The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-01-01
gan, Hill, Freddy, Fogey, WOODBURY., Hegens

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House, TO call "Convention of the People," TO
suspend the action Of the Constitution and laws,
and place them in power We are of opinion
that "the People," had quite enough Of Conven-
tons and will allow their Representatives to set
| tie disputes about legisla,ion.
| Ia the course of the debate in the Senate up
on the report OF the committee against the Loco
Foco branch, Mr. Farley of Philadelphia city,
declared he cond not find in the Constitution or
| the laws any justification for the course which
Mr.. Hopkins house pursued, in AZ members a
minority, admitting upon mere motion other
persons, 10 act as members with them and the
forty eight who voted aye themselves The
party now arrayetl themselves against the SEN
ate, and were loud in their complaints and de-
nuucatons of that body, because they had upon
the cleares and most satisfactory evidence of
right admitted Messrs Bell and Maclay to seats,
could yet find it consistent with its principles TO
elect by minority of the House Of Representa-
tives eight members to act with them and by that
means constitute quorum.
The debate was calm and proper, with the ex-
ception that Mr. Bell (Loco) threatened the Sen.
ate, if they passed The resolutions, they did al
their peril pretty time, when the Senate can
be brow beat in this manner, and physical force
TO supply the place of reason. Mr. Myers,
prelude, called the Wings dough faces, and
thereby raised a noise in the gallery.
Mr. Bell took the floor in opposition to the
resolu ion. He denied the authority OF the SEN
nte to inquire into the organization of the other
he prepared to show that the body over
which! Mr.. Hopkins presided, was legally and
cons,itulionalIy organized. He asserted that the
persons who OH the day appointed for the con.
venng ofthe Legislature, presented themselves
in that House were competent to decide upon
legality of returns presented to them by the Sem
retary of the Commonwealth, or any other per-
son!
TIC sustain this he read the journals of 1854
just six years before the adoption of the present
IfiitIn md hn(nr aft IL,
points out the manner of decided contested cleo
lions. He concluded 10y saying that if the Sen.
ate would presis IN interfering in this difficulty
they wonld do it at their peril.
Mr. Pearson, (Whig) in the course OF his re-
marks in favor CT the amendment, said that the
Philadelphia county returns We're, in case,
irregular, but they had the advantage of coming
from the proper officers; in the other they
were void, and came bnt from the pockets of
person claiming 10 he Il member
Mr. Barclay (Whig) said he stood upon that
floor the representative OF nine thousand voters.
and he knaw no who could question his
right of voting whichever way his conscience
and sense ofdu,y dictated. He did not acllnowl-
edge the right of the mob to dictate his course.
Mr. Penrose Mr. Sirohm in The chair remark
ed, that ifthe time had come when questions for
adjudication to the bar of the SaDate, were to be
settled by excitement without, we had arrived
mt that stage which was reached by republican
France when the lives and properly of men
one party, but of IA hundred, as they successfully
rose one upon The ruins of another He looked
upon it as matter of plain absolute necessity,
an i looking upon it in that light, he believed i,
TO be their constitutional duty settle the cues
ton, aud settle il at once
To show " hat clam the eight Loco Focos
have their seats in the House Of Representa-
tives, invite attention TO the following article
from the Harrisburg Telegraph, which we copy
just ms we End it,
IMPORTANT FACTS!
THE QUESTION OF RIGHT SETTLED.
The Committee appointed by the Senate to
investigate the ight Of Mr. Hanna TO his scat in
the Senate, have already Obtained sufficient evil
Jence to show that the return oftbe Loco FOco
judges, on which the Loco Focos from Phila-
el pha county claim seats in the Senate aud
House, is PERFECT NULLlTY-A Dis
HUMBUG. This is proved by
John McCuhen himself the principal actor in
the farce, and the leading rebel in the oIira-
yes and excitement against the Legislature.
On Saturday last, this man, their wit
ness, on cross examination, testified that the re-
urn was not signed by the Loco Foco judges,
md sent to the SecretaYy's office, was made up
by him in the Post Office in Philadelphia, on
Monday after the election, and not in the S'ate
House on Friday, the time and place appointed
oy law.
'Tha, it was SIGNED in the POST OFFICE
BY three of'the return ndges only; and by the
in other places " ,ohere he could
latch them" That the return judgrs met at the
State House on Friday after the election, and
without making out this part of the return, in
of dispute, ADJOURNED SINE
DiE--aud that there was other meeting held
~ them, nor any notice given for meeting af.
erwards. THIS TESTIMONY Of the Loco
Tocos own witness, Is CONCLUSIVE ON
THIS POINT. 1t shows The return which
he Loco Focos claim their seats 10 be TOTAL
~ and ALTOGETHER ILLEGAL and
VOID.
McCahen also testified that he resigned his
situation IN the Post Office on THE DAY tho
eturn judges met, to make himself competent
eturn clerk that he had not lifted his bonds,
,ut continued to do the duties aud receive the
,inolumens OF his station.
Thus ends in .sinoke' and derSion all the pre-
en,ions of the Philadelphia county Loco Focos
n saats in p;1ber branch of the Legislature as