we DENY that
said ComprUmise Of 1890 was in part repealed
or superseded by the Compromise Of 1859. Of
that such has ever been the opinion Of any
statesman. until the introduction OF the Ne. I
Oraska" bill by Douglas in the present Con-
gress'
These resolutions were laid on the table.
and ordered to be printed
The bill TO prohibit the circulation OF foreiyn
bank bills Of a less denomination than five dol. /
lars. was taken up. and debated Messrs
Foot, FolleLt, Ltwrence and Smith, of Madi-
500, spoke. The last named :entlemln did 4
no. understand why Democracy in Ohio was
such adlferent. article from De enocracv in
New York, Virginia AMI even Indiana aud H. /;
! vis. These States offered Inducements for
iaf- banking institutions. but our policy seemed
o be TO drive them and their currency from
he State I
a motion to strike out five dollars, and in q
ert ten was made. and prevailed by vote of
to l. The bill was then laid on the liable.
HoUsE c
Seaa'e joint resol ton to appoint Joint COM ?
l'ttee to consider propositions to amend the a
was read, when Mr.. Brown, of Il
amilton. rose ia opposition to its passage - !,
le said the resolution was the result Of pa
&c. arising from the late decisions Of the Su- .
RENE Court on the tax law. He thu ght we h
ught not to back on: from this instrument at q
lis early day. He sustained that instrument q
nd thought ali iGs new measures were i'm
rovemsats He hoped the resolution would
e voted down. o
Mr. Lsngly said the constitution makers n
ere Democrats, the legislature that enacted
e tax law was democratic. The Court has =,
sci led that the law of tn last session is un- J.
institutional. Now, he thought the conslitu- OF
On make neper intended the result as it now al
anAs, and the people Of the country never B
lii.d it with an idea of this result. lie said tn
e people were dissatisfied, the wholesale MI
er:han,s al com lain, and all the retail men
I'd dealers all over the country complain of -
is result, Now. he thought this matter in
lould be examined by committee, and it is b.
,manded by the people. III
Ju ge Burchard said. he was one ofthe coun-
] in the argument of this case before the ~,
Durt. BuI little time was spent on the point WI
at is now creating the difficulty. He differ th'
in opinion with the uourJ in its construction -
the constitution, and said that the true in ~,
rprotalion of the constitution is that credits y,
cans the balance that is due after deductng 'n
hat may be owing It's the balance only pI'
at is property, and that only should be tax ke
/. He said that ifths question came up he no
ould claim that the decision was made with
1t argument and by a divided Court, and he =,
aimed that, within two years the Court In
ould reverse its decision on this point, He div
id the constitution makers, and the great or
ass of the people understood that they were Al,
tax bank bill as money, and they wonld so 10
eide again if the question came before them. ~
1t they did not decide that they should not fo
I'VE the privilege of deducling their debts WI
ON their credits, He thought the decision fin
the court wrong and was opposed to the d tai
endment Of the constitution.