The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-04-16
Columbus COrrespOndonco

COLUMBUS, o., April o, 1858.
Ed. or TRmuNE.--Ero these lines will |
be perused by the readers Of the Tribune,
the General Assembly Of tho State Of
Ohio will be no more. The Halls Of the
State Capitol, which for The last hundred
days have rosounded with the busy hum
Of the peoples Representatives, from the
eighty eight counties Of our noble State,
will be silent. The next winter will come,
bringing with II these same misreprcsent-
atives aud then "lho places which know
them now, will know them no more for.
ever" "rhey have been weighed in the
balance and found wanting" Thepledges,
which rang 50 clearly from their lips on
the hustings, have been dsregarded.-
For a promised sixty days session, they
have given the people hundred days,
and voted an adjourned session for the
next winter which will Of course occupy
another hundred, For an Independent
Treasury system, they have produced an
abortion,
Letting dare not, wait upon would.
The passage Of this miserable subter-
fuge called a "sub.Treasury Act" takes
from the people over million dollars Of
uudoubted securities, which existed un-
der the "Bank Depository system" leay.
ing the only security to tho people, Cor
tho four million dollars, which the Treas.
uror handles annually, his official bond OF
! two hundred and dtiy thousand dollars
Il also locks up in the State and County
Treasures over eight million dollars,
, which cannot bo taken out except to pay
. State and County dues. Under the for.
mer system, this amount came into the
public Treasures, but passed out again,
giving life aud yigor TO the channels OF
trade, until immediate necessity called il
back again to cancel public dues. Thus
70 the people did not suffer from the with.
n drawal Of this large amount Of capital.--
Tho money, which paid their taxes one
day, was ooursing through the channel,
Of trade the next Under the workings
: Of this law the Taxpayers Of Ohio viii
@ be compelled to pay their taxes in coin. -
d This cannol be avoided. state as rea
a sons;
Frslly:-Thero is not sufficient papet
= money Of our State, by over four million
: dollars, to pay our State and Count!
{ taxes.
n seoondy:--No public Treasurer will
receive for taxes paper money when h'
is compelled to lock the same up in hi
vaults for six OF nine months, nj his owl
risk, as regards tho allure Of the Banks
upon which he thus holds paper.
The greed Of the majority in the Gen
{ eral Assembly for the official crumbs, ar.
CUES the keenost hunger. Indeed l may
say It borders upon starvation. No dog
ever clung TO a meatless bone with more
tonaoity, than did tho majority to theil
plaus for ousting Republican officials
. But alas,
{ "I'he best laid plans Of men and mice,
Gang AFT aglce."
The reorganization Of the Benevolent In
stitutions was postponed until January
/ $50, as also tho State Library TO the
same date, aud the State House. Thoy
were forced to content themselves with
the Ohio Pen:teutiary and half the Pub
lie Works.
But little could be expected of a Log
islaturo, which adopted and enforced the
gag" upon the dato o, its organization,
and which began their deliberations by
proposing series Of repeals Of the whole
some laws Of the previous Legislature.
WEBSTER,