The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-12-13
= The LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature OF our gallant repubIi
can State will soon meet to speak forth in
statutory enactments, the will of tremen-
dous and unparalleled majority of three
millions Of free sovereign people. Judg-
ing from the known frmncss and backbone
Of many of the members elect and from the
peculiar circumstances and issues under
which they all were elected, it may safely
be presumed that this Legislature will
compare lavorably with any Of its prede-
eessors for talent craftsmanship, patriot
ISM and ardent desire to enchance the best
interest Of our State. We think the mem
bers elect are men to be reliedupon-mcn
that will exhibit some backbone and but
little of the artful lodging Of funkeysm
so rife in some Of our previous sessions.
They were elected by the people (orscertain
purposes and we believe they go to reflect
she will Of their constituents, and act ac-
Sording to the positive instructions of the
people as expressed under the issues at the
late election. The people look for no bar
gains, no trucking, no lodging.
In many respects, the session will be an
important one. A United States Senator
is to be elected, and it belongs to the Gen
sral Assembly about TO convene, to say
whether Ohio shall be represented in the
highest branch ofour National Council by
q man entertaining views favorable to the
non-extension Of Slavery, or by a Slave
propagandlst-a Northern doughface, 9
minium of the present pro-slavory admin.
ietraton who is Mortified at the idea that
Northern men should begin to assert their
rights and dare to speak disrespectfully OF
the peculiar institution for which he
seems, to have such a tender regard.
There are also many other matters to be
legsIated upon. The Infamous tax law
under which the people groln needs to be
modified 30 that man may pay tax on
what he has and not on what he has not
Such law might not reduce the amount
of taxes in the aggregate, but it would
cause those that had property to pay tax
es and no others, while the present law
compels men that have no properly at all,
psylthat are worse than nothing, to pay
heavy taxes on the property of other peo'
pie which they may have in posscssion-so
that the poor man actually has to pay tie
axcs.on the rich mans property.
Our present School law also needs some
notifications. 1t is our opinion that all
the machinery OF sub-disricls and local
directors should be abolished, and the en-
tire care and control ot the Schools rested
in the Township Board of Education un-
der the general supervision ola County
Superintendent. Wobelieve thatthc State
Common School fund should be increased,
that there should also be moderate Coun-
ty School tax, and to which if the same to.
gether with the State School tax should
still in some localities be insufficient, should
b. added small Township School tax
but that no local taxation by sub districts
should bo authorized and therefore that the
a3l section of the School law should be
uncondilionally repealed.
There are many other things which will
Of course come up for the action Of the
Legislature, but it does seem TO us that
there is more to undo than to do. The
miserable IemporiEing cxpedicncy so much
restored to III our iormer legislation, has
left much on the Statute book to be re.
pealed or amended which will, we have no
doubt, meet with the prompt response Of