The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-25

In this thu hour OF our CANNON trouble. leave you
under the sincere conviction Of your general desire 70
~ establish the fortunes Of our native State, ana 70
restore prosperity and happiness 20 her people. Q
her and their fortunes you are welded for good ana
for evil She Is your common parent ana thsy arc
your common constituents, bound TO you as you are
bound To them by the triple cord OF duty interest anu
affection, the most enduring ties when can pihu
man to man. or exercise an influence over the human
heart this side Of that eternity TO which we are all
fast Fastening. feel and know that You VIII not
disappoint the confidence which has invested you WIN
the high trusts which you severaliy and collectively
hold but thai you will so discharge the duties which
you owe those constituents shall rebound TO the
fame and honor OF our common State. While there
FORE sympathze deeply over the difficulties and dis
tress which surround you, take with me the conso-
laton thai out OF evil, your PATRIOTISM intelligence
and frmness, cannot fail eventually TO produce good
That result is certainly not unaitainabe. Difficult
though the task be, il is still within your power
There is nothing irretrevable in the condition in
which placed. You have only TO turn to the
treasury Of your Look al the lines OF
your public improvements; think ofthe wealth which
Is locked up in the bosoms Of your hills cast your
eyes the surface OF your smiling and productive
valleys; contemplate the thousands upon thousands
Of patriotic and industrious people with which our ter
Itory is swarming throughout its whole extent lay
down all this picture before you, and then despair If II
possible
You have difficulties, il is true but with all these
resources, and what is still better, with wise heals
strong hands and steady hearts, great State may
yet he released from all the embarrassinents which
now surround her II is your task now and no, mine
but though separated from you in person, my heart
will continue to be with you every step in your pro-
gress, and my prayers shall be offered that when you
come to close am doing your connection with
tins body, you may be able 10 look back with pleasure
to difficulties oyercome-to noble achievements effect
ed and to contenment and abundance restored to the
face OF smiling land.
linger with you but for moment longer and
that to say Farewell" look around this Chamber,
which eight years ago | entered MS of the hum
blest Of its MEMBERS and do NOT far my recol-
lection now serves mo, see single face OF all those
with whom was then associated. How transtory
and fleeing all the incidents Of this life in which
take much interestl How pcrishable are all the
enjoyments which surround and connect us with the
busy world on which we move Of those, the ear
Hest of my contemporaries have returned to their
constituents, to enjoy the approving voice OF public
thanks for duties well fulfilled Of Others many
others--the mortal frames now sleeping beneath
the cods Of the valley while their immortal spirits
have gone to render an account OF the still higher
trust with which they have been commissioned from
on high. What picture is here : How rapidly do
we pass away How like are we, with all our high
hopes and towering aspirations, TO the grass which
withereth or the vapor which is melted away before
the breath of the morning
Brother Senators IL am impressed with deep
sense Of the soemnity Of this occasion as well In re-
ference TO the picture which have presented as tony
own personal connection with this body. now sepa-
rate from you And here in the moment of that sepa-
ration, allow to offer you my earnest my profound
my heartfelt acknowledgements for the kindness, the
regard the courtesy which you all occasions have
SO generously extended towards me. Wherever &c
shall bear with me the recollection Of my intercourse
with you as one of the sweetest consultations Of my
life, and whatever may be my future destiny in this
changing world my most ardent prayers shall ever as
cend Tor the prosperity of our glorious Commonwealth
and the happiness and welfare Of every individual
amongst you.
Gentlemen: The trust which you have gener-
ously confded to me-the high trust which has been
honored by so many ADLER administrators, and still
more honored by the intellectual and moral character
of the body with which it is connected is now sur
rendered back, unimpaired trust, either in useful
dignity, into the hands of you by whom it was
generously conferred