The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-03
The Speaker responded /:

ruec auu "'lhouI expressing TO you my grateful
Acknowledgements for it.
While will not seek to disguise that the need
OF praise awarded me for my efo IS to discharge
the duties Of the position which YOU are pleased
to assign me III a manner acceptable to you is ex-
ceedlndSly pleasing to me, yes cannot, from
sense OF justice to you receive it without quailca
/ ton.
10 your kindness and and generous support, to
your Aoeral iorbcarauce with my many faults, and
yonr Willingness to overlook them, to your patient
efforts to sustain me in my labOrs ana to facilitate
! the business o! the Session, to your s,udlous re-
gard for and observance of those rules of order,
decorun and gent!emanly bearing which contrib
ute so largely 70 the good government OF an as
sembly like this; to these am | in large measure
indebted for whatever OF success may have at
tanned in the discharge OF my duties, and |
thank you, gentlemen, most kindly lor it all
Your generous consideration for me will ever
&c held in grateful remembrance and while many
OF US may never meet again in this world to re-
new the acquaintance thus happily formed, yet, |
shall ever cherish IN warm recollections The mem
cries OF this session and look back to lis incident
and labors, with pleasure married only by tho
reflection that myself may have failed 10 Answer
your expectations Or to realize your hopes.
The session has been protyactei to more than
! DtoD arUu0D4
and severe to You aIl yet may We not conor,,t.
ula,e ourselves upon the amount OF business which
has been accomplished, and return to oar con>,ir.
uents with the consciousness that W. have Ahor4,
diligently and unst.tshiy in their service and win
an earnest Ie>!ro to discharge he high t4rjaS ai
responsibilities which iney posed upon us, win
hdelty, and III manner 10 meet their SANCTION and
approval.
And as we are permitted to indulge in the
pleasing anlcipauons of cur home<, to mirgle in
the festivities of IN anniversary" and to rest in
the quiet enjoyment OF family and friends, our
hearts are saduened BY the recollection that one
OF our number has passed to another world
On'y yesterday ne sat with US, participating in
our deliberations, and indulging, no doubt in
common with US, the pleasing thought that soon
he too would be released from his labors in the
public service, to return to his family and his
home. He rests, indeed but not with them,
An honest man, a faithful representative, he
sleeps the long sleep Of death! And, as we lin
ger over the memory OF our departed friend. let
US ponder wei! the lesson taught by this mysteri.
Gus Providence, to set our house III order Tor we
know not the day nor the hour when the sum-
mons may come to us.
And now, Gentlemen, your labors .or this SEES.
| sion arc completed.
hitherto 50 kindly watched over Us, and guided
Us III our dehOeidtonS, return US IN safety TO our
families aud our homes.
MIR. 1errlck offered resolution that the thanks
Of this House hereby rendered to the Clerk
for the ability, taithIuness and courtesy with
which he has discharged the duties of Clerk of
'he House OF Repre- entatises during the present
Session unanimously adopted.
The C!elk responded:
GENTLEMEN,-lt is truly gratifying to me if |
have so performed my duties as to meet with the
appreciation Of those who employed me. 1t has
been my highest endeavor to act with fidelity and
promptness in the Office to which YOU elected ne.
entered upon its duties with many ;nisgyings as
TO my success, but at the same time with the be.
lief that i! showed an hOncst endeuvor to act nv
part WELL many errors and tailings would be over
looked
can only claim this that have riet! to do
my du'y, and II have succeeded in any way in
dong this, should do injustice to nv feelings if
| dd not acknowledge that IL was in IA great de-
gree owing to our kindness and torbeaunce, and
that OF him who has presided over 20 delibera-
ton with such signal ability and success, and es-
pecial!y to the kindness aud aid Of those whom
have had nearer to me to assist me in my duties
Thanking you for your kindness, can only add
that the happy Incidents of this session will
sling to my memory as cong as life shall last.
Mr. Kent of Wa!ngtord offered resolution
that the thanks of the members OF this House are
hereby rendered to the Assistant Clerks for their
diligence and devotion in assisting the Clerk in
his arduous abors, and for their uniform courtesy
and kindness; unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Comings offered resolution that the
thanks of this louise are due to the MESSENGERS
who have SO faithfully and courteousy discharged
their duties during the session now drawing to a
close unanimously adopted
Mr. Fletcher of Cavendish moved recess and
the House look recess Of twenty minutes
Mr. White offered resolution that the self
sacrificing patriotism and undaunted bravery of
the Vermont soldiers in the Federal army of the
United States command and receive our highest
admiration; that they are justly entitled to our
lasting gratitude for wha, they have already done
and suffered in behalf Of the country, aud that we
joyfully anticipate the time when they will relnrn
to the State, whose reputation they have done so
much to sustain and exat; adopted.
Mr.. Hyde of Isle La Note offered resolution
of thanks to the door keepers, which was uuani-
mousy adopted.
The House refused is concur in Senate amend
ment of the bill relative to publication of general
statutes, and the Senate insisting upou said amend
ment Messrs. Chandler Royce and Hubbell were
appointed committee of conference, on the part Of
the House, on said bill.
Mr.. White presented an additional resolution
relative to Vermont soldiers, that the Secretary of
State be requested to forward to each Brig adler
General having in his command any Vermont
Volunteers, copy of the resolutions already