Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-02-09
COLUMBUS NE WS.
From Our Own Correspondent.

EDIToR CBRosrcLE: You say truly that
the meeting of the three Legislatures in this
city wus "a brilliant affair, and will result
IN much good" Il; seems to have given gen.
eral satisfaction to all parties in all portions
Of the State, aud is only disapproved Of by
q few ohurlisli creatures who do not possess
a spark Of hospitalitv. " has resulted In
much good, already; for may we not very
properly trace the election OF O Speaker at
Washington in some measure 10 this meet
ingl ] think the influence is easily deduced.
The cordial greeting of the three great States
showed the factions iire-eaiers at Washing
ton City that, although self important Rep
resent,tives might boast Of being willing TO
dissolve the Union in a certain contingency,
yet thatth great popular heart beat true to
the Constitution and the Union, and would
stand by t to the last.
The hearty appl use with which Governor
Chase's speech was received from Tennessee
ans and Kentuckians showed plainly that
the impression he made on them was favor
able; aud they had not mingled long among
Ohioans before The idea was very s%ensibly
/, working its way through their hair that the
Old adage, as applied to Black Republican
5 ism. was very true: "Tle Devil is not so
black as he is painted"
presume you have heard before this that
. Gov. Chase has been elected to the u. 8.
. Senate. This interesting event was con-
summoted on Thursday last, in joint con-
vent on. The vote was Chase rs, Pugh SO,
Corwin5 8. Those who voted for Mr.. Cor.
|, win were Mr.. Moore from the Butler dis-
d trict, in the Senate, and Mr.. Ceilings from
Seiota county. Col. Nigh, of Lawrence, Mr..
d jolly, of Highland and Mr. Welsh 1t is
prop r TO state thai the Representatives who
G voted for Mr.. Corwin did not participate in
e the caucus when Chase was nominated.
After The election both Houses adjourned,
y AID many OF the Rcpub lean members called
on MIR. Chase to congratulate him on his
success; wheh many of them expressed the
h nope that circumstances would render IL neces-
sary to eject his successor next winter.
The working Of the Legislature thus far
k has been nomin,l J, but inasmuch as the usnul
is amount of spreeihg has been cnnsurnmuted
they WIFI probably 90 10 work in good eatn-
h est. Do not Understand me to say, however,
,e that they have been at oil idle, for there
HoFC bctu ~ ulliS lnlTOuuCtO INTO tne SeD-
,e ate and 1879 into the House, some of which
have been passed, but the bulk of them are
a being "overhaui.a" by the various standing
Committees.
n The question of an adjourned session is
convassed uccasionp lily, but without any
g definite conclusion being arrived at, and it IL
,s impossible to tell what will be the result, OF
the matter. Some Of the members are in
al fuvor Of adjournjng sine die, leaving It with
is the Governor ,o>call an extra session to up
poriiun the State.
r. A bill repeating the law authorizing the
A. publication Of The laws in the county pn.
,d pprs has pissed the Senate, as has also I
is bill susp nding the school library tax for two
years. Thousands of names have been sen
o up demonstrating against the passage of the
last mentioned law in the House.
all A bill for the relief of the creditors OF III,
pr Marietta and Cincinnati r. r. Co., hn.
adj passed the Senate, aud Is now in .be hand,
I'd Of the Judiciary Committee of the House
IS Henry Stanhcrrv, Esq. appeared before The
committee on Friday evening and made ar
1T Argument for the bill. the conslitutionalit,
Do Of selling the franchises Of q corporation
ri He appeared on behalf OF the foreign bond
I, holders. The only difficulty about the pas
u. sage Of the bill seems to be the fear that i
n. is unconstitutional. The New Constitution
We seems to be n flaming sword in the war o
I. legislators, as hardly a bill comes up but thu
Constitution seems to present some point o
C difference. Mr.. s. endeavored TO obviate
the ground of unconstitutionality by citing
Ms an rraral,nt tha la,x ~ OK co.f,k. .zN.I
N ofthe creditors OF the Sandusky, Mansfel,
and Newark Rail Road Company, in which
or law appear precisely the same provisions as
Pa are in the present bill.
* To give your readers some idea of how
bitterly the Democrats fought against tn,
m proposition TO 20 into the election Of u. s
d. Senator, ! insert an extract from .he offici.
nj report OF the proceedings. The reason the
10 vote was 10 close, Messrs. Ceilings, Of
Ii Soiota, jolly, Of Highland, Nigh, oil Law
r renee, and Parrot Of Montgomery, votet
with the Democrats.
A message was received r. I'm the Senate
announcing the passage Of o Joint Resolu,
70 tihn 10 meet in joint Convention for tn,
h cleo ton Of a United States SENATOR thi,
ID afternoon nj $3.50 O'Clock, when sdi 70 /.
Mr.. Andrews offered the follow ing as ur
n amendments: "' '' '''o'' 20 r.ili5c %
Res6luei, That il is the sense of this bod,
that no man should be supported for Tho
office of Uaited States Senator who enter.
d tains sentiments Of hostility to the enforce
IF ment Of the fugitive slave act, or who enter
q taihs sentiments favoring negro equality
Q with white citizens, either in the elective
franchise or in the admission OF colored
children into our schools. '1f''lrdF
4 Mr.. Robinson rose to a point Of order
that the amendment was not german to the
sub ject-when Mr.. Andrews was decided
n out Of order. RI lH'H .
/, He then proposed it as an additional reso.
n luton. 1i'i HiH9n. u
ID Mr.. R1binson rose again to a point Of or
der; making the same point, which was sus-
a taiued by the Speaker. ID
n Mr.. Baldwin then demanded the previous
question, which was sustained.
Mr. Chase demanded a call of the House,