Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-04-19
Adjournment of the Legislature


having continued about one hundred days
in session, adjourned upon Friday last, at
IL o'clock, NJ, sire die. In both branches
there was a Republican preponderancc,
and consequently, the no-party-party, had
everything their own way. John Rosoe,
with eight other pretended Union Demo.
Gratis, prior to the organization, effected a
bargain and sale with the enemies Of the
Democratic party and used their ill.gotten
power, throughout, to oppress the friends
of liberal principles and defeat the best
interests of the country. Every man who
was elected by the so.called "Unton Par.
ty," excepting always the Hon. ABRAM
PETERS, of Lancaster county, acted du-
ring the session with the Republicans, We
ask honest. meaning Democrats, here and
elsewhere, who last Fall coalesced with
the common enemy, in Huzzas for the
Union, when their object only was for
office, If "this is the entertainment to
which they were invited"
The relative strength of parties stood, =,
10 Democrats to % Republicans in the
Senate, and AZ Democrats to SO Republi-
cans in the House, and never was there a
more violent association of political par
tizans banded together for political parti
zan purposes, as the record shows, than
this same no-party- Union-party, not even
excepting Thad. Stevens notorious politi.
cal inquisition. Every measure asked for
by the Democrats and demanded by the
conservative justice of the people, was in
decently overrode upon the high-pressure
principle and carried through by the whip
and spur of the previous question-gag-law.
The bill apportioning the State into Con-
gressional Districts, passed the House of
Representatives on Thursday, and was ap-
proved by the Governor the same day. 1t
passed the House precisely as it came from
Senate, without single amendment or al.
teration. 1t comes as near disfranchising
the Democratic voters of the State as it
was possible for unscrupulous partizan
Ingenuity to accomplish and that its pas
sage through the House of Representatives
was procured by the grossest infractiou of
the rules of that body on the part of the
pretended no party Speaker.
At one time it apperaed probable that
the Legislature would adjourn without
passing an act to relieve the banks of the
State from the forfeitures of their char.
ters incurred by suspending specie pay
ment. On Thursday night, however, the
difference between the two Houses were
reconcilod through the medium of CON-
mittee of conference, and an act passed
legalizing suspension until February next,
after the meeting of the Legislature
There can be scarcely any difference of
opinion as to the propriety of this provis-
ion as the banks of the State could not
avoid the suspicion, and particularly as
they rendered such prompt and material
assistance to the Commonwealth in taking
or negotiating the war loans. But there
was not the same necessity for authorizing
an increased issue of small notes, as the
act in question does. BY the provisions
Of the law passed at the last session the
banks were empowered to issue small notes
to the amount of twenty per cent. of their
capital stock paid in. The House at the
present session increased this to forty per
cent. The Senate struck out the provis-
ion entirely; but as a compromise it was
finally arranged at thirty per cent, there
by enabling he banks to issue ten per cent
of small notes in addition to the twenty
per cent authorized by the act of lS6l.-
The legalization of suspension and the
increase of small notes are the principal
features of the act just passed,
The majority in the Senate, although
protesting to be friendly to the repeal of
the Act for the commutation of the Ton
mage duties, which was passed by men of
both parties in the House, and by a vote
of 70 to 26, so changed its provisions as
to entirely destroy the Bill. 1t was not
recognized by the House. Hence, for the
present, it has failed.
In the closing of the session, Cane
was presented and vote of thanks pro-
posed to Mr.. Speaker Rowe, for his cour.
teSy, efficiency and impartiality. That
was too cool for the occasion. Four Dem
ocrats voted No, II others omitted to vote
and he had the thanks Of the balance of
the morgrel politicians. A vote of thanks
was next proposed for Capt. f. II. Racch, J.,
for his faithful services, when it was known
that he had beer draU;no na5 oil s,;nto,