The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-04-08

not 20 the Rk0le, ! recommend 10 him 20
cone IS near 10 it . be can. and ] hum
biz submit 70 bin, whether he bad not
better 80 amend. or rather so modify. hls
resolution. that We may invite The Presl.
dent Of the United States 10 visit this boz
DIV. and be himself the instrument By
which this stain on our proceedings shall
be removed. would propose such an
amendment myself; beI, As | would be
, compelled 20 vote against The resolution
even so amended, am afraid II would
moi be courteous 10 adopt such course.
/ But again recommend 10 the honorable
Senator 10 think Of the matter. and give
his proceeding The shape propose. The
SenaIOr. see. signifies his dissent, and
fear We must swallow The dose as he
has prepared Il; but hoping that my sug-
geslion might be faEOrably received. |
had this morning. before coming here.
carried out the whole scene in my own
mind.
I had imagined, sir. the Senate con-
yened; the members m their seats; our
faithful Secretary at his post. The ape
proach Of the PRESIDENT 10 announced.
Immediately our Sergeant al Arms, We
ry grave and discreet person, who each
day so clearly and sudlbly announces.
message from ths House Of ReprtssnrG-
lives DC. &c. takes his station at the
door. and, In q dIslinri ant firm tone.
cries out. 'ths President Of fhs United
States lie enters. We flse from our
seats. joy glislenng in the Eyes Of his
friends. dismay pictured on the cOun,e-
nanees OF his opponents. H. lraverses
the room with firm step and dIgnIh-d
air. You rise from your seat. sir. and
receive him with that grace and urbanliy
which so emInenily Distinguish you: You
salute him with stfrrtnnaIe compacsnre.
He answers Your Solicitation WIlh kindness
aud dignity. All eyes are fixed on you
aud him, and. more favored Than other
EIortals, our vision is blessed Al the same
moment with the setting and the rising
sun.
The preliminsnes Of reception pass.
ed over, and The hustle attending /, ter
minated. solemn silence prevails You
slowly rise from your sest-.he presi.
dent does the same-you pause for mo-
ment, and cannot conceal The emotions
which the affecting scene gives rise TO;
you are. however. al last composed. and
you address the President in these words:
Sire:-The Senate Of the United
States have imposed on me the agreeable
duty Of announcing to You the object
which has induced them to request your
presence in their chamber Deeply i'm
pressed with the value of your services
in the field and the cabineI convinced
that. under Divine Providence, you have
rendered more services to mankind than
any other mortal Vho has ever Tired in
the tide Of times,'' they are anxious to
show their devotion to your person, and
their sensibllIty TO your lame. 1t is with
grief they are under the necessity of
saying that there is found on their journal
a resolution of this body. which is un.
worthy Of them and Of you. That
resolution declares that the Senate differ
in opinion with YOU on the lawfulness
and constltutionalily ofone OF our public
acis--a declaration, sir, which they had
no authority to make. and winch is untrue,
inasmuch as it dissenIs from the opinion
Of you, the wisest and the best. The
Senate have resolved that II shall be
exPuaged from their journals, as a warn
ing 10 posterity that thls branch Of The
Legislature shall, in all time hereafter,
keep within its constitutional powers,
and express no opininn on any &C, Of the
Chief Magistrate. The Senate have
considered, sir, that II would be more
grateful to you, and more conformabIe to
Preceden,s drawn from the p,rest periods
Of British history. that you should expunge
this odious resolution with your own
hand. The manner in which the ex-
purgatlun should be effected Is left entire
ly to your discretion. To erase The
resolution by drawing black lines around
it. is the mode preferred by many of
your friends, and particularly by that
distinguished and high minied body,
the Virginia Legislature. Ipresen, you.
SIR. this pen, that il may, in your own
hand, avpnge your wrongs, and shall
only further say, sir. that this is III.
happiest and proudest moment of my
life.-hn glory enough for aug one
mani"
Sir. had also run out the gracious |
answer which the President would have
made to this loyal and affecuena,e ad,
dress, but felt was treading on ground
which ! could not approach. and there
fore abandoned il.
Sir, think it scarcely kind of the
Senator from Missouri to deprive the
world oil the interesting ceremony, SO
royal IN It's precedent, and so valuable in
the support which the example would
afford TO the cause of freedom and lie.
glslatlve independence. hope he will
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