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ly the state Of degrsdaiion which IL had
attained, and that they wsss dsslrous 10
arrsyt the evil. But they bad paused too
lopg. He called on ths members Of the
House Of al parties now 20 unite mind 10
mind. and shoulder 10 shoulder. to raise
the PROSTATE dignity Of the House from
the depths 10 which il had fallen-to that
proud position which il oace held. II
eoald Be doas--if must DO doas--or. %
the gentleman from Kentucky oar. I'm
dervood) hsd observed. they must cease
10 be House Of Representatives. Deco
rum. order Of debate, psrsonsi eivi,ity,
lat least) must attend their proceedings.
or they could not much longer exist a.
House. OF the affair itself he knew no.
thing. and would koow nothing until II
should have been fairly Investigated -
when be would do bis duty, let the con-
sequences fell where they might.
Mr.. Connef coneurrsd, he said, in the
propriety Of The invssiisstion; and uhosv.
Or might be in fault. let hinbsshssd no 70
ibe cooatry. He ssia q relaacHely
change bad taken rlsea sithin 4 few
years in the chsrsetsl and Fselines Of this
Heass. II bad bsss se6vieus.- Tos some
tins pa, to ~ theme inbsrs Of the House.
% well - 10 yisisers nod strangers IN this
city, that soznethioe was REQUESTS 10 Be
dons 10 susisin the order and dignity Of
this body. Those who had been seem
bers oft formerly, veil remembered what
tts character vas in times gone by; aad
at lean half Of the, gentlemen who we're
now nsnben knew bow sad change
bad taken place IN the eoarzs Of fsw
ye@rs. He beIisyed hs might appeal 10
the Speaker. Nh& ks5 within no distant
time. witdesssd ssshss not precisely such
- bad taken place ito-dss, hat or = cha
rActsr appsoschins % 4. Tksss cases
bad been crdshed--the pride oftho House
bad been appealed to-gentlensn had in-
tsrpostd Tor its eredit-and. Is he had
said. the cases had been crushed
Boa nov u bad come 10 this land he
meant ro,Ahg personal 70 any one) that
the most disrespsctful language was
used, not only in under currents, bot 10
the House: indeed, he might. ssfely We n
knre to say hat be had heard a. mueh Of
vulgafiiy and abuse a. he bad ever heard
upon court green or at the tails Of Q mus
ter IN the district he represented. Order.
morality. peaes--sll require that some
steps should be taken; sad nthsre were a
majority Of the friends Of order in this
House. let them now unite With him in
putting down this fell spini, calculated As
itEss-and he spoke !. with shame--io
ruip The character Of this House, add 10
briag the country into disrespect and OBJ
loquy.
The resolution for COMMITTEES, offered
BY Mr. Underwood, was adopted, and
Messrs. Underwood, Of KY, Butler, Of
KY. BiggS. Of Mass, Clifford, Of Me-,
and Cooper. Of Ga. were appointed the
Committee.
We concur fully in all that Messrs.
Underwood. Conner and Briges said
SOMETHING MUST BE DoNE. We will
not say the dignity Of the House must be
vindiea,ed-it has long had no dignity.
The insult to the people. the outrage to
the institutions Of the country, must be
atoned for. The popular voice will de-
mand it. We hope the expulsion Of both
the offenders will be the least that the
committee will recommend. With less
we do not believe the people will be sa-
hs6ed.