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IMPORTANT MOVEMENT


rRoN TiSF easo srfrE sa1asar bF krgrsrlI.
NJ fieat 4nssfat mn PISSED Resignation 81 he
a1ie IL sahsss n NJ S<haie aaa fesiss af Re
prssafallpts--lpPsa 10 he PtePts
4 Ii viii sarge produce an emotion Of surprise
a The ran lof our distant readers "a hear Il an
npnncea kas,he HsHssness of The Legislature now
ID sssssoa has seen arrested and that 40 hilf for.
tAe appatERasneu,c nc NE State tor the election Of
members III Congress has been d can he enat,sd.
The lecufte pursued by The political nsaiaEiAy II
he iwoN1 buses has pariaken too glaFineS #
pfemeditdted frant aud rapaetly nos % haxeApls-
pared iha hnhc mind for such an event. The
crisis hasbkcurred aud The agony Is Overl Soon
AFTER theAnaellminary business az the Two Houses
had ben despatched this morning. Tie rtsigna-
tisas IL sHThix sstntsfs IL kslt sSaashssI with
one 81 ywIfexesplons) rsrs itaaeyea q tts Spsak
as, amS Il HaNss sssrt scassqssntig l.fl Kflheuf
= qusres1
The fksssons faf this Important step win 10
dhe siGelIs laid before he public il detail. 40
will 81 dssSonsifatedip the most conclusife man
lnef, thaif5 The minority had not resolved upon
| his meas5fe, they would have deserved the Sc
lvkFrss cSademaaaion &c their constituents, AZ
f3i,hless AID reersanl to hetrnst rtposed il their
hands
F + Every effort has been made on Ne part of the
miuorFy 10 coaciIiate The gand viii Of their op-
] poneaIs, and axSidr1 collision. They have
heen anxipusl TO carry out the re-
lqniFesaeHts ofthEc sAssuslon and laws 70 goaN
l4aslhs They haze shown themselves wislsng e
mass e9efito The extreme verge Of the ground OF
Aeonsessioh and compromise. Il they could be
i there Rs ID corresponding spirit As equals and
peers. with rights Of their own and The tights 81
lstheis Va preserve. But such was no. the will Of
sihe NJ liii{ity, Exciting ia The present posses
sioh Sd pbwer, obtained BY aceident, and which
.they eST9ctlo lose, they had formed the daring
lplot al ptFpetuaiag their lnAuence in The nation
Til coupels BY the preparation Of deliberate
land eai3us fraud. which struck al the fanda-
mental principles Of all free government, apa
lsouehtte over,lrn aud reverse DIN Those maxirns
4 of wisaaEn, truth, end justice, upon which rests
The whole supetstruciure Of our republican iu-
ltutons
70 hive sat tautely BY and witnessed nay
been heressaries to this sacrifice Of popular
fishtslh right Of The People to choose their otrm
: lrulEfsy-<4H RiaBr or THE MAJORITY re GOVERN
would have been craven hearted surrender
sof.the highest and dearest privileges of freeman,
, and wualld have consigned 10 meEted nfamy
andEneFkr- ceasing reprcach those unfailhfu ser.
wants Mho~eould have thus qpailed 10 The dis
cfaFge 9f a great duty.
This matter nawl goes 10 the PEOPLE The
: Wing members OF the Lesislature, in Iesignins
their seats to preserve nnimpaiFed great Re.
puhirc34 principle, take aheir appeal from the il.
! responsible councils OF Caucus q the sovereign
!. Peuplti with whom il NOW remains 10 proiee
, themselves against usutpatlon and outrage. Fol-
] slhelissef we haye not lhsughtoE fear. From
. the Lake to the River, from the East to the Yves
! bordeTsIof this proud State. a voice Of lhunde
will 90 up in cqndemnalion OF the dAmnng deed
81 meabs Of which il was designeR 70 degrade
! and eesaave her citizens, and in commentator
Ell ofthe noble disinteressetneSs and patriotism b.
/ which 30 foul a.conspiracy has been defeated.