Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-03-20
THE OHIO LEGISLATURES.

ishment of crimes The bill, To authorize th'
Urbans, Mechanicsburg and Jeffersonvill'
Turnpike Company to charge higher rate o
toll Senate bill, To organize and discipline
the militia of the State; The bill, To author.
ize the County Commissioners of Lawrence
county to borrow money for road purposes
Senate bill, To amend section 67 of an act sup.
Elementary to the cot defining the jurisdiction
of Probate courts House bill, Supplementary
to an act to enable husbands of insane women
to convey real estate freed from the right OF
dover on conditions The bill, Supplementary
to the act regulating incorporated companies
MIR. Groesbeck introduced bill, To encour-
age immigration, and to prevent fraudulent
practices against immigrants to the State of
Ohio, which was read the first time.
Mr.. Johnston offered q areaolution, which was
laid on the table, instruotiug the Judiciary
committee to report back the bill to prevent tho
immigration of negroes into the State.
The Welsh Resolutions were taken up, and
Messrs. Lang and o'Connor made able srgu.
ments sgainst the policy OF the Republican
party. After much discussion, the Resolutions
were adopted.
The Senate adjourned
In the HousE, after prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Grover, Messrs Keyser of Monroe, and Stew
art, presented petitions sgsinst the immigra.
tion of negroes. Mr, Znn presented the me-
mortal of the Commissioners Of Hamilton
county, asking for the transfer of certain toll
roads in that county to the bondholdefs.
The following bills were passed: The bill
To authorize the City Council Of zinesvills to
con, trucs Market House; the bill, To reduce
and change the status Of the Trustees of MI.
ami University; Mr., stanton's House bill
Providing that where guardians, administra
tors, ETC., who make assignments for the bene-
ft Of creditors shall thereby revoke his author.
ity ss such guardian, etc., unless the court shall
re-sppoint.
The following new bills were introduced and
read the frat time: By Mr.. Griswod--To
amend sectiona AZ and 4s of the act providing
for the government of the Lunatic Asylum; By
Mr. Bradbury-To authorize the surrender of
leases of section I6, Guyan township, Gallis
county; By Mr.. Winans-R elating to the es-
tate of John Hivling, deceased; By Mr.. linn
To authorize The Commissioners of Hamilton
county to surrender toll roads under their con.
troll to the creditors and bondholders of said
roads; By Mr.. Clarke-To increase the salary
OF the State Librarian from $500 to $ll0O per
snnum; By Mr.. Myers-To extend the time of
payment for school lands, section l6, SPRING
field township, Lucas county.
The Welsh Senate resolutions came up in
the House, when Mr.. Dresel offered ss sub.
stitute, preamble and series of resolutions,
as follows:
WHEREAs, In the prosecution of the existing
war the present Administration has assumed
powers utterly at variance with the letter and
spirit of the Constitution of the United States,
and has thereby forfeited the confidence of the
people;
WHkRrAs, In order to establish full harmo-
ny and mutual confidence between the sover-
eign people and its appointed servants, it is es-
sential that the voice OF the people should be
uchiu buu hoOuuu w tuO AECoiuCutl ulb OHDl-
net, and in the Halls of Congress; therefore
Resolved, That while we assert our devotion
to the Constitution and the Union, and will SUP.
port the authorities Of the United States in the
full constitutional exercise of their powers.
We deliberately avoW that the liberties of the
people are mensced by Congressional and ed.
eral usurpstions, and can only be preserved by
the energetic action of State authority, and
we are determined 10 maintain and defend the
honor of our State and the rights of her
people.
Resolusd, That the Conscripton law lately
passed by Congress is subversive of the sover-
eighty and rights of the States, and designed
TO make them mere dependencies upon the Cen
tral Government, unconstitutional in it's pro.
visions, and dangerous to the liberties OF the
people.
Resolued, That the national banking system
recently inaugurated by Congress, based as il is
upon an unconstitutional and irredeemable is
sue of paper currency, cannot fail, If forced
upon the people of the States, to prove destruot-
i've to the existing moneyed institutions of the
several States, and lie covertly designed to es-
tablish vast central money power, alike un-
known to the Constitution Of the United States,
and dangerous to the principles upon which our
Government is founded.
heSOIOe0, nat tue Efeeluenb, Dy mis- emanct-
patton proclamation, has assumed powers not
granted by the Constitution, and struck seri-
ous blow Of the rights of the States, and erect
ed an almost impossible barrier between the
North and the South, and that, by shus pam
deriDg to the insane fanaticism of the Aboi-
tion faction, he has ventured. upon syetem of
public policy tending to disgrace our country
ln the eyes of the civilized world, and carry
lust, rapine and murder into every house in the
States.
Resoloed, That the acts of the Federal Ad- |
In susPendiDg the writ Of habsas
corpus, the arrest OF citizens not subject to mil
itary law without warrant or authority, trans- |
porting them to distant States, incarcsrating
them without charge or accusation, denying them |
the right of trial by jury, Of Witnesses in thei
favor, and counsel for their defense withhold. |
ing from them all knowledge of their sccusers,
and the cause of their arrest answering their |
petitions for redress by repeated injury and In
suit, prescribing, In many cases, ss condition |
of their release, test osths, arbitrary and lille.
gal; In the abridgment Of the freedom |
Of speech and of the press, in suppr essing |
newspapers by military force, and establish |
ing censorship, wholly incompatible with
the freedom Of thought and expression of |
opinion; In the establishment Of system Of
espionage BY Q secret police to invade the So.
cred privacy of unsuspecting citizens; In de-
clsring martial law over States not 10 rebel |
lion, and where the courts are open and unob. |
structed for the punishment of the crime; In |
attempting to strike out Of existence the entire |