Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-04

| 'eclara'inn, he said. appeared TO BE-
10 t. tue House and to thuse gentle
zen who were undc, stood to be can
| jldates, as we'll as to himself.
I The House then proceeded, by bal
lot, to The election of Speaker, and,
upon an exam ination Of the ballots, it
appeared that Henry Clay, one Of
the Representatives from the state
of Kentucky, had lS9 votes. and that
Philip P. Barbour, ohe of the Repre-
sentatives from the State Of Virgins
had 40 votes.
Mr.. Clay was, therefore, declared
to be duly elected, and conducted It.
the Speakers chair. from whence HI
made acknow Judgments to the Hnus,
in the following terms:
Gentlemen pray YOU to accept my MOST
respectful! thanks tor the honor you have Just
! conferred on NE. The station of Speaker or
, this House has beeh always Justly considered
as one of great respectablity and dignity. al
well as OF high responsibility. But at the pr eS
q
new census, with our number considerably
enlarged, and the highest interests of greatly
augmented populston committed TO oar
charge, It has acq ed much additional i'm.
| portance, which gc4Cires from the fatored OBJ
| ject of your selection his most grateinlac
acknowledgements, and the expression OF thePso
foundest sensibility. The principles - hich
| should regulate the execution OF the dates
OF the incumbent OF the chair are not diftlult to
comprehend, although their application Il par
ticu!ar instances is otter extremely dehca ate
and pe!pleXing. They enjoin pron Ftitude and
| inPartialty III Gec,u!ns the various questions
of order, as they arise. tirmness and dignity in
| his depo, tment towards the House, patience,
! good temper, and courtesy, towards the indi-
vidual member5. and the best arran cement and
distribution otthe talen: of the House, in its
numerous subdivisions, for the s. ach Of the
public business, and the fair exhibition Of every
subject presented for consideration they es.
pecIally require of him. in those moments of
agitation, fIon which no deiiberatse assem-
| bly, is always entirely exempt, to 'emain cool
and mistaken, amidst all the storms Of debate
! carefully guarding the preservation OF the per
manent laws and rules ofthr House, from be-
ing sacrificed to temporary passions, preiUdi
! ces, or interests 1t IS on such occasions as
these, too, that the Char stands most in need
of your support, OF your candor, of your IL.
! berality, Of your unbiased judgment. am
not so pIesumptuous, gentlemen, as to pro-
mise you that shall perform the. ard. os d.
ties, of which ! have presentedan imperfect
sketch. All dare say is, that l will exert an
anxious, faithful, and unrem,tting endeavor to
fulfil the expectations BY which have been
! so much honored And NAV we not indulge
the hope, that, with the blessinl Of Divine
| Providence, all oar deliberations and all our
proceedings may tend to sustain the dignity of
the House, to MAINTAIN the honor and char
acter of the country, and to advance the pub
lie welfare and happiness.
Tie oath to supp rt the con>titu
ton of the Unit d Sta,rs. as prescri-
bed by law. was then administered 10
the Speaker by Mr.. Newton, one of
the Representatives from Virginia,
and the same oath, (or affirmation, }
! was then administered by the Speak
er to all the other members present.
A motion was then made by Mr..
Campbell. of Ohio, that Matthew St.
Clair Clarke. Clerk to the late House
of Representativ"s,be appointed Clerk
to this House; and TIC motion was a.
| greed to unanimously.
The oath to support the Constitn.
ton of the United States, together
with the oath of Office, as prescribed
by the act aforesaid, were then admi-
nistered to the Clerk by the Speaker.
On motion of Mr.. Newton, it was
Resotred. unanimously, That Thos.
Dunn be appointed Sei geant-at.arms,
Benjamin Burch, Doorkeeper. f. John
Oswald Dupn. Assistant Doorkeeper to
this House; and tina, they severslIy give
their attendance accordingly.
On motion of Mr.. Tomlinson, it
was
Ordered, That a message be sent to
the Senate to inform them that quo.
rum of this House have assembled, and
have elected Henry Clay their Speak
or, and that this House is now ready to
proceed to business; and that the Clerk
do 60 with the raid message.
On motion of Mr.. Newton,
Ordered, That the daily hour to
which the House shall stand adjourned
be i2 o'clock, until otherwise ordered.
On motion of Mr.. Little,
Rssolued, That the rules and orders
established by the late House Of Repre-
sentatives be deemed and taken to be
tho rules aad orders of the proceedings
to be observed in this House, until d re-.
vision or alteration of the same shall
have taken place.
On motion of Mr.. Newton,
Rssolved, That committee be ap.
pointed on the part of this House, to
join such committee as have been or
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