The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-05-14

Arpuhllcan E.eslslasures ~
: Asttis body = being charged " certain
.LoScIoco edisors, with having proloaRed -
keSsion 70 an uauDual Ie ngth, u mar Ss well
enough 10 remind these nenllenen Of tke
facts as they appear on record. t3|
Il might be well Cor them to remember
that the LocofOco Legislature OF 1854 CON-
meneed il regular session on the 9th day OF
January Of that year, and closed on the Sd
day Of May following, making session OF
four months, lacking two dsysl That this
same Locofoco Legislature commenced lis
extra session Of that year, on the 9th day OF
November and closed oH'ihe l+th day Of
March following. being q session Of four
months iacking one day. That the next and
last L. cofoco Legislature, being that Of 50,
commenced is session Jan. and closed May
Let, making another session Of months lack.
ing one dsy2while this outlandish RsPHbi-
can Legislature commenced It's first session
Jan. 2, 1856. snd continued to April n lth, q
period Of only nFee months and four days and
commenced its extra session Jan, 9th, 1857,
and continued to April 18th, stbetiod or 1ily
three months and thirteen 'asys, or less than
three months aud half. 'strit ell t9Tss
The foregoing from the Ohio State Jour.
mol is published in the Democrat at the re-
quest Of o. p. BRowE. A single word in
reply is sufficient. II is true that the Dem
bcraticeessions Of 80 and '5s were longer by
thfee Or IfSbr adys ishan the late RepdblIean
iesliohs. ibSt tb;esy, 'aid ten times as much
wOfb., These asisitRs 'frst ssEslshs 'Ehter
The new 'COnslitetiSh. 'AlriSe, srss W tshe
State were to.be remodeled and adapted to
the new ORDER eG; thi7gs. The ,pew code
OWL dsa'criminSIs1ywSs sndc,ed. which in
and of'itselfrcquired five times as much Ia.
Dor as wts Hccqethlshed in both SESSIONS Gi
fthe late Repytllcsn SSssehSbty. Had the
eaties of 'the bempcra,ic Assembly been
Imposed upon the Republicans, it wohls
have required eight yeSs fGStsGd Of eighI
months. Again, the erpenses Of the first
and extra session held under the new Con.
sti,ution were less than those Of the bosstct
Republican body. The Democrats had nc
! Smelling Committees to feed and clothe.-
They paid thcir board bills out OF their owr
pockets, and not from the State treasury
as o. p. Brown has done for the last eigh
teen months. But further than this, the
second legislature held BY The Democrat:
had ho eftra session. a- a.a as A,e 80
The members of the late Republican leg
islature were elected upon the plea Of ''re
trensbment and reform. :" The people ex.
l'pectod to see retreBehment. and reform. BH
how GRE they disstagfntsd! Every pledg'
made to Them by o. p. Brown and his asso
ciates 'tts been violated. Not single re
form hSs been eHected-hot asingle meas
hre has Been passed calculated to promote
,the public welfare. Instead OF purity we be
Hold corruption. Instead Of industry we te
hold Incidence. Two hundred days has,
been passed in seeming Legislation ut a COS
Of $3.50. 900 to the people, and what ha
been done! A Smelling Committee ha,
been supported from the pockets of III,
farmers end mechanics, at an expense o
! $40, 600, and " hat has it done for the Publ
good! Nothing, absolutely nothing. Re
pudiated contracts, disuniun and treasonabl
resolutions stand up iu' blrcAhess only d
the memorials Of tbeir woF45. Better, 3 stkSSu
said times better, BAD tie fesisIstsre neve
been convened. It's fkstnbers have not IN
" made themselves ignsminiSus, but the,
have cast dsshonor upon che fsir fame of III
people of'Ohic. 4'he faith " The Stafe 4
violated and the credit Of the people i
stained. $s5g F@.'r#tah g 20