Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-03-09
From the washington Union.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

the Treasury, their appreciation of his uniform
kindness and urbanity to them in his official
intercourse, and believing that this feeling
pervaded the whole department, and knowing
| that, at the close of his official labors, his
time would be seriously encroached upon If
calls were made in the usual manner for leave
taking advised him of their desires on the
subject, and expressed hope that he would
fix upon some particular hour when the gen.
tlemen of his department could call upon him &
take official leave of him. The Secretary was
pleased to accord with their desires, and fixed
the hour of IL yesterday for the interview
The time for a general notice of this fact was
short indeed, in some of the offices, knowl-
edge of the matter was not acquired until
few moments before the hour fixed upon yet
the attendance was very general, and calcua-
ted, from that fact, to make deep impression
upon the Secretary, and at the same time gra-
tfy each participant in the scene, by the evil
dence that his own feelings for the Secretary
were so universally reflected by his associ-
ates.
The kind and feeling Chief Clerk of the de-
parment, who carries his heart in his hand,
addressed the Secretary in the library-room of
the Treasury Department, informing him that
the gentleman present were DESTROYS, as their
official intercourse with him was about to ter
inmate, to take him by the hand ere that con-
nexion was severed-to thank him for the kind
ness and consideration that had always char
acteriZed his conduct towards them-and to
wish him long continuance of health, and
full measure of success, prosperity, and hap
piness in all his future undertakings. To
which the Secretary replied:
"GENTLEMEN: During the period that we
have been associated together, our intercourse
has been to me Of the most agreeable charac-
| ter. You have always treated me with kind
ness and courtesy. I do not know that one
unkind word has ever passed between us, and
] am sure that no unkind feeling has been en-
| tertalned, on my part, towards you. We are
now 10 be separated in our official intercourse
but ] shall remain permanent resident in this
city, for the purpose of practising my profess
sion, exclusively, in the Supreme Court of the
United States. doubt not I shall frequently
meet many of you. | shall sympathise with
you in your griefs, should yon have any, and
always rejoice in your welfare and prosperity
I Low take leave of you.''
The voice of the Chief Clerk was thick and
husky with the feelings of his noble heart :;
and as the gentlemen advanced, one by one,
at the close of the Secretary's reply, to take
him by the hand, each, in so doing, giving ut
terance in few words to the promptings of
| his heart, the feelings of the Secretary, wound
up to the highest pitch, could be restrained no
Ionge~, and the pearly drops flowed thick and
fast down those manly cheeks. now wrinkled
with care and labor in the service of his cOun-
try. The sentiment was contagious, and there
was scarce a dry eye in the assembly, and
you saw none emerging from that room with
out visible evidences Of his heart having
| been engaged in the scene. They were tears
| of gratitude on both sides, and, like the show
! ers OF spring, caused flowers to spring up in
! the hearts Of all, from seed which had long
lain dormant, and of which the possessor had
not even the knowledge until the time and
! season arrived for their full development.
Addrcss Of Colonel Jefferson Davis, chairman
! Of The committee appointed to notify General
Taylor Of has election
SIR We have been depnted By the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Congress.
of the United States officially to inform YOU
that they have, in the manner provided by the
constitution, ascertained that you have been
legally and constituionaIIy elected to fill the
office Of President Of the United States fol
four years, TO commence with the fourth day
of March. 1919, and 10 present to YOU voul
certificate Of election, as proclaimed by the
Vice President OF the United States on the Sc
cond Wednesday of February of the curren
year.
In conveying TO you this evidence of th'
high confidence reposed in you by the people
of The United States, we tender to you gu
cordial good wishes, and earnest hope tina
you may find in the Chief Magistracy the hon
or, the glory, the happiness which should
wait upon patriotism, and flow from a nations
prosperity.
Many causes, such as difference OF pursuit
Of circumstance, of education, or of menta
characteristic, divide now, as they have here
tofore divided, the people If the United States
into political parties but it is proud snecta-
Gle to see the conflict of opinion. after having
ragged with its widest fury through the course
of canvass, subsi lie into peace al tie returns
of an election. and no other power ever be re.
quired 10 enforce the result than the power Of
that respect which American citizens feel fo
the laws and institutions under which they
live
A majority of the Senate of the United
States are of the political party which most
strove to defeat your election. | accord in
political creed with that majority. To select
me, under these circumstances, to announce
TO you your election 10 the highest office in
the United States, will, trust, be received as
token of their acquiescence-not reluctant
admission, but respectful acquiescence in the
decisions OF the people. | feel, sir, that l car
offer YOU assurance that from them your ad
ministration will not encounter factious oppo
sition that asfar as difference of opinion will
permit, they will give that sincere supper
which our common interest and constitutional
obligations might lead you to expect
The character of your election-the gener'
al feeling of admiration and gratitude for YOU
long. arduous, and most brilliant military ser
vices-a life of earnest devotion to your coun,
try-your whole country-gve high hope
and expectation in the public mind that or
taking the chair first held by Washington, ant
which is sacred to every American heart, you
will be able 10 hush the winds and still thu
waves of sectional strife-to pursue the con
stitution, with all its harmonizing compro
mises-to promote the permanent prosperity
and further illustrate the honorable fame O
our Union.
Substance Of Gen. Taylor's Reply.
The President elect, in signfying his &C
ceptance of the office to which he had bee
chosen by the people, avowed emotions of tn