Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-05-14

i providing for changes in that instrument, de-
Iares that any amendment submitted by the
ote Of two.thirds Of each House of Congress.
nd ratified by three-iourths Of the States,
peaking through their. Legislatures, shall become
part OF that fundamentAllaw. ,s,sf
Now what constitutes the Legislature Of the |
,tate7 And by what vote can che give her con-
,ent 10 changes proposed7 Can IL be by less
nan a majority ofall it's members elected? The
OF the State has fixed and defined
ubat constitutes the law making power of the
STATE. The passage of these resolutions is not
liIre that Of teose ordinarily passing the General
Assembly, simply the expression of an opinion,
or the making Of recommendation, but is, so
far az this State is concerned, the enactment Of
constitutional law. tsi ~ ~
Had this same constitutional amendment been
introduced in the form Of bill, there would
have been no division Of sentiment. Can Its
having been introduced in the form Of a Joint
resolution make any difference with this 80 long
az the ultimate result is precisely the same.
In the opinion Of the Chair 1t cannot; otherwise,
constitutional changes can be made bya ma
iority of quorum, merely vote OF one, or two,
more than one-fourth Of the members of the
General Assembly.
The vote was called on the appeal, which re-
sulted--yeas 40, nays As. So the decision of
Inc Speaker was reversed, and he declared the
resolution adopted.
A Message was received from the Governor,
recommending the House to pass the Senate
Bill 322--To change the appropriation OF ST.
500, 600, TO provide against invasion.
Mr.. FLAGG moved that the rules be suspend
ed and the bill be read second and third time
now, which WAS agreed to, when the bill wal
passed--yeas II, nays 5. t.tgn-ssr ,-ti
Mr.. BURR, from the committee Of Confer
ence, on the senate bill 306-Fixing the lev,
of taxes for the year 1861, made report fixinl
the general School levy at. 2 2 mills. sa64
MI. BRUFF opposed this report insisting tina
IL was equal to cutting off the common SCHOOL,
for six months.
Mr.. WRIGHT, of Hamilton, sustained th
report. =,
The report then was disagreed to-yeas %
nays 36.
mittee of the Whole, the bill for the protectio
of fish, which was disagreed to.
Mr.. PATTERSON, from the Select commit
tee to whom were referred sundry bills fixing th
compensation Of members of the General As
sembly, reported the same back, when the
were laid on the table.
Mr.. BALDWIN reported back the bill fxin
the fees of County Treasureis- wa
laid on the table.
Mr.. ROBINSON moved to take from th
committee of the Whole S. b. 27S-For tb
, protection of fish in the waters OF Lake Erie
which was agreed to, when the bill was put o
its passage, the vote resulting--yeas 81, nay
l2
A resolution was adopted, directing the Go,
ernor to appoint day of thanksgiving.
S.B. 323-To provide for the appointment I
Brigade Commissary, was read first tim
when
Mr.. FLAGG moved that the bill be read
second and third time now, which was agree
, to, when the bill was passed ....5i
= Mr.. BALDWIN moved To reconsider the vo
: : br which s. B. 3l9 was lost, which motion wi
: disagreed to.
Mr. FLAGG offered resolution Of sympstf
! and fellowship with Messrs. Andrews, Parro
and Pearce, who have gone to fight the battl
q of their country-which was adopted.
The bill relative to the levy Of taxes W
, finally passed, leaving the general levy
J, acbools at one mill and four tentbs OF mill ,
: the dollar. %
Whilst the motion to adjourn was pendin
i, the speaker addressed the House as follows:
Gentlemen of the House Of Representatives, 1
!. fore discharging the last duty devolving up
me, as the presiding officer of this House, p,
n NIT me to return to you my grateful thanks
= your kindness and forbearance towards me d.
! ing the time have been occupying this positit
= and especially for the very expressive vote
thanks you have just now given me.
, We are about TO separate. A little more th
: one year since we met in this Hall, nearly
} Of US total strangers to each other.
. To-day we part familiar acquaintances a
4. intimate friends. Ties, which during our da
Il meetings have been constantly strengthenii
+ are being sundered, and familiar associate
A broken up.
= We came here differing politically, and ha
70 30 continued to differ. Honestly entertaining
!, advocating adverse, views ii has been done "
= little of bitterness and personality, the effect
a which it appears to me can outlive this hour.
: When we met at the opening Of this sessl
Z dark clouds were lowering around our politi
a horizon, aud threatening untold evils to our OF
happy and much beloved country. Since
:. have been here, those clouds have burst upon
:. In storm of merciless fury. We have b.
so called to the discharge Of duty, under such
a. = sponsibilities thrown upon US as no preced
=, Legislature of this State has been compelled
:. assume, and from which we may pray our 8
"a cessors may be spared.
How that duty has been discharged, hist
\. and those who come after us will determi
nr One thing is certain, as recollection brings
a mind the names of associates here, 1t can |
10 upon each one as that Of true friend of
es country. lolfl ~.
ia We 20 from here to where other duties '
he call our attention, other pleasures attract,
other friends surround us. Through and '
ns all such, will my mind, as it turns back
u. pages of life's book, find many pleasant I
with which have here been familiar, indeli
photographed upon the tablet of my memo
A. and many warm grasp Of the hand will, in
"a Imagination, anew stir all the friendly sym
~ thies of my nature. So It will be with al
tea us. fsfr t
en- Permit me, gentlemen, to wish for you |
o. and speedy return to your homes and famil
: and without OBTAINING you longer, to tender
,re you all and each kindly FAREwELL.
n. The usual messages were exchanged, pO
a. balls thrown and general fun, amidst which
IN House adjourned sine die.
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