The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-03-11

unueT us PROVISIONS tno DotnoCfA--
cy would still control both branch
es of the General Assembly, thus
giving to q minority, in express
violation of the wishes Of q major-
ity Of the people. the United States
Senators and all the officers to
be chosen By the General Assem-.
bly,.
Indeed, it was the open, the
avowed purpose Of the majority,
in the language Of the Represent
alive from Monroe county (Mr.
Mitchel), to SO re-district the State
that the Republicans should never
again have a majority in the Gen.
eral Assembly. 2 g -
This bill was offered by the Dem
ocrats as an amendment to the
present appointment law,when it
was in the fact an entire new and
distinct law to take the place OF the
present law, which was passed by
the Legislature in 1867. Fl i
The enumeration upon which
this Law was passed was made in
1866; the law passed in 1867. s
Our Constitution, Art. 4, Sec. 4
and S are as follows, to-wit:
- SEC. 4. The General Assembly
shall at its second session after the
adoption Of this Constitution, aad
every six years thereafter, cause an
enumeration to be made Of all the
white male inhabitants over the
ago of twenty one years:
SIC. s.. The number of Senators
and Representatives shall, at the
session next following each period
Of making such enumeration, be
fixed by law, and apport;onei a.
mong the several counties accord.
ing to the white male inhabitants
above twenty-one years of age in
each: Provided. That the frat and
second elections Of members of the
General Assembly under this Con-
stitution, shall be according to the
apportionment last made by the
General Assembly before the a.
adoption Of this Constitution.
| It will be seen that, by the ex,
press terms Of the Constitution
above quoted, every six years only
can an apportionment be made fol
legislative purposes, and that this
must be done 8. the session mex,
after the successive enumeration
are made. Not, then, till after til,
enumeration now being taken i,
complete, could such = measure b,
constitutionally passed--that is
not until the session of 1873. Ye
the Democracy, because Of thei
power, proposed TO override th,
Constitution, and place upon ou
statute books this act, thus show
ing that the Democracy in the pres
, ent legislature are wholly regard
, less Of Law and Constitution, ant
are as revolutionary in characte
: now as they were ten years ago.
We earnestly appealed to til
Democracy to postpone the con
sideration Of this bill till q late
day in the session, so that the man
important measures pending Nigh
be finally acted upon. and all nor
. political questions in which tn
, people are interested settled; bu
: our appeals were treated with con
tempt. A.
Having taken An oath 10 suEpol
> the Constitution Of the State whe
) we took our seats, we could not 81
} silently by, and suffer the final &C
: complishment by the Democrac
of this unjust, unconstitutional an
t revolutionary measure, withou
: feeling that we would be charges
BILE 40 accessories to the crime: an
4 to prevent it, We resigned our sea,
I IS members of the legislature.
: We confidently appeal to the il
a telligent, law abiding people Of Ii
diana to sustain our action.
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H s Biggs, w w Butterworth,
Z Calkins, A E Gordon, B F Hill,
+ M Kennedy, John s Knight, job
!. r Millikan, G A Nesherton, w
e Rhodes, David Sayers, A Stone,
q A White, Martin Wood, Geo \
: Friedley, F Beeler. Ed King, j
J Ruddell, 0 NJ Wilson, w W Coz
8 ner, VIM Helman, r p Hooker,
o NJ KirkpatricS, L S Lines, Ella
i. Myers, w Rawles, S D Sabin, j.
J. p Snodgrass, w T Strickland,
. F Williams, j X Wooda, d.