Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-14

be impartial and that would clearly reflect
the spirit and the letter Of the law and
charter through which the Council moves
and has its being. Doubtless, there are
many lawyers in the city whose opinion
would deserve as much respect; but by rea-
son of the fact that Judge THURMAN
was not only honored through the sutlrages
of the majority Of the people OF the state
with seat on the Supreme bench for hve
wears, but that he honored the seat, ana Dy
reason of the fact of having commenced at
the lowest round of the ladder OF his pro-
fession, and by patient perseverance, unlir-
ing research and fine native ability, having
attained position that challenges respect
in the highest judicial tribunal in the land;
thew thought that an unbiased opinion from
him-a large property-holder, too, In your
city, who has as much at stake in the speedy
organization of the Council and the due
administration of the affairs of the city as
almost any other man in it-would carry
with it commanding weight, and convince
you, sir that the legislation Of the cHy under
y)ur assumed electiOn tooald not De rdI'd, and
therefore, roid and Of no effect.
How much honor do you suppose, sir
would accrue to you in certifying to legis-
lttion pertaining to the city thus void p
Had the Democratic members of the
Council recognized your election as
legal, or were they to recognize it as
legal now, such recognition could not
make il leqal-nor would the opinion
of any City Solicitor affirming its
legality make it legal. As the question
stands, it is not question of punctilio, or
question as to the proper distribution ofthe
paying offices, that can be settled by the
Democrats recognizing the legality of your
election. In the best aspect that your case
can he presented, the legality OF your cleo
tion is coutroverted before the public. You
can not deny, nor can your friends for you,
that at least a large proportion of the citl'
zens-tax-payers and voters-are hrmIy
convinced that your election is illegal, and
so regarding it, they would disregard and
defy all Council legislation under it that
should conflict with their pleasure or inter-
est. What would follow to the city
Most assuredly, veXatious annoyance and
litigation, which would render the admin
istration of the City Government unneces-
sarily unpleasant and expensive. Now,
sir, what do you imagine you can gain in
your persistency in a determination to force
upon the city this condition Of atfairsY is
it either honor or profit? Can you derive
adequate compensation out of the paying
offices" to some ofwhich it is charged Demo-
cratic members had the boldness to aspire!
Before you statement has been lald'
through the Journal of Saturday morning,
that the city is in a most wretchedly hlthy
condition. According to its representation
the filth, the stencil, the miasma which
abounds is so excessive as to create in an
incouceivably brief period of time a desc
lating pestilence, even if the cholera were
successfully quarantined at New York City.
And particularly bad is this condition in the
southern portion of the city-so the Journal
would lead us to believe; and it calls upon
the voters there hereafter to vote the Re
publican Ticket. Taking into consideration
that the preceding Council was presided
over by Republican, and the chairman
ships of the respective important commit
tees whose duty it was to see that the city
should be kept in clean and healthy con-
dition, were in the hands of Republicans
the represented condition OF our city IS the
reverse of complimentary to Republican
party administration; and when 1t Is furth-
er considered that the Council months ago
created Board OF Health, almost entirely
Republican in its membership, and which
its weekly published proceedings show mas
been at work, we should not be told that the
city reeks with vapors and stincks that in
vte depopulating pestilence. IL is Justl-
fcation to the Democratic members to ask
the chairmanship of some of the commit
tees.
You know, Mr.. CoMsToCK, If the Council
is not organized by legal election, and
something done to remedy this deploraole
condition of the city speedily, it can't help
the Republican party much in the future.
If our people shall be swept away by pes
thence before the fall election, how can the
voters in the Southern portion of the city
revenge themselves on the Democratic
party by voting the Republican ticket P
Should they vote in the spiritual world,
how the returns would be got back to Co.
lumbus we cannot imagine.
Assuming that the city, in virtue of the
mal-administration of Republican officials,
Is in the horrid condition represented in the
Journal, do you, Mr.. CoMsTocK think you
will be long held guiltlessin standing in the
way of a legal organization You know, sir
that you have received unqueStionable as
surances from the Democratic Councilmen,
that they cherish toward you as man no
unkind feeling, and that you and your Re-
publican colleagues would ratify such an
agreement as a committee representing
each side should agree upon, they 'oouId
unite vtth your friends in girinQ you legal ma
iOrity. You know, sir, that you and your
colleagues with disdainful scorn refused to
accede to any such terms. And now your
champions fret the public patience with the
uuwarranted assertion that the Democratic
members, through unjustifiable contumacy
and wrong-headedness, are inviting state
of anarchy and pestilence. 1t is you, sir,
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