Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-03-15
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TORY.

Gat'mcn of The House Of Representatives,
The hour has arrived which termn on
relations to the country, and our relations II
each other, as members of the Thirticth Con
gress and you have already pronounced the
word which puts an end at once TO my voca
lon and to your own.
H But neither the usage Of the occasion, moi
nv own feelings will allow me to leave the
chair, without n word of acknowledgement
aud a wo d off,rcwcll, 10 those with whom
|. | have b ,en so long associated, and by WHOM
1 | have been 50 highly hohored.
Certainly, gentlemen, should subject my
self 70 4 cha ge Of great ingrat.tude, were
not 10 thank you for the resolution in reference
TO my official services, which you have placed
upon the records within few hours past
Such a reso ution, need not say, is the
most prcc Gus testimonial which any presiding
officer can receive, an affords the richest re-
muncrati3n for any labors which it may have
cost.
1t did t require, how yer, this formal trb
ute at your hands to furnish me with an oc-
casion of grateful acknowledges 10 you
all. am deeply sensible hat no intentions
however honest and no eff rts however ear
nest, could have carried me safey and sue
cessfully through with the duties which have
been imposed upon me, had not been sec
ond d and .us,a ned, from first to last, by
your kind cooperation a"d friendly forbearance.
| beg you, then, to receive my most helrty
thanks, not merely for so generous an appre-
C alton of my services, but for the uniform
Icouriesy and confidence which you have man
Iitested towards me during my whole official
term. and by winch you have done 80 much
to tighten the labors and relieve the response
bili;ies which are inseperab,e from the chair
Of this House.
can honestly say, gcntlen en-, that | have
eudcavored, TO the best Of my ability, to fu'-
fl the pledg S with which entered upon this
arduous station, and 10 discharge lis comp-
Gated and difficult duties without partiahty
and without prejudice, Nor am ! conscious
or having gwen just cause of mputa,on or of
fence to any member Of the House. If there
he one, however, towards whom | have seem
ed. at any moment, to exhibit any thi G of n
Justice, or any hing of impatlcnce, | freely
i!sr him he on y reputation IN MY power, IN
this puIl,c expression Of my sincere regret
We have been associated, gentlemen, dur
ing m s, eyen,lul peric in the history Of our
.oup,ry and Of the world 1t would be diff
.ult to designate an thcr era in the modern
una of mankind, which has b zen signal zed
" so rapid succession OF startling political
'hangcs.
lie; US r2,oce that while tn powers Of the
ear;h have ain s. everywhere else been sha-
zen, that willie more than one of the might
es monarch es and ateiicst empr,s OF Eu-
rope have tott red or have fallen, oar own
AmercanRepublic has sood firm.
LIT us rejoice at tie evidcace whlrh has
hus been furnished 10 the friends of liberty
throughout the world of the inherent stabi-
Off istitunons which are foun ed on the
rock OF written constitution, and v hich art
sustained by tle will of a free an! Intelligent
people
And le, US hope and tru~t-as | for one,
no-t fcr,ently an confidently do-hat, by
he blessing of God upon prudent, conciiato-
y, a d p triotic counsalS, cv ry cause Of do
ncsli dsscnnon and iratprnal dlscorl may be
speedily done away, and that the states and
he people, whose Representatives we are,
may be bound together 70 ever in firm, COL
dial aad iudissolualc union.
Offering once more TO you all my most
grateful acknow owlcLgernent, Of your kn!noss,
md my best wishes for your individual health
md happiness, proceed To- the performance
Of the only duty which remains to me, by an
nouncirg, as ] now do,
That the House of Representatives OF the
United States stands a liourncd sine de.