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OHIO LEGISLATURES.

OHIO LEGIsLATURE.
January 2lst.--Mr. lIutchoson of Madison,
offered the following preamble and resolutions,
which, on motion of Mr.. Bingham, were laid on
the table and ordered to be printed:
WHEREAS, The violent and arbitrary conduct of
the King Of Prussia, in his recent encroachments
upon the independence of Neufchatel, has again
disturbed the peace of the world, and p~recipita-
ted upon Europe another struggle between
liberty and despotism-
Be il reSolred by the General assembly Of the
STATE Of Ohjo-the representatives of three mill
ions OF free p~eople-that the Swiss Confederation,
have by the extraordinary firmness and constancy
with which, for FIVE hundred years, they have CON
served their free institutions in tho midst Of sur
rounding slavery, earned the applause of history
in the unequal contest to which they are now called,
have our warmest sympathy and in the gallant pat
%riotisin with which they are risingto meet it, our
highest admiration,
Resolred, .fuuthcr, That the King of Prussia, by
his unwarrantable assumption-unwarranted in
philosophy and in histOry-of sovereignty over n
Territory exterior to his dominions, has violated
the fundamental principles upon which free gov
eminent everywhere rests-thc principle of NUM-
cipal liberty, especially dear to the people of Ohio
and Of the United States, and which by their rep
resentatives they here assert to him, and to the
world, namely, that the government of every
country belongs. of right, solely to the people
who inhaSit it and against the violation of its
sacred franchise 10y the House of Brandenberg,
Prussia, or by any one, anywhere, or at any time,
they solemnly protest.
Resolred, That a copy of these resolutions be
inclosed by the Governor, to Hon. VIM. L. Marcy,
with a request that they be transmitted to the
American Consul at Geneva, to be by him laid
before the Diet Of the Swiss contederacy.
ReSolred By the General assembly Of Ohio, That
we the members thereof, will each contribute our
per diem fer Saturday next, to aid the benevolent
of Cincinnati in alternating the suflerings occa-
stoned by the want Of fuel and food in that city.
Resolved, That-on the part Of the Senate,
and-on the part Of the House, be n com.
mittee to Immediately forward said funds to their
proper destination.
During a brief discussion of these resolutions.
Mr.. Matthews said that 10000 people in Cincin-
natl, most of whom, in ordinary times, are indus
trious and respectable, are now reduced to pauper-
ism. The daily consumption OF coal in the city
is go, 900 bushels, and Il supply, by the ordinary
means, cannot be had. Thousands upon thousands,
he said, by being thrown out Of employment, are
now in a suffering condition.
The first blank was filed with thej name Of
Stanley Matthews, and the resolutions were
adopted.
FRIDAY, Jan. %, 1857.
Mr.. Jewett offered the following resolutions,
which were laid upon the table to be printed
Whereas. The violent and piratical conduct
of General Walker, in his recent encroachment
upon the independence of Central America, and
his reviving human slavery in that country, has
again disturbed the peace of America, and precip-
itatcd upon us another struggle between liberty
and despotism therefore,
Resolred, blythe General assembly Of tic State Of
Ohio, the representatives of two and q half mill
ion of free white people, that the Republic of the
Central American States, by the extraordinary
frmness with which they have established and
maintained free Institutions, and for their devotion
to liberty, as manifested in the abolishing of sla
very-in the unequal contest now waging with the
shareholders of the United States, and secretly
aided by the Government of that Republic, have
our warmest sympathy and in the patriotic gal
antry with which they are raising to meet their en-
emies, our highest admiration.
Resolved, further, That the ~piratical fllibusters
now devastating that Republic, by their unwar-
ranted assumption of authority over that part OF
our continent, and by their having again estab-
lisiled human slavery therein, richly merit the ex-
ecratlon of mankind that they have violated the
fundamental principles upon which all free gov
ernments are based, namely, thar all men are Gre
ated free and equal, and endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights, among which are
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that
lie has given the right TO the people OF any couh'
try to regulate their own Government, in accord
ance with the principles Of natural justice, as to
them shall seem proper; and that against tAe Vi.
olation of the sacred right of the people of the
Central American States to establish and main
tain their free institution by General Walker, JEFF
ferson Davis, the Republic of the United States
Or any other power, we most somenly protest.
Resolved, That q copy of these resolutions De
inclosed by the Governor, to the Hon. VIM. l..
Marcy. with the request that they be transmitted
to the American Consul for the Republic Of Costa
Rica, to be by him presented to the confederated
States now operating against Gen. Walker and
army.