Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-04

kind Providence.
It only remains for me to bid each of you kind
and afectiOnate adieu, and to pronounce that this
House stands adjourned sine die.
The Senators having returned, the men,
bers of the House repaired to the Senate
Chamber, when Mr. Cooke moved that the
Senate adjourn sine die Mr.. Speaker
CHEArHAM then pronounced the following
ValedictOry address:
GeniLernen of the Senate:
When called at the beginning Of this session by
your partiaity to preside the deliberations Of
this body, took occasion to remind you of my III
experience in those ncetirs OF parliamentary regu-
latons admitted by ALL necessary TO the ends OF
legislation and 10 invoke your assistance in the dis
charge OF the duties Of the position you had assign
ed me. have not, Senators, relied in vain upon
you, and with your complimentary resolution Of
thanks, to be ever treasured in the memory OF the
heart as its chief possession, will be always un
changeably associated this two fold Indebtedness
We are about, gentlemen, bringing to a,clOse, one
of the most protracted arduOus, and may add,
harmonious sessions of the State Senate, known to
the history OF our people
Diversity of opinion upon great measures OfState
policy which we have been called to meet and dis
cuss could not but exist; but the amenity and cour
tesy which have marked your debates have demon.
strated to me- that individual struggle for triumph
found it, impelng motive alone in patriotic and
conscientious regard for the promotion of the COM
mon interests OF the State The tome of the policy
which has guided your deliberations has been re-
makable for its liberaity, elevation strictly in
harmony with the generous impulses of great and
growing constituency While in the exercise OF
this developing and encouraging policy prospective
liabilities were necessarily incurred, vet never,
trust beyond what rational anticipation of PROS
pective good would sanction wise and judicous
The peculiar geographical position of our State
lying upon the great highway of the Continent
forces her surface TO become scanned and checkered
by Railroads, which, while they relieve her insuar
position from that otherwise nsuperabe obstacle to
her prosperity, stimulate her agriculture and me
chanic arts and impart an awakening vitality to
every industrial pursuit, by insuriug that reward
which makes toll recreation and blessing. Her
territory is a common centre Of attraction for the
channels Of overland commerce from the North,
from the South from the East and the West.
1t WAS impossible then, for her people not to
awaken to realization of The fact that her geOgra
pbical position, which in the first quarter of this
century seemed fatal to that prosperity and great
ness indicated by her ineXhaustble mines, and no
less ne1haustible soil had at the end Of the second
quarter, from the great modern discovery Of steam
land-travel, become propitious TO her future glory
and happiness. Prudent forecast indeed would not
hazard the iIjary OF the present generation 30 the
prospective, and therefore, to some extent, ques-
Iionable prosperity OF the next and there is wisdom
in that legislative caution which prefers the ills to
which long usage has accustomed US to the results
OF extensive experiments whose revelations slumber
in the future.
The counses, therefore, of the hopeful and i'm.
petuous are tempered by those OF the wise and
prudent, the latter naturally receding, the former
advances, until mutual reaction Of extremes har
monte upon a common centre. This is
an approximation to Legislative wisdom as il
+ ttainabe in the imperfect state of the human
understanding, and an intelligent and religious con.
stitueucy, while they should not be satisfied with
less, will exact no more of their representatives
The wise and patriotic trainers OF the constitu
ton Of our beloved State enjoyed encouraging Wis
ions Of her future prosperity, and not only pels
mitted but enjoi1ed upon the representatives Of her
people, the encouragement OF well regulated
system of Internal improvements. Under this
requirement this, and proceeding Legislatures, have
felt it incumbent upon them to foster and sustain
such public improvements wisdom indicated
we're planned for the development of the resources
of the State or the encouragement OF the great
industrial interests Of her patriotic people. Wheh-
er We, gentlemen, have gone beyond, or stopped
short OF these prudent limits is for to deter.
miue but must be submitted to the arbitrament oil
time and generous constituency.
The multiplication of Railroads within our Dor
ders secures TO our people additional and pecus
liar blessing. They will expunge home sectional
jealousy which can longer point to mounr
tain river as even questonal authority for 0xis
tence, for the one will be tunneed, and the other
bridged and all geographical boundaries Oblit.
Grated. There will be no East no Middle, no West,
which. once constituted Legislature The Congress
of the three Illnesses, but united and consolidated
this great State will her destined position
as the great conservative heart OF the nation.
Common School Education, necessary to the NOR
al development of any people, and essential to the
Of free institutions, while il has at no
time in this State received that Legislative encour
agement which 80 vital an interest demands has il
is to be hoped, been placed upon a footing for
the achievement of good and patriot will dismiss
the hope that the wisdom Of successors will be
equal to tle development Of educational system so
ample and benefceut as shall secure to the entire
population Of the State, the blessings OF Common
School instruction, for an intelligent people long ac-
customed to the enjoyment of civil aud religious
liberty are invincible The progress of civilization
and enlightenment in any country is dependent
upon the moral and intellectual development of her
people, and human freedom finds its ONLY anchor
age in the intelligence OF the masses.
Gentlemen, this has been long session. More
than FIVE months have merged into the past since
we assembled in this magnificent capitol, provided
by the munifcence Of great people. 1t has been
session conspicuous 70: the labor which il has
accomplished. Amid our tolls, the visions OF dis
tantant homes and loved inmates would come to
gladden. the heart with their cheering sunshine and
awaken an ardent desire for the coming OF the day
which il now upon Ths,l, the heart onged for
the endesring associations Of home bu, fOls il sad
dens over the contemplation Of ties cemented by
a common service for a common end, about to be
sundered forever The Senate Of the State Of Ton.
nessee We will believe, will continue to hold its
biennial sessions while these marble walls endure
and long after they shall steadily but silently have
wasted away into their native elements but the in
dividuals which compose it now, will compose it no
more forever.
The presence Of this sad truth acknowledges no
kindred emotion. Enshrined alone in the great
depths OF she human heart il sits, for the time, q
melancholy but pleasing monopoly. In the perfec,
ton OF our political system 10 be lost in the
great multitude from whom, we a few months ago
emerged, aud at the appointed time others will
arise out Of the same living ocean TO supply our
places. But, there or here, We will not, cannot,
forget the endearments OF . friendship sprnging
from association in a common cause foSterei by
reciprocal eourtesies and cemenied by generous
desire to deserve well of each other and Of a com
mon country.
IL remains, gentlemen, bot for me to add the
word farewell And TO declare officially, as now do
that this Senate is adjourned without day.
State Fair Grounds.
The Speakers of the .wo Houses appointed
the following joint Committee to purchase per-