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

tunale borirg--at playing this game the
gentlemen Of Danville, ] am willing 10 sd
} )lmii,are without supeTors-and therefore in
iusiice TO them, | willingly and without
hestalion yield them the palm. What they
J have failed TO convince you Of afIer laborng
10 60 il fer thirty years, namely, that the
sea, Of jnslice IN Columbia County wa.
Originally fairly located in Dsnvile, and
: that it is TO your interest that it should re
; main there, they have calculated upon and
t heretofore have cut too well succeeded IL
boring the Senate of Pennsylvania TO be
I lieve. But, fellow ciuzens, thanks TO your
] spirit and determination, as well as TO YOU
righteous cause, this power is now aud for
ever at an and, and If the friends of removal
} should only henceforih he true to them
selves, NY word for it, they have nothing
TO fear from either branch Of the Legislature
or any other quarter.
| will now in the last place; follow this
bill into the Senate and trace lis progress
there.
On The I'd Of February, motion was
made by Mr.. Kdder and Mr.. Crabb to
! proceed TO its consideration, which was
agreed 10, and the bill passed through com
uittee Of the whole and came up immediate.
y on second reading, when molon was
made to recommil it to the committee on
the Judiciary, which was agreed TO, and on
the next day Mr.. Kidder, chairman, report
ed the bill again 10 the Senate in The shape
in which you will And j, appended 10 this ad
dress.
ask you, my fellow citizens, 10 favor
me by an examination Of the provisions Of
this bill. You will all recoIlect tina, in the
canvass between Mr.. Fruit and myself, the
opponents Of removal charged its friends
with endeavoring through me, TO have bill
, passed for the removal which would tax the
people OF the C )uniy to erect the public
| buildings OF Bloom. and by that means add
/ TO their already too heavy pecuniary burdens
/ say to YOU, on my honor, that that never
was my intention or wish; nor was it lht
wish Of any man who is a friend OF reno.
1 val in !he c0unty,as far as my acquaintance
/ or knowledge extends 1t is true the bill
e which passed The House, provided that anv
. change IN the style or dimensions OF the
b buildings should he made at The expense OF
an increase Of county rates and eves II ne.
|, cessary, bu, that rested altogether with the
P Commissioners, who would doubtless have
. been governed by what they found to be The
general feeling on the subject. Blu. even
r this argument and objection was taken from
{ our opponents by the bill which was intro
Iduced into the senate. and supported by lhe
9 friends Of removal as one which they were
perfectly willing to lake. BY reading il
fellow citizens, GU will find that It's passage
, go far from taxing money out Of lde Treas.
tlury, would have absolutely put money IN;
for by lis provisions the new public build.
? ings were 10 be erected exclusively by phi.
vate subscription, the old buildings sold, and
, the pioceeds Of the sale paced in the treas
E ury for The benefit of the county. Yet thl'
change in the features OF the bill, produced
no change in the pertinaclty and vIrulence
e by which It's passage was opposed. The
. same system of tactics that have before
f noticed, was resor;ed to and practised by
b those in the Danville interest, only TO al
increased extent. will not altemp, TO de
scribe TO you, the various means resoried to
n by our opponents TO effect their puI pose
u for any description could give would al
ford you but a very imperfect idea OF the
{ reality. will however, repeat that this
time. as before. no means were left unre
sorted TO, no stone was left un,urned bi
them; 10 accomplish their end, the defeat OF
, he bill. and this as you are aware, they
? gain but for the LAST TINE succeeded
lin.
+ On the 9Th OF February the second read
ing Of the bill was resumed but after max
ing some irhing amendments TO the fIs'
section, the senate adjourned without taking
Il IA
The consideration of the bill was again re
T., sumed, and the merits of it debated. A
!. motion was made TO postpone il 10 the l3lN
which failed by a vote of Yeas ~, Nays
# lS, the friends of the bill generally voting
4 for, the enemies against the motion, mo
ZION was then made by two friends Of the
e IbiII,to postpone the further consideration OF
b IT for the present, which after considerable
5 debate was agreed 10 by vote Of Yeas Is.
I Nays l2. On the Odd notion was. made
by two opponents of the bill, to resume It's
E consideration, but several of our friends be
: ing absent, it was resisted by those present
e and voted down. motion of the sam"
1 kind was made by the same gentlemen or
/ the next day, and again voted down:
third motion of the same description was
+ made by the same gentlemen on the ss'h'
II which was agreed 90; but before a vote
! cou Id be taken on the bill, the sens,s at
i Ilourned. On the seventh of March two
n enemies of tho bill, taking advantage Of The
II absence of two of IFS friends, moved again
n lto fake il up, which was agreed 10, and after