The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-01-13

well being, and in the moral and religious obli-
cations connected with them, must bs relied on
for the diminution and prevention OF these vio-
lations. The Constitution Of the State a+,hor-
ICES the General Assembly to provide by law a
gainst tho evils resulting from the traffic in in
toKicating liquors. While Intemperance crowds
our prisons, desoAtes our homes, robs society of;
It's brightest ornaments and proelaimS itselfe
erywhere the foe OF virtue, Of peace, and Of SO
curity, all right minded men will agree that
whatever can be rightfully done TO protect the
community iiom such an evil. should be done.
1t will be your duty to consider this subject
with wise reference TO the demands Of public
sentiment with sincere respect for personal !
rights, and with an honest purpose to accomplish |
the end indicated by the constitution.
Tho condition Of the Pubic Works Of the !
State Is fully stated in he report of the Board |
charged with their supervision. 1t will be seen
that the net income of the Canals during the |
last year has fallen short of the expenditures in
cluding Commissioners salaries, by the sum OF
Sl3,6l5 81. 1t will also be seen that the actu-
al cost of repairs upoua few sections, exceeds
the contract prices by $4,000 50, while the
contract prices upon four sections exceed the ac-
tnal cost BY $45,5G7 43; max ng net difference
in iayor of actual cost Of S27,472 el.' Under
these circumstances, the sale of the canals will
doubtless be urged upon your attention. 1t may
be admitted that true policy requires the total
separation OF tine State from the control and
management of public works OF this description,
but as the canals were constructed when diff
Ierent policy was strongly recommended by the
circumstances of the people, and have thus be-
come the property Of the State at immense cost,
am clearly Of opinion that they should not be
sold except for their actual value and under
such restrictions as will secure the ends of their
construction. 1t will be for the General AS
sembly, if disposed to authorize a sale to deter
mine the necessary restrictions and how far the
results Of the past year are to be accepted as an
indication Of value. In my Judgment those re-
suits are to be asciibcd mainly to the temporary
causes indicated in the report of the Board, and
| have little doubt that the income in future
years. under prudent and economical manage
mcnt, will realize their anticipatons.
Under these circumstances, it will probably be
safest, in case sale be contemplated, to take
the average net income ofthe last ten years as
proper criterion, and to estimate the valub at
the principal Of which that income would be
the interest at six per cent.
1t gives me pleasure to state that the expenses
ofmost Of the State inst tutions, and Of the diff
lerent Officers an Boards in the public service
have been kept strictly within the limits of the
legislative appropriations. An important excep
ton will lie found in the case Of the Northern
Lunatic Asylum. Debts have been contracted
| in bchalfofthat Institution largely beyond the
appropriation for its support; and in part at least
in direct violation Of tie act of March 30, 1857,
which not onlr ! expressly prohibits such con-
tracts, but subjects the officers making them to
personal liability for their performance, and dis
tinctly declares that the State shall not be liza
ble. 1t is indispensilly necessary to arrest q
practice which together with the defacation has
caused the present embarrassment of our finances
and which, if permitted, will transfer The Letter
mination Of the amounts to be appropriated
to the various lectS o! the State Government
from the Representatives Of the people, TO the
several Administrative Boards and officers.
, There are some aspects of the relations o
Ohio with the Federal Government, to which
r f,el myscfconstrained to invite your attention
In my last communication to the General As
sembly, stated some reasons for believing tina
large sum is due to the State from the United
: States under the compact relating to the pro
: eetds of public lands disposed of within our lin
r its. recommend the adoption of resolutions
9 inStrncting our Senators and requesting our Rep
t resentatves in Congress to urge the payment o
: this claim.
g The President of the United States and tht
4 Secretary of the Federal Treasury have recon
= meuded to Congress the enactment of bank
: rupt law Law, applicable only to banks ant
n Railroad Companies. Such law would draw
within Federal jurisdiction and disposition, inter
g ests Of vast extent, and intimately connected
with the concerns of nearly all our citizens.
s is indispensable TO the severe jgnty of the Stat
that she retain the control of these lorporations
n in her own legislature and her own Courts.
n the General Assembly concurs with me in thi
:, opinion, | trust its sentiments will be mad
$ known in some appropriate mode.
:, A disposition has been manifested, within tn
1 last few years by some of the officials of tn
/, Federal Government, exercising their function
: within the limits Of Ohio to disregard the au
n thority. and encroach upon the rights of III
States to an extent and in a manner which dt
II mands your notice.
l. In February, 1856, several. colored persor
s. were Scizod in Hamilton county as iugiti,
1. slaves. One of these persons Margaret Garn,
: in the frenzy Of the moment, inpelled as
IF seems, by the dread of seeing her chdren dra,
,e ged with herself back to slavery, attempted
re say them on the spot, and actually Succeede
in killing one. For this act she and her con
, panions were indicted by the grand jury for Il
g crime Of murder, and were taken into custod
l. upon writ regularly issued from the court
k Common Pleas
is While thus imprisoned under the legal proce
a. eta State Court, for the highest crime knwn
our code, writ of Eabeas corpus was issued
rt the Judge of tie District Court of the Unite
le States, requiring their production FIRE h m III
I'd writ was obyed by the Sheriff, and, contrary
all expec; atoms, and in disregard, as must thin
al of principle and authority, the prisoners we
of taken from his custody by order Of the Judg
ct and, without allowing any opportunity foi Il
I'd interposition Of the State authorities, delivers
as over to the Marshal Of the United States,
mt whom they were Immediately transported
IL yond our limits. The alleged ground for tt
It's action and order was that the indicted parti
IL had been seized as fugitive slaves upon FEEDER
to Commissioners warrant, before the ndictme
and arrest and that the right to their custod
Ie. thus acquired, was superior to that Of the She
on iif, under the process of the State. This dc
n trne mlst necessarily give practical impunity
murder whenever the murderer may be seized
o. Federal official as fugitive from service befo
d. arrested for the crime under State authorit
r. Imputing no wrong intention to the Judge, ! a
be constrained to add that his proceeding seems
NEE an abuse, rather than an exercise ofjudci
of power.
ar A similar case occurred more recently in t
-al county Of Champaign Several deputiea Of t
Ict Federal Marshal, having arrested certain ci
nd zans nf This State for some alleped offa nse