The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-03-05
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KSLATURE.
0flate We have almost daily heard
the inquiry, what is the Legislature do
ing? Some of our subscribers have
complained of us for furnishing such
Legislative reports. TO all this
We answer, that the Legislature has alb
solutely done nothing thus far, of i'm
p%ortance, so far as our knowledge ex-
tends, Not a single bill, of any inter
est to the mass ofthe people of the State,
has yet been passed. The tax.law, in
suranco companies, rail roads, usury and
printing, have all been aaply discussed,
and the balance of the time has been
spent in making speeches on niger
ISM and looking after the affairs of the
nation generally, while the interests of
the State have been treated as of but
minor importance. Both branches are
SO divided upon every question but that
of slavery, that no measure can be in
troduced but what is doomed to under
go a Aindy discussion, in which every
fellow pitches in, IN a " free fight" style.
Every question runs into "niggerism"
before it is disposed of, and every fellow
is frothiDg aud boiling over with rage on
that subject, and pitches into the South
and the Slave Democracy until every
thing else is driven pell NELL from con-
sideration. s1s @
We haresboen not a little amused at
the comments of the more Independent
fusion presses, ON the doings Of the pre-;
sent Legislature. A correspondent of
the Ohio State Journal, in a long arti-
ticle, shows up The proceedings thus far,
and declares that not one single bill
have they passed Of any Importance, ex-
cept one providing for the hanging Of
.sheepkfRing dogs The Logan Gazette,
another fusion paper, %callsit the "Bare-
bones Parliament. and advises the
members to depart for their" respective
places Of abode as soon as possible.
The Hillsborough american Citizen,
another Known otIing fusion paper,
ridicules certain movements of the Lee
g~islature so we'll, that we cannot refrain
from copying its article entire. Here
is is:
{" The Wise Mes sent by the people to the
State capital to devise ways and means by
which 10 effect a general reform in the Admin
istration of public affairs, have, after the most
unwearied labor day and night, for near two
months, characterised by the perseverance of
an alehemist of the middle ages and the heroic
devotion 81 a christian martyr, aided By the
purifying and elevating influences of frequent
fasting and prayer, arrived at the greatest dis
covery of modern times ; one at which Philose-
pliers and Statesmen stand aghast, and which
to the masses, is as incomprehcnsible as would
be the announcement of the BISoMINAL THEo-
REM. That the reader may no longer be held
in suspense we will state this discovery. The
Senate appointed a committee without the con-
currence of the House, to investigate the State
Treasury, which the Treasurer refused to re-
cognize as a committee of the LEGIsLAruRE. The
1lhGlGI " 10 1hCu dISEuooCd III SICdG AChsG4 Ii
the Senate, and on a final vote it was deter
mined with but one dissenting voice, that the
SENATE IS THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
ONO. It follows of course that the House is
also the Legislature of the State each the SUI
.preme power of the State, and each indepen-
dent of the other. Now. this is something
they have not yet wen discovered in Kansas
So Ohio has the distinguished honor of lead
ing the column in political discoveries.
The Governor discovered, only last week,
that he was ONE of the Presidents of the United
States, and issued his war message according
w.. Now the WISE men of the LEGISLATURE OF
THE SENATE shout EUREKA over their newly ac-
guired greatness, and run Xix ARoHIMIDEs, of
old we suppose. through the streets of the city,
p~rolonging the cry al have found, it, l have
found 1T" How much yet remains hidden IN
this field of discovery, or where this new line
of Republican achievement will carry the insti-
buttons of the country, or how far it will ope-
rate to disorganize society, is not very readily
seen by the unitiated. Well, after the VAST
fatigues incident to the physical and mental
efforts above named, some recreation became
indispensable to the continued vigor of mind
and body, and in pursuit of this, the TWO Leg
i~slatures adjourned on Thursday at noon, took
seats in the cars and arrived EN- MAssE at Gin
cinnati. where they proceeded at once TO "IRRT-
GATE their systems and relax their minds. Of
course the public pay the expenses. If ma
jority of either of these Legislatures should be
SO uulOTIuudIc DIS ESCAPE CSlldl AOlSSJ nuSSh
houses, wrong ends of railroads, DC, and again
take up a position at Columbus. we will take
pleasure in further reporting their proceed
ings."
As to the promised reforms, it seems
We are to have none of them. On the
10th of February, Mr.. BAIRD, from the
committee on Retrenchment, reported
that no reforms were possible. The re-
port set forth that, in these high times
So per day would not be enough for the
pay of members of the Legislature that
as to abolishiDg the Office of School
Commissioner, and the School Library
tax, the committee did not feel called
upon to act that they knew of no State
offices which were unnecessary, and
ought to be abolished and that in their
opinion the Governors salary ought not
to be reduced. So the people can pre-
pare for high taxes, and thank them
selves for it. Under the administration
of the Democracy the taxes were rapid
ly decreasing, but the people turned
them out and viii in due time reap their
reward. In conclusion, then, let it be
understood, little or nothing has yet
been done by the Legislature of interest
to the people of the State at large, save
electing a United States Senator. An
adjourned session is now talked of.
What the people are to do during the