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citizens assembled In the market place,
court or town ball, and all participated DIR
rectiy in the administration OF Affairs
When, by-and by, the several communities
were united into one common wealth, Orby
charter erected into one cOlony,it became
IineOnvenient to as semble all the citizens of
the whole colony in one place for the trans
actiQnl of husiRess,sa and othe people Of the
several toYns and cities selected their del
egates or ,representatives, who were en-
powered to transact all business relating to
the commonwealth for them, whilst their
local affairs they still continued to govern
and transaet ydirectlyE themselves; and
when. by5snd-bys the town or city grew to
venientto assemble them all for the transac-
| ton Of business, tue Same; recourse was had
| 70 agents or representatives to represent
| them IN the city assembly, as before was
had to represent them In the colonial as
I sefnbly y-5has jealotlsly preserving their
right either themselves or. through tile
Iagency OF others directly to, govern their
k0Wn local haffairs.i yea hus .IasT II hssH bos5ai
lao At first the people feltrelnctant to- dele
gate theiFrights aand powers atb alls sand
when, l1hallys circumstances andnecessities
lc0mpelled them to IT. saeircnmsDribedr and
limited the p0Wess of their Representatives
is much IS possibles ana besides; reserved
the right to instruct them on any subject
IcplQnial assemblies were generally vested
only with very limited powers; but when
the Colonies declared themselves and be-
came independent States, and the exigep-
cies of the time required that the State as
sembiies should be vested with greater and
more general powers, tlePeople, ever jeal-
IpQsE Of their rights of local selfsgOFerp-
mef1t, looked around for safeguards Of this
their traditional birthright, and therefore
ingrafted IN. their earliest. Constitution
shat all lave should be Of general char
acter and uniform application" This would
lpreYeHt the enactment Of any law. which
would secure advantages to one locality or
community at the expense of the others
IF any law was enacted which was griey-
Gus and burdensome to the people, it being
lot, uniform application throughout the
whole common wealth, the people in every
section of the State would have the same
Interest TO have as soon as possible the evil
remedted Il by having the act modified s or re re-
r Itfstrue these princfpiesof Government,
/ that the Federal laws should be Of uniform
fapplication throughous the federation, and
1 the laws Of State of uniform application
fthroughoat the States and that the people
fshould have the right to govern their own
flocal affairs and choose all local officers
themselves, were laid downand adopted, by
the fathers of this cOnntryl a5 a time when
bparty interest didnct determine the actions
and sway the considerations of men as
much as nowadays. and when the people
LOT the different sections and localities OF
our country stood by. each other, ever
ready to protect and defend each other in
their local rights and privileges. Then a
wrong inflicted upon Boston was wrong
f0pon all colonies, but now an outrage com
United upon the people of Columbus be-
1c0dnes day Of Jubilee TO Xenia and Gin
jcinha6i.Ho 1eli15 80 b9iiza9 sTa .aols q SIS 10
pa It Is true, times may change, but princi-
] pies never change. The right Of self gov
ierhment was by the fathers of this country
laid down as the basis of our polity, and
lbydthem declared the fundamental law aoi
the land.sqBy IL they recognized the right
fef the people to choose their own local OF
Ulcers and govern their own local affairs
4 This traditional birthright has been hsssS-
ed down unbranded from father to son
lit has shaped and moulded the habits
i character and ideas of the people, formed
the system of our government, and is iden-
titled with the history of our country
Hence, this right of local self-government
being, the highest, the traditional funda-
mental law of the land the people Of Go.
tinnbis cannot be deprived of itiby the ser.
1aVile act of q partisan Legislature. obsfg %