The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03
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The Crowbar Law snubbed.

received direct from Washington, " that the
U. 5. Supreme Court have decided the Bank
tax cases against the State and the States
man adds, with sad face, as though it had
made discovery, Z" thus in effect declaring
the Constitution of Ohio unconstitutional p
Between the Supreme Court of the United
States and the Supreme Court of Ohio, the
attempt to violate contracts and ride down
the Constitution of the country on the one
hand, and to tax man on his reputation
and business credit for the beneftof money
shavers and men acithout credit on the other
hand, in effect war on the labor and the
business of the country progresses poorly.
In perfect keeping with the law making
and constitution tinkering incompetency OF
the patent Democracy" comes the recon-
mendation in the Statesman to the Cover
nor, to convene the General Assembly in
extra session. for the purpose Of repeating
the ld1o Furnishing the cOonteYJeiting of Bomk
notes God forbid Hear him:
"The people of Ohio are taxed to support
courts of justice for trying men who coun-
terfet the notes of these Banks This is a
useless expenditure, and the public interests
demand that the law Furnishing counterfeit
ing the notes of delinquent Banks be re-
pealed!"
But the Supreme Court of the United
States have " declared the Constitution Of
Ohio unconstitutional Why not? The
Supreme Court of Ohio did not hesitate TO
pronounce law of the General Assembly
unconstitutional when the subject was
brought before them. The acts of the law
making power, were as glass when they
came in opposition to the organic law
Precisely so with the laws and Constitution
of Ohio, when they come in conflict with
the Constitution of the United States.-
What says the record This constitution,
and the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof. shall be
the supreme law of the land; and the Judges
in eUery State shall be bound thereby, any
: thing in the Constitution or laUs of any
5 State to the contrary Notwithstanding"
The Statesman is indignant at the mer-
, chants and business men of Cincinnati for
presumng to say they will resist the unequal
tax law by every legal means in their power
| But it does not hesitate to recommend the
repeal of the law Furnishing counterfeiting
: Bank notes
Would it not be we'll for these advocates
of moderation The laws of the General
: Assembly of Ohio are as blank paper when
pronounced unconstitutional by the proper
tribunal of our own State. And so it is
with both the laws and the constitution of
any State that shall, through ignorance or
Z; design, array themselves against the consti-
tuition of the United States. That is The ex-
press condition upon which they hold their
a place in the Union at all. The difficulty in
| this q" crowbar" case is this the authors of
: the mischief offended by design they knew
:, from the first that when the question should
come before the Supreme Court of the Uni
I ted States, it must be decided against them
if they could not By party Influences overawe
:, the Court. They have played out their game
t and have lost The Court is composed OF
n men nominally belonging to their party with
e one perhaps we ought to say two;
S but they are not men of the same morals in
J. politics.
The next step recommended by the de-
q structives in their war on the business of
; the country is legitimate, to wit, recon-
J. memdatiom to Icgalize coanterteiting This
It measure would effectually use up the busi
IS ness of the country, and then doubtless they
l. would rest in peace with the wreck around
n them.-[O. S. Journal.
h We were under the impression Yesterday
~ that Mr. Richie, whose death was announ-
!. ced by telegraph, was the gentleman to whom
Mrs. Mowat was about to be married. We
learn, however, from a gentleman intimate