Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-01-15

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may lie, who shall, By proper order, provide |
that the same shall be public highway, and !
that no tolls are collected thereon within the
limits Of such county. ~ -
SIC. g. This act shall take eject upon its
passage.
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crossed Tor third reading Tomorrow, - .,,g
+t SELECT ceMMiTFEEs. IN
Mr.. COX, to whom was referred his resolu-
ton iustracting the military committee to make
certain Inquiries concerning the necessity of
putting the State in preparation for defence for
any emergency, 60, reported it back, recon-
mending it's passage
MIR. WHITE moved its reference to the com.
mittee on federal relations.
MIR. SCHLElCH suggested the propriety Of
delaying action.
Mr.. COX felt obliged, by sense of duty, to
press 1t. He thought If the people knew their
defenceless condition, they would demand prep
arations OF defensive character. aiaceis
Mr.. WHITE thought it an imprudent meas
ure at this junction, aud sister States would
regard tia menaces Although il may be sim
ply defensive in desgn,it would be miscon,
stfued and would therefore have an evil effect.
| 1t would be sounded as declaration Of hostil-
| ity. He would prefer that the standing COM
mittee on federal relations should take charge
Of the subject sf.r .gne.l N
Mr.. FISHER thought there was an undue
delicacy on this subject. II is wise and proper
whether in peace or war to look at the defences
of the State. He did not think the action pro
posed to be taken, would have the effect sug-
gested by the Senator from Brown. The Militia
Committee does not act upon this subject be-
cause this revolution was pending. Therefore
this resolution should pass. He was out of
patience with this sensitiveness. The Senate
appears TO be afraid of doing anything, while
the people are waiting for them to act, and the
General Assembly should act promptly. Mr..
+. went on to describe how the Militia of the
State had been culpsbly neglected by the Leg.
islature, and held there should be reform. II
the Senate will proceed with this business, and
will not talk so much about it, nothing will be
said of II. We ought to go at it and do the
work promptly, because 1t is proper and right.
We simply inquire what is the condition of
our own house, and if it amt safe we have a
right to make it go, and it can't be offensive to
our neighbors. -5.f
Mr., SCHLEICH said he could not permit
the position of Senators to be misconstrued even
by Implication. Nobody is afraid. Senators of
Ohio do not fear, the people of Ohio are not
afraid. They are patriotic, and should there be
war, they will do their whole duty. He thought
II we display our preparations in the eyes and
shake them ia the ears of other States, it will
give offence, 1t is our duty to discharge our
own obligations properly, SO our conduct cannot
be misconstrued. He proposed to modify the
word "defense" in the resolution, 30 that the
general sense might be adopted, which would
convey the fact that we are reducing all our de.
partments to order. He would not have any
thing In the resolution which anybody could
misconstrue into war preparations. ,.-l iars|
Mr. MONROE was peace, man, but he
thought that whatever State undertook to do,
should be done well or not at all. The Consh.
tuition and laws Of the State recognize Mill
tary system, and we should therefore, keep up
a proper organization. He had always main
tanned such maxims, and be saw no reason
why it should not be done now. He thought
1t proper to vote on such measure as that now
pending. He was not particular about the Ian.
gusge of the resolution, if he could get the sub,
stance in any other form He thought the less
talk We have about it, the better the effect.
Mr.. STANLEY held that when guns are
planted upon the Banks Of the Mississippi to
intercept steamboats and require them to "come
to" like vessels of foreign nation with which
we are at war, 1t is bad time TO talk about
the fear Of excitement. The country is full of
excitement. The resolution is timely and
proper, and should be adopted.
Mr.. HOLMES was favorable to the objects
of the resolution upon general principles, but
thought 1t unwise at this time. He supposed IL
would cause excitement in our sister States.
The resolution comes from mild peaceful
man, and II therefore has more significance
Had IL came from brilliant distinguished mill
tary man IL might have been different.
Mr.. SCHLEfCH interrupted that he could
not ALLOW the service to be misrepresented Mr.
Cox is a Brigadier General of the o. v. NJ
Mr.. HOLMES backed, and said he had re-
garded Mr.. Cox peaceful man, not warrior
Laughter The committee on Militia Affairs
was named 70 Mr.. Holiness when he said he was
satisfied the State was safe in its hands. Laugh
ter, -.. ..-, 80.
MIR. GARFIELD advocated the resolution as
eminently proper, and proceeded to compare the
feeble armament of Ohio with that OF other
States, and reviewed generally the subject Of or.
maments In the country to show the duty of
this State to reform its military arm. He
thought 1t a matter Of no consequence whether
Ohio action upon this subject causes excitement
or not. II has been the policy of the South
ever since 1882 to get excited, SO that all means
of defence should be taken from one side, and
that the other side should be strengthened =
Mr.. Garfield went on to say that 1t would be
weakness, pusillanimity in Ohio, to neglect her
duty in this matter.
Mr. JONES rose 70 point OF order. He OBJ
jected that the Senator had no right to charge
| the Senate with being pusillamnou5.
Mr.. GARFIELD did not recognize the right
of the Senator TO call him to order for such Ian
guage. But he desired to explain that he did
not mean to characterize any Senator or the Sc,
nate as pulsilanimous He had not designed
to use hard words but to express what seemed
to him to be the true state of the case He fa-
vored the resolution - u, ,,.. 4
Mr.. WHITE thonght II proper that questions
should be discussed in the light Of circumstances
The Republican party is responsible for the con
duct of the public affairs. The question has ar
rived tthe Republican party or the Con
stitution, 60 to the wall. The dominant portion
Of the Republican party are unwilling to make
concession. They are accustomed TO construe
| the Consultation In one way, and we in anoth-
err. .t.t
Mr.. FISHER called the Speaker to order, re.
questing that he be confined to the question.
Mr.. WHITE said IL the gentleman would be
patient be would come TO it. The question is
one OF war-whsther by force OF arms, we shall
90 down and force our Southern brethren to
| acQniesce in our views He would not do
any act that looks directly or remotely into
| coercing our Southern brethren into an acqui-
escence in our views Of the Constitution upon
the question which divides parties. This re So
luton looks to coercion. 1t would nse' the
strong arm Of the sword to compel the South to
accede TO us. He would not endorse It. II pre-
tends to be resolution looking to preparation
for defence. We didn't need such preparations.
None Of the Slave States propose to Invade u.s.
Mr.. WHITE in reviewing the crisis remark
cd concerning the controversy between the
North and the South, as one Of the grievances
of the latter, that Ohio had been guilty Of null
lifying law. One Of the Judges Other Supreme
Court had shown himself incapable of apprecia