The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-06

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TIE Hose having bsen calseA to order
bv Mr. esSs 81 New fork, Mr. Banks, 81
Massach naet ss, rose and hid thaks H was ai,.
propriMe and customary Tor tits Housesto
expresaa rs acknowledg meDt TO Tho Speaker
OF the House for the assistance he had given
IL In the discharge OF It's Important and ar
Eduous Iabors, There were few who could
estimate Justly the difficulties which were
inseparabiy connected with TINT position.
It was but Just that the House should make
acknowledgements to Speaker Randall forthe
fidelity and impartiality with which be mao
discharged the duties of his office. he
therefore offered the following resolution
ResoEued That the thanks OF the House
he rendered to Speaker Samuel j. Randal II
for the prompt, efficient, and Impartial! dis
charge of the duties OF his office during the
present arduous and important session OF
the Forty-fourtt Congress.
MIR, Holman, of Indiana, said that 1t gave
him great satisfaction to second the resoiu-
ton, which paid just compliment to
Speaker who had, through moment OF the
greatest peril to the country, discharged bis
high trust faithfully and well.
Mr.. Wilson, OF Iowa, said that Speaker
Ran dali had been called upon to rule where
the rules were not. a law was given hlm,
and he could only appeal to that law and to
his innate sense Of justice and right, and
when the heat and passion Of the late con-
test had passed away every one would DC
compelled to admit that the Speaker hao
discharged his duties with wonderful fidelity
and prudence.
The resolution was unanimously adopted
RANDALE.7s vALEDICToRY.
Gentlemen OF the House Of Representa-
tiyes,-The speakership, always responsible,
onerous. and full OF embarrassments, has at
This session imposed unusual and Yexatious
burdens. 7 have discharged the duties OF
the high position with unfaltering conf.
dence in the candor and fairness OF the
| House and q resolute purpose to DO the
right at every hazard. For the first time in
MANY wears Democratic House OF Repre-
sentatiyes has occupied this hall and re-
sponded with untiring industry to the uni
yersal sentiment for reform in government
| and the establishment Of peace throughout
the republic. Fraud and corruption have
been exposed and made odious, the eX
| penditures Of the Administration have beer
enormously reduced, no new taxes have
been levied, and every description OF undue
appropriation Of the public money has beer
prevented. In this regard this House ia:
met the public demand and expectation.
In respect to political events the session
has been one OF the most critical in our his
tory. The majority in this House, repre-
senting a majority OF all the votes in the
Union, and as we believe and know, ma
iority of electors duly chosen at the recen
election for President and Vice-President
has been made to choose between acqui
escence in usurpation or reaching the RICH
through civil commotion, The Democratic
narty Welded temporary possession OF thu
administration rather than entail upon TIT
people civil war, with all its attendan
horrors. There are some who will con
denim the permission we have given t
the results of law which was not ed
ministercd in the spirit Of its creation
nor, as we believe, according to tn
letter OF its provisions. We hav
done all this in preference to tn
danger OF anarchy and bloodshed
Time will surely remedy these wrongs, TO
there is in the American mind desire to d
Justice. We must await that remedy. ]
must come, impatient as we shall be for it
arrival. Until then we demand, as we hav
the right to demand, the reign OF equal JUS
tice; that the sword shall cease to strik
PROSTATE the governments OF States; tina
the civil shall be superior to the militar
rule; and that the people shall be freed nov
and forever from the shackles OF recen
nlisgoYernment. Isincerely thank you, on
and all, for your parting words Of approval
and with the wish that each and every mem
Der may safely return to his home, it onl
remains for me to declare that the constitu
tional limitation OF the Forty-fourth Con
gress has been reached, and that this HouS
stands adjourned without day.
As the Speaker closed, all the member
rose to their feet, and from the Democrati
side and from the galleries came cheers AM
rounds OF applause. Then came the scene
of leave-taking, and in hall an hour tn
nall, so lately the scene Of so much tumult
passion, and excitement, was deserted ant
silent; and thus closed the Forty-fourtl
Congress.
N0te.-In regard to the question OF Al
extra session in consequence OF the failur
OF the army appropriation bill, the reporte
has recently been informed by an officer o
the War Department Qikely to be wei
posted) that Hnder some section of an olt
law the War and Navy Departments can b.
carried on for two years without any spe
cial appropriation; that is, that the draft
of the Secretaries OF War and the Navy vii
be honored by the Treasury Department
Ii that be so, then the calling OF an extra ses
sion is not altogether matter OF certainty.
Che Army in the SoTts.