The Lincoln County herald., 1873-04-02
COOd.by.

Legislature, the members OF the house
presented Speaker Mcllhany with pho.
togruph medley Of themselves. where
upon he waxed grapdiloqueut and seuts.
mental, and effused us follows:
Your kinl aud generous expressions OF
friendship aud respect Tor me personaily
and US the presiding officer Of this House,
on this occasion Of our parting, has so
overw he med my emotional nature that
l cannot express myself Us | should do.
Allow me to assure you, however, that
the presentation Of this memento oil
friendship is one that consider Infinitely
letter than anything else you could have
appreciate the familiar faces Of the nope
aud generous gentlemen by whom | um
here surrounded much more highly than
anything else you could have given me.
We met here for the first time on the
drst "Wednesday in January, almost en-
tirely as stransers--not only strangers to
each other, but in the main strangers to
the formula Of legislation. We we're
mex perenccd, and it was hardly possible
rapidly and accurately, that degree OF
perfection, and consummate 80 much in
the deliberations Of this body as gentle
msn Of larger experience with no higher
degree Of in diligence. But allow me to
say, in behalf of the Twenty seventh
General Assembly aud time Will demon.
strate the truthfulness Of this assertion
that no body Of gentlemen has met within
the halls Of the legislature for years Of
higher degree Of intelligence and more
moral WORTH and integrity than the body
Of gentlemen whom l see before me to-
day and predict that the future will
vndcate the lruthfuluess Of the further
assertion that the laws passed by this
General Assembly have been in the char
ac,er Of retrenchment aud reform, and
will result IN bene fetal good to the peo
pie of the State Of Missouri; and that
the deliberations Of this body may in the
luture be trusted implicitly by their con
st,uen,s to the men who framed them.
1t is most unfortunate that some Of
the papers Of this country, iucludins the
! press Of the party that is the most repre-
sented upon this floor, have expressed
dissatisfaction, and have scolded consIu-
erably in regard to the manner in which
this body has transacted the business o!
the Stale. The people at home seem to
have forgotten, and the press seems to
t have forgotten, that this is now the fifth
, State in the Union that her institutions
are rapidly developing; that her polu
la,ion Is rapidly increasing; that heT
mines, cities, villages, agricultural ie-
sources and commercial resources arc
d rapidly developing and that all these
d, must necessarily increase the legislation
n of the country. Cities aud villages have
a been springiug up all over this beautiful
y land of ours, where a few years ago the
virgin soil was undis,urbed These need
charters; they need new police regula
tons they need superior courts large
d business concerns must be Incorporated ,
!, their charters must be amended .he
: charters Of cities must be amended aud
n The vast incalculable interests Of large
!, cities necessarily need u large amount oi
legislation. All Of this is true. AnC
vet our frienus at home seem to have
forgotten these things. They supposed
), that ouly the school law, the revenue law
1t the road law, and few others were nj ces
&c sary TO he considered by US. But
II affirm that the future will vindicate th'
If truth of tho assertion that have made
Aud say that the people Of this Stat
may confidently and assuredly trust The
deliberations OF the General Assembly Il
], the hands Of such men as are nov
" before me.
!. The prosperity, the peace and the hap
piness Of the people OF this State are Yer.
oe much 10 the hands Of their representa-
of tlves. II is OF iu6ni,e importance. there
y tore, that the standard Of political iuteg
~ rity should be elevated and that it
elevation is sale in the hands Of tn
r. present body Of men. ! have no doubt
~ If we cannot equal the founders OF ou
country in the grandeur aud heroism o.
n their virtues, Appiduse
ed There is vast Improvement going on /
H., this country, and it is rising in e!eeanc
3. not only in its arc i,ecture, but IN th
tie character Of the representative men
or the country. Let this be our aim. LIE
nv US not devote ourselves to selfish an
in and personal consideration tor he VIII
i'll does so will finally meet with Waterloo
But he whose object is the greatest goo
to the greatest number will eventually b
succc sstul, and when the sun of his life
4 destiny shall have descended into tn
il. western horizon he will be enabled I
at look back upon the world as being bette
ah h off by his having lived in it. lle wi
Of leave to his constituency aud to posteri
be legacy imperishab 9, and Infinitely te
~ ter than all the money in shs Golfers o
be the millionaire.
i'd Again thankiug you, gentlemen. 70
'ts your kind and courteous tseutment. hav
he he Gully to say, in conclusion that ! can loo
nd upon the faces of she gentlemen here
i'll when I return 20 my peaceful home, with
NC out the slightest degree Of resentment
without tho slightest degree Of jeul