The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-02-17

taAes Vi thaC county 10 be all palQ before
the Goth of December No bank notes
TO be received for taxes except on the
specie paying banks of this State; ald
no note Of less denomination than Gre
dellars; after 1850 note less than ten dol
lars; after 1865 no nete less than twenty
dollars; and after 1872 nothing but gold
and silver. N# ara &
The penalties attach the same as at
present except that oueshalf attaches af
ter the Goth of December, and the other
half after the Goth Of June. In the event
that saiicieney Of school fund ia not
collected by the goth Of December, the
Auditor Of State is authorized to transfer
other funds to that fund, to be re-transfer-
red after the residue of the taxes are col
lected The provisions Of the act are ex-
tended to tolls, water rents, &c. The
Treasurer of State is required to convert
the money into specie Immediately after
receiving it. County Treasurers are re-
quired to do the same. Provision is made
for inspecting the State Treasury and
County Treasures four times year, and
the publication. of their conditions, with
heavy penalties for false statements
Breaches of trust and embezzlemept are to
be punished as larceny to the same amount.
Lapse of time OF any other cause does not
release the liability of the security of any
Treasurer. Failure Of the inspectors to
comply with their oaths of Office is made
perjury. They have power to administer
oaths, send for persons and papers, &c.
The bonds of the State Treasurer are fixed
at three. hundred Thousand, dollars. ~ ~
These are the important provisions Of
the bill; there are, of course, many other
provisions for, carrying out the details.
The bill viii have to be materially chang
ed before 1t can pass. The section pro-
vidiag FOR the semi-annual collection OF
,taxeslis Objectionable to many, besides
being of doubtful consli,stionality in
permitting rs taking effect to be subject
to the will of the commissioners Of the
several counties,
A question OF privilege was raised In
the House on Saturday. The CORES,
,pondent Of the Cincinnati Conaercial
had made an unwarranted attack on Mr.,
ANDREWS. The charges were Us far from
the truth as anything that could he con
ceived Some half n dozen members
scored the reporter most severely On
Monday he was expelled from the House
by q vote Of oil the Democrats and more
than half OF the Republicans. s,....,.
Mr., Srour's bill was not reconsdered,
The following are his remarks us re-
ported for the Statesmanl sbuma cot
Remarks OF Mr.. Stout, OF Monroe, on
the Ball ito repealthe Elsc''on Law OF
last Winter, rVuap t,,t to3a.
T. MablCuAiRMAN; III Is not my mten,
tiou to occupy tho time Of this COMMITTEES
Ia acknowledgements upon this blll There
IL but one Mugle proposition contained IN
tho hill under consideration, to wit the
repeal of an aet therein named, Yet, sir
the merits or dement's Of tho law sought
to be repealed, may claim cur attention
for few minutes, The Arst ohleetlo,
that | urge to this law Is, that II make
an unwarrantable distinction between th'
poor man aud the man OF wealth, Th,
| frat section provides that mo man shal
be permitted to vote unless he shall hav
been an actual resident Of the county 70
thirty days next preceding tho election
and an actual resident Of the township 0
ward for twenty days next preceding III
election" Now, sir, the inevitable effee
Of this statute, ID to dlsfranehlse the poo
tenant, under certain circumstances. Th
mau Of wealth 10 as q SLIP at anchor
"sure and steadfast;' the poor man is q
a ship at sea, tossed TO and fro by tn
boisterous wave. driven hither and thithe
by the storms of life In nine cases on
of ten In towns and cities the tenant !
/ the tenant at ,oiu Of the landlord; 10 othe
words. they rent by the month, and unie
the operations of this law, the Landlord
has the power to shy whether the tenan
shall exercise the right of o freeman o
not. For example, A and B are wealth
men, each have number of tenants dit
fering from them in political sentiment
In the latter part Of September they be
come exceedingly anxious that their house
should be vacated; yet IL they will vot
the Republican ticket they may stay, bu
sometimes they meet with metal that vii
not yield to their dictation, aud Mr.. A
tenants must GO to Mr.. BIS ward, and Mr.
BIS tenants must take the vacant house
in Mr. AS ward, and by this system O
gerrymandering, sir, hundreds, yea, thou
sands of frecmen in the State Eof Ohio
we're last October, lisfranchised.d ie '
Oar Republican friends claim TO hav
\ all the w calth, and I, sir have heard ther
ibboasf, that with this mighty lever the
could always control the ballot box; and
sir, while this ''ca,ithook" remains upon tn
statute.book, their boast Is not in vain
I There are thousands Of men, sir, befor
they would see their beloved wives am
1 helpless children thrown into the street
I without a shelter 10 protect them from Til
storm, would vote as the heartiess land
load might dictate. It is in this way, si'
and to the practical operations Of thi
INV. that our present Republican Stat