Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-05-07
.Republican Legislature. I"

'lepuDllcdu Legislature
Under this head we see many opinions
of our recent Legislature from the press OF
our State With some it Is wholesale
condemnetion; while with others they nre
Al, perfection. Both of these opinions can
not be correct. II one is correct, the other
must be in palpsble errcr. To look for en-
tire perfection in any body of men is pre-
posterous; and on the other side to say OF
AL the men that composed the last Legisls-
ture, ,hat they are Gi,honest, and a set CT
psr;y demagogues, and have done Lo;hing,
bot squandered our money ami dealt iraudu-
lently with the State, is equally PrePos,er-
Gus, and lso ia Sc in The extreme. Such
expressions as these are common from the
opposition. With one sweeping. wiihering
condemnation, without appealing to any
facts, they close by wishing, hoping, and
praying We may never have another such;
and we might add that had their ishing
and praying and voting been as they would
have had it, they would never have had the
past Legislature. We don't wonder at this
last sentiment. Ii would have been the
same had the Legislature been all perfec-
ton Ii is one of the Dempcracy's dying
grosns, and merits only our sympa Thy.
This is the great argument now in furce
against the Republican party in Ohio. il
is the only cry that can be raised, and hence
the cry is as loud and long as it is rGscGHg
and mean.
We Go nj here endorse sll that was done,
nor are we satisfied W ;th all that was not
done; yet we do say that the past Legisla-
ture has been an honor TO our State: and
has done more for the general interests OF
TIE people than any Legislature we have
had for long time. We do not suppose,
had our humble " ~ishes been gratifed, tha,
every wish woulc have been met; but that
others would have had their desires, as well.
1t is not possible that all wants can be sup
piled. In general way we are well satis-
fed by the doings of that body, and expect
contrary to all the praying the opposition
can GO, that We will have the pleasure ot
supporting another body not differing ma
terially from the same. The one great cry
of"long session" comes with i'll grace from
the opposition when compared With sessions
of their own party. On this subject We
yield to the pungent remarks below, which
we clip from an exchange, as taken from
the Xenia Torchlieht:
As this body is being charged by certain
Locofoco editors with having prolonged its
session TO an unusual length, ii mSy be we'll
enough to remind these gentlemen ot facts
as they appear OF record.
II might be well Tor them to remember
the Locofoco Legislature OF 1852, COM
menced its regular session on the fifth day
of January oi that year, and closed on The
% 10Y VI nuof ioIlOMibS: ifdAlaS eceSloh
Of four months, stking two days! That
this same Locofoco Legislature commenced
its extra session of that year on the 10Th
osy of November, and closed on the l4;h
day of March following, being session OF
four months, lacking one day. That the
next and last I.ocoioco Legislature, being
that oi 1854, commenced its session Janu-
ary Cd, and o>,d My Ist, making another
Session OF lour months, lacking one day
while this outlandish ReI uLlicdn Legisla: ure
commenced It's first session January 7, 1856
and continued 10 April llth, period o
- cnly three months and four days, and com
meRced its extra session January 5th. 1857
and continued 10 April 18th, a period o.
= only three months and thirteen Gays, or le>
than three months and a halt. Thus show.
ing the two sessiuns of this Republican
o. Legislature to be the shortest of any he Id
in the Stale, by any Legislature since tie
year ls4S, or for the last nine OF ten years
The session of lS50-5l continued from De.
cember I'd to March Goth, just four month,
, lacking seven days. That of lS4S, from
December Sd to March 25th, Just four
months, lacking nine days. That of lS4s
from December 4th, to March 26th, nearly
four months