Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-02-08

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arose, he spoke as follows
'Gentiemen IF The House Of Representatives. ::
Before ! proceed 10 complete the acceptance Of
the office which you have conferred upon me,
I I avail myself of your indulgence TO express
nv thanks for the honor. IL would afford far
greater pleasure were ii accompanied even by
the selfaSsurance that ! would bring to the
discharge of the arduous and delicate duties,
always difficult, but now environed with unu-
sual difficulties, any capacity commensurate
with their responsibility and dignity. can
only say that | will bear myself, SO far as pos
SIble, with fidelity 10 the interests and inStitu-
tons of the country and the government. and
with impariialItv, SO far as regards the rights
of the members of this House. | have no
personal objects 10 accomplish. ! am ANNA
ted bv single desire of contributing, in some
little degree, 10 the maintenance of the well
established principles of our government IN
their original American Specification; in de-
veloping that portion of the continent we oc-
cupv, so far as we NAV do within the power
conferred on us, enlarglng and swelling its ca
pacltieS for beneticcnt influence at home and
abroad, and maintaining intact and in perpe-
tu,y, the inestlmabc privileges transmitted 10
Us. | am aware that neither myself nor any
other man is equal to the perfect accomplish
mcnt of these duties. | am, therefore, as a
man must be in such presence, a supplahl for
your indulgence and support. | again return
You nv thanks for the honor conferred upon
me-. Applause, dcafening and long coniinu-
ya.1
Mr.. Giddings, the oldest Member,
administered the oath of Office to the
Speaker.
4 vote Of thanks to the Clerk. .Jno
W. Forncy, for his ability and impair
TALLY in discharging his late delicate
duties, was unanimously adopted, and
the House adjourned.
The noble band of over One Hun
dred men who retained their fidelity,
for eight long weeks, against Official
and social snares from without, and
incxpcricnce, errors, misconceptions,
and treachcry from within, are worthy
Of all praise. With the vantage they
now have, let past errors and jealous
les be forgotten. and all true Rcpubli
cans and Americans unite to preserve
the true Union-as it can only he
preservcd-by restoring to Kansas
the freedom of which she is robbed,
and guarding Liberty against any fur
ther encroachmcnts Of Slavery.
The treatment of WEBSTER by the
South, is again exhibited in her dis.
posal of RICHARDSON and FULLER in
this contest. SO long as those gen
tlemen were scryiceablc to Slavery by
dividing the North, it was profuse III
its adulation, but when the test vote
for Speaker came, they were cast like
a worthless weed away and the Sla-
very strength thrown-with the Nor
thern Administration Democracy, its
Platform kicked aside to make room
for him-for that incarnation of Sla-
vocracy, WM. AIKEN.
And Notwithstanding the minor
ity South has had the Speaker 43 out
Of G6 years past, she sought it again,
and on the trial test gave NOT ONE
VOTE for the Northern candidate, tho
the North gave EIGHTEEN votes for
the Southern candidate. After these
exhibitions, let no one prate about the
sECTIoyALISM of the North,' which
has the POWER to control the Govern
mcnt whenever it chooses so to do.
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Jr.
Was born in Waltham, MiddleseX Co.,
Mass, 18th Jan. 1916. He attended
the public school until he was twelve
years of age, and was considered an
apt scholar. At the age of twelve he
began to work in cotton factory
afterwards assisted his father, who was
a house carpenter-then acquired the
trade of a machinist, working at it
in Waltham and in Boston. Having
improved his leisure hours, by study
ing law with Robert Rantoul, Jr, in
lS4S he was admitted to the Boston
bar. Although he never attended
school after the age of twelve, yet he
has obtained a good knowledge of the
principal languages Of Northern and
Southern Europe.
Mr.. Banks is fond Of retirement, and
of literary pursuits, and yet has led
boisterous political life. Reared in
the Democratic party, he earnestly
supported Van Buren, and Cass, and
in lS4S was elected to the Assembly.
In 1851 he was elected to both Senate
and Assembly he accepted the last,
and was chosen Speaker by Fusion
Of Democrats and Free Solicrs-thc
same in 1852. In 1853, he was the
successful Democratic candidate for
Congress, and was also elected to the
Convention to revise the Constitution
of Massachusetts, over which he was
pbncnn prncilapt In 1SSI 10th tho