The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-04-07
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The session has, been brief and to the
point, continuing less than three
months, (Which is unusually short for
tho regular SESSION. aud trOnsacting
an unusual amount of important bust.
ness. A more quiet, capable and basi-
ness-like Legislature never assembled
at tho Capital, There was a noticca-
bic lack ofthe ordinary amount of po!
litieal buncombe and venom. This
lack was principally due to the sub.
dued and whipped spirit of the minor
ity, which has not yet recovered, (apd
we hopoit, never may from the shock
given to its nervous, system by the
hurricane of Union sentiments which
swept ov6r Ohio last fall, and carried
John Brough into the GuberDatorial
chair, In tho House, We believe DR.,
Qlds,did not aspire to be a leader, hay
ing exhausted his supplyaof martyr
dom and having a store hcro at home
which claimed his attention! Mr..
Dresel struck, ont, wildly on several
occasions at the Administration and
at Captain Free, but accomplished it,
tie; so that the leadership ofthe minor
ity in the House dovolvcd upon Mr..
Mayo, the intellectual boy from But
lcr county, who. would speak his senti-
ments, whether the people thought il
treason or not. The only thing which
occurred to disturb the peace and dig
nifty Of the House, was when Captain
Free struck Mr. Mayo on the right
eye, which lod to the severe ccnsure ol
both, Mr. Mayo for defending the right
to publish treason and forialluding to
Froe's family misfortunes, and Captain
Free for making an assault upon a
member ofthe House In the Senate
tho minority numbered four members
all told. Mr.. Converse was as "quiet
as a mouse, ,"'bdt sat in his scat with
his keen eye looking through every.
body and everything, even the stone
walls Of tho Senate Chamber, and
never speaking without saying some.
thing to thc'point. He has tho reph.
tation Of being one Of the most vono.
mons Copperhcads in the Senate but
Judging from what we have seen Of
him, ho isa gentleman and a Saint
compared to the leaders, Of this county
Messrs. Lang and Connor, both mcn
Of tho peace pprsuasion, INDUCED jiu
no bitterness, and voted rthe resolu
tions complimenting Governor Tod
Altogether, the minority behaved
themselves as becomingly as whipped
people generally do, and tho majority
with truo magnanimity, let them alone
a great deal and proceeded to business
Among tho measures enacted during
the session, perhaps the most impor
tpnt is the new militia law, which re
peals the one enacted at the preceding
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session, and disbands tho "fat-tbot
organizations, Persons who do no
like to muster under officers disagree
ing with thcm in politics are now ro
llicved. Tho present volunteer organ
izations will be retained, and other
formed, Tho law for the relief 0
soldiers families increases tho tax fol
that purpose to two mills on the gen
oral levy, and one mill to bo levied a
the discretion of tho county commits
sioners, should tho two mills be Insult
hcicnt. The law allowing soldiers t.
voto at municipal elections, is just ant
opportune, and we hopo will enable u
this spring to secure majority in th
City Council of our own city. TIL
Bounty Bill, rs it is called, authorize
county commissioners, township trus
tees, and City Councils to levy Ia,
to refund money loaned Or donate,
for tho purpose of paying bounty t
volunteers. In our judgment, it shoal,
havc extended only TO money loaned
to officials for that purpose. Tho re
funding of donations aud contribution
opens tho door to enormous frauds, an,
taxes the friends of the war to rcfan
money to those who hcvOr gave cen
to the cause, except to save thomsclve
from the draft, .i
II has been said that the ptcsen
Senate, taken altogether, is superio
to that Of any former General Assem-
bly,. II contains somo oftho best law
yers in the State, among whom al
Judge Day and Mr.. stanberry som
of the best speakers, among whom al
Col, Conncll, Mr.. Stevenson and M
McGinnis; some of tho best lcgisl'
tors, among whom is Mr. Guncke
some of tho boldcst and strongest me
among whom is Mr. West--and OF
of tho bittercst ahti.war men, NJ