The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-06
ADDRESS OF THE HON. J. W. JONES

A motion having been made and carried that the
House adjourn, this gentleman arose and delivered
the following address, viz:
Gentlemen Of the House Of Representatives
The period has arrived which for the CONGRESS
terminates our labors as the Representatives OF the
People; and we are very soon to part it NAV he ~
meet no more And before perform the last otIici.
duty oil my station allow me to return to YOU gentle
men, my sincere thanks for the very kind
of appreciation of my conduct which your resolution
Just adopted conveys And to say that it, in the pc
ormance oil high public trust, you, with whom il
has been my fortune and my pleasure to act have
seen any thing in my course presiding officer of this
house 10 commend, to assure you that your approba
ton oil my conduct, the highest reward that faithful
pubic servant can ever receive affords to me salts
faction equalled only by that enjoy, arising from
consciousness oil having at all times faithfully to the
best oil my poor Abilities performed every ubic din,
ty that has ever devolved up.D me- Tbese duties al
ways important, always arduous and difficult, are
often 10 the extreme and have son etimes doub,ed
whether the dignity and honor of the station exaeI
as II Is, more Than compensaes for the deep snxe,v
anu care ~ncu us duties impose. ats troppngs ali
may see, out Its anxietes and its trials must be en-
dured to be understood" In their discharge / NAV
and doubtless have, often erred but the generous
confidence and support, the kind indulge nce VIII oh
you have under all circumstances extended to me af
ords the surest guaranty that my errors, whatever
he head
ond not OF the heart and Of this desire no higher
evidence than is afforded by your resolution Ybirh
has been THIS night adopted: a testimonial gentle
men, that shall long cherish as one of the most
pleasing recollecons of my life.
II has been said that the power of legislation is the
hlghest trust mat man can coDhde to his fellow man.
Ii this be so, how strikDgly must every menber or
this body be impressed with the increased mapntud.
OF the trust, in view Of the mighty questions mon
which you have been called upon to act and to de-
clde' mere mas perhaps been no period in the his
tory oil this Government when so many questions oS
deep and pervadng interest have apitated the nuhli
mind and engaged the deliberations of the An,er;oan
Congress On one extreme of our Union an emn,e
has been admitted into this great Confede,ocyt 10
another direction your laws have so far az regards
the action of this House, been extended bevonJ ~.
Rocky Mountains, reaching TO the shores Of the pao
ciic while Florida and Iowa twin sis,ers bavo
been admitted INTO the Union footing Of perfect
equality with their sister States Thus have yon ev
tended the area of freedom, and secured n Ne -
habiants the blessings of civil liberty and of free
Government. " nv
That these great and agitating questions sbo,IJ
have been discussed and decided in a spirit of ntir
calmness and moderation was scarcely to have been
expected and II in the collisions of discussion which
heated debate ~ but too apt to produce can oco,s;
al spark OF excitement shall have been ruoL an, y
may not the hope be indulged that like that strncL
from the hnt II will have been eytinguisbed 4, a.
moment that gave 1t BIRTH and that in the bopr If
our separation It will be remembered onIv 10 w,rn
US against ITS recurrence in aftertime.
May health and happiness sttenI you through life
and may you all return IN safety to the circle Of yonr
friends and TO the bosoms Of your families
II remains for me to announce that this Hon..
stands adjourned rine die.
The srEAE,R having completed his Address
Al bali past two o'clock, A. M. on Tuesday. 4th