The Arkansas banner., 1846-12-30

to pressde, ssr1 1lhe liseliest emotions ol IF heiion, se generously conferred njsoi i'm ni,ss; for lbe fAitering
 nal ller ii which you have been pleased to express yoar kind opinion nf ny course, as member aud presiding officer of your body ! To have obtained such . testimonial, and from such body, Is distinction which l fully appreciaie-bnt to know that my hum- bic efforts Go discharge my 1lusy. have mel with such generous response and tic waru, expression of your apprubaiion, is indeed beyond my lnoss saaguine hopes and eSpac- fafisyiis. for, whatever labor or responsi- bilty, which may have attached to my position, lIsis testimony of your respect and confidence, is more than full return. in administering the rule and the law of my siation. 1 have been guided by 10 eonsideFa- lions of person, party or faction, and, al- though may have often committed error, have inc satisfaction to know that they were the error of judgment and not of purpoae. In the discharge of my duties, have met with cordial cooperation, iD that high and manly bearing, so becoming to your position, which has marked your treatment ol the chair and of each other. ! am proud to know tl,at, although the letter of our rules may have been sometimes transgressed, yet that higher rule ef right and justice, mate to our natu,e and which lights up the under standing of all, has never been knowingly violated. In your deliberations, ever con ducted in manner courteous and dIgnisied, and in that conservative spirit, for which the country looks 10 the Senate, you have given an example of elevated patriotism and true devotion to the interests of the country, which, it is hoped, may not be neglected m 1 the future.
 | Questions of public policy. presenting em- barrassments and obstacles of no ordinary character, became, early in your session, subjects of discussion. These have been firmly mel, and nobly overcome; aud your legislation, ii is hoped, will exert happy influence upon the country, and entiile vol ! 10 Us gratitude and thanks. The period oI your labors is at hand, and in taking oar leave of each other, am reioiced 10 know, | that so little has occurred, to disturb or mar that good feeling which has prevailed among us. In our seperation from scenes endeared ! by so many pleasant recoIlections and friend iy associations, sincerly hope that the ties contracted here, may he perpclualed and Fcherished m our memory, For myself. can say that leave behind me nothing bur
 the best feeling towards every member o
 ,ilis body. And for the testimony which you have borne 10 my character as a man. s representative of my constituents, and as [
 member and presiding officer of this body.
 beg you again to accept of the earnest assu
 rances of my warmest and most sincere grat
 itude. And if, in the many contests of feel ings, of interest and of intellect upon thi,
 floor, may have gone beyond my sphere
 and inflicted a wound upon the feelings o
 any. l hope that, like the spark, elicited by the coneussion of the fin. and the steel, i may have died in the moment that gave i
 birth. Let all be forgotten, which should
 have never happened. and the cordial harmo ny and good feeling of the past, will be tht cherished "reminiscences of the future.