Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-05-17

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from Columbia Northum-
Der land and Luzerno are opposed to the
passage of this bill and why, when their
consttunts are directly interested, should
we force this bill upon them without a
single amendment hope that the House
will at least refuse to suspend the rules.
Mr.. EREELAND. / hope that the
rule will be suspended, and that this bill
will be put on its passage.
Mr.. HOPKINS, Philadelphia. Iwould
ask the gentleman from Dauphn to cx-
plain how il is that while this bill seems
to interest the representatives from Col
umbia and Northumberland, neither of
those representatives has charged of it,and
that Dauphin must take charge of thci in
terest.
Mr.. FREELAND. The whole matter
originates in this town. The persons who
own the lands are here. Northumberland
has nothing to do With it; neither has
Columbia.
Mr.. BROWN Northumberland, in reply
to the gentleman from Dauphin | will say
that in the the Senate, this bill was in
charge of the Senator from Northumber
land. The bill was passed in that body,
as | have remarked, without it being OBJ
served that it gave the company the right
to mine coal. That being discovered, that
Senator came to me last evening and re-
quested Inc to have this provision stricken
out. The same request was made by the
Senator from Schuylkill. Both of those
gentlemen have a constituency very deeply
interested in the mining of coal.
Mr.. TATE, Columbia, The course Of
this House, the last few hours, is certainly
an anomoy in the history Of legislation -
1t strikes me, as a most remarkable pro
ceeding that the gentleman from Dau.
phin should attempt to rush through this
House q bill like this so vitality ctfecting
the interests of Northumberland and Co
lumbia counties, regardless Of the people S
remonstrances against the great outrages
which this company doubtless intend to
porpetrate upon the citizens of those
districts. 1t strikes me that the course OF
the gentleman from Dauphin involves
great disrespect towards Che representa-.
tves from those counties that are so deeply
interested in this measure. 1 desire tc
extend to the gentleman from Dauphin all
the cour; r;osy that is due to any gentleman
upon this floor. But we ask in return
from him the same courtesy. The gentle.
man from Northumberland, Mr.. Brown
offered fair and just amendment to this
bill. That amendment has been, | aul
sorry to say, voted down. l regret to say
that the cormorant spirit Of corporations
which has trampled our fair Commonwealth
under foot and which this day rides rougL'
shod over the rights Of the people Of Penn
sylvania, has shown a disposition this eve
ming to crush US. Thank God, we stand
here in the majesty fffeemen. Our voice
and our votes shall be used against the
efforts Of these monster corporations, LEI
them come in whatever guioe they may
We shall meet them and their appo,ogist
in the spirit Of men-fairly if they prefer
any way if they choose, We want non,
of their yankee inyentions.' Myself ant
those who act with me commend thes
corporations for their enterprise, so far a
it is devoted to fair and legitimate ends
bat they must not expect to come up int
the great Democratic north and to do will
US as they please. We demand protection
for the rights of our people. | hope tha
this House will not disregard those right
by passing this bill. l would say, wit
due respect to the gentleman from Dau
phin, that l think on this question he ha
treated myself and other gentlemen inter
ostcd, in manner uubecoming repre-
sentative. We deeply feel the inten
wrong and shall resist it like men, Sine
he has spoken here, l have seen moustc
anaconda" in this bill.
This is not the only instance in whie
the rights of my constituents have been eli
dangered, during this Session, by the gree
of the corporation powers in the Legisla
ture. But recently l detected the sam
agents at work in the attempt to rcjuvia
ate the "McCaulcy Coal Company" an
the columbia Coal and Iron Company
located in my own county, by dividing til
Companies, under different corporation
and thereby dcfrauding the honest either
of their legal rights, in evading all the fo
mcr acts of legislation by which their jus
rights had been secured. The corpor