The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-11-04
THE OLD Man isLOQ UENT.


rlsHc Inle, ~ uOiiipltke. ~ blkAAllhslsIO}As
iand presented to tile country anil Tie
world me perlious and dl>creditalie as
rert 81 tie assenibief Representatives of
the ,epeapleHHaIaet form themselves into
aeonssitWloualb bniva 0n iirstsssrehll,liHes
tine House has TssYssswrs. anfs stlns cisrarof
the preceding Congress nets. bys usage ~
chAirnan of Tie ho,Iy TIL Speaker Is
chosen. Ohtlis occasinn. after reaching
the State of New Jersey, the acting clerk
declined toproeeed II calling tile roll. aud
refused teeniertaln any of tire ni,tians
which we're made fnr tie purpose ofex-
irirating The House from IL enbar-
rassment Many of Tie uhie and most
Jndicipus nlemhcrs Ind addressed Tie
House III vain. anil there was nothing but
confllnion and disorder in prospect.
The fgurih day oE.ened, ati still COM
fusion was triumphant. but the hour III
hisenihralm.n, WAS II hand. and scene
Was presented whlcl sent the mind hacls
"a those days when Cromwell uttered tie
exclanatIon. Sir Harry vana woe unln
You, sir Harry yanel' and III Nh instant
lisPer-e.i the famous Hump Parliamcnp
Mr. Adams. from tho opening u Ills
scene u conftrlan and anarchy, had main.
lained 4 prpfnun! silence. lie appeared
u ~ engaged lptet II Tie Time In writing.
To d common observer he seemed ID II
rockies ~ everything around him: but
nothing. not the slightest incident. a..
capped him Tie fnnh day of the
struggle Lad now commenced; Mr. Hugh
u. Garland. the clerk. was directed to cali
tits rol: aaait,
lie commenced with Maine. n aas
usual II lilo~t days. aud WIS proceeding
toward Massachusetts,. tnfne,i anil saw
tia. Mr Adams waa ready 10 II, The iloor
u tite rafliest nl..mvnt possible. Ills keen
80 Wis rissied On the clerk. his hands
ela-ls.,i The ffnut r,igr u his desk. where
lic always rlaeed ti.em loassist HIM II.
rising.
New Jerserr eisculaiea Nj Hugh II.
Garland. and tlls clerk has 10 repeat
lfhnt-' .- - r..
Ait Adams sprans u the hon5.
7 'isc IL Interrupt tie cicrkf was Ill
iiEei sjarulaiinn.
ssiience--rilrucc1 rssonndei t,r.u.y;,
the hall, tEItar hin--Iear himr Hear
tsiiat DC las u ssyi Hear John Quincy
Atains. were tl,e unaulmsu. .Iaealaiious
rn All -i,les.
| IL 81 instantthe mna, profound silence
feiTne,l Throughout the haiI--you might
have hsari Ieafnf Ia,ef .aH III any i,art
ofil anil every eve Mas riyetpd an the
senerabla Se.soF n IMassasa,uselis. III,
lPaused ~ moment; and. having given
III. Garland wliheripr LAX. lie
procresled ioNllreSa tic multitude.
! u was MT my iutention, said hc, IL
lake any part Iii these extraordinary
pnrtcdIngs. had hoped tint ,llIs house
would rncsrl III organizing issclf; thns d
lsisakaF and clerk woIit. II elrcsui. md
tint liie ordinary Lusin,se II levn.atIon
would II progressed III. This Is nu, Tie
linie y place q discuss lie mcfils n lhe
lcnntiletinr claimants fnr sta!s fsain New
Jersey; that u,biec. hslongs d the House
ns Representative. whirh, iii tl,e ton-
siliulinn. i made ,hr ultimate srhItcr af
ils Qualifications II IL nenileEs. lsut
whal spectacle - LpFy pltaeall We
degrade md disgrace ourselves. We ue-
gsadc ihid disgrace uur constituents anJ
The county. We al np, aud cannot 81.
ganizr; aud why's Becanse the clerk IL
thl. Hansc. tne n,crc clerk. whom We
cmpley, anil Wha~o existence depends
upon Yur viii. n.urlls the ihrape. and suts
~. tie representatives. IL, yiee-rrgvnts II
tie whole American people. ii dcGia,ire.
aud holds ii III contempt. And what i
iitl- clerk If snurs7 II heto saspend hy hIs
mere negative. she fBnelian- II govern.
nieiit, nilput ~ end 10 this sonrrcssn
He refuses 10 call lIle folIs II il Ia Your
gower n epmpei him lu eall II. ifhe viii
not 10 Il Voluntarily Ilierc 10 was Iu-
tcrrnplcd ~ urniher. who said TINT be
mas authorized - 10Y TINT computation
could not ryacli llse clerk, who lad arow.
led that lc would resign rather Than eali
ills State p New ger-cy.l Well. slr. III
bin re-lxn,' continued Mr.. Adams. and
We may possibly discover some WY hy
which We nny vet nlong, wllhoul thr
aid q hI.nll powerful laIcut. learning and
genius. live cannot organize IL any
other nasr-lfil,ls clerk ~ yours viii MT
son~nt 20 cur discharriax lhc trusts cen-
idelton hy our ,consiiiuents-,hrn, lrt
~ lmltnte Tho exanllr II tic Nl;giula
iiwre " Brge-scs, Which, when the
cllOnlal 0oermnr Dlnwiddlc ordcrel 10
ll.per~t. relpse'i % oI,ey heln,tcr,cm sra
Insulting n,andnie; aid. like mrn-----'is =
4 Tue u,ulliuds eouId not cppialn on re-
pf,rs their .nituslpsm any longer, hut
sslotci the Indignant speaker viii, lpud
sns dralviilns cheers, which seemed 70
shsks The caflsai " ~ eenite The
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