ited States for the Northern District of New York:_

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The majority of the Committee have determined that inasmuch as
the relief prayed for by the memorial can not be granted, the
Committee will ask to be discharged from its further
consideration, and will not express any opinion as to the
correctness or incorrectness of the course pursued on the trial
of Miss Anthony.

The House of Lords in England or the Senate of the United States
may engage in any investigation looking to legislation, although,
as an incident to, or a result of, such investigation, it may
appear that some officer who is impeachable has been guilty of
conduct for which he might be impeached. Then, surely, in a case
like this, where there is neither suggestion nor suspicion of
corrupt conduct on the part of the estimable judge before whom
the trial was conducted, it can not be improper for a committee
of the Senate to inquire whether, in the trial of a citizen for
alleged violation of the laws of the United States, a precedent
dangerous to the liberties of every citizen has been set. Indeed,
the injurious effect of every judicial departure from sound
principle is in proportion to the eminence and purity of the
judge by whom it is committed. The outrages perpetrated by
Scroggs and Jeffreys in the administration of criminal justice
were grievous upon the individuals unjustly or illegally
convicted, but do no harm as precedents. A vicious precedent, set
by an infamous judge, is harmless; while a similar violation of
the law by a pure and upright magistrate is attended by
far-reaching and detrimental consequences.

It is fashionable, we know, just now to heap contumely upon women
who demand to be allowed to enjoy their civil political rights.
Ridicule is the chief weapon employed against them, and is freely
applied to all who advocate their cause. Gentlemen who would
blush to be thought negligent in the offices of frivolous
gallantry lack the manhood to accord to women their substantial
rights. And, strange to say, ladies dwelling in luxurious ease
join with the fops of society to cast contempt upon the earnest
aspirations of woman for the possession of her just rights. We
have acted upon the doctrines of the Declaration of Indepe