North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1867-01-23
wednesday, Jan. %, 1867
A Scene not In the Bills,


4 The Legislative proceedings of Monday last, as
published in all ths city papers contain the following
episode .. ,......-.
.Tbs House met at half.pa.t seven NJ Rev
Mr. Kennedy. Of Wyoming delivered the opening
prayer which he declared thai the organic law OF
- the land needed amendments. : .-.. g. ....s
mum ber Of Democratic members, regarding the
: prayer as political instantly took their seats" a."
This revere nd politician is member of the Legis-.
: IL turs from Wyoming County, and was sent there
( by she Radicals. He is of the ardent admirers
of General Cameron, and voted for that gentleman
ie caucus He was elected for the supposed purpose
vi attending to the business of bis eonstituen s on
the floor oths House, but it seems that his superior
piety has elevated him to the position Of acting
chaplain ef thai body Las year member Of the
House. named Danks erformed the same othces
Tor the Legislature and when the session closed he
charged and received $500 extra compensation for
p his vaIua ble services. We presume Kennedy will
do the same, and he is evidently determined to cain
his nav Dapks has gone, but the spiritual want Of
the House will not suffyr while Kennedy survives
Kennedy is resolved that his light shall not be hid
under O bushel particularly as the prospective re-
ward is to come from tle Treasury of Pennsylvania
instead Of the Treasury Of Heaven. ..,...
- We clip the above from tn" Philadel-
phia Age of Saturday last. The Age is
grossly mistaken in IFS supposltion that
Kennedy was ever thoaght, even by his
supporters in this region competent to at
tend to any Legislative duties . We hope
thai the intelligent mem in our sister conn
ties will not for moment imagine that
. this wheazing, pot-belhed parson 'enabodies
even The black republican responsibility
ard Geceney 10 this county.
In their name. and for their honor we
% repel the sianderous impntation. In every
district aud township where he was known
B as a citizen or pretended preacher, they,
the republ cans themselves-sw wallowed
him as they wonid - dose of aioes Many
of them, positively refusing to choke down
the sickening drug, in any form, even nn-
der the most merciless party lash. In Ea-
20 ton, one of the most inticKibls republican.
districts in the county, where he resides
and breaches, and nhere he is best Known,
he received seventeen votes less than Cam
eroR, his colleague, who. is not probably
known to a mar in the Township In the
Lounty his democra attic competitor received
a majority over him of 225 votes, while the
average denocl attic majority is, on black
republican authority, less than 100. This
shows the estimation in which this man
Kennedy, is held, here where he is known.
No man, of any party, hire. expects him
TO make prayer or preach even a funeral
sermon without deifying the niger. He
has preached the riigger and him crncifrd,
SO long that nothing else is looked for
This is his entire stock in trade. 1t was
this that secured him his position as the
leader of the negro equa ity party. No
one was found to below half as loudly over
the woes of that unfortunate individual, the
everlasting pigger. Of course he voted
for the man who wants the wOld "whlte"
struck from the Constitutions. Of course
hel take the $500 extra compensation
aud any other little extras Which Simon so
literally dispens,s ito the Winncbagoes".
OF course he can beat "Danks" in any
thing, except, perhaps, in Gecency.