The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-03-10

We mus give il plare among other oe.
eurTenrrs. 10 be sslIm led according 10 |
time and circumstances. II will NOT sa-
tisis an hnnesl and intelligent public Tor |
rs g. hold instructions 10 be sacred aud |
binding only when lhey answer our pur |
pose. and reject instructions as useless
when they operate against our ylrws and !
interest The Legislature Of lhennsyIEa- |
MA. IN choosing her senators in Ton.
gress. do not aei 10 separate bodies as
Senate and Honse Of Representatives,
hui meet IN convention End vote cnnininI .
ly, aud q bare majority Of the members
voting = sufficient 20 elect
How. ihen. slnes this matter stand. as
regards the Pennsylvania Senator'S in
COneressl .'f
~ 1885. tao years ago. resolutions
were proposed IN the Legislature Of
PenasylysnIa. inslrueling her Senators 10
vote 10 expunge from The journals Of the
| Srnale the resolution Of the 2slh Of
March. 1884. which were under eonsl-
deralion Al different times. but never pas
sed, and were finally permilIed 10 sleep
quietly. -
About The same time expunging reso
luiIons IRON the State Of Georgia. trans.
United 10 the Legislature III Pennsylvania.
were indefinitely postponed; and this.
too. al lime shen both branches Of The
Legislature vi Pennsylvania were decI.
drd.y friendly 10 the present Chief Ma.
gIslraie of the Union. Nav. Il this
proves any thing, u proves that The lie.
glslsIure of PENNSYLVANIA. al that time
strongly Jacksonism, we're al least disIn
inclined 10 counlenahce or sanetlon the
exPnnglng doctrine: and What nex,!--
Why. during the SESSION Of 1895. 4bJuI
one year ago. the House at Representa-
liyes of Pennsylssnia passed resolution,
through all the parliamentary iurms. IN.
slruc.Ing her Ssnslnrs ~ Congress. By
name. To vote against the Virginia. or any
similar. exPunglng resolution, By vnie
! Of sixty four 10 Iaeniy five. majority
ihiriy.Tins; il VS. not arled on b. the
Seuale: but irum the well knOwn sent.
ments II IhaI body. then and nov. Il il
reasonable Ia suppose il would have sd'
ded TO tie maj 'rly Of the House al Re
preventative. But be that a. iI may, you
will observe that the majority IN The
House. who voted 10 instruct their Sena
tors In Congress 10 "ie against expung
Ing IS decidedly greater Than the whole
number of Senators. and a. large. if no,
larger majority oi bn'h Houses. than ei,
lher u the present Pennsy wanna senators
"a Congress had received ~ juIul ballot
Such Is the true relsuon ia which the
Pennsylvania Senate ssnod in reference
10 legislative INSTRUCT rs on The l6,h of
January last. Now. Il | am correct. aud
reference I" your Journals will test II, 1t
clearl, follows that, for all practical pur.
poses, the PENNSYLVANIA Senators stood
essentially instructed 10 vote against ex.
punging. a, The time il passed the Senate
nf the United States.
| | state these farls al this time only 10
show that, 10 the plainest supposable
case, we NEE, many dlfirullies al every
step. in carrying out consisIly the pracli
cal operations of The doctrine Of implicit
and unconditional obedience to Legislative
instructions.
, Ba, ! must no, forget tina, | have said
tina. the anti,expunging doctrine has been
long since asserted. and settled by The
proper and competent tribunal Of Penn
sylyanla: and as il devolses on me. will
now produce the PROOF. The origin Of
the case is NOT to be found uf record.
because il was informal. and grew out If
desultory aud incidental debate on The
10Th Of February, 1915, upon the sngges
ton Of member to expunge from the
Journals Of previous day certain matters
which he thought were irrelevant and
uuimporianL The Speaker gave il as
his opinion tina: majority Of the House
nigh. order to be expuneed from the
journal proceedings on which the yeas
and nays bad not been called. This
opinion was con,roverted and repealed
BY the most talented and experienced
, members Of the House; and declared to
be clearly unconstitutional, and Of DANCE.
, rous precedence and tendency. II was
commended that il the House asserted the
| RICH. 70 Judge in one case what it nigh.
expunge from the journal. it followed
tina. il had the same right 10 judge in all
cases. and The journal would not longer
be safe and inviolabe. as was designed
, by the Constitution, but would be SUBJ
. jected to the political caprice of the ma
; jori,ies Of each succeeding session, and
r the auc,ua,ing and occasional majorl,les
3 Of each succeeding day.
| The constitutional power TO expungs
. any portion of the journal on any pretex
r whatever, even by the unanimous consent
E of the House. was utterly repudiated ant
denied, aud the matter rested Tor that day
Being a new member of the House a
e thai tune, ani anx,rus a., understand mJ
duties, the sabjec. made deep imPres