Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
% MORNING SESSION.

MORNING SESSION. H
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Moore.
A multitude of petitions were presented
and referred, many of which were for an
increase of tolls on turnpike and plank road
companies. A petition for an appropria-
tion for an Agricultural College was laid
on the table, and ordered to be printed.
, House bill to amend the act for the pro-
lection of certain birds and game, passed
April 30, 1861, was read the third time and
passed. Recess.
|, .,..,a AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate joint resolution agreeing to
the proposed Constitutional amendment
abolishing slavery, having been made the
special order for the hour at which the
House met, Mr.. Beer offered the following
as substitute for said joint resolution:
= WHEREAS. In the opinion of this General
Assembly, the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the United States was rec
ommended, in total ignorance or willful
disregard of the Constitution by the Con-
gress of the United States; and
WHEREAS, 1t is always proper, in the con-
sideration of grave measures of this kind,
TO keep in view the true nature of our sys-
TEN of Government; therefore,
Be ii Resotred By The General Assembly Of
the State Of Ohio, THAT the several States
composing the United States of America
are not united on the principleof unlimited
submission to the Government (Which is
their mere agent for certain delegated pur-
poses); but that by a compact under the
style and title of Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and of amendments thereto, they
constituted aGeneral Government for spe-
cial purposes, delegated to that Government
certain specific powers, reserving each State
ts
own self-gOvernment; and that whensoever
the General Government assumes undele-
gated powers, its acts are unauthoritative,
void and of no force; that to this compact
each State acceded as State, and is an inte-
gral party; that the Government, created
by this compact, was not made the eXclu-
sive or final judge ofthe extent of the pow
ers delegated to ITSELF since that would
have made its discretion, and not the Con-
stitution, the measure of its powers; but
that, as i'm all other cases of compact,
among parties having no common judge,
each party has an equal light to judge for
ITSELF as well of infractions as of the
mode and measure of redress" via
Resolued, That the proposed amendment
of the Constitution of the United States to
abolish slavery in those States in which it
existed at the time of the original formation
vi but COlDDdCb vi OuiOtl. VI nave bIllCC
adopted it, is wholly unauthorized by the
Constitution, is void and of no force, and
would be wanton breach of faith on the
part of the States that may adopt it, to
their coStates that may dissent. u
Resolced. That in the present excited state
of the public mind,any alteration or amend
ment of the Constitution of the United
States, at this time, would be unwise and
inexpedient. HHn "A
The substitute was rejected by a vote of 80
nays to IL nays. Those who voted in the
affirmative were: ~i2Ha
Messrs. Beer, Boehmer, Boesel, Edwards.
Estill, Fielding, Hibbs, Jones, Keyscr of
Monroe, Putnam and Thornhill.
The question being on the adoption of
the Senate joint resolution, it was agreed to
by vote of 5S yeas to II nays, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs.- Allison, Ayres, Babcock,
Bidwell, BRAKEMAN, Brinkerhoff, Clark,
Cochran, Davenport, Dawson, Delano, De-
ford, Dryden. Evans of Brown, Evans of
Clinton, Everett, Ferrell, Forbes, Free, Gal
logly, Glover, Green of Hamilton, Gunsaul-
us, Harrison, Hayden, Hixson, ,Hough, Hoov-
Lawrence, Johson of Summit Keyser of No
BILE, Kibbee, Kirby, Kneeland Lindsey. Lit
tie, Lockwood, Long, Lyon, McGill, McIn-
tyre, Messenger, Miller, Nixon, Odlin, Pur-
sell, Randall, Reber, Root Scott, Sieg,
Spahr, Thompson, Warner, Waters, West.
NAYs-Messrs. Beer, Boehmer, Boesel,
Dresbach, Edwards, Estill, Fielding, Hibbs,
Jones, Keyser of Monroe, Putnam, Thorn
hill.
On nmotion of Mr.. Hixson, the House adopt
ed a resolution, appointing committee of
three on the part of the House, and - of the
Senate to wait on the Governor and inform
him of the ratification of the Constitutional
amendment resolution, and to request of
him salute of one hundred guns to be fired
sin honor of the crate event"
Several bills were introduced and read
the first time, and the House adjourned,