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mmanding officers, used scathing language and debate ran high throughout the session. So far as I am able to judge, both the opposing parties are led on by bitter prejudices. The Joint Military Committee, with two or three exceptions, have pertinaciously clung to the idea that a standing army of paid volunteers, to be raised at once, to have the power of choosing their officers, up to captain, and to require all above to be appointed by the Governor, is the organization for the times. Mr. Cunningham, of the House, who is put forward by the Committee to take all the responsibility of extreme sentiments, has openly avowed his hatred of Democracy in the camp. He considered the common soldier as incapable of an elective choice. He and others of his party wage a bitter war against Democracy, and indicate an utter want of faith in the ability of the people to make proper choice in elections. The party opposed to this, the predominant party, is ostensibly lead in the House by Mr. Mc