The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-01-09

S~reenVacNs substituted, SO as TO cave
interest," take up the bonds bv paving
them off as speedily as can DO done
without initiating tho currency bevond
the business demands of the c~ouptrv
"ResotUed, That the bonds should ho
taxed go as to compel every n to
contribut equally TO, tho public burden.
by assessing every species of property
according to its truo value; and that
tho present Federal taxation of over
$500, 000, 900 should be reduced at least
oneNhalf, at once, by limiting to c~ollec-
ton of internal evenuo TO q fow arti.
cles, SO as to relieve tho producing in.
dustry OF the country, and dispense
with q horde of Federal ax-gatherers.
whose duties could DO much better per-
formed. and at much less expense and
costs, by tho local officers OF each
"heSotDed, That our Senators be in
structed and our Representatives in
Congress requested to vote against
what is commonly known as tho Sber.
man Bill, or any other financial scheme
framed TO convert into q gold debt
what was contracted to be paid in the
lawful money OF The United StatOs."
Mr.. Lee (Republican) offered the
following resolutions, which were lard
on the table and ordered printed:
"ResotUed, BY the General Assembly
o fthe State of OHIO, 1. That the pub.
lie debt created during the late re-
bellion was contracted upon the faith
and honor of thin nation; that IL is sa-
cred and ~invioablo, and must and ought
to be paid, principal and interest, and
that any attempt to repudIato, or IN
any manner TO impair or scale said
debt, should DO universally ~discounte-
nanoed by tho people, and promptly
rejected by Congress, if proposed.
"Resotred, 2. Tbut neither the Unit
ted States nor any State in the Union
ought ever to assume or pay any part
Of the debt Of tho so.called CoLfeder.
ate States Of America, OF of Any State.
contracted to carry on war with .the
Unitod States, or any claim ror loss or
emancipation ofany slave, but all such
debts, obligations and claims ought to
be held Illegal and void"
INVESTIGATION PROPOSED.
Mr.. Shaw (Democrat) offered the
following resolution
"HIeSOtred, That q comm ittee of three
be appointed TO investigate the frauds.
and embellishments to which tho Gov
crnor calls the attention Of the Goner-
al Assembly IN his message, and that
they have power to send for persons
and papers"
Mr.. Scott, of Warren, moved to
amend so as to make the committee
consist Of five, which was agreed to.
Mr.. Ball moved TO amond by insert
ing 'or any other frauds that may be
brought to the attention Of the COM
mittee."
Pending some discussion, in which
Mr.. Scott, of Warren, suggested the
propriety of making the committee a
joint one, the resolution was referred
back to its author as a select commit
tee ofono.
Mr.. Larwill offered the following
resolution, which was ordered print.
cd
ReSolUed, That the Land Scrip Com
m%issloners of this State be, and they
are hereby requested, to inform this
House at as early a day as prnctica-
bio, Why the land scrip belonging to
this State was sold, part of it Oh terms
ut less than fifty-thrco cents per acre,
while the Government of the United
States was selling lands at one dollar
and twenty-five cents per acre also,
to report the date Of each sale, tho
amount o: interest collected on back
payments, and whether any of
lands arc unpaid for at this time.
Adjourned to Thursday.