American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-01-20
The State Senate. .

! sponslblnty OF this unusual delay, must
rest with those who attempt to take ad-
vantage of the absence of Maj. White
We don't feel at liberty now to even guess
how this matter may terminate; but ex-
pect by this time next week, to be able to
surmise what course viii be taken to ex-
tricate the senate from its present unhap-
py position.
That our readers may understand fully
the position our party occupy in reference
to the organization we give below tho
marks of Senator NJ Candies, made on fife
sixth of the present month. They need
no eulogy from US to recommend them to
his constituents He said:
At this time, Mr. Speaker. am prone
to believe thatti of little consequence.
The Senators ON the other side of this floor
have taken the responsibility in opposi-
tion to the will of majority of the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania, to hold out against an
organization of this body; and with those
gentlemen rests the responsibility. Mr..
Speaker, they say to US that there will be
no organization here until the dog days.
We say to the gentlemen on the other side
that in the Providence of God there will
be no organization here until Gabriel blows
his last trump, unless the minority yield
and that organization be in accordance
with the willie the majority as expressed
at the polls at the last October election
| We have a right to this organization.
The people of Pennsylvania have said to
the Republican party, you are the guar
dians of our interests, and to you alone we
will commit them Would we not be
recreant to our places here, would not our
constituency denounce us if we compro-
missed and barteredaway our rights at this
time ?
The fortunes of war have thrown into
the hands of the jeff Davis government
one of the Senators on this floor When
our own State was assailed and about to be
invaded by the rebel hords, the bold and
strong arm of our friend, Major White,
who holds a seat and is one of our peers
on this floor, was the first, away down there
at Winchester, to be lifted brayely and
boldly as that of asoldierand man against
the common enemy. Being overpowered
by superior force of the rebel horde. he
vas taken prisoner, and is now confined at
Richmond. Heis suffering all the distress
and discomfort incident to captivity in a
Southern dungeon; he feels the want Of
everything that is necessary to make him
comfortable; he has for the time being
lost his right to a seat ON this floor; and
/ yet the gentlemen on the other side say tc
us organize. Why, the people Of Penn.
sylyania do not want an organization as
long as westand tie here. We can stand
up before the people of Pennsylvania and
say to them boldly "we will not organize
we dare not organize against your express
Instructions" )" and that people will say tc
us, ''well done that is the instruction we
gave you, and you would be recreant to
the trust reposed in you, if you yielded OF
compromised with those whom the verdict
of the people has stamped as unfit to man.
age their affairs" We are organized, sir
This is an organized body; We have a
Speaker we have corps of officers, and
are perfectly competent to go.on with busi.
ness If the gentlemen on thesother side
of the floor wish to go on with the regular
business Of the Senate they are perfectly
at liberty to do SO. But no; they want a
share of the organization; they would be-
gin at the head and give us one Office, re.
serve one Office for themselves, and so on
We say to you, gentlemen, you wWnot get
one We will stand here, if need be, for.
ever in defence of our rights, as instruct
ed by the people of Pennsylvania The
proposition is very much like that of his
Satanic Majesty when he offered our Sav
iour all the Kingdoms of the earth and die
not own an acre. They have no right tc
share in'this organization; hence we say
to you, gentlemen, we will stand here as
we are until Major White or his successor
is here, and then we will be ready to 90 OF
with business. Until that time | suppose
the wheels of legislation are stopped, be.
cause on all matters of public interest six.
teen gentlemen will vote against us, as they
have done up to the present time. We
stand before the people as an organized
body, with Speaker in the Chair, and &
corps of officers ready and willing to per
form their duties. If you, gentlemen on
the other side, want legislation, all you
have to do is to offer your bills and vote
upon them, and legislation will move on
as it has ordinarily heretofore If you dc
not want legislation, then here we stand
until the dog days, or until doomsday, il
Major White Or his successor does not ap
pear.