Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-04-03

peal Of the law. The objects Of the
measure are truthfally set forth in the
follOwiDE from Eha CInciunatl G9zstte
towhich re fnviee the special attentiOn
OF Our citizens Of foreign birth
It s., perhaps, tFae that the law has
not been Strictly casefVed by ~ upOn
yvaaaa q a bihdin but it is also a fslcE
68aE d large number Of our fOreiEn-DOrn
citizens, vino have had claims for prop
ertV. pending in EurUDe, have, under
the Seal of our Courts, been enabled 70
furnish conclusive evidence as 70 the
death Of parties who had joint heirs,
and thus been greatly osuehned Al
Hamilton county alone, there are at
least one hundred thousand persons Of
alien descent, many Of whom are inter-
ested in property on the other side Of
the ocean. Foreign Courts always re
quire the proof OF hetrshlP--the certih-
Gates Of birth and death tU be under the
seal OF orr Courts. Without this law,
which, 1t will be remem bered, was in
trOduced by Colonel L4afel, Of Cincln-
natl, last winter, the Judge can make
no certificate. All the foreign Consuls
in the state Of Ohio, as I understand,
think very highly Of this law and aTe
opposed 70 its repeal. The Judges OF al
the Courts IN Cincinnati, and large
number of prominent lawyers, without
distinction Of party, nave sent written
REQUESTS. to Hon. John Scrlbner, Chair
man Of the judiciary Committee, in
the Senate, that the law may not be re-
pealed. For mere purposes Of statis-
ties, this law has merits which entilie
iJ 20 AT least another years trial. Every
respectable European nation keeps
record Of its births and deaths, taet
which should have some weight Win
our legislators.
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State Of Ohio has just passed the House.
The seal authorized by the law Of the
last Legislature was objected to by the
Democracy on account of It's motto:
"An empire within an empire."-
This, it was alleged, signifies kingly
government and is therefore inapprO-
pirate to a republican State. The OBJ
lection is Of course frivolous, as the
word empire in the sense in which it Is
used means merely sway, or dominica a
The same objection might as reasons
bly, be taken against the title to Leutze's
grand painting, westward the cOursG
Of empire takes lis way" as to the mo.
TO on the great seal Of Ohio. the word il
both cases is used simply TO signify tbs
I sway OF 4OAAAuAGa u CIV 44A4f5tA AAAts-- w
wild nature, and child understand.
it. And yet, VIII it be believed hOura
and hours Of the valuable time Of the
Legislature have been spent in aTgu
ments against the motto of the seal be
because f'the people are not ready vel
for imperial government ~
The motto of the present seal" I'm
geTtsas IA iaperioH-was chosen because
it so aptly signifies the composite ma
ture OF our Union. The word empire
means a government Of this kind, and
the motto is more Objectionable on ac
count of its significance of State Rover
eighty than on any other ground. The
real objection 10 it lay in the fact tha
it was adopted by a Republican Legis
lature as was apparent in the futiIity o
| the objections made to it. The chang
in the seal at this time viii cause grea
Inconvenience to a large number of of
ficials who have at considerable ex
pense provided themselves with the new
seal, but such is Democratic retrench
ment.