Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-15
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MEssRs EDIroRs The great agony
over In obedience to the mandate @
the Court of Quarter Sessions of Uniol
County, issued at the instance Of som
twenty New Berlin men, petitioners ant
"afidavit makers" the " "ctizens of Unio,
county, and all persons interested therein,
{and the rest of mankind) appeared at tn,
Cour. House, on last Tuesday morning.
When the Court Was opened, they were
confronted by tie above petitioners, &c,
beaded by Old NER in the pigeon hole,
and assisted by eminent counsel, the Hon.
A. G.. Parker, from Juniata, and j. W.
Comfy, of Moutour, and all the New Ber-
lin bar except Charley, who had an en-
gagcment in the camp. The citizens, how
ever, nothing atashed, entered their ap-
pcarance by Messrs. Casey, Miller, Hill,
Simpson, Packer aud Linn. After the
complaint was presented by the lcontcst-
ants, Mr. Casey, on tchalf of the respon-
dants, moved to quash the whole proceed
ing, reading to the urtspecifc exceptions
showing that the allegations Of the petition
and specifications were iaa.tinitc, .trieo1ow,
and untounded, ard showing 10 reason,
even if true, for the Court TO 60 into an
investigation Of the filsehocd, frauds and
erroneous proceedings Of some hundred Of
sworn officers who held the election. The
question was argued all day BY Messrs.
Miller and Casey for the motion, and
Messr, Comfy and Parker against it. The
counsel for the contestants gave up the
constitutional question on the ground thst
IL the oct was unconstitutional, they had
no right to petition the Court under an
Unconstitutional law, and l may add, if
THE question had been raised and decided
Jy the Court in their favor, the result
would be no better; as the only point that
can be considered unconstitutional (and
that is mott is the clause submitting the re-
peal Of the law to the people. If that was
30 declared, then the law stands perfect IN
itself, cleared Of the unconstitutional ez-
crescence put upon it by the " affidavit
makers" themselves.
After argument, the Court adjourned
till next morning, when the Court (Wil-
Son, 2. J delivered a very logical and
we'll written opinion, declaring in substance
what was SO ably conterdcd for by the
counsel for the pcople-that tLcre was in
q legal form only tfrty-si1 voters specified
- lo illegal, Into which an investigation
could bo gone, and as that would not
ahaage the result Of the election, the
Court did not feel authorized to put the
county to any further costs: in OBTAINING
the people any longer at the Metropolis.
After the decision was announced, MIR.
Weirick, without making a motion,
preached the funeral sermon on the text
Of the Chapman box, alleging that seven
" voters had been drp1rcd Of eotiny by
not finding the election house, as the cleo
tion officers sat in school house that
stands on the opposite side Of "a fifteen feet
alley from the house Of Isaac Rumfelt, at
which the election is authorized to be held.
After the sermon was over, Mr.. Parker
moved that the specification be amended
so as to say the election was not held ("
the house Of Isaac Rumfelt, but in the
school house, which the Court permitted,
then decided that that was still insufficient
Dir. Casey:.theu moved that the Court
certify, under the act of Assembly, that
the complaint was frivolous and unioond-
ed, which would authorize the Commis .
sioDers TO collect the costs from the " afli. .
dayit makers" When this motion was
made, Mr. Slenker, who had not heretofore .
said anything in the case, leaving all the
labor on the foreign counsel, turned red |
and white, and uttered an elaborate speech, .
showing mos. conclusivsly that the "afli- /.
davit makers" Of New Berlin were the
most patriotic men in Union county ; that
their labors were purely pro bono publico,
md ought not to be mucted in the costs,
but The costs should all be paid ty tie eOun-
~, amounting Zone Of the Commissioners
says) to $1,000, the eloquence of which
speech induced Judges Wilson and Witter
myer (Marshall dissenting) to do accord
ingiy. SPECTATOR.
SSo far as our observation extends.
the fruit crop in this region promises we'll.
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