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CoLuMBUs, o., March 10, l8f9.
MR. EDIroR.-l send you ,he following copy
Of pau Of she proceedings Of the House Of
Representatives Of to-day, which regard as the
greatest outrage upon the rights Of ihc minority
Of the House, aud upon Law and deceney, thar
has been PerPeImiod by the Locofocos, and
"BaIlance Of Power" parties, since the admis.
sion Of Pugh aul Piolee as members from Ham
illon county.
This outrage grow out Of the placing upon
the desks Of members, few copies Of the r..
port Of the Board Of Public Works, printed BY
order Of thai board, by Charles Scott, the legal.
ly constituted printer Of the STATE, which were
sent to the members for distribution among their
conslituenls,-whereupo nlhelOIowingproceed
ngs took place.
Mr.. Morris, wished to know where these
documents came from, and BY what authority
they were laid upon the desks Of membersi
Mr. Pugh, raised a question OF priyiige. c.
Scott had never been employed he said TO print
for this House; and he moved that the Sergeant
alarms be directed TO remove The documents
which that man had sent here.
Mr.. Whitley, supposed they had been printed
/ by order Of the Senate.
Mr.. Thompson, supposed the printing had
been done by virtue of the contract heretofore
made under the law of the State.
Mr.. Letter, denounced the printing of these
documents as vile fraud, "a trampling upon
the rights of the people; and their distribution
here an inlrusion--an insult.
Mr.. Hardesty, said be could explain the rca.
son why these documents were found upon our
tables this morning, if the gentleman would
| yield the floor a moment; he said it was the uni.
versal custom Of the heads Of the departments
TO hand their Reports to the person authorized
to do the printing for the STATE, and order a Ger.
tain number Of copies for their own Distribution;
this has doubtless been The case with the Board
of Public Works in the present instance; but
fearing that no extra copies would be printed by
order OF the Legislature, they had kindly given
us the numbers intended for their own use,
thinking that we would be anxious to send the
documents to our constituents, and in this way
they would receive more general circulation
among the people of the State, than if sent by
the Board alone.
Mr.. Moulort, much agilaled, addressed the
House, aud picking up, one by one, the obnoxi.
GUS documents from off his desk, threw them
violently back into the lobby, declaring if he
had the authority he would dispose of these
rascOy Wings in a similar manner-'yes,"
continued he, "lr were permitted 10 act, |
would take off their heads, ID would serve
them worse than have done these vile docu.
mentS"
Mr.. Riddle, moved that the gentleman have
leave 10 rush out, and do something ~ 10 relieve
his feelings. ....
Mr.. Morris, moved to amend the motion o.
Mr.. Pugh, as follows,
Resolved, That The Sergeant-at-Arms be and
he is hereby instructed not to receive or distri-
butte any reports or documents of the officers Of
State, except such as are ordered to be printed
by the express order of this Housc-and he is
hereby further ordered TO remove from the tables
of members Of this House, the Reports of the
Board of Public Works this day placed there.
on, which amendment was accepted by Mr..
Pugh, and the resolution adopted by party
vote--all the locofocos, and Townshend and
Morse, voting in the affirmative, and all the
Wings and five Sellers in the negative.
Can any one doubt after The passage of the
above resolution, that this is great Legislature
If they do, can give further evidence, lha
will be suAicien, TO satisfy the most skeptcal or
that subject. But as this article is already
longer than | designed it, | will forbear for the
present, and at some future time resume the
! task, if it should be deemed necessary.
+ tits generally understood, that the "Balancc
; of Power" intends adjourning this august as
sembly on or about the 26lh inst. provided
always, the new apporlionment bill can be passet
by that time! LAMARTlNE.
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