Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-06-02
JOB PRINTING.
ADDRESS,
To the People of Pennsylvania,

To the People of Pennsylvania.
The undersigned, your Senators and Repre-
sentatives, being about to separate after the dis
charge of arduous duties, deem to be their duty
10 present view of the public affairs of the
Commonwealth with reference TO their past and
present administration, and the hopes which
every good citizen has right to entertain of a
change for the future. During the session of
the Legislature which has just terminated they
have labored with a resOlute purpose of meeting
the expectations of the people and the respon
sibilItles imposed upon them by state of things
unparalleled in the history of our country. AS
the expression of the wants Ofthe people reach
ed them, as petitions for relief in a season of
unequalled distress were presented to them they
sought to meet these wishes, and by one meas
ure of relief after another, such as have passed
both Houses, to do for the people what the peo-
pie had right TO demand.
Unhappilv for those who sought relief. and
for the Legislature who desired TO afford it. the
Executive authority has been conferred upon
an individual, who exercising it with no view
bui for the maintenance OF his own official In
fiuence, has never venlured TO indicate his meas
ure of either relief or reform, or been willing
unite with US in ours. There is a course of Of
fetal duty which the Constitution coniemplates
on the part of the Executive alike removed from
improper interference and mysterious reserve,
which, had it been pursued by the present Ex-
ecutive, would have abridged our session, SIM
plifed our labors and enabled US to return home
with the happy assurance that the Government,
by the concurrent action of It's various depart
ments, had relieved the distress and perpexity
&c Hbo. is he
which the patriot Harrison intended to pursue,
to which his successor is pledged, and the re-
verse of the dark and sinuous line of action in
which the present Governor of Pennsylvania
seems TO delight. 1t is not to dictate to the
Legislature, who, coming more recently from
the people best know their wants, but in the
letter OF the Constitution il is "from time TO time
TO give TO the General Assembly information of
the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend
to their consideration such measures as he shall
deem eGpedIent; and in It's spirit having made
these recommendations, 10 acquesce in the ac-
ton of the Immediate Representatives of the
people unless it violates either the Constitution
or rsome essential principle OF good Government.
The middle course between obtrusive inter-
ference and stubborn reserve, the present Ex-
ecutive of Pennsylvania seems upable to dis
cern and the Legislature has been compelled
with no other consolation than the honest effort
10 do duty always affords, TO wait for weeks and
months unable TO obtain glimpse of Executive
opinions except when they were made manifest
in FetocS frequently couched in disrespectfnl
language, or as they could be gathered from
1! We iniimaiions of accredited parlizans in and
out cf the Legislaiure.-under such embarass-
men has the Legislature acted, and TO such
ambr rrassment has the Executive been con-
,ent TO leave US TO act. We wish a suffering
neopIe to understand this and to listen to the
proof.
The ession of the Legislature commenced
on the fl st Tuesday OF January l84l. The
state of IL ings throughout lhe Commonwealth
was then q ost peculiar The Banks were then
in a general state of Suspension. The curren-
cy consisted mainly of tie notes of the Banks
of other Sta; .a or of the Bank 0l f'se u. States.
and fer the settlement of he snaEi accounts
which form 50 large proportion OF fhe daily
business of the citizens, pothng was accessible
but the illegal and dscredited small note cur
rency from abroad, a pF&mised resumption OF
specie payments was at Aand and every good
citizen looked forward with the hope if not The
expectation that il mlghi be permanent and the
community might noi soon again be called to
witness scene Of universal discredit it--There
zefe many who believed that no permanent
resunlD,ion could be effected without the bene-
fetal interposision Of the General Government,