The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28

mensely I! But no pledge was violated and
no obligation trampled under foot. Al the
session of 1s4s, when the act confirming the
seatof Justice here was passed, Senator
Best endeavored to amend the appropriation
act above mentioned. !. He brought the mat
ter beforotbe Senate and itswas,, fully dis
cussed. The result was he was voted down
two TO one inthe' very body of which he
was member! The case was plain, under
the act Of. 1s47 the sum of $2245,7s only
was paid. A good part Of tais was applied
10 furnish the Court House, and if the act
had never passed, The same outlay would
have necessarily been made by the county
| only at a later date. The old furniture al
] Danville was worn ont and worthless. But
the Commissioners had no authority 10 &C,
in relation 10 the new property until after The
courts were mosedihere. If they had wait
| cd until then and until the Grand Juries
made recommendations, the courts and
public would have suffered much annoyance
and Inconvenience. The Legislature very
properly authorized them 10 make these out
lays in adDance and accordingly furniture
was provided by the first session of the
courts here. Another small part of the ap-
preparation was applied TO stone work III
front Of Court House, which was also doing
what would have been done later. The re.
mainder of the s2245,7s was for fire proofs
erected in the basement of the Court House.
There were three erected, capacious and con-
rrrumnrary
and Register e. Recorder, respectively; and
under the following circumstances. Alter
the Building Committee, chosen by our cti.
zens, had adopted their plan for the Court
House, uithom fire proofs, and had their sub.
scripiions adapted TO the expense contem-
plated, the Commissioners requested them
10 build fire proofs in the budding as it was
going up, as it would cost the county three
or four times as much 10 build them after
ward and, upon objection being made, sta
ted that it was SO important, that they would
endeaver 10 have them paid for doing il.
The fire proofs were accordingly built at an
expense ofa little over 5000, and upon a
statement of the facts 10 the Legislature, ac-
companied by the recommendation of the
Grand Jury, the Legislature autorzed them
to be paid for. The Removal act of 1915
did not oblige the citizens here to erect fire
proofs. When The act was upon its passage,
Amendments were offered both in the Sen
ate and House to compel them TO erect FIRE
proofs in the buildings, and in both branch
es roted down, as the journals prove. This
was an abundant notice 10 all concerned that
they were not 10 be required. The bill was
considered hard enough upon the citizens of
small town without such provision in it, .
BUTT was for the interests of the the .coun-
ty to have the fire-proofs then erected, and
they were and paid for as we have men.
toned, with the concurrence of the Com
missioners, Grand Jury and Legislature.
1t is thus clear that not one dollar of the
$2245,7s actually paid by virtue OF the s25.
90 appropriation act, was applied 10 the
Buildings'con!snpla,ed by the Removal act
of ds45--nor any responsibility under that
act avoided by our citizens.
All other outlays by the county, since
1nade, as The county statements show, have
been such as were unexceptionable and in
dispensably necessary; and none of them
have any connection with the erection of
the Ceurt House, Jail and Sheriff7s House.
which was 10 be done by individuals under
the act of asi5.
We have been thus full upon this subject.
because, in the absence of all just reasons
10 support him, our "Senator of Pledges"
has attempted 10 pervert the matters 10
which we have alluded, in order 10 affect his
'rnischivous purposes.
Equally uniformed with the foregoing
complain in regard to the public property
here is the allegation of ill feeling and pre-.
judice between citizens resident in the wes-
tern and those resident in the central and
eastern townships. Our intercourse at
courts and otherwise is of no such bellig.
Grant character as is pretended at Harrisburg,
by interested persons, for the purpose of de.
stroying thd county by division. A new
county excitement can be got up any time
by border town, when member of the
Legislature from the district wishes it, And
nothing more exists in the present instance.
If this were proof of i'll feeling and cause
to cut county, every one in the state might
soon be divided.
The "Montour County" project originated
with our Senator, and will fall persctlv dea,l
the moment he leaves the Senate. 1t is az.
itated by him in the face of his voluntary
and solemn pledge to the contrary when E.
lected, and we cannot doubt that it will meet
condemn9Iion as decisive as it will be de
served in the House of the peoples Repre-
sentatives.
u On last Monday, Mr. Giddings pre-
aapfot in (opn