Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-09

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PRESENTATION OF A CANE TO MR..
BROWN OF THE MASSACHUSETTS,
LEGISLATURE.

At the presentation of an elegant gold-headcd
cane to Mr.. Brown, Of Holland, the democratic
member Of the House, Mr.. Prince, of Essex, od-
dressed the recipient as follows
RESPECTED Fellow-laborer In behalf of sew.
eral of your associates in the House Of Represen-
tativcs, | have arisen on this floor to present you
with the parting gift Of u gold-hoaded cane. And
in compliance with their wishes, as well as in ac-
cordanco with my own feelings, | accompany the
presentation with q few remarks.
W respectfully ask you to accept this gift as n
token Of our personal friendship and esteem, and
in testimony of our appre :iation of your valuable
services as a discriminating and impartial legisla-
tor; but more especially MS a mark of courtesy
towards the single memjcr Of the democratic party
who has helda seat in the legislature of the present
year
"You, sir, have stood here in our midst as a
proof that the democratic party has yet "a name to
lice, in Massachusetts and, let mt say that name
is Br0ra. Like Mr.. Benton, elsewhere on one
occasion, you have stood here, this session, 'solita-
ny and alone We have admired your steadGast
adherence to your political creed.
You have stood by your party through thick
and thin -(and %latterly it has been rather thin,
though not from any fault of yours.) You are
right, sir, in this respect. We trust you will not
be disheartcned because you have been left alone
like a sparrow upon the bouse-top.' Keep up a
good heart, land we know you hare a good one)-
M utSpeTuNtO, VT. DlOne Will trdusHdtc,J anu
though again you should be deserted by all the
rest of the 'unterriied democracy be sure that
you abide, undismaycd. Remember, i! will never
do to give it up so, Mr.. Brown =
so sturdily and unflincAingly have you defend.
ed the honor of your party on this floor, SO impreg
nablc have you been to all assaults, that we fee
that you fully merit the tito Of 'BRowN STOUT!
One more commendablc particular which would
mention is your attachment to the English (pardor
me, the Americana language, manifested early il
the session by your order to translate the Latir
motto over the Speakers desk. You have not
shown your fonlness for this or any other tongue
by an excessive use of it ON this floor. You have
used it sparingly and ~wisely-being actuated, per
haps, by a remembrance of the beautiful aphorism,
that speech is silver, but silence is golden.
Holding up the gold head of the cane.
trust you will never deposit this gift in an,
place where you would not be willing to call for i
in broad daylight.* IGrcat shouts of laughter.
Accept, with this cane, the renewed assurance
of our warm personal regard. Long shall we re
member your genial features, which from day t.
day have here beamcd upon us. May your day
on earth be long and happy and as often as yol
are supported by this sstaff in your rural walk
Tor should you ever lean upon it when weary O
cnteebled by illness) may its pressure upon you.
palm awaken a kindly remembrance Of your friend
and cordial well-wishers, the members of the legis
llature of 1850"
Mr.. Brown briefly responded to this speech
warmly rendering his thanks for the kind remcm
brance and good wishes of his fellow members
and in return expressed his desires for their hap
piness and prosperity.
supposed to alludc to the loss of a cane by a member of th
legislature.