Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-11-18
ALEXANDRIA:
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1918.
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Tuesday, 18th November, 1915

The second session Of the fifteenth con-
gress of the United States was opened yes
terday, with an attendance sufficient to
make a quorum in each house, when The
usual interchange of ceremonies took place
between the senate and representatives,
ano between the individuals composing
them, still more than the usual personal CT
whites and expressions ofkindness. 1t was
indeed sight which ought to be gratifying
to every good heart, and must have seen
highly so to every lover ofhis county,
the sincerity and hearty good will with
which each recognized his old friend or APP
preached new one and must have been
felt with greater enjoyment by those who
could recollect the temper and consequent
expression with which our Legislators were
in the habit OF injecting each other some hive
sessions ago; when, like a certain gentle
man 10 whose Immortality Milton has adj
ded in his Paradise Lost-they, with eye
maligu looked askancs' at each other, seow-
ling with mutual suspicion and adherence.
Such are the blessed effects OF peace
Their feelings, which, after having been
gradually cleared Of their old stormy pas
sIons, session after session for two or three
wears before, bad, on the last. presented a
pleasing calm,--at yesterdays meeting
seemed to be improved into generous re-
ciprocation of brotherly friendship, and ex-
hibited strong indications Of sense that
the Object of all was nearly the same
that they came there for more beneficial
and honorable purposes than to scuffle and
tear each other---that their business, in
which they were all disposed to unite, was
TO provide for the glory and interests OF the
republic, not for the sordid purposes of self.
interest, or The inexcusable views OF party
and that their bosoms partook in the ge-
neral tranquility, harmony and JOY, which
now overspread the union, and present It
with a new and improved aspect to the
world.
With respect TO the house OF respenta-
tiyes, it is unnecessary to observe, IN de-
tail, that the customary officers were in due
form appointed, and that the same persons
who have for long time given satisfaction
10 the house and the public were invested
with their old situations,-Mr. Clay as
speaker, Mr. Dougherty as clerk, and our
old friends Dunn, CIsxton, and Burch, as
sergeant at arms, &c.
According to the established custom, a
committee consisting Of Mr.. Taylor, OF N.
York, and Mr.. Baldwin, Of Pennsylvania
uss appointed to wait on the president,
.uhose message, it is hoped, will be received
this morning and upon this part OF the bu-
siness it is not only pleasing to relate, but
particularly deserving Of notice, that a
deeper interest or a more lively desire has
scarcely ever been known to precede the
communication Of the president at the open
ing oc any session, than is expressed by
the people on the present occasion.-What
can be ;he motive The people are ill.,
fuenCed neither by the fear of WARRIOR we
have now no enemies-nor the hope OF il
for il is fortunately placed so entirely
out OF he scope Of any rational scheme OF
policy, that no one can be wicked enough
10 hope for i,-Dut it is that the people be-
gin already to perceive the wonderful adj
vantages of tranquil state. and 10 be de-
sicous Of converting them, with as little de-
lay, and as great energy, as possible to the
improvement of the commonwealth, add
naturally look with impatience, and, do
believe, with confidence, to The executive
and its councils for the development OF an
outline sketch, at least, of the plans which
their wisdom may have devised, for turning
to the best possible account the felicitous
circumstances in which the bounty OF Pro-
ridencc, the vigor of its population, and
the spirit and intelligence Of its govern
ment and national councils, have placed
this republic. Among the rest people &C.
nsrcRg look for relief in their money af-
flirs, from some wholesome and proper
regulations in the circulating medium Of
the country, and in more comprehensive
Uniform system of bankrupt law than that
proposed last session; and almost uuani-
rlously Tor every rational measure that can
he devised for the promotion afiatsrnalim-
provement.
The constitution for the new state of IL
Inois was laid before the house.