Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-01-28

coed at 0nee to the consideration of this report
/ aod thatit be adopted. That is the purpose
| for which 1 rise. Before, however, submitting
I that motinn to The vote of the Senate, | hope
that may be ludulged in few wards of part
ing from this chamber This is to be the last
/! day of our session here and this place, which
has known us so long, is to kaow us no more
forever as Senate. The parting seems to me-,
sir, to be somewhat of solemn one, aud full
/ of eventful recolleclions. wish, however, ,
only to say few words.
Many associations, pleasant aud proud, bind
us aid our heerts 10 this place. We cannot
but fsel their influence, especially |, Mr. Pies
+ ident, whose lot it has been to serve 10 this
I body more years than any other member now
4 present. That we should all be attached to it,
that my longer association should attach me to
ii, is most natural. Mr.. President, We cannot
quit this chamber without some feeling Of
i sacred sadness. This chamber has been the
scene of great events. Here questions Of
American constitutions and laws have been
debated questions of peace an3 waI have
been debated and decided questions of empire
have occupied the attention of this assemblage
in times past; this was the grand theatre upon
which these things have been enacted. They
give soFt of consecrated character to thls
hall
Sir, great men have been the actors here
The lllusirIous deaa that have distinguished this
hody in times plst naturally rise to our view oa
such an occasion. lspeak only of what lave
seen, and but partially of that, when soy that
/ here, within these wallis, haze seen men whose
fame IS not surpassed, and whose power aad
ability aud patriotism are not surpassed by any
thing of Grecian or Of Roman name. / have
| seen Clay aad Webster and Calhoun and Ben
ton aud Leige aud Wright and Clayton fast
! ilongh not leasll minglag together IL THIS oody
at oDe time, and uniting their couusels for the
| benefit of their country. They seem 70 our
/ Imagination and sensibllities, such au oc-
c4sion as this, TO have left their Impress on
these very walls and this nqJsst dome seems
almost yet to echo with theVoIee Of their clo,
/ quenee. This hall seems TO b. a loeal aabaa-
tlon for their namas. Iais hall is full Of the
| purS odur Of their justly-raEteas Tame. There
are others besides Hose have named Of whom
I l viii not speak, because they have a9t yet
closed their career not yet ended their ser7lees
| to the couniry and they will receive their r2-
/ ward hereafter. There arc hest OF others
that NIGH nIeptl0n-that deserve to DO men
tioned-but IT would take too long. Thcir
names are in 10 danger ef heing gotten, nor
their services un,hought OF OF anhoa0red
6if, We leave UehiLd us, IL going from this
hall, these associa;ious, these proud imaglna-
tlons, SO well calculated to prompt 20 a geuer-
emulation of their services 20 their eogn-
try but we Will carry along with Us, 10 the
new chamber to which We are to go, the spirit
and the memory of all these things; we will
carry with Us all the Inspiration which our
iliustrious predecessors are calculated to give !;
aud wherever We sit We shall be the Senate of
the United States of Ameriea--a great, pow
erful, conservative body intbe government of
this country, and body that viii maintain, as
trust anc believe under all circumstances and
IN all times TO come, the honor, the right, and
the glory of this country. Because we leave
this chamber, We shall not leave behind US any
sentiment OF patriotism, any devotion to the
country which the illustrious exemplars that
have gone before US have set to US. These,
like our household gods, will be carried with
US and we, the representatives of the States
| OF this mighty Union, will be found always
equal, trust, to the exigencies Of any time
| that may come upon our country. No mat
ter under what sky we may sit; 10 matter
! what dome may cover US, the great patriotic
spirit of the Senate of the United States will
be there and | have an abiding confidence
that it will never fail iu the performance of its
| duty, sit where IL may, even though it were ip
desert
But it is yo:, sir, NOT possible to leave this
I hall without casting behiad us many longing
aud lingering locks. 1t has been the scene of
the past ; the new chamber is 10 De the scene
of the future and that future, hope, will not
be dishonored by any comparisons to be made
with the past. 1t, too, will have It's illustra-
tions OF great public services rendered by
great men and great patriots; and this body,
tue great preservative element OF the Govern
inent, viii discharge all its duties, taking care
to preserve the Union Of the States which they
representative source of ali their honoGs, the
source Of the trust which they SIT here to exc
cute, the source as it has been and it will
be Of their country's greatness, happiness, and
prosperity, in times TO come as il has been in
the time that is past.
Dir. President, canno, detain you longer.
move that the vote CT the Senate be low ta-
ken on the report which has been presented,
aud that it be adopted.
The question was then taken on the report
of the committee, and i. was adopted, aen.
con.
The VICE PRESIDENT then spoke as fol-
lows
SENATOR'S have been charged Iy tue COM
nittee TO whom you co1fded the arrangements
Of this day, with the duty Of expressing some
OF the reflections that naturally occur In ta-
king final leave Of chamber which has SO
long been occupied BY the Senate, la the pro-
gress OF our country and the growth OF the
representation, this room has become too con-
tracted for the representatives of the States
now existing aud soon too exist; aud, accord
ingly, you are about 10 exchange it for hall
affordiug Accommodations adequate 10 the pro-
sent and the future. The occasion suggests !