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Jokn AZ Bolts from their Journal. i rill be re-
risemberra hat. not ipag siaee, resolution vas
ihsrodueed. inssueiing our Senators, and rtfwst
~ our Reprrseniasises, 10 Congress, % ve.e for
reiuhSibe lie amount Or fine imposed uroa
Cen. jackson ii 1916. By J1dge Hall, ksr sns-
PENSION Or ihe viii of kabsas corpus a. New Or
lrsas. The wings d he Hoase, not caring 90
make fldilless opposition 10 a parry measure
and thsreby waste lhe lime Of he session, per-
mi;ie1 lie resolution 10 pass wiihcus ! IenaIkl
non them. They expected. however. some IN;
fsrmalion 70 IS given b he friends of he nea-
sure--some sislemens of faris-io justify he
movement bur in this they were disappointed.
he giori6trs being content 70 gulp down on lEuss
any proposition which. 10 this time Of need. nigh,
give them li.lIs capital. Tiny wanied no in
sormaiion--o no, n6l they. Sufieiens was l.
that The 'sold hefo's'' name vas used-that was
yasl enshgh for ihen.
Mf. BoIIs very innocersly touched them il .
lenasf place 81 asking .hesn for The 'sfaeIs upon
which their resolution was grounded, pfesuning
heir esidente 10 have been sample y Nov
here Was tfe height cf bis offending. sThey fen
shst thry lad worked 10 Inc dark, and whsa M
3. made IN uaIueky aIlusion 70 that cifenn-
ssance, the immacaIples felt their cgniy so1ely
wopndes.. and they determined in .hrr wrath
thai bis letter should nol remain upon their iogr-
nal. The Enquirer gave The cue. and Chief Jas
lice Hopkins (of The Commistre 81 Courts Of
Jastiee1 laid BY eli LAYS, except the law Of rsfr
iasisa, and early in Che morning be iet dive hiss
iayelin al the. coniu tnacious Congressman, and
The whole phalanx rallied
Each 10 his post; -all knes their charge"
Aud. ii spite OIL ! dozen examples On The
journals before Them, they Continued % assever-
ale thai Ire lener was no, only unprecedented, =
buI, ..eace plionsble and disresPectfu.n There
vas no resisting suehlogic as this. The wound.
"a pireors were known BY their naIleting /" The
.dignity" ofihe Hoase ras offended, and Mr..
Balls should safer for il, inpuden; nan as he
vas thus 70 ifife with 50 august a body Of sage
statesmen and renowned law-givefs.
The editor 81 the Lynchbufg vngihian who
isamember or the House, defails the ehiefpeiiiis
ia he proceedings or that day, and We quote The
sph which relates 10 .he|subjeet:-
nSome weeks ago, The Legislature Instructed
our Senators and requested eur Representatives
ia CONGRESS 10 use their utmosl exefupns 10 pro-
cure The passage ola law refuadng tp Gcneia al
jackson ihe ine imposed upon him BY The q.
District Court al New Orleans in 1914. To
..this reduess,n ahlch The HouSe had noTigh
strictly speaking. TO make. the menlbeIs oi The
House Of Representatives being responsible ~
the people OF their several Districts, and not V
shsEe2islatute. air. Bous rePilfd, DECLINING FIN
language perfectly TesPecIfui, but 70 ioHA 81
cutting though latent irony, 10 comply WIN that
request, and lnqoiIlpg The reasons which fsduced
The adoption of such resolution, neAgy thirty
Ayeats ailer the imposition ofthe hneg and par
iiculaIly Why such an application should be
pressed upon the first Wing Congress that has as
sembled for almost quarter Of acentuEy, wlile
Gen. Jackspn's own friends, though IN power
during that long period, had quietly slept uIon
those grieyous wrongs, which they ATE now 50
eager 10 repair! The reply Of MIR. Bolts was
lreceived Yesterday, and after il was read, with
out word being said, "a melton tolay il on the
table waa adopted hnd ]; was entered by the
Click uponE the journal. his morning, MT.
HOPKINS offered a resolution declaring that Mr.
lBosls,s e,ier Wasl.unprecedenied, = flihoBgh the
Journals Of the House show thai il is not so,
containing similar letters addressed toihe Lesis-
laiure In 1882, by Messrs. Andrew Stevenson,
John M Patton, and olhers,-and not only in
.precedenled, bal 1.ekceptinnable and disTespeci.
ful, y aud therefore that through; mott be spread
iupon the journals OF this House, = lin other
words, that, being already on The journals, il
ought 10 be trpanged; and The journals, which
ought 10 Sc 4 Iceofduf The whole proceedings Of
the House, must be mutilated aud falsitied for
party purpose J "aHd The public printer is here
by directed not 10 pftai the same 10 lhe journals
Of this HOUSE.
t.Mr. Gallaher readsa portion Of MI. Steven
sohis letter. on the journal OF 1882, IN which
that gentleman, not content with refusing iol
comply with the request Of the then Legislature,
aroran,Iy told that body, 10 The form of a sEeer-
ing 'da.bi., that they did not reflect truly The
public opiaion ;'and 10 substance sugeestea-that
II they would attends htir business, he would
manage kis Mr. SIevenson's letter, indeed. was
Tar more .exceptionable and disrespeefu. than
that Of Mr. Bots ard yet although an effort
was then made 10 inhicl stigma upon kiHl, Of
to vindicale The defended dignlIy,' Of The House
OF Delegates, 5y refusing 10 permit b ; letter 70
be spread upon its Journals, il was negarIved by
ahe decisive vote OF 9lto ID! The glorious pro-
ecss offalsifying the public records BY srPangtng
q porlion Of them--the notable invention Of
drawing black linesf around an offensive truth,
had NOT then been discovered, and the madness
Of party had not then, in the arroganceof power,
arfsyed itself against, and trampedl upan, an
imperative mAadaIe Of The constitution, The
resolution gas adopted, however, BY astIiel paI-
" vote; and the .dignity' of the House was pia.
diesfed by al act 50 very itIs, in all ils aspects
as 10 raise donbt whether digai,y SO easily
wounded and 50 easily healed. was worth The
trouble Of the vindication at ail.-The ruth -,
imagine, that those who passed the resolution
we're sinne BY The intimalion Of Mr.. H0its's let
tel, that ihey had voted in favor ofiefunding Gen
JacksonS fne without knowing, or caring, whe-
Their itreS,ed on good reasons, otupon no reasons
ii ali. Mr.. Daniel. 10 The course Of bis speech.
well remarked, Gen. Jaekson's popularity Is nov
% a auction, and the several divisions Of the
Locosoco party are trying 10 ou,bid each ether
Iof Il. Al Mr. Tyler made his bid in his last
Message, he South Carolina Legislature put in
j BID % behalf Of Mr. csihoun-snd The New
York Legislature for Air. Van Buren-rand 50 IL
slhee States Ifihis be not 50. how IS it that
iubiect which has been permitted TO sleep for
nearly thirty years, should be so suddenly resns-
.iialed. and 50 vehemenly pressed.by men. who,
Nhen ihey had The power in their own hands
Afouehont nearly that eatre peTiol, failed 20
lei upon IT, Ia any point Of view, however, q
fay spento on Me-. Bo,ts's teller. al cost $1,000
hese hard times. might, in my option, have
been more patrioticaly as well as mote wisely
smplOyed.r
Rzl. would seem that the Loco Presses %
Ohio ere q loesesheads in regard 70 certain ar
lions relative 70 The Banking laws Of that State
The uay the .scolambus Statesman and ecin-