State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-04-19
From the National TnteIigence'.
LEGISLATIVE REPRIMAND.

From, the National LnteHigence,.
A LEGISLATIVE REPRIMAND.
The case which has recently occurred in
the Stnte of Pennsylvania, of "A public re-
primand Of one of lis members, being voted
by Il Legislative body, is one of rare occur
renee, to say the least Of it, We subloin
tie fpaic of this business, as we find II in
the Harrisburg paper remarkinS SIM
ply .hat if the offence committed ny the
member Of the Pennsylvania House OF Re
personalities that of false accusation OF
bribery, and impuiation Of corrupt motives
in reference to the Bauk of the United
Stntes had been visited with the same
severity at the scat Of the General Govern
eminent us at the Capital of the hey state,
us strong grounds could haze been proGu-
ced for the punishment of men sitting IN
high places here, as were proved IN the
case of the unlucl<y Pennsylvania joker,
whose lest the body to which lie belonged
has chosen to take in earnest.
From the Hm7isJwgh 9clcgrcph.
The following pointed, able and dignilicd
reprmand was delivered by Mir Speaker
MiddieswarIi, to Mr. Conrad, in conformity
TO the resolution of the House Of Beprcsen-
tatyss, on Saturday las. II was listened to
with great attention 10y crowd OF spccta-
tors, and met with universal appreciation.
We have rarely seen any thing better nd
apted to any occasion than was the reprl-
nand and the manner in which IT was de
livered.
"Ilenrv ". Conrad: This is the day on
which have been directed by the Repre-
sentatiyes Of the people Of Pennsylvania,
publicly to reprimand you for II violation
of duties, which in their opinion are due 10
them and 10 our common constituents. |
need not say that it is to me source OF
deep regret that any member Of the Legis-
lature of Pennsylvania should be placed in
the relation to the House and to The coun-
try which you occupy, and that my official
station compcls me TO execute the judgment
Of your fellow members.
This Judgment has been deliberately for
med, after having fairly heard your case ;
and the result is, that you have been found
guilty of an attemptto mislead public sen
tinent at the expense of the character and
reputation of the Legislature of our Com
monwenith, and Willy and cuumniatc,
grossly, those with whom you were in the
habit OF daily communion. The object OF
the evidence offered by you to the com
mttoe was to show that the conversation
you had with the Senator from Schuylkll
was purely jocular, and that you so consid-
cred it. Surprising this to be so, it was
proved to this House that your subsequent
conduct in representing that AN attempt to
bride Il member of the Legislature had been
seriously made, and your repeated asscr-
ton in public places that Senators and Re
representatives. had been brbed, was an utter
dcrelicton of your duty us a man ofhonor,
and an abandonment Of that high Integrity
and purity of purpose which should dis
tngush representative Of a free and hon
est people. Had not the public mind been
disabused, and the antidote ofirulh met and
subdueG the venom which combination OF
designing men had eudeayorcd to circulate
the most disastrous consequences must have
cusicd Confidence in the purity Of pop
. uIar representation would lave ncen' de
strOyed; great enterprises of public benefit
arrested; the character of the committee
stgmaliZcd: and the triumph of those, ri
home and abroad, who would rejoice to sec
your native state degraded from her pri-
mary rank in the Union, and subjected 10
pelucious influences from abroad, would
have been complete. Among tie actual
agents in this dsgruceiul conspiracy, you
have been found. II is source Of gratitude
to every honest freeman Of Pennsylvania
that such success was not achieved: but
the pleasure which such a result occasions
is greatly qualified by the conviction which
has been forced upon Us, that You, at least
are entitled to no exemption from tic en-
phatic condemnation to which Il share in
this wicked and disgraceiul scheme justly
subjects you.
4 1t is not necessary that more should now
be said OH this painful subjecr, and in mcr-
cy to your feelings, ! readily ahridge my
part in the painful exercises of this day.
la conclusion, in obedience to the order
Of the House, and i'll the name of the pco-
pie of Pennsylvania, whose Representatives
we are, ana whom, through us, YOU ant
your confcderates have traduccd, SOL
EMMY AND EMPHATICALLY RE
PRlMAND YOU"
After the reprimand had been given, Nj
c. inquired if he was still in custody. The
Speaker informed him that he was not
but might take his seat. He immediateI
let the Hall.
IeraS a Tree and LldcpeRdent Sorereign
M.-By New Orleans dates, we learn lha
tie Convention of TpXaS assembled n