Litchfield enquirer., 1863-06-04
THELEGIsLATURE.:

f THELEGIsLATURE. WsDsssDAr. Msy Eth. l SEHATE.--Met at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. State Prison Com. reported adversely to pc.
 tition of Henry Mannns sah for release from
 State Prison.
 The resolution, raising com. of enquiry as to the names If the persons who caused the removal of the portraits ef Tcucey and Sey- mour from the Senate Chamber. -a!tsr l ami mats debate. was. on motiun of Mr. Paillips, indsfn'tely postponed. by . sets ot l2 b 5. Adjourned.
 HousE met at 10 A, M M Report of the Trustees and Directors of he Connecticut School for Imbeciles referred. The consideration of the New Milford Fire Co question. tabled on Saturday was resumed. Mr. Wright's resolution to give the requisite notice was passed, after some debate, and the bill was referred to committee on incorpa- tions.
 Mr Eaton introduced bill to provide for vagrant and neglected children in the city of Hartford. Resolution d. amendment of Rock vile Branch R. R. Co. An act releasing towns from the payment of interest upon bonds and scrip, after ons Rienth's notice in newspaper that the town is ready to pay Bill for an act to require savings banks to give notice to assessors en October 1st. of.the names of depositors and amount deposited. An act de suits concerning land. ae; de cd scation. investing school districts with former powers to hold property, after act has been ratified by voters, prescribing forms of proce due. &c. Act de suits in superior court. where defendant suffers default. the damages to be assessed by jury. Referred VdglGndighom Resoiuiions.---Mr. Eaton call cd up the resolutions tabled few days since denouncing as illegal. arbitrary and unjust, ihe arrest and trial of Clement L. Valla ndig- ham. They were read. MT. Eaton moved that the motion, previously made to print. lay upon the table carried. Said he had the honor some days since to introduce these res- olutions, and permitted them to lay upon the table until now, in hopes that the action of the executive of the United States would have l rendered action unnecessary. But such has not been the case, and he hoped these resolu tions would pass the House unanimously. He proposed to discuss the powers of the general government, the rights of the States, and the rights of the citizens of those States EMr. Eaton then launched into a trite and tedious discussion of the nature of govern ment, States rights, &c.,, endorsing the heresy upsn which secession rests. and denying the supremacy of the United States government. Before MT. Eaton had finished his speech the House adjourned to 10 a. m Thursday. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 28 SENArE-Called to order at g. ss.t Conccurred in the reference of sundry bills and resolutions from the House.
 Res. rejecting the petition of the New Mil ford Fire Association; recommitted to com. on interpretations.
 The Comptroller's Report was accepted and ordered on file.
 Judiciary Committee reported favorably on bill de escheats, giving treasurers of towns tiepower to execute deeds under their official seal. The bill passed.
 Res. incorporating T. J. Vail ct. al., as fire ard arms and a manufacturing company, with Q capital of not less than $500, ,OOO nor morsthan $500,O00. The company is to be To | cated in some place in Hartford county, but as the place of location was not definitely stated in the resolution, the matter was referred back to the committee. @ e.s. GOVERNMENT IHvEsTMENrs. Bill authorizing guardians, trustees and l others, the privilege of investing the proper ty of minors in Government securities. The bill passed, lS to8.
 An Executive Session was ordered for Wed nesday next Adjourned to 10 A. M. Friday.
  HousE-Called to order at 10 o'clock Bill providing for Vagrant children in the City of Hartford; referred.
 Resolution raising 8 special committee to send for persons and papers to inquire into the cause of the removable of the portraits of e1 Governors Toucey and Seymour, "the 1 common property of the people of Conncc:i- cut .' tailed. z
 Bill requiring county commissioners 10 see to repairs of roads where town sslectmen fail to do So, and to bring warrant fer costs; rsfer-- red.
 Resolution granting power 10 the Female Academy at Litch6eld to holl-a meeting for election Of officers; passed.
 THE vALLANprGHAM REsoLurloNs
 Mir, Eaton resumed his remarks concerning the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham. He was now upon his third point of his speech. It is that the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham was in viola tion of the laws of the United States He read 10 show that Congress had already passed an net for the disposition of eases like the one of MT. Yallandigham. and ail other cases ex. cept concerning prisoners of war Mir Val. landigham is prisoner of state and not of war Had there been any suspension of the habeas corpus in the state of Ohio There had not. It was tho duty of the district Judge
 Leavitt) to order the prisoner before him. The Judge said he was not aware of the law of March, 1858; and being so. it is not surpri. sing that Gen. Burnside did not understand the law. There was one man, at least who should have understood it, and that man was Abraham Lincoln. When others failed 10 do their duty, the President should have seen to it chat the law was executed. He has sworn to support all the laws of his country. He wouldn't discuss the law. or defend it; but as i. is law it is the duty of the Executive to see that it is faithfully carried out 1t is said that the district in Ohio was under martial law-that isthe dodge. The plea at best is poor one; but it is false. Martial law was not proclaimed until after the arrest of Mr. Val landi gham and then two counties were placed under it. The writ of habeGs corpus had not been suspended, andthe courts of justice were open and unobstructed. By the terms of the law he should have been tried before Judge Leavitt. Because Mir. Vallandigham dared- yes, that is the word-because he dared to criticise the operations of . military comman der, fRurnside,) to criticise tYrannical gem eral order of his, the commander placed him under arrest, Itmay be said Mir. vallandig- ham was tried under the military law; it is not SO. No part of the code of military law takes cognizance of arrests of this character.
 He asked every man on this floor. to consider in his own heart, if he did not sincerely be- lieve the arrest was in violation of all law I