The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-11
From the Lancaster Penn. } Union.
The Advertisement Bill.

Our Harrisburg correspondent speaks in terms of
becoming indignation of the infamous APportion-
ment bill which has Just received the sanction Of
both branches of the Legislature. The avowed OBJ
ject of the trainers of that bill is to place the Wings
of the State in a hopeless minority, and secure TO
the Locoiocos perpetual lease OF power. oi all
the odious measures conceived by graceless
politicians, this Of robbing portion of the peo
pie of their rights Of franchise is the worst. The
very inception of such measure shows contempt
of popular rights and public duties; andfor party
claiming respect for popular majorities to sanction
it. is at melancholy instance of hypocrisy and
error. We should be heartily ashamed OF any Wing
who, any where, or for any cause, would lend his
influence to such measure OF wrong; and expert
ence will show, with hardly an exception, that
such measures have always originated with the
Locofoco party An attempt TO drive through one
Legislature there; the Wing Senators holding
themselves absolved from any action upon mea
sure which TO deprive their constituents of the
practical rights OF representation. The constitu-
ton of Pennsy lvana declares that "the number Of
taxable inhabitants" shall be the guide to appor-
tionment; but the constitution avails nothing while
the solemn oath TO support It seems to be totally
forgotten or disregarded. Where whole bill is
made up Of series of outrages it Is scarcely
sary TO single out any one as more fragrant than
the rest yet cannot avoid calling special atten-
ton to the wrong done to the people OF our own
county of Lancaster, which, with a taxable popula-
ton Of $4,000, and paying into the State treasury
annually over $4,000, is placed upon a level with
the Tioga district, whose taxables number only
$500, and which receives from the treasury
nually several hundred dollars for school pur
poses than IL pays in for taxes
The probable political complexion Of the Sens-
torial districts, as formed by the bill, taking
criterion the ordinary result Of elections, will be as
| follows:
Philadelphia city, whigs-county, Locos;
| Montgomery, l Loco; Chester and Delaware,
Wing; Berks and Schuylkill, Locos; Bucks, doubt
| full; Lancaster, Wing; Lebanon and Dauphin, /
Wing; Northampton and Lehigh, Loco; Carbon,
Monroe, Pike, and Wayne, l Loco; Adams and
Franklin, Wing; York, Loco; Cumberland,
Perry, and Juniata, Loco; Huntingdon, Union,
| and Miffiin, Wing; Lycomng, Clinton, Northum-
berland, and Sullivan, Loco; Luzerne and Column
bia, Loco; Bradford, Susquehanns, and Wyom-
ing, Loco; Tioga, Potter, Mexican, and Elk, |
Loco; Venango, Mercer, Crawford. Warren, and
and Lawrence, l Wing; Allegheny, Wings;
Washington and Greene, Loco; Westmoreland,
Somerset, Bedford, and Fayette, Locos; Arm
strong, Indiana, and Clarion, Loco; Centre,
Clearfcld, Cambria, and Blair, | Loco--in all, 81
Locos, IL Whigs, and which may be classed as
| doubtful.
| In no possible contingency the Wings ap-
| proach a majority in the Senate. And yet the
Wings have within the last two years elected their
candidate for governor by clear majority Of all
the votes cast in warmly contested election; have
had the control for period Of three years OF the
State Senate; made the House of Representatives a
tie; and in Is4S carried the State for General Tay-
| lor by the large majority OF $4,000. Can such an
apportionment be considered fair which, taking
as test the ordinary vote of the State places the
| Wings in a hopeless mnorityi
/ We cannot believe that ubiquitous measure
will be suffered TO become law. We cannot be-
lieve that the Executive will give his sanction 10
bill which, as far we can perceive, has met the
universal condemnation of every right-feeling and
right thinking man. His reverence for the consti-
tuton--his attachment to the Wing party--his love
of equal rightshs deep regard for the great prin-
ciple of popular suffrage--will we are sure, con-
strain him TO withhold his assent from this most
infamous bill. The Wing party Of the State look
to him their last hope in the present crisis They
ask him TO save them from the outrages which this
bill perpestes upon their rights and they pre-
pared 70 rally man in his support in case he
should intcrposc in their behalf the power which
the Constitution has confded 10 him for occasions
such as these.