Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-24
tUvitvsponoeuee OF tnv Daiiy Press.
letter from Columbus.

/ hafness, and Is tugglDg at the serious busi-
ness of the adjourned session. The question
Of printing the State documents has been
settled. The Dutch arc to have 1000 of each
for their good behavior. Senator Monroe
proposes an act to take this agitation out of
legislation, by fixing permanently the pro-
portion that shall be printed in German. 1
suppose, Of course, that the proportionate
propagation of Germans will be adjusted by
the same ratio. Otherwise the documentary
adjustment would getout Of joint.
The flag question yet hangs Ere. When
the States began to secede, the Legislature
undertook to save the Union by having the
star spaDgled banner hoisted over each
House. All the thirty-three stars were TO
be hung on, so that when the members
counted them over and found the inventory
full, they would know that the Union was
whole. But the thing stuck by disagree
ment Of the two Houses, and now there is
danger that the remedy will come too late.
However, there will be some expense saved
in stars, if fifteen States go out before the
Legislature agrees, and that is some comfort.
The women are making a. strong demon
stration on this Legislature, demanding
their rights" as they call them. The break
ing down of law and Constitution seems to
be contagious, and everybody is asserting
his or her independence. The women de-
mand new guarantees in the union. Three
of the Senate Committee being coercionists,
and opposed to all conciliation and compro-
mise, asked to be excused from the commit
tee. Mr.. Moore said he supposed he was put
on because the Senate knew he would ridi-
cule the thing; and he seemed TO think that
if he should be as funny as he could, the
women would wish they hadn't said any
thing; therefore, he wished to be excused
The vacancies were filled with those sup
posed 10 be more favorable. Senator Key,
being bachelor, was put on. His feelings
toward the tender sex not having been hard
ened by the experiences of the others, it was
supposed that he would be more merciful to
the,women. In the marriage union, nothing
but the CRY of coercion and the enforcement
of the laws can be expected from the
stronger party. Out of it there is dispo-
sition to do justice to both sexes, and recon-
st1uct the union on a permanent basis in
equality and affinity. No union is worth
having that exists by coercion.
A very sensible suggestion was made by
Mr.. Hitchcock, in the House, to have the
manufacture of arms introduced into the
Penitentiary. This would not compete with
/ and fba Stofa oiohk ha
supplied with arms of the best quality with
out feeling the cost. The State ought to
have 100, ,000 stand of muskets now. These
require altering and renewing often to keep
up with improvements, and supply waste,
which is unavoidable. These and the other
artillery, missiles and equipments required,
would furnish steady employment for small
force in the Penitentiary, and perhaps if a
surplus sccrues, we may supply our sister
I States of the South, who seem very anxious
to purchase now; and as Secession is to be
one of our glorious institutions it is proba-
BILE that the demand for arms will continue
to be brisk at stated periods. If the Union
is dissolved, as they say it is, we shall have
TO become martial people, and it would be
well to have the tools ready.
The House has passed Mr.. Stout's bill ia
make the children of amalgamated mar
riages illegitimate, and punish the parents
1t was amended so as to pnnish amalgama-
ton which is unsanctifcd by marriage. Mr.
Stout wished TO retain the privilege of in
tercouIse without matrimony, bat the virtue
of the House would not stand it. This is Of
that class of legislation which is designed ia
be Offensive to the South. 1t makes theiI
domestic relations criminal here, so as to
show our extra purity and it elevates the
negro above the white race by providing
extra safeguards for negro chastity. All
this legislation will have to be wiped out
before frateInal relations can be established
between the two sections. With the utmost
respect for Mr.. Stout, l think that he had
better let the compromising propensities o.
his constituents run, than to have intro
duced this mischievous principle into legis.
lation.
Mr.. Schleich's Military Bill has not ye
passed the Senate. l am not qualified by
military experience TO express an opinion
on the details of this bill; but something
must be done; and as Senator Schleich ha!
seen service in the tented field, as Corpora
in the o. V. NJ, / suppose that his bill EN-
bodies the experience and observation of
veteran soldier.
Senator Jones wants to amend the Consti
tuition. There hasn't been a session ye
when 1t was not proposed to amend ou
Constitution, since it was made. The fac
is, when we threw aside our old Constitu
tion and made new one, which was sup
posed to contain all the legislative wisdom
that ever could exist, we put our foot in il
The thing will never be made right until
is thrown away.
Both Houses adjourned to Thursday, 70
the Democratic Convention; and that bring
me to that affair. Its preparatory aspect
gloomy. Without any strife for even tn
empty honor of nominations, to give it lifi
with the Federal officers who used to CON
pose 80 powerful an element now indiffeI
, ent; with no party-patronage to furnish tn
sinews of war, and with very grave doubt
as to the party effect of any policy, eithe
: positive or negative, of the Convention, th
preliminary appearance of the delegates
depressing. Last year they met to resolV
that protection of slavery in the Territorit
would endanger the Union. This wear