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of the Whole, and Mr. Allen, of Illinois, addressed the committee in explanation of resolutions offered by him some days ago instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire by what authority the agents of the Federal Government had introduced negroes into that State in defiance of the Constitution of the State, and what remedy should be provided. Mr. A. denounced this action as a great outrage. His resolution was not intended for buncombe, but for serious consideration. His colleague, (Mr. Lovejoy,) true to his negro friends and false to the Constitution of the white people of his State, had objected to its introduction. Mr. A. read the acts of Illinois prohibiting the ingress of negroes, and, defining the rights of the State, contended that Mr. Secretary Stanton and his agents, who had taken negroes from Southern owners and flooded Illinois with lazy blacks, had committed gross and flagrant violations of law, which were emphatically condemned by his people. His constituents dema