Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-05-30
ADDRESS
To the People of Pennsylvania.


The undersigned Wing members of The
House OF Representatives believe il 10 be due
toihemselves 10 state some Of the reasons which
Impelled them to vote for The Apporrionment
Bill as II was reported from the Committee OF
Conference. This Bill, we are fully aware is
In some of It's provisions unequal and unjust. Ii
gives to some Democratic districts great advan-
tages, while il depriyes certain Whig districts
OF such representation as they are in Justice
entitled 10.
The Democratic districts of Berks, York and
Cumberland have representation greater Than
In justice they could claim, while the Wing
counties OF Union, Allegheny, Butler, &c. are
| deprived of three members of the House, hich
by fair and just apporlionmeni they would
have. The Senatorial districts of Chester and
Delaware, and of Montgomery are obnoxious
TO he charge of gross inequality and injustice
The county OF Chester alone has more than
sufficient number OF laxables TO enlltIe il TO a
Senator Ye. the strong Whig county of Del
aware with taxable POPULATION Of over five
thousand is attached 10 her, whilst Monigome-
ry. which also borders on Deleware, without
sufficient numper Of iaxables, is by This bill
given Senator
The opposition party resisted every atemp,
TO unite Montgomery and DeIaware.
The uniting of Indiana, Armstrong and Clar-
ion one Senatorial district is another feature
of The Bill, which, in liza political aspect, is Pc
cularfy obnoxious 10 US Wings, and we made
every effort 10 form district which would have
been less Objectionable to the people of the old
district, but without success
But lime will no, permit US to enter further
into details or do more than 10 say lha, the
subject was extremely embarrassing and sur
rounded with difficulties, and that we endeav-
ored TO bring to the consideration Of it lha. calm
and dispasslonale exercise OF judgement which
il was our duly as Representatives TO do We
feared that some desperate men desired that
the Legislature should adjourn without passing
an Appor,ionmens BIl-a result fraught as we
believe, with the most dangerous consequences.
For although The laws have made provision, as
we believe, for failure 10 make an apporlion-
ment law, and the apportonmen. act of lS43,
las do all lis predecessors,) enacIs "lhat until
the next enumeration and an apporlinonmen,
thereon made, the Senate, al ratio Of IL ,746,
shall consist Of shirty.ihree members and be
apporioned as follows" &c, and so of the
House yet il was asserted that the Legisla-
lure failing This year 10 make an apporlionment,
upon first principles, anterior 10 The Constitution,
and that each county would send 10 the next
Legislature The number of members she would
believe herself entitled 10, bringing anarchy
and confusion into our Legislative Halls, state
Of things no we'll wsher Of his country could
look farward 10 otherwise than with the gra,esl
apprehension and alarm.
Our institution makes no provision for
state of Revolution. Our fathers who framed
il, never entertained the idea that their descen-
danrs, representatives Of the people, could so
far forget their duty as 10 produce such state
of things by refusing TO perform duties lmpos
ed upon them by their oa,hs of office.
The principles of our party, TO which We are
attached, because we believe them TO be best
calculated 10 promote the happiness of the
whole people and increase the prosperity of the
Commonwealth, though dear to US, sink into in-
significance when compared with the obllga-
lions we are under 10 preserve inyiolate the
Constitution
Under full sense of the responsibilities we
have assumed by voting for a bill which we
believe has done great injustice 10 our party
and has obliged some of US most unwllingly 10
sacrifice the feelings of our own particular dis
licts to subserve the great interests Of the par
" throughout the State, and TO project our COM
mon constituency agains, the inroad of a tor
rent of revolutionary disorder, fatal 10 their
peace and security, we throw ourselves upon
a constitution supporting and law-abidlug con-
s,iruency for judgement and support, believing
that they viii appreciate our motives IN voting
for bill. certainly not such one as We wish
ed, but the result Of compromlse-and prod
ably The best under The circumstances that could
be obtained
AK. CoRNYN JAMES ]. LEWIS,
j. w. KnLINGER, GEO. h. HART,
JAMER FLOWERS, j. B. RUTHERFORD,
john M'LAUeHLIN, LEWIS HEREFORD,
NICHOLAS JONES, RoBT. WALKER,
ROBERT BALDWIN, A. ScoTT EWING.
Thomas DUNCAN, THOMAS e. STEEL,
c. E. KINKEAD, john MILLER,
john ALLIsoN, DANL. Nj SMYsER,
JAMES G.. REID. j. K, BURDEN,
CRAIG BIpDIE, CHARLES ONEILL,
VIM. EVANS, w. BAKER,
DAVID j. BENT. j. G.. POWELL.
JACOB NfssLY. JOHN MLEAN, {
JoHN S. BowEN, JOHN AcKER,
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