The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-05-25

judiciary system, tina, being one Of the stand
lng committees of the body. Before iha,
committee, Col. Wright, of Luzerne, myself
and several opponents OF The bill, appeared
with your remonstrances agains, It's pass
'geand endeavored by true representation
II facts, 10 induce the committee 10 report
unfarorsbIy TO il. We were met by Mr..
HeadIey, and others favorable to the bill,
WHO, by their representation (I will not al.
though might with preprie,yand truth use
hsrsher term) endeavored to connieract
rur exerIions and disprove our statements
Or the ooh Of the same month Mr.. Bslret
reported the bill to the House as committed
md il was laid on the table for the presen,
10 tell you, fellow citizens, of all the dis
honorable means that were made use Of TO
AIRY this iniquitous bill through the House
would occupy larger space of this address
han the limits have confined myself to
would admit of. Suffice 1t to say that moth
ing in the shape of misrepresentation and
imposition was left unlried TO effect the ob
ect. Old memorials praying for lie erec-
ion vf new counties out of parts Of Lycom.
ing, Luzerne ,SchuylklI and Columbia, were
distracted from Ue pldgeon holes and
shelves where some of them had been lay
ing for years, and presented to the House
as petitions from citizens of Fishing creek
and other townships m Columbia county,
praying for the erection of the new county
If Madison. Yes, fellow citizens. .disgsceful
as this ac, was. ye, i, was done. and done
90 by men claiming To be honest and re-
.pec,able ci,izens detected most foriu
nstely the fraud myself, and of course
promptly exposed i. lf the ;ruth of this
,llegauon should be denied, pledge my
self to verify i, at any time BY my oath,
prove ii bv the testimony Of number OF
members Of both branches Of theLrgisIa,ure
Who were eve witnesses 10 this foul trans
lction. So much for the means employ ed
ny our enemies to, effect their ,hject, Whq,
was the RESULT Why the House refused
even TO consider the bill. On tie l4h ol
April, a motion was made to proceed 10 the
consideration Of it,which failed by vote o
Yeas 26, Nays 40 Another, and the last
motion Of the same kind. was made on the
l7lh, and on the question Of lis adoption
the vote stood Yeas 90, Nays 81 so that viii
all the boring, Misrepresentation, filseh0od
aud fraud that was made use of by The
friends of Danvile and division, no, more
than twenty six. out of the hundred mem.
bers of The House of Representatives, could
he found 10 counlensnce and support their
nefarious scheme of dividing the county o
Columbia. have now fellow cltizens ira
ced up this question TO the conclusion of the
session of the Legislature of lS43.
1t is OF course unnecessary for me to re
lcapilulae wnai occurred from tina, time to
the commencement, OF the late session. ,ha
lof 1874.
As you all know, | had the honor to be
again nominated and elected as your repre-
sentative and The friend OF Removal. H.
obedience then, 10 the pledges made those
who placed me 10 nomination, aud through
them to YOU my constituents, again, on
the 4th Of JannaIy, introduced into tn,
House Of Representatives bill aulhorisinl
Removal of the Seat Of Justice o
our county. On the llth Of that montl
| moved 10 postpone the orders OF the day
for The purpose of proceeding TO the consid
eralion OF it. A division Of the question
was called By an opponent of the bill. wher
the House by vote of II yeas TO 25 nays
adopted nv motion and proceeded 10 III,
consideration III. Itpassod through com
mllee of the whole, and came immediately
before the House on second reading. A
motion was made by another opponent to
postpone The further consideration of the
lbll for the present; which was defeated BY
a vote of yeas 33. nays 60. Another wal
then made by The same gentleman TO com
| mil the bill TO the committee on the judi
ciary evidently with the view 10 put off ac
llon until the borers could get TO work a
the members; but this motion, like its pre-
decessor, failed by most decided majority
The yeas peing 80, whilst The nays were Ga
| Nothing daunled however, by these repeat
ed large votes and decided expressions o
the House in favor OF the bill and agains
4nv poslponement of action upon IT, a
nolher opponent moved TO postpone thu
further consideration Of il until The 25lt
INST; when it becoming evident that it was
he disposition of our enemies to lire out ou
patience if possible by these vexatious mo
lions so repeatedly made; the friends of III,
| bhl found II necessary TO call the previous
question, which was sustained by the hous,
by vote Of yeas 6l, nays 81, and the bill
was then permned 10 pass through seconC
reading without dlvislon, and on the ques
uon of suspending the rule 10 read j. ht
lhird time, the vote stood yeas 6l, nays 80
here not being quite two thirds in its (avo
lhe motion failed; but on the 9Th The bl
came up regularly before The House OF
third reading and passed finally through tina
A. a., L..