ft CM? IS to Ml It JmA, 0 rt jCtt C. Vol XIXV.-Whole IVo. 1878. Rates of Advertising. One square, 13 lines, 1 time 50 " 2 times 75 3 44 1.00 " 1 mo. 1.25 3 44 Q. 50 6 " 4.00 " 1 year 6.00 2 squares, 3 times 2.00 " 3 mos. 3.50 Communications recommending persons for office, must be paid in advance at the rate of 25 cents per square. w. 11. iu>vi.\, ATTORN E Y AT LAW, HAS resumed the practice ofhis profession in this and the adjoining counties. Office at the Banking House of Ijongeneck er, Grubb & Co. Jan. 20, 1848— tf. GEO. W. ELDER, ATT O R NE Y AT LAW, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pa. OFFICE two doors west of the True Demo crat Office. Mr. Elder will attend to any business in the Courts of Centre country. August 25, 1849—tf. c7o Attorney at Law, WILL attend promptly to business entrust ed to his care in this and adjoining counties. Office one door west ot the Post Office. June 18, '49-ly. 11. MONTGOMERY, Boot A Shoe Manufacturer MARKET STREET LKWIBTOWB. CONTINUES to manufacture, to order, every description of BOOTS AND SHOES, on the most reasonable terms.— Having competent workmen in hie employ and using good stock, his customers, as well as all others, may rely upon getting a good article, well made and neatly finished. January 22,1849 —tf. DR. JAVNE'S EXPECTORANT, " " Hair Tonic, " 44 Carminative, for sale by J. B. MITCHELL. Lewistown, march 22, 1850. FANCY SOAPS.—Almond soap,• Marsh Mallow soap, Amandine soap, Transpa rent soap, Military soap, Tooth Balls, Almond Shaving Cream, Rose do. do., Amandine for chapped hands, &c., &c., for 6ale by J. B. MITCHELL. Lewistown, march 22, 1850. V~OTICE.— In the Circuit Court of the United J_\ States, in and for the Eastern District of Penn sylvania, in the Third Circuit of .Ipril Session, 1850, VO. 3. The United States of America j Writ of Scire vi. ( Facias, return- William B. Norris, et al. [ able 11th April J 1850. And now, December2o,lß49, on motion of John W. Ashmead, Esquire, District Attorney U. S for the plaintiff, the Court order and direct, that notice be given by the Marshal, of the issue of , the above writ, by publication thereof, once a week, until the return day thereof, in two daily ; newspapers published in the city of Philadelphia, and in the " Legal Intelligencer," and in one of ! the newspapers published in Mifflin county, in tliis State. [l. .] A true copy, certified from the record. GEORGE PLITT, Clerk C. C. UKITED STATES, I S3 Eastern District of Pennsylvania, J ' [L. .] The President of the United States to the Marsha) of the Eastern District of Penn sylvania, Greeting;: WHEREAS, the L'nited States of America, lately, in the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit:—ln October Session, A. D. 1643, recov ered against William B. Norris, John Norris, sr.d James C. Norris, executors of the last Will and Testament of John Norris, deceased, late of your district, as well a certain debt of Twenty Thousand Two Hundred and Three Dollars and TiftyC'ents; which to the said the United Slates of America, in the said Court, was in like man ner adjudged for their damages which they had fru-tained, as well by occasion of the detention of that debt as for their costs and charges by them, about their suit in that behalf expended : Whereof the said William 8., John and James C, executors as aforesaid, are convict, as ap pears of record. And whereas, we have receiv ed information, that although judgment be ren dered as aforesaid, yet execution thereof still remains to be made: Whereupon tho said the 'Tiled States of America, have besought us to provide for them a proper remedy in this behalf, and we, being willing that those things which in the said Court are rightly done by due execu ♦ion, should be demanded, do command you, that by good and lawful men of your district, you make known to the said William 8., John ar.d James C., executors as aforesaid ; and heirs and devisees of the said John Norris, deceased; and also Trustees under the will of the said John Norris, deceased ; Mary B. Patton ; Eliza, formerly Eliza Norris, intermarried with Wil liam Miller; Harriet, formerly Harriet Norris, intermarried with the Honorable Abraham S. Wilson ; Nancy, formerly Nancy Norris, inter married with Albert G. Chew ; Martha G. Nor ris, Horatio Norris, and Alexander B. Norris, heirs and devisees of the said John Norris, de ceased, and Nancy Norris, widow and devisee of the said John Norris, deceased, with notice to the said William Miller, Abraham 9. Wilson, and Albert G. Chew, intermarried as aforesaid, that they be arid appear before the Judges of the Court, at a session of the same Court, to he (•olden at Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of April next, to show, if anything they have or know, to say, why the said United States of America execution of the judgment aforesaid, ought not to have, if to thrra it shall seem expe dient; arid have you then nnd there the names of those by whom you shall so make known to ,; ' f persons aforenamed and this writ. Witness the Honorable Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, at Philadelphia, this thirteenth day of November, A, I). 1849, and in the seven ty-fourth year of the Independence of the said L'nited States. GEORGE PUTT. Clerk Circuit Court. A true copy. Attest: A.E.ROBERTS, U. S. Marshal E. D. of I'onti. Marshal's Office, / January 9, 3050. $ march 15.4t 2 squares, 6 mos. $5.00 " 1 year 8.00 A column, 3 mos. 6.00 6 " 10.00 " 1 year 15.00 1 column, 3 mos. 10.00 6 " 15.00 " 1 year 25.00 Notices before mar riages, &c. sl2. HATS AND CAPS, K)R MEN AND BOWS, which he will dispose of, WHOLESALE or RETAIL, on as fair terras as can be obtained here or elsewhere. Ilis Ornish friends will also find him pre pared to suit their tastes. His unrivalled BROAD-BRIMS will receive the same care and attention which he has always bestowed upon them. Don't forget the old stand, whe.e you may depend upon not being disappointed. N. J. R. feels grateful for the generous pa tronage he has thus far received, and assures all that he will spare no pains to give the gen eral satisfaction that he has hitherto succeed ed in affording all who have dealt with him. Lewistown, march 29,1859 —tf. A NEW MEDICINE Z BROWN'S ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER, AVERY valuable preparation for persons recovering ftotn fever, or other diseases, a few drops imparling to the stomach a glow and vigor equal to a glassful of brandy, or other stimulants, without any of the debilitating ef fects which are sure to follow the use of liquor of any kind ; and it is therefore especially ap plicable to children and females. To (he aged it will prove a great comfort; to the dyspeptic, and to those who are predisposed to gout nnd rheumatic affections, it gives great relief; and to the inebriate, who wishes to reform, but whose stomach is constantly craving the nox ious liquor, it is invaluable—giving tone to the digestive organs, and strength to resist tempta tion, and is consequently a great agent in the cause of temperance. For sale by J. B. MITCHELL. Lewistown, March 22, 16.00. Indemnity. The Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, OFFICE, No. 1631 Chesr.ut street, near Fifth streut. DIRECTORB. Charles N. Rancher, George W. Richards, Tbornne Hart, Mordecal J). Lewi*, Tobia* Wagner, Adolph.- F.. Boris, Batnuel Grant, David Ft Brown, Jacob R. Smith, Morn* Faitsrson Continue to make insurance, perpetual or limited, o;i every description of property in town and country, at rates as low as are consistent with security The Company have reserved a large Contingent Fond, which with their Capital and Premiums, safely invested, affords ample protection to the assured The assets of the Company, on January Ist, 1848, as published agreeably to an Art of Assembly, were aa fol lows, viz: Mortgages, #890,558 65 Ileal Estate, 108,358 90 Temporary Loans, 12-1,4.'>9 00 Htocks, 61,663 26' (lash, ttc. 45,157 87 #1,520,097 67 Since their incorporation, a period of eighteen t ears, tliey have paid upwards of ont million two kundrrd thou sand dollar? losses by fire, thereby affording evidence of the advantages f Insurance, as well as the ability and Imposition to meet with promptness nil liabilities. CHARLES N. RANCHER, Prendtnl. CHABI.KS G. RANCHER, Srcretary. For terms apply lo R. C. HALE, Lewis town. ap!4—ly. ipamsygiaiß) ivsjrs) ©n©iß©ig 3 , iß , 2 , S2Sff<iaiB 9 CKSHsrsrcFsrg Bank of Discount and Deposite. LONGEJiEfKER, GRIIiB, & CO. f Casli Capital Falsi in $70,000. T ONGENECKER, GRUBB & CO. hare es- TJ tablished at Lew is town, Pennsylvania, an Office of Discount and Deposite, for the trans action of the regular business of banking. Drafts and Notes payable in the commercial cities will be discounted at all times, anddepos ites of current money will be paid, on demand, in par funds. Every facility will be afforded to business men in their negotiations with the Eastern and Western cities. Notes offered for discount must lie over one day. The aggregate Capital of the establishment exceeds half a million of dollars. DAVID LONGENKCKER, JOHN MILLER, M. D. A. BATES GRCBB, CHRISTIAN BACHMAN, JOHN CHRIST, H. FIIEELAND, BENJAMIN ESIIELMAK w RUSSELL, cashier. W. H. IRWIN, Solicitor and Confidential Agent. Lewistown, August 25, 1849—tf. Spring Fashions Received. W. (i. ZOLI.IKGRR'S HIT MMIMTOM. Market street, Leicistown, adjoining Ken nedy $ Porter's Store. MR. Z. informs the citizens of Mifflin and the adjoining counties, that ho has Kjust received the spring la- a**#** ehions, and is now prepared to furnish all in want o\aP mm> new HATS or CAPS with an arti cle, neat, durable and well finished, comprising every style manufactured for this market. The care and attention he has ever given to the manufacture of the style of Hats preferred by his numerous Ornish customers, will be continued; and he fee's warranted in giving the assurance that they will not be disop poieted. COUNTRY MERCHANTS will find it decidedly to their advantage to give him a call, for his arrangements are now such, as to enable him to furnish any quantity that may be desired on the shortest notice. Grateful for the encouragement he has thus far received, he will continue to deserve it, by continued assiduity to the wants of his friends, and strict attention to his business. Lewistown, march 29, tf & CAP j[^ IT. J. •S.-JDISILL, At his Old Stand in Market street, HAS just received the Becbe & Coetar and latest Philadelphia and New York Spring Fashion of Hats and (Jape, and is now prepared to furnish both old and new customers with an article, which he will warrant good, and nothing shorter. He has now on hand a large and general assortment of FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL , ig 3 . AJortvg. For tht Gazette. SEREVADE IIYMV. j AIR—" Come gaze on us note by the Moon, love.'" Pilgrim, join us singing— Hark! glad voices ringing! What rapture's in us springing, When Heaven is smiling there! Light, like the rainbow o'er us, The heayenly's bright before us— -1 he joy of the heart is glorious, When Heaven is smiling there ! Life's battle-scenes around us, . Earth's chains—they have not bound us Can hate, can sorrow wound us, When Heaven is smiling there? The voice of Song shall charm us, Love and Virtue arm us— No power on earth can harm us, When lleaven is smiling there. Our walk of faith is lowly, Our trust is in the Holy, Then away with melancholy, When Heaven is smiling'thcre ; Though lore may end in madness, And life have hours of sadness. Still glows the heart with gladness, When Heaven is smiling there. ORALOOSA. LEWISTOWN, April 1850. From The Home Journal. THE FLAG OF OCR IYIOV. BY GEORGE P. MORRIS. " A song for our banner?"—the watchword recall Which gave the Republic her station ; " Lnited we stand—divided we fall!" It made and preserved us a nation ! The union of lakes—the union of lands— I he union of States none can sever— The union of hearts—the union of hands— And the Flag of the Union for ever And ever! The Flag of our Un ion for ever ! What God in his Infinite Wisdom designed, And armed with Republican thunder, ot all the earth's despots and factions combined, Have the power to conquer or sunder! •The union of lakes—the union of lands— T ho union of States none can sever 1 he union of hearts—the union of hands- Arid the Flag of our Union for ever And ever! The Flag of our Union for ever ! JH (Stf UilUfOttß, rosi i:\timouim\iiiv discovery. A lie is worse than criminal if it is a ' poor weak invention. When it proves a j ready wit, there is a redeeming feature in it. j A Scotchman defined a lie to be '• the rnees representation of a fact wi' intent to do- 1 reive." The definition will hardly applv j to the following narrative of an 44 extraor dinary discovery— Professor Von Grosselback, of Stock* ■ holm, lias very lately brought to a slate of perlection the art ol producing a torpor in the whole system by the application of cold of different degrees of intensity, pro ceeding from a lesser or a greater, so as to cause the human body to become perfectly ; torpid without premature injury to any j organ or tissue of the frame. In this state ■ they remain one hundred or a thousand I } cars, and again, after a sleep of ages, he awakened to existence as fresh and bloom ing as they were when they lirst sunk into this frigonc slumber. The attention of the learned Professor was first led to the sub ject by finding a toad enclosed in a solid fragment of calcareous rock, ten feet in diameter, which, when taken out, showed unequivocal signs of life; but it is supposed that the concussion caused by blasting die rock occasioned its death in a few hours after, ihe opiiHon ol liaron Gruithizen, who is at present a geologist to the Kin" - of Sweden, was, that it must have in that situation lor at least seven thousand years and his calculations were drawn from the different layers of strata by which it was surrounded. From this hint the Professor proceeded to make experiments, and after a painful and laborious course for the last twenty years of his life, lie at last succeeded in perfecting the great discovery. Not less than sixty thousand reptiles, shell fish. <kc., were experimented on before he tried a human subject. The process is not laid entirely before the public as yet, but 1 had the honor, in company with a friend, of visiting the Professor. 1 shall give a slight description of one of the outer rooms containing some of his preparations. Pre- I vious to entering we were furnished with an India rubber bag, to which was attached ; a mask with glass eyes. This was put on ' "to prevent the temperature ol the room from ! being raised in the slightest degree by our 1 bread ling. It was a circular room, lighted from the top by the sun s rays, lroni which the heat was entirely disengaged bv its pas sage through glass, <fcc., colored by oxide of copper, (a late discovery, and very val uable to the Professor.) The room is shelve# all round, and contains nearly one j thousand specimens of animals. One was ! a Swedish girl, from appearance about 19 ! years of age. She was consigned to the ' Professor by order of the government, lo ! experiment upon, having been guilty of] murdering Ifer child. With the exception ] of a slight paleness, she appears as if; asleep, although she lias been in a state of I complete torpor two years. He intends to 1 resuscitate her in live years, and convince the world of the soundness of his wonder ful discovery. The Professor, to gratify ! us, took a small snake out of his cabinet I into another room, and although he ap- 1 peared perfectly dead, and rigid as marble, by application of a mixture of Cayenne i j pepper and brandy, it showed immediate ! signs of life, and was apparently as active , as ever it was, in a minute, although the Professor assured us it had been in a state ; of torpor for six years. GRTJIBLILFFL ALA I VST EDITORS. It is amusing to hear the contradictory ! complaints which are sometimes made against a newspaper. A prefers a quarter ; sheet—B declares he could never get the " hang of one. C admires the elegance j and neatness of fine type —andold Mr. I) j abhors a paper that requires a microscope, j L wonders you insert so few sentimental j ghost stories—F detests your abominable ; lies and cock-and-bull-stories, fcr would j like to see an exact and minute account of ; Congressional and Legislative proceedings —II curses the journal that contains the , endless hodge-podge doings and undoings of selfish partisans and demagogues. I won't subscribe because your news depart ment is so contracted—Jtakes the " city" I papers, and has read your stale items a ; week ago. K has a mortal antipathy to a paper crowded with riots, horrible acci ; dents, frightful robberies, and other demor j alizing statements—L is mad as a hare be ! cause his miserable paper contained no ae j count of that bloody murder last week. M detests your stereotype advertisements— j and all NT wants of the paper is to see what's for sale. O threatens to discontinue because your editorials lack ginger, and don't lash private vices—P, a leaden head, points you to s paper, and wonders you ne\er moralize like him. Q hates j the rascally abolitionists—R holds in pcr , lect contempt the dastard editor who is too ! cowardly to avow his abhorrence of Sla j very. JS demands long and solid articles— I T wants the close packed essence, and not j the thin diluted mixture. U extols a jour j nal that reaches him 4 a week before it is ! printed ;' and \ tells you he is not quite ! green enough to be gulled by such despi cable humbuggery. Wis astonished that : you never print sermons—and all that X cares for is lun. \ is on fire because you will not deduct more for advance pay—and Z is amazed at the impudence of a pub ! lisher who duns hirn for three years* sub t scription and yet objects to being paid in trade.— Yankee Blade. A RHII LOVE LETTER. j [PICKED CP IN THE STREET I)T OUR " DEVII.."] To Mister : Aint you Ashemed of ! yureselph tew kort orll the gals then denni j ltt, yew ced twant lissey Buth vew merit, ' wal praps yew mcnt Mce then at enne Rate yew kourted nic, yes yew du no it, an i no it an inarm nose it an dad nose it tew, and marm ust tew skold me phor burnin out sow much ile and handles wen yew ust tew set up so late with me, i no yew aint ! forgott the happee minits whot we spent ! Together wen yew ust to klasp me tew | yurc bussum an i tew grippe me arm round yewer Messid bodeh an then to fele yewer llarte bete Agin myne, warnt they Bliss i ful minits, and how kud yew have a Hart ' tew levd oph klere ovvt and leve me so, . wal orl is iph yewl onnyjistkum Back ile forgiv yew now wont yew that is a deer nise young man an not leve me a wictum i tew un wrik wited hive. P s the Widder hez got a how dad hez kilrd the pigg, an unkel torn haz kiled hisn and mary Smith haz got a lettle Bay bee and we arc gowing tew liav a neu barn an a singin skule kum hum and se me sune fyr it yew aint a gowin to hev me ile git sum other felleh so their now. dont yew sea yewer turkil duv A sittin on yonder Trea It is a rnornin for its truw luvr so Dew i morne to be With the yewers till dctli iph yewel hav me VICORIA SKMAXTHA M COXDEN. P s Numbur 2 plese rite Mee with trott nov the 20 ninth 180(Pforty 9. LED ASTRAY.—A good story was re cently told at a Temperance meeting in New 11 ampshire. A stranger came up to a Washingtonian with the inquiry : " Can you tell mc where 1 can get any thing to drink ?" " ( )h, yes," said tlic otlier, " follow mc." 'J'he man followed him through two or three streets, till he began to be discour aged. " How much further shall I go ?" said he. "Only a few steps further," said the Washingtonian, " there is the pump The man turned about and " moved his boots." A ehapcl exists in Red Lion Square, London, in which thrice on every Sunday the service of the Church of England is performed, and .a sermon preached, by signs, for the deaf and dumb. "Ah, John, ray uncle has been to New York, and your'n haint." " Well, what of that ?" said John ; " my uncle has been in jail, and your'n haint." " My dear," said a lady to a little girl, " what is the matter with your mother ?" " She'sgot the rebellious lever, ma'am!" An ancientand somewhat common disorder. • Jack, your wife is not so pensive as she used to be !' 4 No, she has left that oil" and turned expensive.'. Kt 'HRkS OF jA. K. CORN YN, ESQ.. OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY, On the Bill to Elect the Judges, delivered February dtli and Bth, 1850. MR. SPEAKER: I would gladly avoid enter j ing upon the discussion of this question, at the present time, it I could at all reconcile it with my convictions of duty—not merely duty to ; my constituents and the Commonwealth, but j an imperative duty I owe to myself. I take it for granted that the present Consti , tution, 03 far as regards tho Judiciary, is a doomed instrument, and I have not the vanity to suppose tiiat any thing I may 6ay, on this . occasion, will avert its fate. But 1 deem it my duty entertaining the deliberate convic tions 1 do, to state fairly, fully and distinctly, the ground I occupy on this subject. I utterly deny the statement of the gentle • man from Philadelphia (MR. BURDEN) that those who oppose this resolution distrust the people ; and I also deny that any amendment to the ori ginal resolution, at tfiis time, is any evidence iof a want of confidence in the people. Sir, I j have as much confidence in the people as any ; man can have ; every act in the history of the 1 American people from the landing of the Pil j grirns down to the present time has satisfied i the world that man is capable of self-govern ment ; but I will undertake to demonstrate i that the issue attempted to be made by the gen j tlernan from the city is as false, as it is unjust, j 1 solicit the patient attention of the House first to what I have to say in regard to the res- I olution itself; and secondly to my objections | to the principle of an elective judiciary. I may remark here and with great truth too, ; that the Legislature of Pennsylvania has never ! been engaged in the discussion of a question of so sober, so grave and important a nature, and one too in which the people of the Com monwealth are so deeply and so vitally inter ested. And is it not important to consider well what we are about to do 1 We are not \ tinkering and tampering with the extremities, i but we are about to attack life's last citadel— the heart. The Judicial branch of this Government is iby far the most important of all its parts. The Legislature and Executive are important in i themselves, but compared with the Judiciary they dwindle into insignificance. The former . might fall in ruins around us; but if the latter : sutvive the general destruction, the rights and j interests of the people would still be secure. And how, Sir, and under what circumstances , are we approaching this subject 1 And now in order to show how the resolution was passed and what little care and deliberation • were exhibited on the occasiou, 1 must refer to the Session of You will remember, : .Mr. Speaker—for you were here at the time — ' that it was brought into the House from the Senate near the close of the last session and l at a time when the wildest and most ungov ' ernahle excitement pervaded it, and "was J rushed rapidly through, without A moment's i time for reflection or examination. 1 well j remember that I stood on tho floor where the gentleman from Adams now sits, desirous to : have an opportunity of seeing what it was, of j offering some amendment, of bringing its de fects and absurdities before the House, but my I mouth was closed by an imperious call for tho , previous question, all discussion cut off, ali de liberation and all amendment; and thus this most important resolution, without being dis j cussed or examined, passed through the House ! It is now before us, and gentlemen are anx ) iously pressing its passage and opposing any amendment. Let it not be said that gentle men who oppose he passage of this resolution ; are opposed to the people ! on the other hand j it is because I have confidence in the people— j m their integrity and discrimination, and be j cause I feel a deep interest in their welfare I and prosperity that I take the course 1 have indicated. The pecpie are not to be carried away by a humbug ! they are not to be de j ceived by false issues; they are not to be | readily blinded when their own interests are jat stake. I know well the risk 1 run and the • imminent peril 1 encounter in subjecting my- j ! self to misapprehension from the honest, and j designed misinterpretation from the dema | gogue—bat none of these things can move me, | : or drive me from the discharge of my duty. Here, then, is this resolution with all its de- : : fects and its incongruities, passed in hot and i indecent haste at the last session, although | days and weeks were consumed in the dis- J cussion and consideration of contemptible di vorce cases; but when it came to the great question—the question affecting the organic law of the land, the question in which every individual in the Commonwealth is interested ; then there was no time for deliberation, no 1 time for investigation. This resolution then passed tindor these extraordinary circumstan ces, is again before us, and gentlemen tell us we must pass it without amendment because the people desire it. Sir, I ask where is the evidence of tho people's desire on this subject 7 vvhero have they spoken 1 where are the peti tions asking it 1 It lias been said that the con ventions, Whig and Democratic, passed reso lutions recommending it: but 1 take if,passing said resolutions was no part of their duty ; their duty was to nominate a candidate for Canal Commissioner—not to inquire into or recommend a reform in the Judiciary System. There has never been a petition presented to this House ; th people have not come up here i and demanded it ; they have not exercised the 1 only constitutional means they possess of mak- i ing known their wishes to the Legislature ; what then is the pressing necessity tor its has ty passage 7 Arc the rights of the people in this country not amply and broadly secured al- ' ready 7 are noi the Courts of Justice open to all—the rich and the poor alike 7 There is no j allegation that the present Judiciary is either weak or corrupt; no complaints have come up here on that score; then, I submit, if the present Judiciary is what it ought to be ; if it has secured and protected every interest, pub lic and private, as 1 believe it has ; if the State ! is going on prosperously ; why shall this HouSfe i take a leap in the dark, that may lead us, God ! in his infinite wisdom only knows where 7 1 Now, Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that the ' amendment of the gentleman from Northamp- ! ton (MR. PORTER) IS obviously proper; which is, to submit the broad and naked proposition, \ will the people elect the Judges! curtailed of its absurdities and shorn of its inconsistencies. ' New Series—Vol. -I—No. 24. It will be remembered that " no amendment ! or amendments shall be submitted to the peo ! ; pie oftener than once in five years." It then i hi 3 resolution is liable to all the objections j which I will undertake to show it is. and will ■ entail upon the people all the evil results I ap | prehend it will, they must bear it for five long i years, for they have no remedy to improve or reform it. But if you adopt the amendment ; of the gentleman from Northampton to submit ; the simple proposition to the people—will you ; elect your judges? and leave the details to a S subsequent Legislature, the difficulties 1 see j can readily be obviated. Again, the constitu ! tion in Article Tenth say 6: "that it more than j one amendment be submitted they shall be submitted in such manner and form, that the people may vote for or against each amerd ! ment separately and distinctly." Thus it will j be seen that each proposition is to be submitted to the people so that they can vote thereon distinctly, and in this respect tie amendment ' of the gentleman trom Northampton is within | the letter and the meaning of the constitution, j while the original resolution is directly in its • face. There is not only one, but several pro positions embraced in the resolution, and so embraced that you must vote for all or none of them, or in other words, that you can vote on each separately and distinctly. I I know it is contended on the other side that ! the resolution forms but one proposition, but , j this I apprehend is a clear mistake. The first t proposition in the resolution is, will the people | elect the judges; the next preposition is the . i time when you will elect them ; then the term , j for which yoa will elect them ; and how shall i you elect the Supreme judges, either by dis ; tricts or the State at large; will you turn out j all the present judges without regard to theex- I piration of their commissions; shall the judges j so elected be re-eligible ; shall all the power j over the Judiciary be vested in the Legislative I department of the government; and shall the j Executive become the mere headsman to do its bidding. All these propositions, it seems to me. are embraced in the resolution and are so inseparably connected, one with another, that ; you must vote for all or none. I might with 1 great propriety say that the gentlemen who ad vocate the passage of this resolution without i amendment are opposed to this reform ; that ; they fear if the simple proposition be submitted to the people, they would vole for it, whereas i their good sense would lead them to reject the present resolution on account of its objectiona ble features and its impracticable details. And now I will proceed to state with great brevity, j what I conceive to be the prominent objections to the resolution. First, in regard to the pow er of the Legislature over the Judiciary. The . resolution goes on to say, "the president judges i of the several courts of common pleas and such other courts of record as are or shall beestab | lished by law, and all the judges required to be 'earned in the law, ehall hold their offices for the term of ten years if they shall so long be have themselves well. The associate judges of the courts of common pleas shall hold their offices for the term of five years if they shall so long behave themselves well; all of whom shall be commissioned by the Governor, but for any reasonable cause, which ehall not be sufficient ground for impeachment, the Gover nor shall remove any ot them on the address of , two-thirds of each branch of the Legislature." It will be observed here, the word " xhair is used, leaving the Executive no discretion, no ' power, no authority; hut vesting it all in the Legislature. Our government cannot be said ■ to be a pure democracy, but what is more pro 1 perly called a representative democracy, where the people have agreed to part with a certain portion of their power, and to place it in three ! co-ordinate branches of government. They i have parted with if on condition that it should . be so placed, and that neither branch should in- I terfere with, or usurp the power of the other. I Sir, it will be seen, that if the doctrine of this resolution be established, the power of the Ex ecutive, so far as regards the Judiciary is gone ; he is peremptorily directed to carry out and ex ecute the will of the Legislature, to do its bid ding and become a mere axe-man in its hands. 1 hus the Judiciary becomes entirely dependent upon the Legislative branch, perhaps the mo*t unsafe depository of power in this government. \\ hat! Sir, are the people of Pennsylvania prepared to vest all power in the Legislature ? Are they prepared to destroy that nicely-ad justed system ot balances and checks under which this country has prospered, and under which ail their rights have been secured? V\ hat would be thought of a proposition to compel the Executive to sign every bill the Legislature might see fit to pasp, without re gard to its justice or its constitutionality? and supposing such to be the case, what would be come of the rights of the people, in what would consist their security ? how oflen have mea sures been carried through this House, in mo ments of the highest excitement, under the spur and whip of party measures that struck at the Constitution, and which if not arrested by the conservative arm of the Executive might have subverted the tights of the people. And yet the proposition contained in this resolution is nothing less than this, but to all intents and purposes, so far as regards the Judiciary, the Legislature have the whole and sole control. 1 his then, it seems to me, is an insuperable ob jrction to the resolution and would constrain me to vote against it, even were I strongly in favor of the elective principle. The next objection to the resolution, is the re-eiigibility of the judges. If the judges are to be elected, let them be placed m circum stances under which they would have no temp tation to err—no temptation to do what is wrong. I know the gentleman from Adams, (Mr. SMYSKR,) has told us that if a man is hon est and upright he will discharge hia duty re gardless of consequences. This is a fine theo ry, a beautiful morality, but unfortunately it is seldom illustrated. 1 have as high an opinion of mankind ae the gentleman trom Adams; but when I see all the penal enactments that cover our statute books—all the bolts and bars, nil the jails and penitentiaries that cover this land, I begin to think that man is weak—that he needs safeguards—and 1 begin to see the great propriety of that inimitable prayer " lead us not into temptation." See to what tempta tions you subject a judge. Suppose him to be a fair and honest gian, in the ordinary sense of the term, and anxious to do what is right. He is presiding as a judge with two fore him; one ot the parties perhaps a man
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