The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-04-25
Correspondence of The Mountain Sentisel.
STATE CAPITOL.
HARRISBURG, April l6, 1850.
Dear Giuen:
April %, 1850.

Dear GiUen:
The scenes in and around the
capitol at present and during the past
week, are of the most exciting character.
Every thing which comes up in the Le-
gislature is watched by members, and the
hord of borers who infest the halls with
all the anxious solicitation of patriots,
whose whole souls are alone engaged for
the exclusive benefit of the "dear people"
Last week opened out gloriously by
the certain prospect of a Veto from Gov
VIM. F. Johnston, which veto was hand
ed in on Thursday morning.
Their was a good deal Of fluttering
among the wounded pidgeons of the whig
party when it was certainly ascerta;ned
that the Governor would veto the appor-
,ionment bill, because it was evident, that
if he did veto the bill, that he would have
10 take back all his bitter Genuuciations
of his predecessors, who had occasion to
resort 10 the exercise of the veto power,
in order TO check what they thought ought
not pass to into laws. | do not find fault
with any Executive, who in the faithful
and honest discharge of his constitutional
duty, thinks fit to interpose his veto pow
er TO stay bad or inconsiderate legisla-
ton; but Governor Johnston has shown
his cloven foot SO conspicuously Ill his
veto messages, (for they are two in num-
ber.l that TO forbear comment, would be
to shut ones eyes to facts III the life Of
public man, which should not be lost sight
of. The Governor sets out in his veto
message on the apportionment bill, by
stating how exceedingly disagreeable 1t is
to his sensitive mind, TO IEterPose his
veto on the occasion. But believing the
bill TO be unconstitutional and subYersive
of the rights of the people, &c, &C., heI
has thrown himself into the breach, 10
stay the tide Of destructive legislation,
which the legislature has let loose upon
an unoffending innocent people. Well
be 1t so. We are willing to give him the
benefit of all he has said on the subject of
the apportonment bill; that is, we are
willing to believe that he was sincere,
W hen he said so in reference 10 this bill. |
But what will the people say' or rather,
what will his Excellency say to the peo-
ple7 who have been duped by the Gov'r
and his party, when we tell them that
this same immaculate, patriotic, antiveto-
ing Executive, did, within day or two
after his first veto, which he bases upon
Constitutional grounds alone, vetoed an
other bill which passed the Legislature,
o which no Constitutional objection could
De urged! refer to the Philadelphia
license bill.
This latter bill which passed the Legis-
ature last winter, granted to all persons
esiding in the county Of Philadelphia,
md who had a house suitable for the ac-
;ommodation Of strangers and travellers.
o obtain a license to sell spirituous Ii
Iuors, by less measure than one quart.
The consequence was. that nearly every
ther house in the city and its suburbs,
las got to vending rum, to the detriment
# the morals of the community, and
breathing ruin and destruction to society
t large. But the Governor in his great
nxiety TO "whip the devil round the
stump game, by the by, he has al
Ways played successfully till now, has
'verreached himself. The lions skin
las proved too short to cover the ANIMALS
ars, and consequently the genius of the
rea.ure has been exposed.
The plain truth about all this twitchng