Lynchburg Virginian

Legislative Dignity!—The late session of the Legislature of Alabama was distinguished by great warmth and asperity of feeling, occasioned principally by the investigation of a charge made against the Land Commissioners of fraud and corruption in the disposal of the 400,000 acres granted to that State by the general government. It appears to us, at this distance, that the inquiry, which resulted in the acquittal of the commissioners, was not, by any means, as thoroughly prosecuted as the character and interests of the officers implicated and of the State demanded. But, we have not referred to the subject for the purpose of expressing any decided opinion on it, so much as to show the great excitement which it produced. The Huntsville Democrat, of the 29th ult. says:

"We are sorry to be under the necessity of stating, that, just before the rise of the Legislature, some of the members became very pugnacious. The "d—d lie" passed current; spitting in faces became fashionable; & two pitched battles were fought. We suppose their members, after passing laws to regulate the peace and harmony of society, were desirous to enforce them as soon as possible:

"For broken laws are ne'er the worse:

"Nay, till they are broken, have no force."