The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-03-21
OUR COLUMBUS CORRESPONDENCE,
COLUMBUS, o., March II 1856.

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COLUMBUS, o., March. l7,llS66.
Messrs lands :--The question, as. Il
tn, adjournment of the present session
Of the Ohio Legislature is now coming
to a termination. Both Houses have
resolved to adjourn on the 9th Of April
next, to meet again, however, in adjourn,
ed session next January. Tn, Demo
Gratis considering the two frequent
changes in the laws that we are IN over
legislated people, and that the oappropri-
atoms and all other necessary arrange
ments for carrying Oh the State govern.
ment, &c, could be made fer two years
in advance, opposed the extra session.
It.may be pretty safely prophesied that
the present session will close on the day
set or within a fortnight thereafter. Out
of about four hundred bills offered, fifty.
FIVE have been enacted into laws, and al
though the joint resolutions have been
mostly disposed OF, there is q large stock
Of raw material yet on hands. The ap.
preparation bill which usually takes from
two to four weeks to its final passage, has
just been introduced into the House, and
neither been discussed nor referred. A
number Of important measures among
which are a Probate Uode and a new sys-
tenn of Road and Supervisor laws, are
postponed until adjourned session The
Code Of 0fenaes and Punishments just
introduced by Hon. F. II. HURD, will
probably be also continued for further
advisement until that time. The latter
is a very important bill, and the produo.
ton reflects great credit on its author
Between the adjournment and next Jan.
nary, a legislative committee on the sub.
ject Of Railroads, is to be in session with
power to sead four persons and papers,
inquiring into passenger fare, freight tar
ifs, accidents, damages, abuses, 60. This
may be both a useful and a costly pro-
ceeding. The Morgan raid bill, by which
it is proposed that the State shall pay
damages suffered by Ohio residents at the
hands Of Union troops during that cele-
brated raid, will be held over until next
THE ELEPHANTS.
The joint resolutions, 1 said, have been
mostly disposed Of. There are some of
them however, which, owing to their ma.
ture, troublesome and delicate to some
folks, may never be disposed Of. For in.
stance, resolutions Of National or State
import, such as Endorsement of the Mon.
roe Doctrine, Negro Suffrage, Andrew
johnson and Congress individually and
collectively. The correspondent Of Gin.
Commercial "a johnson paper) says they
will be disposed of "by letting severely
But the probability is that these
Elephants under Radical agitation, more
or less, like murder, will out"
JEFFERSON DAvIs-coNsIsTFNcY.
On the Western Reserve in 1859 there
was a meeting OF the so-called "Sons of
Liberty" on the occasion Of their rescue
of a fugitive slave from the U. S. Mar.
shall. One Of the resolutions passed by
the meeting is Me one from the Virginia
and Kentucky resolutions of 1898 and
1893, which during the recent civil war
and since, the Republicans claimed was
the foundation and doctrine of Secession
and 'the heresy of State rights Hon.
D. X. Carter, Joshua r. Giddings and
the present Attorney for the Northern
District Of Ohio were among the promi.
nent actors Of the meeting. Chief Jus.
tice Chase, then Governor of Ohio, in a
speech favoring the resolutions, pledged
the power of the State of Ohio in case
of collision with the Federal Govern.
ment.
The Lucas county member at the pres.
ent session Of the Ohio Legislature, in.
reduced q joint resolution requesting the
federal authorities ITO try, convict and
hang" Jefferson Davis 1t may be con
sistent to order Davis to be tried, more
consistent to order the jury 10 convict
him, and snperlahvey consistent to order
him to be hung whether convicted or not
But wouldn't it be Jhssedy consistent I,
have the aforesaid District Attorney, D.
X. Carter and Joshua, R. Giddiugs, il
alive, to prosecute Davis before a Jury OIL
the before named "Sons oGLiberty" with
Chief Justice Chase presiding II i,
could be done, Davis would then be in
the hands Of his friends who took two
years the start CT him in doctrinal seces
sion. 1t is possible that those old friend.
Of has may have changed their minds ia
some particulars since. Anyihing 70,
consistency.
THE EIGHT HOUR BILL,
Will becUme a law. Under its provisions
eight hours labor q day will constitute q
days work if there be no contract to the
contrary ; and no employee shall under
penalty allow child under fourteen years
OF age to labor more than eight hours
per day. a.1!oafs
SOLDIERS REIiEF FUND.
In a previous letter I wrote you Of the
proposition to take 100000 raised by
taxation for the relief Of the necessitoui
families Of deceased and disabled soldiers,
aud apply it to the payment Of. the State
debt, in opposition to the Constitutional
provision that taxes raised for a specific
purpose shall DO applied to that purpose
only. It was argued that the whole Of
the Relief Fund was not needed for Tho
families of soldiers and the above amour,
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