The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-03-27

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ls'This is the last session TO be held in the
old Hall Of Representative. Tomorrow we
occupy the new bn;ldinr. and this v;il be
spproptiasSa 70 other parpo,es. / LOOK
around upon its majestic column. in lieht.
ed dome, it, spacious galleries. its faded
tapestry, its gray walls. with emotions Of
sadness. They have long been familiar to
my view. have become attached 10 them.
They seem to have been Companions Of NV
better DAYS. / look at the 6aure Of the re.
cording angel, az he sits upon the clock Of
time, with pen recor ding those passing events
which will long live ia history, after We
shall have passed from our present state Of
existence. They will tell for good or for
evil on coming generations. There high
elevated above the Speakers chair, stands
the Genius Of America, holding forth that
scroll which Hcontaans oors past history, of
which members take so little notice. lie
and the recording angel look down upon US
with counntenance cheered with hope for
the future, rather than with satisfaction with
regard to the preseat. fgasgs ssa ssW t,f{a.,
"Tho Speakers seat, the Clerks table,
the mace, the old armed chairs, the writing
desks, are dear to me. They have for twen-
y years been NY companicns. With them
have spent the best, the most active part
of my life, and4am now poiued ut the sen
Grafton. 81. -
"Here | have spent sleeplesss nights and
anxious days. Iwell irecollecs tho time,
when for thirty-oas consecutive hours, .the
Old Man Eloquent maintained his seat, now
near me, during one of those conflicts Which
often marked that period Of our history.
He has long since passed from, those scenes,
to the peaceful scIimes of the spirit lsnd.---
Yet, methinks Ises his veneratei form; with
his pen in his hand watching transpirinp
events, as' in the days Of yore. He was the
connecting link between the Revolutionary
and the present age. IS }g ,bsg ,ssls;i's
"With thrilling emotions call To mind
the period, when he was arraigned by the
slave power before the House, for present.
ing therespectful petition of his constituents.
1 now see him in memory, as be stood at the
time of his celebrated replv to Marshall on
that memorable occasion. His aged form
seemed to rise with his subject; his language
became impassioned, and his ,nyectiyes m ore
and more terrible, until MANY cheeks were
bathed in tears. Reporters laid aside their
pens; the vast galleries seemed filed with
inanimats beings, bent forward in the afti-
tude Of endeavoring to catch each syllable
that fell from his lips. A friend now occu-
pies the seat at which be then stood-the
seat at which he sat when the angel Of death
kindly summoned him to happier realms. 1
helped to bear his lifeless form from the
hall. We placed him in the Sneak er,s room.
where he bade adieu to sthe last of earth,
''Several political generations have ap-
peared in this legislative temple since / f;rst
took my seat, made their obeisance to man.
kind, pronounced few words. and then
disappeared MANY have gone before me TO
the unknown land. Some have Climbed to
higher honors, and some have Disappeared
in the mass Of human beings who thronc the
earth. fJs farsgb 81 l.llItD .or1aS =. 80
"What scenes / have witnessed within
these walls! Ii were perhaps we'll to draw
the veil Of obscurity over them. There