Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-01-19
coLUHsus, January IA, 1865.


in the city. Both Houses adjourned
over yesterday morning, until Tues.
day at two and a half O'Clock, and
most OF the members have LEFT to
visit their families. None remain in
the city who can reach their homes
by rail BY resolution passed this
week, 1t is provided that wher. the
House sdjourns on each third F riday.
it stands adjourned until the Tuesday
following, at the usual time OF meet
ing in the afternoon. On tllese Fri
days the adjournment always is had
early In the morning, before any bu-
siness is transacted, so IS to enable
members to leave on the morning
trains; in this way one sixth part Of
the whole time is taken up, and, of
course the session is protracted that
much longer. This has for & long
time been the practice, and cannot
be got rid of, as q majority Of the
members live convenient to some
railroad track, out it is hardship
upon such members as live so far
from the great lines of travel as to
render itimpossible for them to reach
their homes and return during these
short adiournments, especially in
these times of high prices and small
pay.
A bill is now pending in the House,
to authorize counties, and other mu-
nicipal corporations to offer local
bounty of $500 to volunteers. This
bill was discussed this week, with
considerable vigor, and was on
Thursday, laid on the table and
made the special oruer for next
Wednesday at IL o'clock. 1t will
undoubtedly pass in some shape
Most of the members from the south
ern part of the State, are opposed to
an increase of these local bounties.
They are williI g it should stand ss
adopted at the last session. at 800
These have the advantage in the ar
guments, but the advocates Of an in
crease have the advantage OF num-
bers, and, OF course, will carry their
point
/ The system of local bountIes is all
wrong. The two great and indis
pensable elements of war, are men
and money. and such a system should
be devised rs to make the burden
of furnishing these means, fall as
nearly equal as possible. This could
only be done by tax levied on all
the property of the State. As some
localities have vast sig Ia more cap
ital in proportion to their men than
others, it is sy to see that this sys-
TEN OF county and township bounties
gives these wealthy portions the
power to drain, as they have already
done. the less wealthy portions of
their men. There is another very
strong objection to this system of
local taxation to raise bounty money.
While it is admitted to be perfectly
right to allow any person subject to
draft, to pay as much Of his own
money as he chooses, to substitute
some other person for himself, it is
clearly wrong to tax the property Of
those who have went in to the service
with no local, and very little national
bounty, thousands of whom have fall
len on the battle field, and left a
mere pittance to their widows and
children, and this forsooth must be
taxed to keep cowardly secesh sym
pathisers out of harms way. The
question is ot,shall :he men be rails
ed, flor this will be done in some
way, J brt it Is who shall pay for their
going, and it is manifestly unjust to
make the poor pay equally with the
rich.
On Wednesday, January lIth, a
large meeting of leading citizens of
Ohio, convened in the Hall of the
House o: Representatives, and per-
fected an organization for the pur-
pose of raising one hundred h0nsdnd
dollars to be presented as testimo-
NAL to Major General Sherman. tits
proposed to have this fund ready for
presentation by the 22d OF February.
In order to facilitate the raising of
this fund, committees were appointed
in each county in the State. The
committee for Gallia county is COM
posed of the following gentlemen:
Robert Black, William Nash, William
Symms, Matthew Lasley and James
II. Guthrie. These committees have
power to add as many to tLeir mum
ber as they may think necessary. If
anything is to be done in patriotic
old Gallia, action must be taken at
once or it will be too late to share in
the glorv of the enterprise, as the
fund Will, nquestionably, be raised
by the time proposed. / will send
you a copy of the Ohio State Journal
containing a full account of the pro-
ceedings had at said meeting, that
you may make such extracts from it
as you may think of interest to your
readers. GALLlA.