The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-26

revolutionary and late w With Great Britain eould 6al
no means Of 'edressing their gneyances ~
Ia new country oppressed by poverty unable TO oh
tain lehns Of then except through their tcpr,
sentaliNes AMI senators, Gen Jones has been ever really
10 serve his constituents and obey the behests Of zen
erous nature which feels for the poor He has never al
lowed willow or Orphan lrendleSs poor man 10 go
away unheard unrcdressed Nor any man ia truth
or justice say that he has addressed respectful note
or letter 70 Senator Jones which has not been promptly
responded 10.
fidelity u party and 10 friends lie has been the servant
Of the State in the true Roman senatorial sense Never
Idle his state has commanded his whole time He drew
UP the organic act which gave TO Wisconsin Territory
separate existence We were then part of IT, La the
language of the late John NJ Clayton Gen Jones neither
ate nor slept until lac secured passage Of the bin which
gave us separate territorial existence
lie sought aud received grants of land from The narcn
government Tor the Territory unexanped in the history
oil the country lie received donation for nearly every
principal town in the State aud his success was the as
lonishment OF his own people and the Congress
Nearly every city Ia the State the Mississippi river
through his energy, has been made port Of entry
He conceived and obtained the extension OF the Illinois
Central Railroad TO Dubuque thereby making il the great
inand arm of the Mississippi river connecting great
northern city Of his own State with New Orleans the me-
tropolis of the South and making it the highway of the
great wealth of the western world
by the industry of years which knew no cessation he
obtained, almost unasssted, the munhcent grant of
lands Tor the completion of our State railroads
Gen. Jones represented this country when it was wild
appendase to the Territory Of Michigan inhabited only
by savages. lie has been foster father TO its growth
and It's growth has been prodigons in America He
has ived to see the country which he represented Ia 1885
as territorial delegate, containing several millions
OF population, hardy eemen adorned with churches and
common schools, beautifed by gardens and fields and
enriched by great cities and commercial towns repre-
sented in the United States Senate by eight members and
In the House by eleven representatives, and delegate
Without stain upon his honor, nearly worn ont 10y
labor he can return home TO the constituency who
for nlrfpl nlrtV I,r,i, luvn 1.,p q,
tinue him in the Senate. With reclamation the whole
people of Iowa will, with open arms meet him and
brace him as fellow citizen, kind neghbor and a
faithful friend
With the welcome applaudit they will greet him. and
though they may have differed with him in many things
.Wt done, thou good and faithful servant " will sa
ne him wherever he goes and as his history has been
eva with the State his memory will be perpetual with it.
Rich in the gratitude of free people he will retire
with clustering honols gathering around his quiet home
AMI there enjoy the grateful consolation that he has
held office only to discharge its duties and that not
he, but bis constituents, suffer in the change.