The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-11-01
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Extra Session of the Legislature.


Extra Session Of the Legislature.
A meeting was held at the Merchants
Exchange in Cincinnati, on Saturday even
Ing 10th inst, for the purpose Of consider
ing The propriety of petitioning the Governor
to call an extra session Of the Legislature to
amend the tax law. The committee on res
olulons reported the following, which, after
considerable discussion, were voted down:
Whereas, unless there is a called session
Of the Legislature the following winter it will
be impossible TO amend the Constitution Of
the State, on the subject of ft1xaton, for four
years, therefore,
Resolved, That this meeting recommend
to the Governor of the State to call an extra
session of the Legislature, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the oppression of
the people under our present system of tax
alton: and that they prepare some amend
ments OF the Constitution; to be submitted
to the people, as provided in the Consttu-
lion.
The meeting then broke up, without hav-
ing adopted any resolution or recommends
ton.
The Commercial, in referring to the NEE
ting, says:
owe attended the meeting Of citizens on
Saturday evening, and listened with amuse-
ment to the harangues Of the doctors, law
yers and politicians who gave it the benefit
Of their wisdom, and although we can scarce
y say that we were wiser when we came
away, we must admit that we were merrier.
The two things most obvious IN the assem-
bly, were First, that lis members did not
kno" what they wanted; and secondly, that
they could not bit upon the means of finding
out IL was admitted that the people were
oyeraXed, but the question was, where was
The difficulty, and how was it to be remedi-
ed? Some few-beieyed that the ground
work of the inequality of taxation which
we suffer was in the provisions of the con-
stitu,ion; others, in the decisions of the Su.
preme court; and others. in the arbitrary
conduct ofthe Auditor Of State. Some there
fore were for amending the constitution,
some for renova,ing the Legislature, some
for auathematiziny the Auditor, and some
for doing all these things at once. In the
meantime, the apparent consciousness that
that the body was made up of parties whose
| limits and numbers wer3 unknown, instilled
into all feeling of jealousy, weakening
counsel, and putting deliberate action out Of
the question:"
The Commercial refers to an amusing ep.
isode which occurred at the meeting, show
ing the danger Of voting with your eyes
shut"
"We were pleased with the onslaught
which our rpf f,;o a.,
Judge Swan, whom they have so recently
voted to elect. 1t WAS announced that
Judge Swan believed a constitution to be a
constitution, and that it was not part Of the
business the Judiciary to repeal its provi-
sons. Judge Swan believe that the rule of
taxation as laid down by the Supreme Court
}is the rule of The constitution, and that it
must stand until the constitution is amend
ed. Some of the REFoRMERs did not kao,O
this; and one gentleman declared amid
round OF applause, that fine had known it,
he would have voted for his opponent. 1t is
unsafe for men TO vote with their eyes shut.
This gentlemen and his patients were evi-
IDENTIFY in hopes that we had uow "A judiciary
that would alter, amend or repeal the consti-
tuition, at the demand Of the popular assem-
blies. A few weeks ago, in the same hall "a
vast amount of indignant eloquence was Law
ished upon our Judiciary, because it had, as
was chsrge'i, annuled an act of the Legis-
lature-our most excellent, able, and faith
full LegisIature-now we are ready to re-
solve, with ap equal amount of yebem-
ence, that 1t is the duty OF the same judiciary
to annu the constitution. This is great
country!'
Men who blindly follow the bent of their
own ambition, regardless of common sense
or the equal rights Of others, sometimes find
themselves in awkward dilemmas The
fast" interest in Ohio, who have conduct
ed large operations upon borrowed capital,
which has heretofore escaped taxation, will
find no relief in Legislation this winter, be-
cause there will be no session called. -
Statesman.