M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-03-23

IuloSIalSOh WIN pIuillpNl'uuo huu hC
cnracy; nor is it pretended that tber
ia danger that the duties thereof vii
not be properly discharged in the iu
ture. Undoubtedly, the prompting
cadse OF making TIN Clerk of the Sn
preme Oonrt elective By the peopl,
of the State. AMI prnvidlng for hin
snug stiary. is to b. found in th,
fact that FranklIn county is Demo,
cratic, and that, therefore, the offic,
~ tho Clerk of the Court Of Common
Pkas kr Franklin cmhty is likely t
he fillodln the future, rs it now is
by n D'mncrtt. That he should b,
permitted 10 discharge the duties o.
Clerk to The Supreme Court, although
thereby a saving of from a thonsanC
to sixteen hnnlred dollars should bt
made to the taxpayers of the State,
is u thing that & oes not admit of iurrh
er tolorstion a snuggery must be
provided Tor an Administration
hrdwler.
Ordinarily one such act of rank
partisan legislation would have snf.
feed Tor one day; hut on the same
lay they gave the public another act
Of iaexcusable part sanship. Thev
passed the House hill abolishing The
Superior Court Of Franklin county-a
court that, W. bolieve, has been in
existence about six years, and the dn
ties Of which have been discharged
by a Administration Jnlgrs; at least.
the present iucnmbont belongs to the
Administration party. This bill WAS
introduced into and carried through
the House at the last session; but the
Senate refused TO pass it, and We
have been informed that thirty-six
out of iortY practictng attorneys in
the county, without reference to party
considerations, within a short time.
petitiorcd the Senate not to pass it
The majority OF tho Administration
Senators appeared to have obtained
\ clear revelation that the court was
OF no use, and simply an unnecessary
tax upon the people. This they
could not perceive last year, nor
could they perceive il until within
lew DAYS OF the expiration Of the
ERIN Of Office IT the present incnm-
bent, who belongs to their party, and
n whose place they feared DEM
,rat wonld be elected. if the Uonr'
sere continued. Hal they felt conf
!e Mt that their p,ltc j friend could
,s reelected, they would not have
,assed the bl aboIishing the Court.
CniS ls hh ab-olnte certainty
Evidence more incOntrOvertah!r |
nan this is not needed to convict th
Darty in power with creating offices
u beriend ca laboring partisans, and
u leg slate Democrats out of offica |
ven it it has to be done through the
IbOliti"n Of the Offices themsel YES.
This circumstance the people can turn
Effectively to their own advantage, if |
hey only will. One of the crying
wills ofthese times, IS the grea, mum
'sr OF needless offio"s, tn 'cugh which
,raceless office holders live lives OF
a5e aud proligalty on pay derived
rom the taxes exacted iiom the labor
f the connry. This legrsIalion Is
AOlishes it beyond doubt that the
'rn"l1 hold in their hands the correc
i've OF this shameless abuse. II they
hall ny, BY rheir votes. reD Ter thC |
sccndclicy OF the Administration
DArty precTiOn1. useless otfi 80 will |,
'5 Iopp1l of. The A irniuistration
'4rtv, like rctreatiDg atmies. will
estroy that which th'y can neither
odd nor carry with Them, lest il tall
n'o the hands OF their political oppo
ents. Let the people consider this
sct, AMI then act upon 1t becOmingly.
he 8pring election will furnish them
excellent opportunity to do so.-