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Mr. ScHENcK, Of Ohio, some time since proposed
resolution of inquiry in the House ofRepresenta-
tives as to the right of those members who were
elected on the General Ticket System to hold seats
in that body, on the ground that they were chosen
in direct violation Of solemn act of Congress which
requires each member to be elected from a single
district.


This important question was disposed Of, as might
have been anticipated from the political complexion
of the majority in Congress: it was laid on the
table.


Such discoureous proceeding is significant
We presume the members from New Hampshire,
Missouri, and Mississippi will be allowed to boast
of having broken through the cobweb of law OF the
land so long as the twenty-ninth Congress exists.
Should this prove to be the actual result of any
movements on this grave subject, it will be only a
small instance of Locofoco success in battling with
the constitution and laws of the land


The comparative indifference of the public to the
whole subject evinces a melancholy state Of the
popular mind. The people are becoming so much
accustomed to see these wounds daily inflicted on
the Constitution, that this one scarcely excites a
shrug.-N r. Eapress.