Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-02-29
pENNsyLvANIA-HER CONDITION.

s" PENNSyLvANIA-HER CONDITION.
Il 1t is matter of serious regret, that while oul
State Legislature is convulsed with partizan con-
ficts of nature irrelvant TO the best interests o
Il the people-while its members are contending a
bout etrifes, and battling with windmills that the
idea of uniting upon some plan for allevating the
deplorsble condition of the State, does not suggest
i itself to them We send them there, not as par
tizans-n0t as the mere mouth pieces of unprin,
cipled cabals or factions-bnt as the honored re-
presentatives Of a free people whose unquestion-
able duty it is to legislate for the general good
to endeavor by the exercise of their wisdom, tall
ents, and energy, to promote our and the States
welfare in the shortest possible tme and with the
greatest possible economy. Now. this great end
seems to be totally disregarded. The Legislature
: has been in session within a few days of two
months, and what is the result Of its deliberations
What has been done for the people What for
the alienation of the State from the distress which
is pressing so heavily upon her ! The banks yet
continue to do business with closed vaults, the
people yet suffer all The inconveniences produced
by the suspension, the corrupt and rotten banking
system so earnestly repudated, still exists with all
lis train of evils, the MONSTER with its destuc-
tive fangs fastened the prosperity of the coun-
try, breathes with more than accustomed vigor,
and yet, notwithstanding that thorough purga-
ton of all existing evils was to have followed the
convening of the Legislature. the banks, made to
resume, charters fraudulently obained,' to be re-
peaed, the monster crushed, vioators Of The laws
punished. the corrupt banking system torn up by
the roots, all is as calm as summers morning, and
our representatives, patriotic souls, continue TO
pocket their three dollars day, get drunk or play
backgammon, as though nothing was demanded of
them but their presence at the capitol We were
not prepared to witness such result after hearing
the loud and general burst of Indignation from the
leaders of the self-styed democrats of the State,
who control her Legislature We were not pre-
pared to see those who ever professed anti-bank
principles, whose opposition to all souess corpo-
ratons, as they termed the banks, knew no limit
but in their total exterpatiOn, veer round with a
suddenness surprising strange, and hug them as
the offspring of their own begelting The mon
ster is no longer terrible in their eyes, but comes
like minstering angel TO their assistance, and
lulls into stlessness and inactivity even the grand
high priest among the desructives, Thomas Nc
Elweei These things are true. The United
States Bank, abused and reviled it has been is
at last the derner resort for the State in its hour
of need
Pennsylvania never was so situated as at pre-
sent Agrarianism has well nigh chanted her fu-
neral drge, and with the knowledge of her distress
fresh upon their minds, her Legislators take no
steps to alleviate it. Now is plain that something
must be done to sustain her credit, and done quick
ly, and it is reasonable to suppose that those whose
duty il is to attend to this matter should be imme
diately about it, but the people will be not little
surprised to learn that nota single step has been
taken by their servants to the Accomplishment of
this end We profess to bea friend to Pennsyl-
vania and as such, hesitate not to record our sol
emn conviction that our Legislators think too much
for their party and the loaves and fishes, and too
virtually abandoned, and her interests neglected
while petty schemes of personal and political ag-
grandizement are made the order of the day. Is
such the design for which Legislative Assemblies
are constitutedi Is such the business for which
the people delegate power to individuals to trans
act z We think not But so long as the tyrant
PARTY usurps the empire of the mind and rules
ii with absolute despotis, there will never be an
end to that evil legislation which we all so deeply
deplore. And what is the remedy This Let
good, honest, and capable men be elected by the
people of each County, without respect to party,
to represent them in general assembly-men who
iweHh be above the small beer business which
characteristics majority of the ,partiTqh represen
tatives of the present day. z...e !. <..,,..ar,r
Now, what is the condition of Pennsylvania
How is she situated asst regards influence, credit,
and resources In the first place we find her la
boring under a debt of something like thirty
four million Of dollars : which requires annually
in addition to the revenue, million dollars to
pay the INTEREST This is a startling fact. And
in order TO pay the interest on the loan which fell
due on the first instant, bill has been introduced
into the House of Representatives, authorising the