Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-12-31
Free Ian. national: Slavery. sectional
The State LEGISLATURE

Meets next Tuesday, at Harrisburg
and we hope TO have the Governor,
Message in season for our next issue
IN the House, the Opposition hav,
decided majority, and will probabl,
have no difficulty in organizing. The
most prominent candidates for Spca
ker are Cola X M Clure of Franklin
county Wm. Ca Lawrence ESQ. OF
Harrisburg and Simeon B. Chase Of
Snsquehanna county. For the minor
offices, there are many applicants, out
"t whom selections must ba made: and
III this delicate duty the Members will
promote their own comfort and con.
Ncnlcnce, and confer honor upon their
party and the Assembly, by selecting
those oI The highest moral and intel.
iectuai qualities. There is no class
more deserving of a little rest and a
chance for hettcr wages, than editors,
and We hope the clerkships at least
VIII he awarded them. Messrs. Rowe
OF the Cleariield Journal and Bower
Of the WilliamSport Press, have been
named for clcrks-both, faithful and
deserving men.
The Senate has l majority of those
Who voted for Buchanan, but the Lee
compton issue il is stated has divided
them. The needless warfare of some
OF The Buchanan men against Gov.
Packer-the insults east upon Packer
by county conventions in this State
controlled by friends of the National
Administration-the prescription of
Douglas and his friends generally
have aroused spirit of determined
scit,defencc, if not Of retaliation and
revenge. Gov.Packer is not the man
10 be put down personally, and to be
cast out Of his cherished party, with
out Il vigorous resistance. Last week.
new Democratic paper was issued
IN Harrisburg, by Ch.D. .uinelinc ESQ.
In defence Of The State Admins ration
ANA opposed to the Lecompton policv.
1 ne Organization of the Senate NAV
bc delayed. We see no names men
TONED for Speaker, except Col. Gregg
on the Opposition side-and we GER
,ainly know OF no Senator better fitted
10y age, experience, and energetic bu-
slnesS habits, for that high station.
Mr.. Creswell, of Blair county. seems
TO be the most prominent candidate
on the Administration side.
The business of the Legislature,
this session, should he transacted with
all the speed consistent with correct
hess and the sooner the members get
home, the more popular they will be.
and the greater viii be the probabil-
ity OF their being reelected. Salaries
md wages Of all descriptions should
'e reduced rather than increased. TO
'ccord with the times. Rigid econ
,nly be ,aikca but also peqc,i.sea.
There should he no mere personal
n tacttoas opposition to the Governor,
who we believe is carrying out the
Fund policy inaugurated bv
iov. Johnston and Pollock. Cor
lial cooperation with him, in whatc-
'cr Is RIGHT and cxpedient, will be
onnd not only most pleasant, but also
most profitable to Us as fellow-citizeDs.
md advisable for us as party.
Among the questions deserving of
evere scrutiny hy the Legislature, as
he guardian of the peoples interests,
5 the alleged defrauding the State by
he Sunhury a Erie Railroad Comp
my. in the manner of their disposal
# the Public Works at resale. Ever
sincere friend Of that most import
mt Road, and according in general
With the policy Of dispoSing Of those
Works. the charge that the Company
orruptly sacrificed the interest of
he State, in large sum, by selling
o favortes for less than other rcspon-
ible men offered to give, should be F:
llly met. If the charge bc without
the Company should be !
cquitted in public fame if they did
'rong the State, they should make
lnple restitution.
Thc last Militia Law-which it is =.
aid passed the House as joke. and :,
as not all read there's deScrvcdlv
on account of its cXpens-
-eness, its ambiguity, and its useless f
nd cumbrous changes. It's immediate -.
peal would please all but few fus- =
militia officers.
The law giving usurious interest r
tile more latitude, has not wrought :,
lat wonderful relief to the people 0
romiSed by the Shylocks who pro- "
med its passage. its repea! could n
,rm no honest man. The allowance "
per cent. interest on all new con- ii
aciS-which is the rate in New York,
ew jersey. &c.-we think would be
a matter of State policy far prefer o
'le 10 licensing money-shavcrs. q
Very few Banks are asked for, and j
ere is a general disinclination TO ol
ant any more Bank charters. to
That rich, powerful and most pros 81
,:ous company-lhe Central Rail N
probably make another 81
'spcrate effort to get rid Of their p,
onnage Taxa light burden, which =,
2 trust they will be compelled to :.
IN 4, with otha. Snbip1ts of fayotion III