The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-05-23

But the deed has been done. The
port OF the Committee of CoDiere,.-
upon reconsideration, and under the o..
sure OF the previous question, has hoo.
adopted; and that, foo. by votes taken fr,.t
The Democratic party and given 10 e,,-
adversaries. The action of The conr,;,,S-
and the adoption of their report. We :,
we have already shown, direct v;oI,,;osS
OF the rules of the Two Houses. Tic hin
thus passed. as will be seen in Tho ,,-
nexed table. is grossly unequal and unius
! We see, that in several of the Senato,;,I
districts, The members are from 1000 q,
/ $500 short of the ratio OF representat;e,
| IN Whig districts, whilst in Democr,t,
districts they are as much beyond il. I..
the Representative districts we see f6s
Democracy of Beaver and Butler svsJ.
lowed up by attaching both those counter
10 Lawrence. Butler and Beaver f1ays
each more than sufficient taxables for ossf
member, whilst Lawrence falls but fetS
short of The ratio.
The representation in both the Senate
and House of Representatives, from aimos,
the whole north and north eastern portion.
OF the state, is greatly short of the number
10 which their taxables entitle them; whilst
in southern tier OF counties, especially in
the middle and eastern portion of them,
which are threkly populated, as well as in
several of the western counties, the sRep.
resentatlves IN both branches are more nu.
merous then they should be according 10
the number OF taXables. Again Union
and Junlata, the former of which had alone
considerably more taxables than would en-.
title her TO member. are Joined together
and allowed one member for S462 taxables
whilst Cumberland, with 1854 iaxables.
are each allowed two members. The
giving of two members to Cumberlanu.
taking one Of them from Juniata and Union
was the act of the maj jority OF the commits.
tee of Conference; and as the increased
representation in Cumberland was an OBJ.
Ject OF much 10 one of the members of tha,
conference, on the part of the House, the
taking away of the member from Juniata
and Union and giving it 10 Cumberland,
may have had some influence in INDUCING
him to concur IN the report which they
made. ...
We have moi deemed it necessary 10 20
into Ither details of The injustice of this
bill. We refer 10 the bill itself as the
best exponent OF onr just causes of com.
plaInt. We have Gelt II important 10 com.
munIcate 10 our constituents and 10 The
Democratic party at large, The foregoing
facts, and ask them TO ponder over them
Our adsersaries failing in their attempts to
seduce or corrupt the people at large. re.
sort 10 every means todeIeat the peoples
will, by either creating difficulties and dis.
union in the ranks of the representatives.
or by other means seduce them into their
views. They operate on their hopes,
their fears, or their interest-and we re-
gret to say that they have too often been
successful.
We desire 10 see the Democrats partv
present bold and unbroken front upon all
occasions. To lay aside all sectional and
personal feeling, and adopting the maxim
that every man owes more to the party
than the party owes TO any man, make the
principles of the party not the advance.
ment of the peculiar views or Interests of
any man, or set of men, the grand object
al which they aim.
We have an importantant election ap.
preaching. A Canal Commissioners,
Surveyor General and an Auditor General
for the whole Commonwealth, are to be
be chosen in October next, besides Prose.
cutting Attorneys and County Surve, ors,
in each county, in addition TO the usual Of
hcers. In a year thereafter, in all proba.
bility, :he law Judges of all vour Courts
wili also have 10 be selected We SOL
emmy believe the ascendency of the Dem
ocralic party to be necessary to the pres
ervatiop of our republican institutions in
their purity. Hence il becomes necessa.
ry that we should be firm and united
party, taking counsel with each other, not
with the enemy. One great means BY
which the entire union of the party can be
effected, will be great care in the selection
of honest, able and capable men for every
station of public trust Men who have
intelligence for the stations; - integrity
enough 10 perform the duties faithfully,
and moral courage enough TO do those du-
ties fearlessly. Men empharically with.
out fear, and without reproach. We In
tend no reflection on any nomination here
tofore made. but we do deem the present
a time when even more than ordinary care
and caution should be exercised in the Sc.
lection of Senators, Representatives, and
all other public officers.
We give you,these facts ana views as
we'll for your information as for our own
justification. We feel deep interest in
the great cause Of Democracy, and would
avert from it all evils in our power TO pre-.
vent. Whilst we would not wish to cast
any reproach upon those who we believe
have erred from honest fhouoh mistaken