From the Archives: Newspapers:
The Negro Bill

Erie Observer, April 11, 1863
from the Harrisburg Patriot

The bill to prevent Negroes from coming into the State has passed the House.  Its provisions are few and simple, and meet the views of a large majority of the people of Pennsylvania.  Of course all the abolitionists opposed the bill, and some few dodged; but the dodge will avail them nothing.  In order to avoid going on record, the Senate committee on Federal Relations will probably withhold the bill, but a vote on a motion to discharge the committee from the further consideration of the subject will be equivalent to a direct vote.