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Our New Senator.

! Our New Senator.
Hon. L. v. Bosy's srs,ch Befcr.
the General Assembly.
. An Elatsrass asasenisGs ss It'll
. Views On Public xffaifs.
JHrFERsoN CRY, January To-
After the formal announcement Of
Hon. Lewis v. Bogy's election u
United States senator. to-day, duriux
the joint session of the General As
scmbly, he was escorted to tho chair
and spoke as follows:
Senators and Representatives:
| appear before you to return to
you my most profount. thanks for the
distinguished honor you have cor.
ferred upon ME. Permit me 10 say
at the outset, that feel that am
unworthy Of the high position.
Nevertheless, feel the consciousness
that l shall have tie strength and
ability to discharge oil the duties
devolving on me. II know myself,
l shall be faithful to my State aud to
oil its interests, to my part aud to
the entire people Of the Slate.
(Cheers.) A scat, in the Senate of the
United States Senate is the most
prominent position which the State
can confer upon any of its citizens.
feel the weight of the burthen, if 1
may use the expression, which is
placed by you upon my shoulders; ; l
assume the discharge of the high re-
sponsibilitics and duties which will
necessarily dcvolve upon mo In the
councils of the nation with great
humility, and, although 1 may fail
now and then, to meet tho expecta-
tions Of my friends, hope that
shall always be treated with indul.
gence provided my friends believe 1 |
have discharged my duties with in
tegrity. Gentlemen, there arc those |
great and prominent objects which |
now strike the eye of tho observing
men Of this nation. Owing 10 the
late war our system of government
has been shaken to its foundation; it
is yet totterins, and it will be the
work of time and craftsmanship to
reset it upon the firm basis upon
which it originally rested. There
are States of this Union that are yet
crushed in all their material Interests,
aud deprived Of the rights of sovcr.
eisn States. Those States must be
restored to their proper position in
tho great constellation that forms
the American Uuion. They arc tho
great columns of the corintliian or.
der. which hold up this great temple
now extending from ocean to ocean,
and reaching up to tho clouds. Des-
troy, impair, or shake any one of
these great columns and the temple
itself must feel it. Some Of these
columns have bccn somewhat shaken
and they must be restored, and unless
they are restored, our system of gov
whose foundations were
laid by the wisdom and statesmanship ,
OF the great men who framed it, will i
have undergone IN entire change. l
shall cooperate with all my zeal and
feeble ability in all measures calcu-
lated to restore the State to their ,
rights, both in their material and 9
political order.
Another remarkable fact which i,
strikes the mind of the observing
man is the legislation of the country r
OIL the financial question, as had the
pleasure of rcmarking the other even- !,
ing in this hall. Although agricul- t
ture, commerce and manufacture, are :,
in q state of apparent prosperity, n
with unusual health and large export ,
trade, yet the Western States are be-
poorer day by day. This i
grows out of system of legislation /
calculated to make us workers, aud I
the eastern men the rcapcrs. We are /
the producers, while they are the r
Spectators at our expense. That
system can be changed and 1 think r
speedily. will consider it ono of :,
my duties to the people of the State y
and to the entire West to work TO :,
bring about a change of legislation
on this subject as soon as possible. = +
While upon this point will take
occasion to remark that have been
misunderstood OIL the question of the
,ariff. l am not free trade man h
I'm for the old Democratic doctrine,
. tariff for revenue sufficient to pay
he interest (cheers and applause). 1
'cpeat,a tariff sufficient to pay the in .
crest upon the public debt, aud to 8,
AIRY Oh the government with econ.
my.
Now, gentlemen, on an occasion :,
ike this, it would be improper for v
no to extend my remarks at much
cngth. These are the great meas. q
'rcs before the country, the restora-
ion of the Southern States to their
ust rights in the confederation, the
'oing away with vicious system of o.
egislation now depressing the West, . .
nd with tariff which makes few ~,
wealthy at the expense :, .
4 the great producing class of one
cotton. .a
Having said this I might we'll stop, v
ut l hope 1t will not be deemed i'm. oi
roper II I say something personal of q,
'yself. l am no csrpet-baggcr, but Il
native Of this State, and dsscen- Il
ant Of ono Of tho earliest families NJ
hat settled in this vast wilderness Of hi
he new world as early ~ 1885, then %
colony Of tho kingdom Of France. Is
rom the time Of their FIRST settle. OF
lent on the conti,iciits they were p'
ioneers marching in tho Sa, Of civi. Ia
zatton, aud carrying IL to the very "
entrc Of the continent. lgt
i nm Nro,,tl fs, ha a das Snh Il ~ an III