Among the curiosities of this place and age is the protest of 38 loco foco Representatives, which was presented to the House on Saturday last, but was so presented it seems without proper consultation, as during the afternoon, some of the membears, among whom was Mr. H. T. Pace, of Jefferson, rose in his place, and stated that when he signed it, he had not calculated that any other use was to be made of it than to send it to our members of Congress; but if it was to be placed on the Journal, and examined by the people, he would ask the privilege of expunging his name. Mr. Lincoln remarked, that if the gentleman from Jefferson wished to withdraw his name from that document, he for one was willing to permit it; but he would say to the member and to the House, there were statements made in that documents which were false and unfounded, and he would call on the authors of the protest, at the proper time, to retract. He would not deny the right of gentlemen to protest; but he would maintain his right to lay before the people a contradiction of their unfounded statements. Yet, while he wished to hold the signers of this document responsible to the people for what they had said, if the gentleman from Jefferson or any one else, was ashamed of it, he hoped the house would permit them to withdraw their names. Mr. Flood, Register of the Quincy Land Office, said his name was to that paper, but he had not read it; and if, as the gentleman from Sangamon stated, there were false statements in it, he would beg permission to have an opportunity to examine it, and would therefore, move that the House adjourn. The Speaker said that any member might erase his name who chose to do so; and to give them an opportunity he would direct the Clerk not to place it on the Journal. Subsequently, on Tuesday morning, he permitted it to be withdrawn altogether—a rather strange way of doing business.1