Curious Piece Of History.
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The Washington correspondent of
the Richmond Enquirer makes The fol
lowing reference to the speech of Mr..
G. J. lngersoll, delivered in the Ho.
Of Representatives on the 9th uItimo,
and just previous 10 the taking Of the
notice vote:


Mr.. lngersoll had been abiding to
the predictions made in different quar-
ters that England was in ample pre-.
paraton to demolish US, and, that, on
the moment OF intelligence reaching
her that the notice bill had been pas.
sed, her fleets and armies would lay
waste in every direction. He illus.
trated the fallacy ofsuch predictions
with an anecdote of the times of the
late Canadian troubles. He asserted
''upon the highest authority" that
when Mcleod was seized and impris-
oned, MIR. Webster, then Secretary of
State, wrote note (marked private)
TO the Governor of New York, coun-
selling that functionary 10 release Nc
Leod Instantly; or the sacking Of the
great city of the new world would be
the consequence. The Governor,
somewhat inoredulous, before making
up his mind ventured to write 10 Mr..
Webster to know when Britain pro.
posed to adopt that measure of retail.
alton for the assumed wrong inflicted
on her by the imprisonment of Nc
Leod. Mr.. Webster replied "imme-
diately-instantly," and that the only
way TO prevent the city from being re.
duced to ashes, was to abandon all at
tempts to vindicate the laws of the
State of New York, and let the prison.
er go Scot free. When Mr.. Webster
found that the Governor was MOI to be
operated on, and, at any risk, was de-
termined TO maintain the laws Of the
State, he employed the District attor-
ney to defend Mcleod at fee five
thousand dollars; and an attempt 10
get him off without trial, was made
under writ Of habeas corpus, which
having failed, then another, by advan-
ces to the marshal in charge Of the
prisoner to conuive at an escape. The
people became so enraged at these
manifest attempts to trample the State
laws under foot, as TO inform the mar.
shall that if the prisoner was not forth>
coming for trial, his own body should
suffer the penalties which would be
inflicted on that of Mcleod if convic-
ted after final trial. From this an.
ecdote he deduced strong argument
to show how groHndless are such fears
in the present crisis.


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