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he history of the United States. the first amendment to the Constitution declares, "that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press." President Lincoln and his Cabinet have willfully disregarded the spirit of this article. Numerous instances could be cited to prove, that the solemnities of an oath have not restrained them in their efforts to abridge "the freedom of speech" and to muzzle "the press." the numberless arrests made by them in Western and Eastern Virginia, in Kentucky, in Missouri, in Maryland, in Washington city, and also in the free States, when nothing more was charged against the parties arrested than the Declaration of their opinions in condemnation of the policy of President Lincoln and his Cabinet, show that freedom of speech is not tolerated by them.--the notorious fact that papers have been suppressed in New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, by the exercise of Executive power, fully attests a scandalous usurpation for the destr
Resolutions of inquiry. By Mr. Lynch: Of paying to the securities of Robert O. Doss, late sheriff of Campbell county, a sum of money retained in the treasury as a payment by said securities upon two executions issued in the year 1860 against said Doss and his securities. By Mr. Whittle: Of raising and equipping a force not less than 10,000 men for the defence of this Commonwealth. By Mr. Thomas, of, Fairfax: Of compensating David W. Frobel for his services rendered the State of Virginia in organizing the militia in the western part of the State. By Mr. Robertson: Of releasing Edward Kersey and Hammett A. Pearce from the payment of the penalty of a forfeited forthcoming bond now on file in the Cleark's office of the Court of Hustings for the city of Richmond, held by the Judge thereof. By Mr. Newman: Of appropriating so much of the public debt of this State and other securities held by resident citizens of the United States and the District of Columbia, as ma