The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-03-20
S1.OOA YEAR
The Legislature has Adjourned

o'clock. the 85th session of the New
Jersey Legislature closed There was
considerable discussion in the Senate
up to the very moment when the Pres
/ tent declared the adjournment sane
die-some insisting upon a continu-
ance of business even after the hour
Cor closing had come and passed ; but
as these were in the minority, they
wire obliged to The ruling of the
President, and the fixed determination
of the majority.
Before the closing a resolution high
" complimentary to President Perry,
from this County, was offered by Sen
ator Buckley and passed unanimously,
in response to which the President
spoke as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE I'm
thanking You for the resolution which
YOU have adopted so grateful to my
feelings, | avail myself of the oppor-
tnnity to express my gratitude for the
partially and indulgence you have
manifested toward me while discharg-
ing the arduous duties as President
of the Senate.
With no experience as q presiding
officer of a Legislative body, ! as
sumed the duties, relying upon your
generosity and forbearance. | have
not been disappointed That reliance
has not been in vain. The uniform
kindness and courtesy / have eXpe-
rienced from every member of the Sen
ate, have made the discharge of duty
agreeable and the labors of my posi-
ton comparatively light.
Nothing has occurred during our
Session to mar our social intercourse,
nor in the discharge of our official du-
ties, has anything happened to de-
tract from the dignity of this body.
There have heen differences of opin-
ion, and they have been fearlessly and
honestly expressed. No sentiment
has been uttered here to manifest any
want of attachment to that Union
which is the glory of our fathers and
the palladium of our liberties, and to
which New Jersey has ever been and
ever will be true
Senators | nov take leave Of you.
I wish you happy return to your
homes, and that prosperity and hap
piness may attend each one of you
through life.
In the House the usual merriment
con equent upon the close of ses-
sion, was witnessed, though nothing
like obstinate facetiousness was OBJ
servable. When the hour for adjourn
ment arrived. some one offered reso-
luton of thanks to Speaker Teese, of
Essex, for the able and impartial man
ner with which he had presided over
the deliberations of the body, which
resolution was unanimously adopted,
TO which the Speaker responded as
follows:
Gentlemen of the Assembly Il
now for the last time, gentlemen of the
Assembly, addressing you as your pre-
siding officer, permit me to express to
you my heartfelt thanks, as well for the
kind assurance of your esteem express
ed in the resolution just passed as
for uniform courtesy and kindness to
me during the session now to close.
Though often differing in opinion
with many of you, and with the ma
iority of you, upon questions of i'm
portance, our differences have never
led us so far as know to the sacrifice
Of good feeling, even, on your part or
my own. For your forbearance and
kindness, and for your cooperation
with me to the end in conducting your
deliberations, I shall ever feel the ut
most gratitude. We part friends,
though we shall never probably all
meet again, l shall carry with me al
ways the pleasing recollection of our
past intercourse.
The editor of the Gazette and Re
publican, who resides near by and
has no doubt kept sharp eye as to
how matters and things have progress
ed during the session, says The
present session has been a very event
full one-one that has worked deep
humiliation TO some, and added much
to the strength of others. 1t has
taught some men the important lesson
that Providence has not bestowed on
one man all the powers of State, and
utterly refused to others-in other
words, that "some things can be done
as we'll as otherS.n If certain men
of this State have not learned lesson
from the doings of the Legislature just
passed, "they would not be convinced
though one rose from the dead" We
have not time now to refer to partic-
ular acts, but may do so hereafter.
Among the members of the Legis-
lature, just closed, were many excel
lent men-nen who, for honesty, up
Brightness, and faithfulness to their con-
stituents, could not have been surpass-
ed. To add that there were some
who were "no better than they ought
to be-" will excite no surprise with
those who know anything about State
Legislatures now -a-days We shall
not attempt to name at this time, Ell
Their the first or the last but we could
if it were expedient, hold the mirror
mn n Soma roan who uuouId h1noh Of