The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-04-12
VOL. VINO. 40.


: very important measure for which the coun
5 try had hoped with SO confident an expectation
wnnld have been consummaied by the co.ope.
5 ton Of the Executive branch Of the Govern.
5 ment. And here allow me TO say, only, in &C.
gard 10 that so much reproached extra session
/, of Congress, that believe if any Of those who
through the influence of party spirit or the bias
of political prejudice, have loudly ceDsured the
measures then adopted, will look al them in q
spirit of candor and ofjustice, their conclusio n
and that of the country generally. will be that
If there exists any just ground of complaint, it
is 10 be found not in what was done. but in
what was left unfinished.
Had President Harrison lived, and the meas.
ures devised at that session been fully carried
out, il was my intention then to have resigned
my seat But the hope q feared il mighs
prove a vain hope) that at the regular session
measures which we had left undune might
even then be perfected, or the same object at.
tanned in an equivalent form, induced me to
poSpone the determination; and events which
arose after the extra session. resulting from the
failure OF those measures which had been pro
posed al that session, and which appeared TO
throw on our political friends a temporary show
of defeat, confirmed me The resolution 10
er in prosperity or adversely 10 snare
the fortune of my friends. But resolved at
the same time 10 retire as soon US could do So
with prnprie:y and decencv.
From 1906. the period OF my entry on This
noble theatre, with short intervals. TO the pres
cnt time, have been engaged in the public
counsels, at home and abroad. Of the nature
the value of the services rendered during
tIotl cd ri,1J r~f,, doas.
not become me 10 speak-his,ory ifshe degns
TO notice me, and poslerity. if the rrcolleclious
of my humble actions shall be transmitted To
posteri,v, are the best. the trues,, the most i'm
partial judges. Wien death has closed the
scene. their sentence will be pronounced. and
10 that appeal and refer myself. NV acts and
public conduct are fair subject for the criti-
cism and judgment of my fellow men; but the
private motives by which they have been
prompted are known only to the great Search
or of the human heart and to myself; AID |
trust | may be pardored for repeating dec.
laration made some thirteen years ago. that.
Whatever errors - and doubtless there have
been many-may be discovered in a review
of my public service TO the country, can with
unshaKen confidence appeal 10 thai Divine
A ~biter for the truth The declaration that |
no personal n,otive-have sought no personal
aggrandizemcni; but that in all my public acts
have had sole aud single eve. aud warm
and devoted heart. directed and dedicated TO
what in nv judgment believed 10 be the true
interest OF my country.
During that long period, however, have
not escaped the fate of other public msn. nor
failed to incur censure and deiraciion of the
and mi
character; aud thoIg not always iusensible 10
he pain i; was meaat to INFECT. have borrs
II IN general with composure. and without dis
,urhancc here pointing TO bis breast waiting
~ have done, in perfect AMI undoubting con
fidcnce, for The ultimate triumph Of Justice AMI
Of truth, and in the entire persuasion that time
would in the end, settle al! thugs rs they should
5p, and that Whatever wrong or injustice |
might experience at the hands of man. iis
20 whom all hearts arc opcn and fully known,
would 10 the end, Ivy the inscrutab!e dispensa-
ton of His providence. recify all error. re-
dress all wrong, and cause ample justice to bo
done.
But have rot meanwhile been unsusiained.
Every where throughout the rx'en, of this
great continent. | have had Cordial warm
hearted AMI devoted friends. who have known
nc anil justly appreciated my motives. To
them. ifIanguage were susceptible of fully ex.
pressing nv acknowledgements, would now
offe them as all tn returns have now 10 make
for their genuine, disinterested. and pcrsever-
ing fidelity and devote attachment. But If
fail in suitable language 10 express my graft
Jude TO them for all the kindness they have
>hovn-wh1l shall ] sav-what can say at
all commensurate with those feelings of graft.
tule which owe 10 the State whose humble
Representative and servant have been in this
~hambel Here Mr.. C.'s feelings appeared
10 overpower him. and he proceeded w:th deep
sensibilny and with difficult ulierance.
| cnigraied from Virginia to the state Of
Kentucky, now nearly f1riy five years ago. |
went as orphan who had not yet attained
the age Of majuriy--who had never recognised
fathers smile OF felt his caresses--poor pen
nyesS, without the favor of the grrat-wirI an
imperfect and inadequate education, limited To
the ordinary business and common pursuits Of
life; but scarce had get my foot on her gen.
erous soil, when was seized and embraced
with parental fondness, caressed rs though !
had l,een favorite child, and pnironized with
liberal and unbouuded munihccnce. From
that period, the highest honors of the State
have been freely bestowed upon me; and after
ward, IN the darkest hour of calumnY and dc
traction, when ! seemed to be forsaken by ali
the rest Of the world, she threw her broad AMI
inpenetrabe shield around me, and, b. at,hg
me up sloil in her courageous arms, repealed
the poisoned shafts that were aimed al nv de-
struction. and indicated my good maine from
every fnse and unfoandrd assault.
But the ingenuity Of my assaants is never
exhausted, aud it seems have subjected ny
self to a new epittet, which do not know
whether it should be taken in honor or dero.
gaiion-l am held up to the country as dc
! ininr., A diclainr The idea Of a dii:ial,,r-