The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11

out doB every discussion concerning public MONEYS,
ysnsnce few will question a o@ sdo Of s sSbSa
4 iion Sach Combination in my judgment may be oh
tanned by providing for the lasmen ofa dGes 70 The
State, IN coin the notes of the specie ng Banks OF
Ohio; by Iorzn- tie seecion Of d-pdsiiares by the
stne treasurer, under suitable guards aud resriennns
prompt payment of all dpo,i demand in s.eee or
except the state All of public by public
officers and all attempts to secure In any gsy prtrste
public finds should be strictly probited under The se-
Such system viii approach as neatly to the Indepen-
dent Treasury of the Federal Government as due
gird 10 the welfare of the people will admit; and i1Gch
neaIer opinion lhan the system recently adolte
The act of 1859, by which that system introduced,
contain: ma useful provisions; but their value Is
hatsver the several County may choose
take IN OF taxes by the absence of all provis
ouissn reqire bonds the satisfaction of State Of
f1ers for the safe keeinS and transfer Of moneys be-
tile County Treasurers have generally received for
taNes whatever current in their counties, md in
instances, il sai cheeks OF individuals Banks
in their vicinity, and hive mad such exchanges of The
finds received for ctu other funds the pltbc-in
terest seemed to requrr That in this action they were
rnPd BY considerations Of public convenience and
public dpy is not questioned Tpe action ITSELF hnwev-
reveals the effective character of the law When
hdn received In payment of taxes and retan
ed in the Treasury, the hanks issu ny them, Wbrther
foreign or domestic are made the real deposnFes OF tie
public funds without interest au without sec irty So
WHERE checks of private citizens received those t-
zens SO long as thpir checks are held are constituted
such dposaries Tha virtual requirement by ire act Of
the exchange of currenc. for coin, and the virtual
mission Of TIE exchange Of currency for other currency
ca hardly fail to give occasion to dangerous dealing
with The public funds The act, therefore, seems to
TO fail of its intent. Under it deposit system ofhe
most unsafe description may grow and the of
public funds for private brneft hardly be prevented.
Everything must depend the integrity of the State and
| County Treasurers
see no way OF escape from these diHcnes except by
substituting for this system Of indirect deposits
nrdons exchange thoroughly guarded plan for the di
with selected depossrfes from whom am s securifes
have been required and taken; or by the adontou in
neut of Su'-F reas'rers requiring ffour tssn ample
bprfs and prohibiting the receip Tor public dues of
anything but coin at ost.spece notes of Ohio badks
Even such notes could not be received nj heu consitu-
ting the banks to the extent OF such reefpt, pHilc de-
positartes without security. OF two such alternatives
these it hardly he donttad that under ex<fngeir-
cumstanees the former will receive the rpRroYaOf the
! people
In former communications, have repeatedly recon
mended to Legislative consideration The interests of
Agriculture OF the entire products ofths state, to-
thirds are from the farms OF the entire wealth OF The
State, than half is in farms. OF the entire axati
of the State. much than half is paid by tarner-
To protect their interests and promote their prus~ry
necessarily be prominent objects of wise legislation
Sugges in relation to these Objects merGg careful
consideration viii be found u the Agrru tret Report
and in the Resolutions of the sate Board Of Agriculture
Permit also, to susget heretofore nae
o. addonnl provision for prem lums to be otfte ~ the
State and County Agricultural Socieries And may no.
add that the resumptiOn and completion of e Gsppgi-
Survey of The State, with special reference agicu
and mining could not fail benefit al inter sts
An act of the last General Assembly directs the judges
of elections to reject the votes of who
blood 1t is not very to determine what distinct
admixture of that description of blood when may
be said to be visibie 1t is quite certain however, that it
is beyond the power of the Legislature enlarge or
abrdge the rightof suffrage defined by the Constitution
By that instrument it restricted white male citiz4ys
The question: who included in the description
for the LegslaEure but for the Courts An atemptto
both in tself and precedent The referred
not only such attempt but gives to judges of cleo
power capable of being to extreme abnse
& therefore recommend its repeal. -
Cows
ry in this Sate nor Involuntary servitude except for
punishment of crime To give effect this prov
mpunity of seizing and taking of the State
warrant or process of law persons claimed fagi
mend the re-enactment of the repealed by the last
General Assembly prohibiting ssyeholdng aud kid zap
e of the writ of habeas corpus
Four years since the military force of the Stat. vas
ery-ee scattered throueh counties aud in danger
OF total loss No adequate security in the form honda
The laws made sufficient provision, either for discpIie
e or organization. This condition of things naturally
tracted the attention of the General Assembly,
cessive laws have been enacted designed exs
ing evils Under these laws considerable Of
arms have been collected and either sold if useess or
D. if worth repair made fit for respectable force
of volunteers has been organized and ocere aud far
y as practicable, disciplined. THIS force constitutes
fitting nucleus for organization entirely conpetentto
all probable emergencies As law the expression
public will police is the expression of public frcs
body of volunteer militia, not unnecessarily large
well Oderad and efficient, is important element po
lice, and Affords in extraordinary emergences, necess
e ry guaranty of order and peace
Much credit is due many public spirited czet FIR
their efforts both officers and reform
and discipline in military organization and es,acaiiy
to the Adjutant General and the Quarter Master lrsEa
for their unremttng abors to that end Their reports
exhibit clearly the present condition needs this
branch of the public service and their suggestions w
= doubtless receive your attentive sderation. -E
Invite your attention to the increased expense of pub
lie printing This results in part from defects in the
regulating the subject, and in part from th in
which the reports of the several Institutions prepared
The evil may be renedied to considerable eAeats by
of
in which Documents shall be printed and also the mode
the several Institutions shall be made. - -
All the official Reports directed by law to be printed
those of the attorney General and the Commsioner ps
Common Schools, delayed by the reissness county
e1 IN made than in
of State which is in the hands the printer have
: be transmitted to each House without delay : : =
It becomes my duty to lay before you in compisnes
with the request of the Governor of New York. the
current Resolutions of the Senate Assembly that
State condemnug the African Slave trade and
= ing against the reopening of that humsn traffic. The
people of Ohio, without distinction party almost
without individual exceptions, unite reprebation the
with resolutions also transmit for your fuf +.
nation copies of letters addressed BY the Governor Of
self, and of my reply to that addressed to =
doubt not gentlemen, thatI expressed your own sen
ments as well as those of our common consti oents,
when declared my conviction that it is the duty the
Executive authorities of ohio exercise whatever pow
lawful combinations against peace safety Of other
members of the Federal Union; and that the peope
Ohio while they will suffer invasion of their
riory, will counteuauce invasion of the territory of
other States: but expecting from them the fuent Of
every constitutional obligation will require their own
authorities The prompt performance of recpoc duties
While we will not disavow just admiration of noble
qualities by wbomsoever displayed les
but rather the more earnestly coudemn ali inro2ds into
States, not merely at with us bat united BY
the bonds of political union and all attempts 20 excite
within their bordsTss servile
tending to involve the country in the caames Of civil
That spirit of alienation has arisen in
the country it idle to deny That shared
in any great degree by the either section is
TRUST equally true The people desire Union and Com
cord, not Dseorl and Dsunion.. s17 .szss Il -
Claiming absolute exemption from blame In bshaIf
of the free States, cannot admit their liability to ex.
elusive censure.
In repeated instances without pretenee or Justification
the territory of Ohio has been candetinely entered and
been cruelty kdnapped the Fugitive Slave necessa-
riiy repugnant to public sentiment. aud believed by
large majority to Unconstitutional in Of its
speuous provisions If in its origin has been
within her limits with circumstances Of Agg await n
hieh could fail excite the deepest feeling; and
cases have not been wanting where her citizens travels
ing lawful Slave States RuxuejoD
of sentiments, have been ected espoiu
age indgnty-to arrest and imprisonment To lheSa
grievance of the repeal Of the Missouri ProhbitioS man.
iiestug the determination of lasge majority ef thu
slave holding class to extend Slavery Nation
al Territories, - ..r--s 49,. .-.- q. -.
hdent expectation OF their ultimate thtough the
influence of better information and jaster timFns
the people of Ohio have held fast the aud
to tie Union They have respected all the riahia
of all the States and Of all the citizens of the STATS
They have resisted with Illegal force even the exec,
cutiop of the Fugitive Slave Act by ee al officers
under leg'l warrants ss-erss Isif fs -
ohih has uttered no menace of disunion when tie
American people have tit to enfust the powers a
views than those of majority citizens threaia
of dunion in similar contingency by eEens Of Other