Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-01-08

and all such tnfHence1, thAt We, the Democrat
Senators Of Pennsylvanis, your peers, geutls-
men, are ia ssafeIeeos Eith ths lebei goyern.
ment at Richmond. F6r my pxt splrn All
character tn 4re afADmpted 70 be hravn from
our present pmltion. am hsss. cir, 10 % ms
place, Senstol of Fenssylvanh. 1 feel su5
believe that Ge gill 20 . far 70 sustAin thIs
Govsrnmsnt - vilf othsr Senators up3n thi.
door. 10 behalf of myself and my feilos
Senators throw from me all such imputs
tions.
The assertion Of the Senator from Sassus
hanna (Mr. TUaRnIl may fad its explansiioc
N the fact that the New York 1Fsxss and oth.,
Pe, ublican papers proclaimed that Msr
Wx,,,- wAs Q Senator Of Pennsylvania n.
that his ,,.ptivity made some little difficulty
M TIYR R2ELL- Allow me to correct one
statement g., far as my knowledge exteot..
the first information given by:any public priri
In this country Of TIE position Of Senator wHIzi
vas aIyen bt the New York World
Mr.. WALLACE. am informed by the Sen-
stor irom Washiagtou (Ar- HoPkNsl that, 5
p,per In Senator WHrrss own district usfs
statements Of that Find.
However. there Ia another point hare. san
Ators place themselves In the position, AID pride
themselves upon 1t, that they are hero rspfs-
senting . majority OF the people Of penasyiTs-
MA Last winter, we stood hers thirteen u
twenty; now we are here sixteen to seventeen
Sir, three of your members were voted out Of
their places and DemocrAtic Senators snbsiita-
ted, end not single Democratic Senator Ia.
been displaced
0Sir, the Senator who gives you mai,fjt,
in this body to-day represents q De1ocratf.
district, and was elected two years AGO =.
represents district that at the last electio. .n5
the one previous gave a Democratic rnsjosity
Sir, msjority Of the people of this Commo1.
wealth upon the question OF the Governor q
the Commonwealth b one thing. and ma.
jority Of the people of this Commonwealth
in the election Of their Senators is snothsr
thing. Members of this Senate are elect
ed in districts arranged In accordance with
the Consultation and this srrangrmsn,
exists because it il essential to perfect
whole to make up the Government il thai
way. When, therefore, Senators undertake 10
sllege that they have majority Of the people.
they simply beg the question. The question
is, Is there q usjority in the Senatorial districts
represented on this door9 If there La, then.
sir, perhaps you are in a msjority; tut take
them up and count them, and see where you
arc. Take each district by itseii, and sec
whether, by the votes of the people, you have
o majority Of Senators on this hcor. Sirs, you
will lind it not to be so. Desiring. neyerthe
less, to see that the business Of the Senate may
proceed, l am nov. as always, for IN aOicAbie AMI
equitable adjustment ; / am for the proposition
of the Senator from BeIks end anxious to elect
our oficers; but I believe that the position
contended for by the other side "a at saxiance
with the custom and the Law, that this Is
question of principle involving the right OF each
body to select its own officers Ia times Ike
these am for Standing BY the Landmarks OF
the mast. and shall maintain, % Senator ia
nv place. the position ue have taken.
Nj. LOWRY. Our friends on the other sids
talk oroar;s1t;cm every time but vote di0rgI7,z-
tion sysrv vote. / ask that the Senators on the
other side be q little more cxpli-it. Two Of
them have risen and made The proposition that
some Senator on this side and some Senator c.
that side should resign, suppose. in order thai
We may be further disorganisea. II they alllts
to me, will tell them that will not rssigs,
although Imight as safely go before my coz
stituents ssseny Of these Senators. Weare not
sent here to resign We are sent here TO DO our
duty. The fortunes OF war have taken aTsy
one of our number, and Gaze not whether The
Senator from Clsar6eld or the New York Wol1
that fact to Jt II Davis, the tact
10 eas same. They think in Richmond thst
thsy have an opportunity to irjare the Unioa
parry here we think 60 too. JEFF Davis has
got one of our men, and If ''ths tyrant shos.i
lake one Of theirs. then We could organize.
But here We stand and ths gentleman has tie
boldnes to intimate that his party is In IA.
|ofity. Why that hardly requires an snswer.
The question is settled in Pennsylvania and sU
over this broad land, that the Uuion shall b.
and the people have desIcosfsI
by the election of their officers, who they con
sider In favor Of maintaining that Union.
Senator'S say that this body is not organized
They stand up strongly for organization, When,
II their construction should bs carried out, We
are most efectualiy and dangerously dsorgsn-
zed. You. Mr.. Speaker, are Speaker OF tie
Senate until your successor is elected We
c0bld have voted not to proceed to the sls-tiou
Of Speaker, bat In conformity with al old
custom we proceeded to ballot s1i
nave continued balloting.
We are told BY one Senator that this i
question Of principal; We are told by the Senator
rom CleaIfield, and We are told by the Senator
Icm Berks that IL Is question Of the loayes
md fishes. Ono contends for the principal for
he interest, and the other for the interest 0.
he principal. ] with they would agree -
Laughter.
Mr.. CLYMER. wish you would.
Mr.. LOWRY. We do agree, Mr.. Speak
We agree that we have Speaker, and ths,
nave agreed that We have Speaker, and hsTs
Deen sworn by him; and they have sworn thsi
hey will support the Constitution Of the Uo
ed States. and the Constitution Of Renngt
Fania-under protest
Mr.. Speaker, move that Mr. PEsSET be
declared the Speaker Of the Sen
Ate. ELaughter.
Mr.. TURRELLL Allow me to say one wJgi.
The Senator from Clealfield assumed and STATED
" . fact that the Republican cuucus hs1
adopted resolution to go into an election toF
Speaker. If the gentleman was In the csua1.
be has o right to state what occurred thsre
be was not and has such information, would
,sy that he has Information not possessed tf
my Republican Senator. Such il not the isci
Mr.. WALLACE. In reply to the senator
from Susquehanna, allow me to say that TIE
,rgan of the Republican party, at this Plaes
Us with the list of nominees OF The
CAUCUS of the Republican party. COMMENCING
with tie Speaker In the chair AMI going
through to the lowest officer In the Sens1e
Mr.. TURRELL. II may be so. Il csN
i Is Incorrect in that particular.