Pennsylvania, colonial and federal; a history, 1608-1903Editor: Howard MJenkins . tie—a division on party lines, and the matter wasthereupon indefinitely postponed; and the Governors reputationw as in no wise smirched through the action of those who soughtto cause his downfall. After the happening of the events just narrated an election washeld in which Doctor Leib was a candidate for the Assembly andDuane for the Senate. Duane stvled his opponents The Fourth 183 Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal Coalition,—Federalists—Uiuuls—and (juadroons. Leib waselected, but Duane went down in the storm. T
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal; a history, 1608-1903Editor: Howard MJenkins . tie—a division on party lines, and the matter wasthereupon indefinitely postponed; and the Governors reputationw as in no wise smirched through the action of those who soughtto cause his downfall. After the happening of the events just narrated an election washeld in which Doctor Leib was a candidate for the Assembly andDuane for the Senate. Duane stvled his opponents The Fourth 183 Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal Coalition,—Federalists—Uiuuls—and (juadroons. Leib waselected, but Duane went down in the storm. The Aurora lament-ed over this first Federal triunip!. since Jeffersons election, but itwas soon followed by another at a special election to fill a vacancyin the Assembly. McKeans third term after the failure to impeachhim was without important incident. In his message in , he alluded to the defects in the judicial system and the neces-sary methods of amending them, the increase of the number ofSupreme court judges, the mode of drawing jurors and the ini-. Pennypacker Mills Washingtons headi|uarters during portions ofthe fall of 1777. Engraved for this work froma negative by W. H. Richardson provement of the criminal laws. The Goxernor also reminded thelegislative guardians that libeling had become the crying sin ofthe nation and the times. It is not, said he, the licentiousnessof a single press, nor the machinations of a particular party, towhich, in the faithful execution of m)- office, the legislati\-e atten-tion is thus directed; the crime is to me the same, whoever maybe the criminal and wherever may be the section. But it is thegeneral prostitution of the liberty of the press; the overwhelmingtorrent of political dissension; the indiscriminate demolition ofpublic characters, and the barbarous inroads upon the peace andhappiness of private individuals, which constitute in my mind asubject of the highest concern to yourselves and to your posterity. 184
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