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rei'.what did he Last or ion ofIn tlic House, after the presentation of petitions in fiLvoi’ of the. Great Western Itail-Toad Compauy—a-tax-on-dogs 11 position n c., I noticed the following brilliant escapades fvorn the brain pans of the people of Mercer country. It is introduced by the member from Mercer, Allen, Van Wert, and, Ixoaven knows liow many counties of that unknown region, the North-west. Its endorsement claims for it that it is representing the great inco iwe non ee resulting from the settlement of blacks among them, and asking the special interposition of ilie Legislature :1st. By buying all the lands owned' by tjic^jlacks in said county.2- By amendment of the black laws (so called) to exclude entirely the emigration of blacks and mulatloes from time to time into this State.Sd. To recommend Congress to t off some eiii I able territory as a colony for .hose blacky who are now free and those that may become free hereafter.A grand flourish similar “objections'7 was hath and to the astonishment of their pannier bearer, they evoked no storm ; thero was not even a motion to reject! I have a word to say of this North-West by and by.The amendments to the Tax Law crime [up next, and they were reported by the j Committee on Finance, (and i\s I said ere-j while ilmt they would be killed,) I proposein IV that fi 10,00 ber oi was 2Th convi work and manu foe thTh of a that t mils c iratri: systei rasse« GeneFitshockIrela:racreAtrcarh ; ClCSCl die s the c an a\ the y
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Elyria Courier
Elyria, Ohio, US
Tue, Feb 09, 1847
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