The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-11-23
P0LTTI0ANo

Below we give the dignifed and excellen
reply Of Governor Porter to call made up
on him by meeting held in York, withou
edis.iEction Of party, for an earlier meeting
Of the Legislature than the time fixed BY
law, accompanied by the suggestion that he
recommend the Legislature to authorize the
the issuing Of certificates of loan of one,
two and Tires dollars.
HUNTINGTON, Oct. 3Ist, 1882
To Messrs. Jacob Spangler, Jacob B.
Wentz and IsraA GARNER.
Gentlemen.
/ have been honored with the receipt Of
your letter of the '2lst inst. enclosing the
she resolutions adopted at public meeting
held by the citizens of the Borough of
York, on the 10th of October. The two
principal resolutions are lst, that the
Governor be respectfully requested 10 con-
vene the Legislature at an early day, and
I'd, that this meeting respectfully suggest
TO his excellency the prOpriety of recon-
snending to the Legislature the oreah on OF a
state debt of two millions Of dollars, bear
ing an interest oftwo per cent, per an num;
and that the banks of the commoEwe qth
be permitted to issue notes Of the deNoL NJ
nation one. two and three dollars, 10 the a.
mount of said loan taken by them.
The high respect entertain for the gem
tlemen composing this meeting, some of
whom have been long known and honored
with places of trust and confidence by their
fellow citizens, has induced me TO give TO
their recommendations and suggestions the
most careful and deliberate consideration.
am deeply impressed with the difficult
ties in all our financial operations produced
by the sudden and unexpected suspension
of specie payments by the banks, 1t can
not be doubted or denied, that the act on
the part Of these institutions, connected
with the recent occurrences of similar
kind has not only disturbed and deranged
our momentary condition, but has shaken
in no slight degree. the confidence Of the
people in the banking system itself, or al
least, in the manner in which its operations
have been conducted. UnhaPpily the
weight of immediate embarrassment has
mainly fallen on the poor and the indus
trious-the individuals least able to bear it
while those persons possessed either of
credit or of money, have been subject to
little real inconvenience. In this state Of
things, feel as anxious as any citizen can
feel, to extend all the aid in my power to
those Nho endure the hardships OF our pre-
sent situation. cannot however bring my
mind 10 the conclusion, that this object
would be promoted by venlng the legs-
lature earlier than the period fixed by the
constitution. On a subject so vitality IN"
portant TO the people as that OF the cnrren-
cy, crude and hasty legislation, should be
seduously avoided. Experience alone 20
safe guide. II would be almost impossible
TO find an instance in the history of govern
meEts, where sound and salutary laws have
mad their origin in pdIlics and sgitstions.
When legislators take counsel from excite
ment or apprehension, reason and expert
ence are seldom consulted. Temporary
expedieHts are resorteG to, which are as
likely in the ultimate tendancy to increase
the evil complained, as 10 correct it,-and
IN The end, the same work remains to be
done, that might have been accomplished
upon due reflection at the beginning.
These principles are SO plain and obvious,
,that perhaps no person can be found in the
community to cortroVert thsm-and they
have been and will continue to be. the
principles by which my course is regula-
ted.
Without entering into the details of the
mode pointed out in your resolutions or if
any other mode suggested to supply the
existing deficiency of small change, it will
be enough TO remark that the suspension of
specie payments is so recent--the inconve-
nience we suffer so little understood, and
50 dependant on nucluating circumstances
as to render il extremely difficult if not al
iogc'5er impSaclicable, to form any other