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McENALLY dc MoOUBDY,
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WALLACE A FIELDING,
ATTORN SYS - AT LAW,
Claarfleld, P.
- i of all kladi atteaded la
dk.J.tam aad idallw. OBoe la reeldeaee
ml William A. Wellaee.
jaaliTI
G. R. BARRETT,
AfTOE-tST AND CoORSELCR AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Raring reeigeed kla 'adgeoktB, bat rod
aka araaliaa af lha Uw la kit aid oBoa at Claar.
uU.t. W ill atlaad taa aaarti of Jof ortoa aad
klk oaaatloa wkaa aattall; ittaiaad la aaaaoatloa
vltk raiidoat aoaaaaU 1:14:71
T. H. MURRAY,
AriORKIT AXD COURBILOR AT LAW.
Fraaiyt altaatlaa flfoa to all lagal bailaaH
mmtrtUmi ta kia aara ia Claarlald aad adjolalag
omattaa. OBoa aa llarkot at., oppo.iu Naag lo't
iovoa-7 Kara, Claarlald, Pa. 14 71
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clrtali, Pa.
WOla la tka Cawt Baaaa. daal-lt
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNET-AT-LAV,
HUM riaarBald. Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Mai aa lataad 81, Claarlald, Pa. aotll.M
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN K Y AT LAW,
Claarflald, Pa.
avofloa ta tka Coart loua. Jjll
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
- CteartaM, fa.
Obm aa Markat St.. arar Jaaaak Bkavara
Araaarj Mora. Jaa.l.llU.
aaai. I. a'coitooaa. w. a. a'cvLtacaa.
T. J. MoCULLODQH dt BROTHEB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Claar teld. Pa.
0aa aa Loenit atraot, aoarlr oppailta tka raa-
Moaaa ar Dr. rl r. niitoa. at aaaa ia aar oi
Aoa oh of Riaaaek A Bro'i nrcoit Ira aad bar-
(lar proof nlaa, for tko protaaUoa of baoka, doada,
aad otkor ralaabia papan piaeaa ia aaroaarfo.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORN IY AT LAW.
Aad Baal Batata Accat, Claarflald, Pa.
oo oo TklrditrooToot.CkorriA Woloal.
aTRotpaatfallj atari kla torylooo la ollla(
aad koTiat laadt la Claarlald aad adjolalag
aoaatlaa aad wltk aa aipariaaaa af aror IwaalT
paan aa a oarroyor, lattara kiaiolf tkat ka aaa
roooor BMiiraauoa. L
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
BEAL ESTATE BROKER,
aaa aaiLaa aa
Saw Iaogn and liumber,
CLBARFIILD, PA.
MUa la Maaaala Baildiaa, Room Xo. 1. U:tl
J. J. LINGLE,
AITOEKUT-AT-LAff,
VU Oaceala, Claarlald Ca Pa. j-.fi
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT -LAW,
WaUacctaa, Claarflald Caaatr, Peaa'a.
tkVAU lagal kaiiaaM praaiptla atMadad la.
D. L. KREB8,
Saaaottor to H. B. Bwecpe,
Law and Collection Orncc,
Pdtl.ltl CLIARPIKLD, PA.
Joke H. Orrle. . C. T. Aleiaadar.
0RVI8 I ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ballefoate, Pa. aopll,'e-y
J. 8. BARNHART,
ATlC'I'Ky.AT-LAW,
Bellerote, 'do
WW praatioa la Clearlold aa J aU a.' taa Coarta af
tko ttk Jodl.iaJ dltlrlit. Rwl o.-atd
aad eellMUea af elaimt made apoolaltloV-
Mil
CYRU8 GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Market ttraat, (aortk tide) Clearlold, Pa.
JaT All lagt
;Iao. it, '71.
'All legal kaaiaeM promptly attaadod ta
DR. T. J. BOYER,
Maa3'C!AN AND SURGEON,
OBeefB Markat Street, Clearlold, Pa.
-Ofloo boju; I ta 11 a. m, and 1 to I p. m.
JJR. B. M. SCHEURER,
BOMOtOPATHIO PBTSICU1I,
OBta la Matoala Balldlag.
April 14, 1171 Ptarlold, Pa.
DR. W. A. MEANg,
"UYBICIAN A SURGKOtf,
LDTBIRBBVRa, PA.
altoad prafaakVoaal ca!U prmptly. aagll'71
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
fEysiCIAN 4 SURGEON,
atVfNIJ koaaUd at PaaaAeU, Pa., affan hit
prefootieaal tarriaat U tka pteopio af thai
eotl nrroudiaf aaaatry. AUaaila promptly
ic, oaa. io-h.
?V J . p. BURCHFIELD,
aata Bargwa at tka ltd Reglmeat. Poao.yleanla
Jw.auaia, heriag rataraad from tka Army,
kit aroteatieaal lerrUol ta tkttlUieal
"OUart.li ooo.to.
Profaattc.iMii, prompUr aUoaled to.
. . Saeead Itreit, formtrlreaoupled by
eedt. ' favil-f
JOHN D. THOMP8QN1
'artita at tka Feeee aad lerireaw,
CarwaatrUla, Pa.
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JOHN A. GREGORY,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT,
OHM la the Court Hoate, Clearleid, Pa.
Will alwayi be found it home aa tbe LAST
FRIDAY aad SATURDAY of aach month. M
I. lOLLOwaoia
a. aiTia oiaar.
HOLLOWBDSH dc OAREI, i
BOOKSELLERS, i
Blank Book Manufacturers,
AMD STATIONIRB, j
918 Jflmrktt FhUmmUlphim.
tavPapar Float Sack, aad Baca. Foolooav.
Lattor, Nota, Wrapplag, Cartaia aad Wall
Poo.ro. fob!4.t-lypd
GEORGE C. KIRK, .
Jaatlea at lha Poaoa, Borrayor aad Coarajaaaar,
Latharaburg, Pa
All bailaon latrattod to klai will ba pronptlj
attaadod to, Poraooa wiihlnc lo omploy a Bur
raf or will da wall ta lira kia a aall, at ba lattan
ktaitolf that ka eaa roadar talitfaatiaa. Poodt of
aaavajaaaa, artloloa of aarocmoat, aad all local
paport, proaiptlj aad aaatlj oiaeatod. atlimar71
DAVID REAM 8,
SCRIVENER k SURVEYOR,
Latherabarg, Pa.
TBI tabteribor offon kit torrloatta tko publlo
la tka capacity of Boriroaar aad Sorr.jor.
All aalli fur .orrojiof proaiptljr attaadod ta, aad
tha raoklDg of drafu, doodl aad othor logo! lo. Ira
moo U af writing, aitoatad without dolor, and
warraatad ta ba avrroot or so ebarg o. 19ja7S
J. A. BLATTENBEEQEB,
Claim and Collection Ofllce,
OSCIOU, Claarlold Ca, Pa.
ofCoaTOTaaelai aad all logal paport draws
with aeouraej aad diapatok. Draft, aa and pat
logo UokoU ta aad froai aar point la Kuropo
proaarod. oot 7-4w.
E. A. 4 W. D..IRVIN,
aaiLaat ia
Real Estate, Square Timber, Logs
AMD LUatBIR.
OBoa la aow Conor ttara balldlag.
aarll'71 Carwoatrilla, ra.
aaa. iLiaar
..aaaar oliibt.
w. ALtaar
W. ALBERT &
BROS.,
Maaafaotaran A aitaailra Doalort ia
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, 4o.,
woodland, riant
oVOrdort tallelud. BIlli lllod oa tborl aotlaa
aad roatoaabla tama.
Addratt Woodland P. 0., Cloarlild Co., Pa.
Joli-lj W ALBKRT A BROS
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Prcachrlllc, Claarflald Ceaatr, Pa.
Koopt ooaitontlr aa kand a full aatortmoat of
aaaallr kopt ia a rotail ttoro, wkiok will bo laid,
Lrr uoodt. llarawara. urooonoo, on oTorrinmo
for eaok, aa oaaap at oiaownoro ia ua aaaai.
rraaokrilla, Jaaa 17, laai-ijr.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
aaiLaa u
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
GBAHAMTOM, Pa.
Alio, ottoailra aianafactaroT and doalor ta Baaart
Tlaibor aad Bawad Loroborol all kiaai.
BT-Ordin aolloltod and all billl prompt)
lllod. l'JJ'a7J
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER RREWER,
Clearfield, Pa.
TT AVISO- roolod Mr. Bntrot' Browory ko
Xl kopoa bj itriot attantioa ta baiiaooi aad
tbo maaufaolura af a taporlor article of B1KR
to roooiro tka patroaaga af all tba old and moor
aaw aaitoaure. unnug i
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearlold, Pa.
SVCR01I0S MADE A 8PKCIALTT.-;
XTI0ATIVK8 made la eloadr aa well aa la
aiear weather. Cooateatly an hand a good
eaeortment of FRAMER, STKHKOSCOPES and
BTKRKOBCOPIO VIIWB. Framet, rom any
atyloof meuldiag, made la ardor. aprjt u
JEW. 8CHULER,
BABBEB AND HAIR DEESSEE,
Soeead ttraat, Beit door to Flrtt Nelleaal Bank,
aaelfl ' ' Clearlold, Pa. "
JAMES CLEARY,
BABBEB & HAIR DRESSES,
1IC0MD BTRIIT,
Jyll CLEARFIELD, PA. tl
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Claarflald, Peaa'a.
ttvWill aierate Jobo la kit Haa promptly aad
la a workmanlike meaeer. a,r,e7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
HIAR CLIARFIELD, PKNN'A.
eyPempi alwayt aa kaad and made to order
aa abort aotioa.
rtpea aoroa oa reaooBaDie torma.
ited la render aatiafaotloa, and
All work warren
deliroredtf doilred.
yli:lypd
. E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
aaiLaai ia
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad maaaraetureri or
ALL KINDS OP SAWED LUMBER,
lo'ni CLIARFIELD, PBNN'A.
F. N AUGLE,
WATCH ii'ER & JEWELER,
and .atalir la
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, sc.,
Jall'Jl CLiTABFlKLP, PA-.
M
cOAUGHBYeV COV
RESTAURANT,
Soaoad Street,
CLEARFIILD, PENR'A.
n.iwo ao hand. Praak Oratara. Ice Cream,
Caadkea, NaU, Cracbera, Cakoa, Cigora, Tobaoao,
Canned Fraiu, Oraagea, Lomoaa, aad all kiadt
Of frait In leoaoa.
ar-UILLlAKD Ituua aa oecono eoor,
jSl'H D. MoOAUOUIY A CO.
)H M TBOUTMAB.
Doalar la all klndi af
FURNITURE,
Market Street,
Ona door aaat Pott 01 00,
aagll'Tl
OLBARPIELD, PA.
B AEM AW,
PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT,
IXTUiiRSIILRO. PA.
Aaaat for tba Aaerleea Doable Tarblaa Wier
WkiTaad Aadwi A KalCpok Whed. Caa fcf-
iak Portable Crlet Mill aa ehart aotraa, jyia n
-rrnnsR AND LOT VOR SALE!
M The Uoom aod Lot oa th. onraor of Mar
keiud Flftk ttroola. Cloarld, Pa., It for Bale.
Tka lot eoaletai aearty aa aara af rail. Tba
keaaa la a large doable frame, euntelala Bine
rVoma. Tot WrVl aad ether lafaraaatlaa aaply
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Ta.
WEDNESDAY MORNINO, MAT 14, 1171.
From tba New York JrWrf.) -AN
OLD ODC IN A NEW ORCM.
Wa are aaablod to giro aar raadoro tbo oolo
aorroot eopj oiUat of Beraoo't eolrbratod odo ia
praiaooi iae Juu a," h long ot tba roooat
roooptioa giroa ta Oakao Araoi at Nortk tattoo,
Haoa. Wo trait that tko Kaitara folk. ill
or treat Mr. Amu a. aa Atkaniaa eaoe did Aril-
iiaoa, ana toio ror bio oanlibmont boeaan Ihor
an tlrod of bearing Urn col led "The Joit." If
Uorooo ooald bare riHB from bia tomb oa KkiuI
liaa 11 ill and moo kil Juit Moo " ponoaatoo! by
Amol, oad heord bii tnui.loud odo .oog io proiM
of Ibal aortby, be woald bare eiolaimod, oo po
tor Qoiaeo did to bii friend Bottom, wkaa be ap
peared ia tba grore wearing aa oh bead upon bii
ikoaldora, " lll.tt thee, Bottom t bleu thee I tboa
art traailated."
mrraaa rirji IcaLaaugca nan.
Mr Taohn Doodl:
During the reecptloa whenoror Mr. loa'iu.
wo. mcutioaod Iho aodioaoo whiatled, tbrowing
up tbtir bote, aad gore three obeero. Oaee dur
ing the evening the North Kaaton glee elub long
tbefamoul odo of Iloraoe. Intcnr Vitm"llc
Who It Upright. Tba eld Orooka ao. .r
praiao abea the weat to battle, nud pan. of
-"-"--.""a .mil.,,., oionioing oomorroi
riouiry ao u. norm aoalonitoo ehontod thii
"imoia mi" ar aoaica raaaiuraa.
Aa bonoit maa of upright aim
Like mo end brother Oliver,
Kooda ao dafenoo or bnwie knife,
Or alung-abot or rorolrer.
Ho longha to acora the polaoaod ibafta
Tkat III the Modoo'e qairor.
For triple brow dotk ihioid kit front,
Aad fonoo about kit llrer.
BolJIj aa kit Pocila read
He'll ride ta Baa Preaeiakr,
Tkougk rooklau oaglneert get drank
Oa Ciaelaaali wni.kj.
lie pookelt Congroaomoa aa tko
Pocket kla CM. pauet,
Aad drirei them reaad at qul.tt
Ai aar team af ea.ee.
At aara tbroagk Congrtat ballt I rored
A tcottcrio' mj Mobiliar,
I met a hungry Polaad wolf
Lord, wbot a Ureal oqoooler!
It; C. M. guarda raa boldly up
Feat br the Jawa tb.j gut him l
Mil tail turned to a whitcwoah braah
Cleaaed me from top to bottom.
0 wbot a prooloui light woi that
Whoa " Pom " aad brotber Ilarlaa, -With
apturned ejet aad pioui tonga,
Biloneod the varaiint'a aoarlia.
Ho more apoa the willow treat
We'll hoog our harpl af Zioa,
For wa hare alaia ear enomiot
Ai Bamioa alow the lion.
Mr pertain oneo I grl.ra to toll
In apeoeboa, mi tapiamdum.
Once branded aa a book at lot
My little M memoroadam.'
Alol, for ploat Pattereon,
ror Bovlcld aad for Kelt,
For they ware eaught at Jonah wat
Within the lah't eellj.
If, with a lontara In bit hood,
Dioganoe abould viait
Congreat to Ind one ''bonoit maa,1
That oureloua What It It F "
All the pravarieatia' tribe
Weald bida thorn la the loag grait,
Bare mo, the oao Inni iom4
"" Within tba belli of CoBgreea.""""""'
Plooa me where oold Alaaka't Iribtt
Chottor a freirn lingo,
Or down among the eentipodva
That crawl ia Bin Dominge.
My C. M. aharea I'd awcelly ling
A goldeo ipoeulatioa,
Aad If ta hell I go, I'll make
A corner " la dBatioB.
LEGISLATIVE OATH.
BPEicH or
HON. JEREMIAH S. PLACE,
A DtUgf al Xarye to tie Oonronlioo to Amnd
lee Waeiiratiea.
DELIVERED MARCH W, 1171.
The Convention barine resolved it
self into the committee of the whole
on the report of the Committee on
Legislation, Mr. Black rose aud spoke
as follows:
Mr. Chairman : This ia a inbieot
upon which I spoak witb great reluot-
ance. JBut 1 am deeply anxious about
it. I do most devoutly boiiere that
the dottiny of this Commonwealth,
0. e .. T . .
ana pornaps mat or the wbolo coun
try, depends upon the docision to
which this Convention may come. J
bee a briuf hearine.
It will be admitted that the leirisla
tive function if by far the most Im
portant one in any free government.
It is the supreme power of the Slate.
All others are insignificant in com par-
iaon lo it, inasmuch as all tbo otliors
are bound to obey its will. Tbe Ex
ecutive is absolutely controlled by it
in all tbo details of hia administra
tion. It marks out tbe path in which
be shall walk, and it ia able to punisb
him severely for any doparture from
it, Tbo Legislature cannot appoint
too juagee ; out it can oo more, it can
command thorn wbat tbey shall do
after they are appointed. All tbe le
gal justioe we get is manufactured at
tbe soat 01 government and sent down
in bulk to the courts, where it is dis
tributed among tbe people according
lo the wants and merits of eaob indi
vidual. Tbe Legislature regulates the
practice or tbe ooarts, makes and un
makes tbe rules of evidence and fur
nishes tbe standard of decision for
every cause. It dennos all pubbo of
fences and supplies tbo remedy lor
every private wrong. All rights and
all obligations are protected and en
forced In tbe way tnat It prescribes.
ami cannot do either protected or en
forced at ft!' without its aid and assist
ance. Tha member of tbo Legislature
are the custodians Slid trusloes of all
publio property. Tbey can sell It, or
tbey can give it away, or they cn in
crease it by making additional pur
chases. Toe taxing powor enablos
them to descend as deep as they please
into tbo pockets ol tbo peopii 01 eve
ry class, and it Las absoluto control
and appropriate all tbe revenue after
it is collected.
Wbat Is a still highor consideration,
they are tbe guardians of publio mo
rality. It depends upon them wheth
er virtue shall be promoted, or tlce
and orlmo bo encouraged. Tbe the
ory is that tbo Legislature, being tbo
aunrems cower of tbo State, 00m-
mands what is right and prohibits
what is wronrr. and. in a cortain sense,
tbo mere command or prohibition does
of itself make it right or wrong.
Wbat wo are taught in the Bible is
certainly true, that they who Irame
iniquity into a law, compel tbe people
to neooma wuraorw vt iim,i.,j.
Tho time was, Mr. Chairman, when
,he Stale of J'onnBj IvnniRi thpn mere
(Pi
colony, containing porbaps, leu tban
nily tbousand inbabitaou, bud rep
utniion tbroughont tbo earth for In
dopondonoe, justice, peace and good
ordor for everything tbal goes to
maice op too Happiness ot an organ
ized aooietr. Tboro was no portion
of the world from which the eyoa of
tno Dcst and the wisest men were not
turnod in admiration' towards this
community. All this resulted from
the wise and just system of laws
adopted by the illustrious founder of
toe colony. We lost oar ebaraoteras
fast aa we abandoned the principles
opon which the early settlors con
ducted tboir legislation. Aa we can
trace the grandeur, the bonor, the
high reputation of the State, to tbo
juat laws of tbo earlicat time, so wol.flift of this Immonae domain was fol
can read the history Tf her stjaWanif
her miefort unos in the statute books
of a later period. If we can now but
unite the bigh tone of publio morality
wnicn porvauea our legislation In the
better days of the Suite witb the
wealth and science oi tbe present
generation, then you may hope to see
ibis Commonwealth aet higher than
over, the envy and the example of all
tho world. Without infusing into our
new Constitution something that will
have that effect, at least in a degree,
our institutions must, before a very
long time, rot to pieces. -
Wbat we want above all things up
on the earth, it honeit Ugiilatiun ; and
wnon l sajr wo wat.t it, 1 use the word
in tbo double sense of needing it, and
lacking it,
Alter all that has been said npon
this floor, it cannot be denied that the
Legislature of the State of Pennsyl
vania has habitually aod constantly,
for the last twonty-nvo years or more,
betrayed the trust reposed lu its mem
bers ; sna tbis bas gone so far, that
we must have reform if we would not
see our institutions perish before our
eyes. Tho horrible character and ex
tent of tbe evil will be appreciated
when you recall the solemn words of
tbe gentleman from Dauphin, (Mr.
MacVeigh,) tbo Chairman of the Com
mittee on Legislature. His position
in tbis Convention, lo say nothing of
uib viiurauter anu conscience, wouiu
make him extremely cautious not to
to do guilty, even ot tbe slightest cx
aggeralion, upon so grave and import
ant a topic lie told us that corrun
tion of tbo LcirialaLura was a ennpnr
at the heart of the Slalo, which was
eating its very life sway. Another
aeiegate, tno gentleman from J-.ne,
(Mr. Walker,) wilbout intending to be
at all condemnatory, but rather the
reverse, declared that it was no use to
swear the members of tbe Legislature,
because iney wore, to bis certain
knowledge, so utterly degraded that
iney wouia uko the oatb and then
immediately ley perjury on their aoola,
without scruple and without hesita
tion. I bolieve bim, for be cortninly
knows whoreof ho affirms. The evil
fame of this thing has gone lorth
through the length and breadth of the
country inasmuch as tbe gentleman
Irom Indiana, (Mr. Harry White,) the
Chairman of the Committee on Legis
lation, vouchos for this statemonl:
lhat wben one of bis colleagues in
tbo bonato was tiavohng in Connecti
cut, and it became known that he was
a mombor of our Lcgialaturo, that fact
alone raised a presumption against his
honesty so violent that tbore was some
hesitation about letting bim go into
an onocoupied room, lest tbe porta
ble property to be found there might
disappear when he went out. There
was a time a hen membership of our
Slate Legislature waa a passport to
honor and admiration everywhere,
from a Parisian drawing-room to the
cottage of a peasant. Now that same
Legislature is a stench in tbe nostrils
of the wbolo world.
There aro about sevontoen gentle
llemen on this floor who were former
ly members of tbo Legislature. Of
course, tbey passed through the fur-
nace of that temptation without tbe
smell of Ore upon their garments.
While tney have no sympathy with
crimo, tbey must naturally be anxious
to mane tbe best dotonce tbey can,
fur the reputation of that body to
which they once bolonged. But in
stead of a dofonoe all tbey can do is
to hang tboir beads and acknowledge,
witn snamo ana sorrow, tbat tbo ac
cusations are true.
J be cry against this corruption
eomoa up, not only from every part of
Ibis house, out irom every quarter ol
tbe Commonwealth. It is borne to us
on the wings of every wind. In bis
speech of this morning, tbo gentleman
irom Indiana, (Air. Harry While,) ac
knowledged that tho univorsal domand
lor a rctorm ot tbeso abusos bad
brought tbis Convention together, and
without that il never would have boon
called. -Nor is it a mere popular
clamor, it is lounded upon Incootest-
iblo facts which have passed into the
domain of history and will stand there
lorevor.
As long ago as 1830. tho bank of
tho United blulos pushed its charter
through the .Legislature, partly by di
rect bribery and partly by a bane
combination of private iiilerosls, which
were openly and shamelossly avowed
upon tho lace oi the bill itself. Tbo
speculation exploded in the course of
a abort time ; but It scattered destruc
tion evorywboro and brought dcsola
tion to a thousand firesides. It dis
graced tho character of tho State j de
stroyed her credit) reduced her pub
lio securities to forty cents on tbo dol
lar; branded her witb repudiation and
made bor name a biasing by-word
among all the nations. I be perpetra
tors ot that atrocious outrage were
never called lo any account, and thoir
impunity was an invitation to all olb
ers to go and do likewise. For years
nflorwards, the other banks, com
bining themselves together, oorroplod
tho Legislature and robbed tho publio
according to the statutes in such case
made and provided.
In prooess oi timo anothor class of
corporators grew up, composed of
more adventurous men with larger
capiutl and with a more plausiblo
claim to puciio lavor.
I think that everybody who has
looked at tha history of our railroad
system will admit tbat U (ta original
organization it wai intonded Hir 00
And proper purposes. It nromisod
necessary improvements which could
ot have been mado in any other way.
IOno of them, organized to make a
Toad lrora llarrlsburg to 1'ittsburg,
undertook tbe duty undor a chartor,
very part of which is marked with
cautious wisdom. If that company
bad been kopt within the limits origi
nally assigned to it, its career must
have been entirely bonificent. But
its organization gave it an influence
opon tho Legislature which it used
unsparingly. It swallowed np nearly
all the prorerty that tbo State ever
had. It took it substantially as a gift;
tbi five or six millions it paid was no
consideration for the filly or sixty mil
lions it got. But that is not all ; the
ftwtd try surretidor, nporrnhe part
or tho fjommonwealib, of bcr right to
collect her own revenue, amounting to
millions more, and wnicu belonged to
her as much as tbe puree in your pock-
el belongs to you.
Ala. Cutler. My mend alludes to
tbe repeal of the tonnage tax.
Ma. Black. I do ; the learned gen
tleman understands me rightly. I
refer to that fatal, that porfidocs stat
ute which tbe Legislature, tbe lobby
aid tbe Railroad Company conspired
t pn.se, disarming the stale oi her
i st right to collect the duty, which
was her own, of three mills upon each
ton of produce carried. It wns a ter-
ritlo wrong; for it ground tbe face of
labor to pour a great stream ol wealth
into the imperial treasury of a corpo
ration which had no claim of right to
it. ' By such dereliction of duty on
the part of the Legislature, that cor
poration has grown so mighty that its
little finger is thicker than the loins
of tbe Commonwealth which created
it. I do not say that It bostridesyour
narrow Slate like a Colossus, for the
ancient Colossus of Rhodes was but
the image of a pigmy in comparison
to tbis Colosmis of Railroads. Her
stride is across the continent from
ocean to ocean. Her bead is in the
clouds and the arms of hor gigantic
power stretch out on eitbor side Irom
one horizon to the othor.
I bops my very good and most
amiable friend from tho city (Mr. Cur
ler) will Uko no exception to wbat I
am saying. I would fuin speak no
evil, either ot bim or bis clients.
know that he novor tampered with
tbe Legislature and novor advised
anybody elao to do so. On bis brow
such a shame as that woulu be shame
lo sit. Hor am I compluining of the
corporators themselves. I will take
it fur granted, if he asserts it, that
there is not a man belonging to tbe
rcnntyivania itailroad that would not
run away from any proposition to
make monoy for it or by it. lie may
say, if bo pleases, that tbey have tm-
povensnod luoraselves by going about
to do good for the public, or that If
thoy bavo a little more than their
share of wealth, it has been thrust
upon them against their will. But
tbis I do say, that the several Legis
latures which have stripped me and
my fullow-cilizens of our just rights,
to clothe this corporation with impe
rial power wore treacherous to their
duty and basely unfaithful to their
high trusts.
umor corporations have powers
similarly bestowed and nearly as
great. Four of them bavo had th
advantages of the loose legislation at
llarrlsburg, so as to secure monopo
lies a thousand fold more oppressive
than tbat which made the namo oi
Sir Giles Overreach infamous in tho
dratnalio literature of England. What
was the exclusive privilcgo of soiling
sweet wines in tbe roign ot Eliznboih
compared to the power which puts its
own price npon every basketful of
anthracite coal that is consumed in a
country like this
All of tbe companios represented in
this body nay, my friond on the left
(Mr. Gowen) need not protest. 1 do
not say that the Reading Railroad is
represented here. He represents the
same constituent body tbal I do; ho
is as luitbtui as I am i and we aro
both as truo as steel. But I bavo
some idea that my learned friend on
the right (Air. Cuyler) is.or was once,
connected most honorably of con ran
with tho Pennsylvania Itailroad as
counsel.
Ma. Cutler. Mr. Chairman : I beg
to remind my loarned friond tbat I
have bad bia assistance in that capac
ity. Ma. Black. Trae; tboso gentle
men, or some oi them, bsvo been my
clients, and I desire to speak respect
fully of thorn for tbat reason, ii for
no other. Thoy have beon, and they
probably will bo again, wben they
bavo a porfeolly good and just case
and want a thoroughly boncsl lawyor
Laughter and applause.
But, Mr. Chairman, tho unfaithful
note of ths Legislature is tbe eubjocl
with which we aro doaling. iei us
pass to anothor point in the arraign
ment. After the corporators were
through witb her sho had left to her
about nine million dollars the rem
nant of a once magnifloeot fortune
That sum wns deposited in what was
called the sinking tuna, itwatpincoa
there with special caro. It was hedged
around with Constitutional interdicts.
It was declared, with tho utmost so
lemnity. In the fundamental law it
self ibut it should bo applied to no
othor purpose tban the paymont of
tno publio uuut. let. a comuinauun
of private interests waa organizod to
rob the elate or this last resianm. a
ring wss formed ; ths Legislature and
tbe lobby gave it their united sane
tion i tbev dived into the sink
ing fund and came up witb tho nine
millions in their hands. Tbe grab
wss nonrly successful ; it wasdofoatod
only by tbo interposition of the Uov
ernor a veto.
These are only a few of tbe in
stances in which the Legislature has
proved treacherous. I have not mon
tioncd one in a hundred. Nor havo
selected tbo worst cases. Let any
ffontleman. who wants fuller Informa
tion, look at the two papers mado by
Mr. Jordan, tho late beoretary,
Tho whole svstem. according to hi
doioriplion of It. is saturated with
fnrrupiion irom ins crown to tna n.
1 has gone w lf thst tl; Tw pow
REPUBLICAN
er is utterly incapable ot stopping it.
He declares tbat if tho Governor
would tiy to stop it, combinations
would be made against bim and rendor
him as powerless as the driver of a
runaway team alter bis reins are
broken.
But there Is one fact stated by him
which will astound you when it is
mentioned. Ho says tbat theofficoof
Treasurer is tbe most lucrative in tbe
Slate. Its profits must, therefore, ex
ceod tbo enormous sums roceivod by
tho officers ol tbo elate House row in
this city. Tbis, ho says, induces a
regular scramble for the treasurership
on the first week of every session ;
and tbon be adds that tbe votes which
elect the Treasurer are notoriously
bought by tba aoeoeeaful candidate.
Tbe significance of tbat aimplo state
ment of the Seorotory will hardly be
understood without a little reflection.
Remember tbat tbo Treasurer ia paid
by a fixed salary.
AIR. Howard, rive thousand dol
lars per annum.
Ma. Black. No man holding that
office can, by any possibility, make
out or it one cent beyond the So,UUU
allowod bim by law, without being
guilty of oome act aa dishonest as tbe
iluinest stealing tbat ever was done
jy a common thief. Yet, somehow,
the Treasurer of tho State gots oft
from bis office enough to buy up a
majority or the Legislature, and alter
making all the deductions necessary
for bis re-imbursoment of tbst ex
ponso, there is onough left in his own
pocket to enrich bim beyond any oth
er offloor. These things, mind you,
aro not all dona at once. Tho Treas
urer doos not take all of tbis sum at
one grab; nor does he buy np tbe
members by wholesale. Ho has to
make a separate bargain with each
individual. If you could suppose one
of Ibcse Treasurers to be convicted
of every distinct offence that ho has
been guilty oi in a year, and then snp
poso bim to be sentenced according to
law, npon each conviction, what would
becomo of bimf At the most moder
ate calculation rou can make, il would
lako bim at least ulleen hundred years
to serve bis time out In tbe poniten
tiary, laughter, and for a portion of
that period he would be accompanied
by a majority of tho mombors of the
Legislature. More laughter Thcso
are the men tbal are entrusted witb
tbo collodion and expenditure of all
your rovonuo, with tbo control of all
your public affairs, and with the pow
er which givos or withholds security
j
to your lives anu property.
Ilut, Air. Chairman, l do not know
that we ought to blame tho members
of tho Legislature too severely.
Something ought to be allowed for
the temptations with which tbey are
surrounded Tbey walk aonoag anarwa.
and pil-lalls, and man-traps, in tact,
they do net represent us. Wo aro not
governod by tbe men we sond there.
Our masters are the membora of the
lobby. Tbey are organizod into
third House wheso shadow is over-
powering andomnipotont. Thoy pro
pose tho laws that suit thomselves,
and tbe interested parties that send
them there. Iho othor Houses nm
ply register their decrees. That our
rights and liberties should be in such
hands is disgusting in tho extromo,
for tbey are generally tbo most loath
some miscreants on tho luce of the
earth.
My friend from Dauphin (Mr. Mao-
Veigh) spoke of legislation undor the
nguro ol a stroam, which, be said
ought alwsys lo flow witb crystal
wator. It is true tbat tbe Legislature
is the fountain irom wbicb the cur
rent of our sooial and political life
must run, or wa must boar no life
but as it now is, wo keep it merely as
"a cistern for foul toads to knot ai'd
gender in." Uobasdoscribedthotroo
of liberty, as his poelio fancy soes it.
in lbs good time coming, when weary
men shall rest undor its shade, and
singing birds shall inhabit its branches
and muko most agreeable music But
what is tbo condition ol that tree now f
Weary men do, indeod, rest under il,
but tbey rest in their unrest, and tbo
longer they -remain there the more
weary they become. And tho birds
it is not the wood-lark, nor tbe
thrush, nor tno nighlingalo, nor any
of tbe musical tribe that inhabit the
branches of our treo. Tbo foulost
birds that wing the air have made it
their roosting place, and their obscene
droppings cover all the plains about
them ; the kite, with bia bill always
sharpened for some cruol repast ; the
vulture, evor roady to stoop upon hi
prey ; tbo buzzard, digesting his filthy
meal and watching lor the momen
whon bo can gorge himself upon tbo
prostrata oarcssa or Iho Common
woalth. And the raven is hoarse that
sits ihore croaking despair to all who
approncn lor any clean or honest pur
pose. Mr. Chairman, this state of things
cannot go on without bringing us to
utter destruction. 1 1 is getting worse
and worse, and our institutions must
uttorly perish if wo do not stop this
mischief. We msy proservs the forms
of Republican government, but tbe
substance will pass away and witb it
will depart all that is period in poll
tics, slf thst is pure In morals, all that
makes lilo, liborly and property socuro,
all that makes oxistonoe in a free
oounlry worth having.
Shall we stand by and see this pro
digious ruin rushing down upon us
without an effort lo arrest It: Ko,
surely not. liut seeing that we are
sent here for the very purpose of stop
ping it, we will perioral our duty, and
with tho holp of tbo living lod, w
will succeed in our mission. We will
deliver our good old Commonwealth
from tho "body ol this death.
liut how shall that eno) be aocom
plishodf I admit Ibut it is possible to
answer this question in ditlerent ways,
when wo come to tho details of the
remedy. But tho common sense and
common honesty of tbe people as rep
resented hero will make us unanimous
at least on this; that tho remedy
should bo efHoiont, radioal, thorough
and complete. We will not insult our
constituents by offering them mors
palliatives ior tbo hideous malady
with; wbch they aro abided, Thoy
know and, we know tbst this ij not
case for tho qnackory of balf-beartod
measures. Wo must cut the cancer
out. A surgical operation on a vital
part of the body, if it bo not entirely
successful, always hastens the death
ol tbo patient.
I am thoroughly presuaoed tbat
there Is some latai delect in our Amer
ican system of legislation. It bas
failed ignominously wborover it has
been tried. It is not only bare iu
Pennsylvania that wo bavo rotten
representatives and dishonest legisla
tion. Tbe same evil is found in tbe
other States. It exists in its worst
form and operates on its grsndest scale
in the Legislature of tbo Union.
hat is Iho causo r
Tho President of this Conrontion
(Mr. Meredith) struck tbe point when,
speaking of tho misconduct of mem-
burs ol tbo liogisiaturo, bo said that
it was because ihey were not responsi
ble for them. Washington Baid long
ago that Irresponsible power could
ncvor be safely trusted iu buman
bands. By irresponsible power I
mean power which may bo abased
without calling down any punishment
upon the beads of tboso who commit
it. In this respect ail our uonstitu
tions are anomalous. I bey are a
series of commands without any sanc
tion to tnloroe thorn. Ibis is cm
phalically true witb regard to those
who execute too supreme power oi
making your laws. ion IruBt tbe
members oi your Legislature implicit
ly. The Iraniore ol the federal Con
amotion, who were imitated mall tbe
States, seem to have thought ol Leg.
islative corruption as the Spartans did
of parriciue, that it waa an impossible
crime. Tbe supremo court oi the
United States, in Fletcher r. eck
influenced by ibis dolusion because it
i i . . a. .
was emouuinu in vne v'jnsiiiuuun,
declared tbat they did not believe in
the corruption ot a Stale Legislature
though it was incontestiblv provod.
admitted by tbe parties, and found to
be true by a special verdict In tbe
very esse before thorn. Now, if any-
thing it established hv all bumsn ex
perience il is that no rule of action, no
law, oo commandment will ever be
observed by mon who can promote
their interests or grsuiy llieir passions
by breaking it, unless they are deter
red by tho fear of retributive justice.
If you desire men to do right you
must punisb them lor doing wrong
This may seem like a low view of
buman nature, but wo cannot help it
wo are as we are made. Men are not
equal to angels, and even the angels
lull, in all oases svery rule ol conduct
is coupled with a penalty for its vio
lation : that is In all but ours, and it
is true oi ours in all except tho funda
mental and most important part or It.
This is also the principle which runs
through . IbaVdlivine .Jatw Almighty
God, who created tho heart of man,
understood the impulses which would
govern it, and he annexed a sanction
to every one oi nis commandments
There is no brutum fulmen in tho Bible.
Tbo first law tbat ever was made for
tho regulation of human conduct in, in
Ibis respect, tbe model upon which
every other bas been framed: "On
tbo day thou eatcst therool tbou sbalt
surely die." And if Satan bad not
managed to oonrinco our Ursi parents
that the penalty would not be inflict
ed, tho fruit of tho forbidden tree
would never have boon tasted.
Can there bo any reasonable doubt
Ibat corruption reigns in the Legisla
tures of all tbo Stales and m Congress
for the reason that it can be practiced
with period Impunity I Can you or
do you expect anything else from a
body ol men wbom you surround with
temptations of every kiud to lure
them into the crimo a, tho same lime
you tell them thoy shall suffer nolh-
T ti .1 !. 0 - . t
ing u tiiey commit, iv i oucn a sys
tem cannot and will not-come to good.
You might as well hope to rather
grapes from thorns or figs from thistles.
in deciding opon the nature or tbe
punishment which those groat crimi
nals ought to suffer, we must not con
sult our blood but our judgment. Our
new laws must have no tx post facto
operation, and tho penalties, though
certain, must be moderate ovon for
future offences. Mo sentimont of
vengenco must seek its gratification
here. If tho honest citizens of the
State who have been so basely betray
od by tboso miscreants would obey the
impulse of their natural indignation,
and had infinite powor to work their
will npon them, they would set them
upon the remotest battloment of God's
oreation far out upon tho borders of
cbsos and old night and then lash
them naked around Ibe circumference
of the universo through all eternity.
nut numan punishment can be intiict-
ea only lor the purpoa ot uatending
society 1 all beyond that must bo left
in the bands of divine justice! "Ven
geance is mine, saitb the Lord; I will
repay.".
We must look, therefore, to see by
what means wo oan prevent these
crimes, and confine ourselves solely to
delensive measuros. While wo should
avoid that kind of mercy to tbo guilty
whioh is cruelty to tbo Innocent, wo
must not lay a hostile finger on tbe
most atrocious criminal, except in so
lar as that may no necessary to re.
form bim or lo deter others. To do
even that would not be either wiso or
just, unloss we accompany it by some
regulation wnicn win relieve them
from tho temptations to which they
are now exposed. It would not be
fuir to surround members of tho Leg
islature witb snares set for their virtue
and thon punish thorn when they lose
it. Lot no weskon the motives to
evil at the same timo that we strength
en thoso wbicb impel towards right.
So may the preponderance alwaya be
on tne proper aiue oi tua acaie.
I will now enumorato tbe measures
in which wo propose to embody these
vital retorms. i nope tue convention
will beliove as I do, thst if adopted
they may save ns from tho groatest of
all publio calamities, and at tbo aamo
time give no trouble or ovon inoon-
vonieaoo to any honest and upright
i. , , i. .. . r . I . V
men wuutuwr iu ur uu ut ouo jMvgie-
laiure.
I. Confint the power of iht Ltgitla
ture within limit t at narrou at pottibl
oontistently with a proptr regulation of
cue 'fi'- -LJ'i cvmqi le qupa
any great sxlent. A free people isms
havo legislation, and tbo freer they
aro tho more they need it, for there"
can bo no liberty without law. TbtJ
various opinions and diversified rntdr
ests of such a pooplo ai aro ours, mof.
tiply tho laws that are necessary ror
their government. After limiting the
power of tho Legislature as muob as
you can, yon must still leave ilin pot
session of a great deal. Indeed you
can scarcely diminish it in any per-'
coptible degree ; and wbat ia loft in
its bsnds is liable to be as frlgbtlotty
abused, as if none was taken away.
11. Prneribt certain form of pro
ceeding which will inrure deliberation
and publicity. I need not specify
tnese lorms. x oa nod mom in too re.
port. Thoy require bill to bo re-t
ported by a oommittee, and then read
through and through, not oneo or
twice, but three timos in each House;
the final vole to be taken by yeas and
nsys, and rccordod; each bill to hava
but ono object, and tbat expressed ia .
its title ; every law to be preceded by
a preamble, expressing tbe reasons of
the Legislature for assenting to It;
tho final pasiago of tho law to bo con
curred in by a majority of members
elocted to both Ilousos, and after pass
age, tho title of it to be publicly read
immediately before it is signed by tho
Speaker. Tbeso forms will do much
to proved basty and thoughtless
legislation, and make it much more
ditfiult than it is now for members
lo commit frauds upon ono another
by clandestinely procuring tbo pass
ago of bills which a majority do not
oonsnnt to. Hut they will not throw
any serious impodiment in tho wsy of ,
injurious legislation to which a majori'
ty of tbe members csn bo induced to
consent. Tho most iniquitous laws
wo aro eursod with bavo been passed
without resort to tbo tricks whioh
these forms aro intonded lo prevent.
Corrupt combinations are made every
day which carry a majority, with thoic
ayea wido open, through all frauds,
and as Secretary Jordan tells us-strong"
enough to break down the Executive,,
armed though it be witb the veto.
While therefore, these provisions arc
salutary and desirable, tbey are not
sufficient of themselves to save us. I
proceed to show what more seems to
be necessary.
III. Define bribery to as to include all
sorts of corruption. When member
is to be corrupted, bo is not in ono
case out of a bundrod offered money"
in the plain form of a quid pro quo.
Almost never is a contract mado In
words thai the vote shall bo sold for
a certain price paid down as promised.
The money is prose u ted as a gracious
gift or as a tesiimonial of tbo douor'a
affection it is slipped into tho pocket
of the momber without a wort), or as
it is pluced undor bis pillow, where bo
finds it. Most commonly tbo object
is reached by a wider circum bendibus.
The membor is employed as attorney
for tbe parly interested in his vote,
and the bribe cornos iu shape of a fee
(or other services. It is not st all
nnueal for members wbo are consid
ered respectable to let themselves bo
bought in Ibis way. Still oftcner lbs
end is accomplished by giving tbe
member' an inlorest in the subjeot
matter, whose value is to bo affected
by his vote. Tbe stock of a corpora
lion ia distributed "where it will do
most good," or tho member is taken
as a partner, into tome speculation
wbicb be is lo promote by procuring
legislation. In a thousand ingonioua
ways it may bo made bia private in-
terest to disregard his publio duty.
All these wars aro equally corrupt.,
and the people owe it to themselves
lo stop them.
IV. xtinguith the lobby at once and
forever, by making all private solicita
tion of members oy interested parties or
their agents a criminal offence. This
is so obviously proper and right tbat
it can hardly be necessary to vinOr
cato it. Tbo hirelings of corruption
have organized ihemxelvct into"a third
house," tbey huvo usurped the power
wbicb the Constitution gives to tbo
other two; they exorcise the supremo
legislative authority ol tha State ; tho
Senate and House of Representatives
are degradod into their more tools,
and I repeat tbat tbey are tbe most
losthsome wretches tbat aro suffered
to live in tbo world. All men agree
lo this as a matter of fact. Nobody
doubts ths omnipotent powor of tho
"third house," or tbeevil purposes fur
which it is nsed, nor has any one over
suggested the least possible good tbat
can resultlrom its continued existonco.
Tbo totsl abolition of tbia "third
bouse" is demanded not only to secure
the weak from temptation, but as a
measure of prolootion lo the strong
and upright from insult and annoy.
anoe. By adopting it yoa purify tbo
Legislature instantly and res'-ore tho
honor of your government; for there
never haa been any bribery, corrup
tion, or other improper influence
whioh did not come privately and
seoretely in that way. Let no maa
say that we desire to cut off all com.
munication between the Representa
tive and his constituents. All publio
moans of expressing his opinions and
wishes are to be left opon ; tho right
of petition shall be as sacred as over i
the privilege ol being openly beard
before commilteo shall be carefully
socured; tho right of tbe people to
astomble and speak their will, or to
discuss their sffairs through lbs prsae
ahail not bo denied. Tho Represonta.
tive ought to bo controlled in some
moasure at least by an enligbtoned
publio opinion, but il is not necessary
Kir that purpose that bo should open
his ear to lbs insulting whispers of
tbo miscreants wbo now drag him up
and down ths board-walk, and follow
him to his lodgings, and stand behind
bis chair whoa ha votes.
V. Make all fraudulent acts of ths
Legislature void. As the law is now
hold by all tbo courts a legislslivo
grant, whether of money, lands or
privileges, is sacred and inviolable, no
matter bow dourly rou can prove
that it was obtained by fraud, oooep.
lion or bribery, Tbis doctrino was es
tablished seventy years ago by tho
Supr'ome Court of the U. 8. in Fletcher
vs. Peck. The caso itself was a fraud;
it was mat's up at Boston by two mon
wbo livod in Tennessee, both of them
having the same interest in ths same
fraudulent grant, and tho counsel wbo
protendod to argue it was employod
and paid to givo the causo away.
Tbis is not publicly known, but I as
sart it ou tbe authority of Judgo Cat
ron, who knew the parlies well, and
was often told by both ol them that
the case waa a sham, and judgment
collusive. Tbo prinoiple apparently
decidod by it is not found in lbs com
mon law, and ia directly in cor, (lie t
with common sense and plain Justioe.
It violates all the analogloa of our
Jurisprudence. Not only private grants
but judicial decrees and executive
concessions are pronounced mere nut,
lilies, when brought into contact wjth,
any kind of corruption.- Yet tbo grows-
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