The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-03-23

ever prsdudiced, may mistake or misundsr- !.
stand il
By The XIII section, rice isi, of the
Constitution of this State, il is provided that
all bills passed by the Legislature and pre-
senled TO he Governor for his siensiure,
within ten days OF the final a6i3trhhenf,
shall become laws toithom signature, unless
sent back with his objeclions) tOittin three
days after their nezt meeting.
In 1855 the Legislature on the second day
! Of January. The contest for Speaker was
prolonged Until The fifth, when the Hon.
| William NJ Hester of Bsrks county, was
| elected. Upon the SIKH, The fourth day
alter their meeting, III: Governor Of the
Commonwealth returned, with his obisc-
tions, several OF The most important bills
| passed by the Legislature of 1854. If tho
position of the Republican Senators of 1864
! is correct, viz that the Senate ia always
/ organized, and that the Speaker OF the for-
( NOR Senate is the Speaker Of the new Sen.
ate. Then those bills of 1884; vetoed by Gov.
ernor Bigler on the t3urth day of the session
o. 1855, are laws Notwithstanding his vetoes.
That Ihis is not SO, or al least that none of
Sle eminent lawyers and stresmen who
composed that Senate (among whom were
| Price, Buckalew, Heisier and Darsie) so
thought, is evinced by The tact that they all
| voted upon those veloss required by the
Constitution, which they surdly would no,
have done had they bean of opinion thew
had been sent in 10 lale. The Senators OF
1885 did not even claim 10 have met until
they had elected a Speaker, much less fhat
they l0ere on gGnized Our view oil This oues-
tlon is further strengthened by the act of
1910: which obviously coniem plates the
election oil Speaker of each House al tbe
beginning OF each fession, and fequires him
first TO be sworn before he can adminis,e,
the oaths 10 the neweiy elected members.
1t has been left for the Republican Senators
OF 1854 TO ignore the Constitution, TO defy
president, and 10 attempt 10 DESTROY the
very foundations OF law and order
This dlsPoses oil their first ground of de-
fence. We viii now probe the second rsa-
son assigned Tor the revolutionary con-
duct,
Who is accountable for the absence OF
Major White, or rather, who is TO blams
that his seat was not filled on the first dav
we met
It is alleged that Major White resigned
his seat IN this Senaie, that resignation hav-
, ing, been received by his father, Judge
! White about The middle OF November, 1863.
Ii is 10 be assumed Che undersigned reser-
wing their individual opinions lhereon) tha,
the resignation was genuine since in iuI :
therance and in support of The usurpaiion
inaugurated in January, an election was
ordered thereon by The Speaker de facto Of
the Senate, and a new mem be. elected and
sworE. Assuming II TO be genuine, whose
tault is that an election was not ordered im-
t mediaiely on lis reception, which would
have given ample time 10 have put his snc.
cessor in MS place on the first Tuesday of
January Surely neither that of The under
= signed nor OF any Democrat in The State
the blame must resi- where il TghtGully be-
. longs, upon the Republicans of the Senate
and upon their abeitors.
The excuse offered rs that the resignation
: was moi filled, in order that efforts might be
made (Ihe incentive being :he necessity Of
Major Whites prelence to Republican az.
tendency IN ihTs Staie) tor his exchange.
Without Stopping 10 inquire whsher rhis
ascendency Is likely 10 be beneficial 10 lha
people OF Pennsylvania, we will merely re-.
mark inai II The tate OF Major White had
bsen different or more deplofable lhan that
OF thousands OF other brave and nallsrt man
who are enduring The unfold horrors of ca D.
tisiiy in order tirt Tie negro may be raised
: 10 The teUet OF fhe UkHe man. then indeed
Z night some such excuse 5e tolerated But
MAJOR Whites condition, much as we de-
plore 1t, IL no worse than that OF those who
! ARE gaTnered harvest OF brave men roriing
in prison, victims 10 the malignant heresies
OF those Who advocate tie social, political.
and Hlilaary eqasiiiy cfthe Blaok and ,rhits
races.
That Major White became prisoner in
his misfortune that he is not released is
the Intentional and designed fault of his DO
lIiIcai friends. In either view, he and they
are alone responsible Tor the dead Iockp
caus ed ty his absence.
Alter the Republicans had secured a clear
majority, they still persisted in their course
OF usurpaiion. In the earlier days of the
session, by unanimous vote and by par-
ticipating IN twelve ballots, they admitted
that il was their sworn duty to proceed 10
The election OF Speaker. When they had
secured The power to do SO, then, in viola
lion OF The Constitution, of prec edent, OF law
and OF their own admissions, they for ten
2 days persisted IN their revolutionary con-
duct. Bu from the 29,h OF February, the
, day when DR. ST Clair was sworn as Sem
z stor from he Twenty first District, until ihie
Oh day OF March, The undersigned have re-
: sisted as before, by all means in thei; pow
er, every attempt OF the Republicans to
, iegisiaie. B.fflsd and defeated, ;hey have
on This day yielded the whole question in
issue. TIE SENATE OF 1864 Has ELEcTED
ITS SPEAEER !
Thus, fellow citizens, have the Consiilu-
stion, precedent aud law been usiained, and
: the course OF the undersigned ylndicated.
We have lhss narrated The facts of this
case, and have endevord, and we trust suc-'
: cesslulJ, TO expose the fallacy OF The osten-
, sible reasons assigned by the Republican
: Senators in support OF their conduct We
. say osiensible, tor we do not hesitate 10 de-
clare that the entire proceeding is but a
par, and parcel of programme which pro-
poses 10 break down and dislroy every bar
. rier standing between them and heir lust Tor
!, power and place.
la the past. we have presented a deter
! mined and unbroken front. We have done
9 so during the trying times OF the present.
J, and sustained By your confidence and sup