/"' ■ , ;•
BY DAYID OYER.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
For the Inquirer.
THE HYPOCHONDRIAC.
BV BOLUS FILLBA.IH.
Patient makes complaint.
DEAR DOCTOR :
Mv health is so strange, I cau scarce tell you how ;
But wiU try to describe it, it you'll but allow :
.Sometimes I am merry ; sometimes I am sad;
Sometimes I am sullen ; sometimes I am mad ;
Sometimes I am laughing; sometimes I am crying;
Sometimes I am living ; sometimes I am dying;
Sometimes I'm despairiug ; sometimes I am hoping;
Sometimes i am sprightly ; sometimes I am moping;
Sometimes iam silent; sometimes fam talking ;
Sometimes I am sitting ; sometimes I am walking ;
Sometimes I'm in bed; sometimes I am not ;
Sometimes I have fever, and that pretty hot;
Soueti&ies ! am eating ; sometimes I am drinking;
Sometimes I am thoitghtless ; sometimes I am
thinking— (Slops lo take breath.)
BOLUS :—
lleyday! dearest-patient,
You've told me enough;
It there's any'cure for you,
\Yhy, I've got the "stuff."
Patient proceeds :
I've a pain in my stomach ; I've a pain in my bowels;
I've a pain in my "lags;" I've a pain in my j-nvls ;
I've a pain in my head ; I've a pain in my buck ;
I've a pain in my shoulder—alas! and a-lack!
I've a pain iu lay luugs ; I've a pain in my side;
I've a pain in my heart, and my kidneys beside;
I've a pain in my liver; I've a pain in my spleen;
But I'm all over pained, not a spot left hetween.
(Gasping for wind.)
BOLUS; —
Hold ! hold ! tortured mortal,
Tho' much you endure,
if you'll take my prescription,
I'll promise a cure!
Patient continues :
I'm sick in my crown ; I'm sick in my Vela;
My feet dance jigs, and my brain dances reels ;
I'm sick in my hearing; I'm aica in my sight,
I'm sick o.i my left ; I'm sick on my right ;
Downward, and upward, and cross ways—in brief—
Obliquely, cafacornered, I can get no relief;
East, west, north and south, from Georgia to Maine,
I'm the victim of anguish, of torture and pain ;
In short, I'm the strangest compound of ills,
OF all the poor devils that ever took pills; [same,
ThoT've done me no good—powders, plasters tho
And the learned profession I very much blame ;
I have found to my sorrow, that physic's a sham,
But let it all go, it's not worth a d—
(Perfectly exhausted.)
B- r.cs:—
Tut! tut! my good man,
Such slander eschew —
Do not underrate it;
It's surely worth TWO.
SPEECHES
OP
Senator Crittenden aud \ ice President
Breckinridge,
Delivered in the Sentile Chamber of the United
Stales, January 4, 1859, on the occasion of
Ike Removal of Senate to the J\ r ew Halt.
The Senate met at the usual hour in their
old chamber. After prayer aud the reading of
tbe Journal
Mr. STUART moved that Ladies be admit
ted upon the floor of the Senate to witness the
ceremonies of removal, there cot being room in
the galleries (wbioh were alreguy crowded} to
accommodate near all who desired to be pres
ent.
Mr. IIAMLIN felt compelled to object to
this motion, although it was an ungracious aud j
unpleasant tas-k ; but on several occasious when
ladies had previously beeu admitted on tbe
floor, it bad always resulted in detriment to
tb3 public business.
Mr, DAY IS, from the Committee of Ar
j-uDgementff to whom bad been referred the
duty of eupeiiutending the preparation of the
new chamber for the reception of tho Beuate,
sibmilted a report, accompanied by a diagram.
Tbe report was read. It states that the
committee had arranged the seats and desks
for Senators, and for- the officers and reporters
of the Senate, in the mode exhibited in tbe
diagram. Tbey bad also assigned rooms for
officers of tbe Senate. The galleries on the
left of tho chair were assigned to ladies and
the gentlemen accompanying tftem ; those on
the right of tbe chair to gentlemen alone.— ,
ibe centre portion >f the north gallery was i
reserved fer suob reporters of tbe press as may
be admitted thereto by tbe authority of the j
Senate, except the front desk which was set
spart for the reporters of the Senate.
i'lie committee proposed, as the order of
proceedings for removing to tho new chamber, i
after an address, to be delivWcd by the
Ytoe Piesident, tbe Senators, preceded by their
President, Secretary, and Srgeant-at-Arms,
will move in the usual order of procession to )
tue new chamber, and there assume the seats
re-pectivtly assigned to them; when, after
P r -iyer by the Uh&piain, the business will he
oautinned as prescribed by the rules of the Reb
ate. J 1
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms : One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
| Mr. CRITTENDEN ro-se and said: i m jvc
! you, Mr. Presi'ieut and Seuators, that we pro
! ceed at once to the consideration of this report,
! aod that it he adopted. That is the purpose
j for which 1 rise. Before, however, submitting
, that motion to the vote of the Senate, 1 hope
that 1 may be tuiulged in a few words of part
ing from this chamber. This is to be the last
day of our session here ; and this plaoe, which
has kuown us so long, is to kaow us no tuoio
forever as a Senate. The partiug seems to me,
sir, to bo somewhat of a solemn one, aud full
of eventful recollections. I wish, however,
only to say a few words.
Matty associations, pleasant aud proud, bind
jns aud our herrts to this place. VVe cannot
i but fool their inilueuce, especially I, Mr. Pres
i4eut, whose lot it lias been to sorva iu this
; body more years than any other member now
i present. That vve should all be attached to it,
that my longer association should attach me to
| it, is most natural. Mr. President, we cannot
I quit this chamber without soma feeling of
saeted sadness. This chamber has been the
| scene of great events. Here questions of
American constitutions and laws have besti
debated; questions of peace and war have
been debated and decided ; questions of empire
have occupied the atteutiou of this assemblage
in times past; this was the grand theatro upon
which these things have becu enacted. They
j give x sort of consecrated character to this
! hail.
j Sir, great men have beeu the actors here.—
| The illustrious dead that bare distinguished this
' body in times pa.-t naturally rise to our view on
I such an occasion. 1 speak ouly of what 1 have
; seeu, and but paitiuily of that, when 1 say that
here, within lUese walls, 1 hare seen men whose
fauxe is uot surpassed, and whose power and
ability aud patriotism are oof surpassed by any
thing of Greciau or of iioman name. I uve
seen day and Webster and Calhoun and Ben
ton and Leige and Aright and Clayton (last
luofigh not least) mingljag together iu this ocdy
at one time, and uuiuug their counsels for the
benefit, of their country. Tuey seem to our
imagination and sensibilities, on such art oc
casion as I his, to have left their impress on
these very walls ; and tins m-ijistio dome seems
almost yet to echo with the voice of. their cl>
quence. Tins hall seeuas to be a iocai habita
tion for tbeir names, 'lpua hail is full of the
purs odor of their justhy-earti'-rijtamc. There
i are others besides those 1 have named of whom
i 1 will not speak, because they have not yet
closed their career—uot yet ended their services
! to the couutry ; and they will receive their re
ward hereafter. There ro uh st of others
that 1 might mention—that deserve to bo men
tioned— but it would take too long. Their
names are in no danger of being forgotten, nor
their services un;bought of or utthouored
b'ir, wo leave Lehii.il o=, ia going troai this
Lail, these associations, these proud imagina
tions, o well calculated to prompt to a gener
ous emulation of their services to their couu
try ; but we will carry aioug with us, to the
new chamber to which we ate to go, the spirit
and the memory of ail these things; we will
; carry with uo ail the inspiration which our
1 illustrious predecessors are calculated to give ;
aud wherever we sit wo shall bo the Senate of
' the United States ofAAmeric a great, a pow
erful, a Conservative body iuibe government of
tbis country, aud a body that will maintain, as
1 trust and believe under all circumstances aud
iu all times lo come, the honor, the right, and
the glory of tbis country. Because we leave
this chamber, wo shall not leave behind us any
sentiment of patriotism, any devotion to the
couutry which the illustrious exemplars that
have gono before us have set tu us. These,
like our household gods, will be carried with
us ; aud we, the representatives of the States
of this mighty Union, will be found always
equal, i trust, to the exigencies of any time
that may eotne upon our couutry. No tnat
! ter under what sky we may sit; uo matter
1 what dome may cover us, the great patriotic
! spirit of the Senate of tire United States will
be there ; aud 1 have an abidiug coufideuce
thai it will never fail Iu tho performance of its
i duty, sit where it ut3y, oven though it were iu
a desert.
But it is yor, sir, not possible to leave this
hall without casting behind us many lunging
and lingering looks. It has been the scene of
the past; tuc new chamber is to be the scene
of the future ; and that future, I hopo, will not
be dishonored by aoy comparisons to be made
with the past. It, too, will have its illustra
tions of great public services rendered by
great men and great patriots ; and tbis body,
the great preservative elemept of the Govern
ment, will discharge all its duties, takiug care
to preserve the Uuion of the States which they
represent —tbe source of all their honorq the
source of the trust which they sit here to exe
cute, the source as it has beeu and as it will '
be of tbeir country's greatness, happiness, aud !
prosperity, iu tunes to come as it has beeu iu
the time that is past.
Mr. President, I cannot detain you longer.
1 move that the vote cf (he rieuate be now ta
ken on the report which has been presented,
and that it be adopted.
The question was then takuu on tho report
of tbe committee, and it was adopted, nem.
con.
The VICE PRESIDENT then spoke as fol
lows :
SENATORS : I have been charged by tho com
mittee to whom you confided tbe arrangements
df this day, with the duty of expressing some
of the reflections that naturally occur iu ta
king final leave of a chamber which has so
long been occupied by the Seuate. Ia the pro
gress of our couutry and the growth of the
representation, thu room has become too con
tracted for the r*resentatives of the Stales
uow existing aud soon too exist; and, aceord
iugly, you are about to exchange it for a bail j
afford!ug accommodations adequate to the pro- j
sent and the iuture. The occasion suggests
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1859.
t many interesting reminiscences, aud it may bo j
agreeable in the first place to occupy a few '
minutes with a short account of the various
places at which Congress has assembled, of tbe
struggles which proceeded the permanent lo
cation of tho seat of government, and of the
circumstances under which it was finally estab
lished on tbe banks of the Potomac.
The Congress of tbe Revolution was some
times a fugitive, holding its sessious, as the
chances of war required, at Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Lancaster, Annapolis, aud York.—
During the period between the conclusion of
peace aud tbo commencement of the present
government it met at PrincctoD, Annapolis,
Trenton, and N. York.
After the idea of a permanent Uuion had
been executed in part by tbe adoption of tbe
, Articles of Confederation, tho question pre
! sented itself of fixing a seat of government,
' and tbis immediately called forth intense iutcr
■ est and rivalry.
That the place should he central, having re
i gard to the population and territory of the
; Confederacy, was the only point common to the
j contending parties. Propositions of all-kin-is
were offered, debated, and rejected, sometimes
, with intemperate warmth. At length, on the
I 7th of October, 1783, the Cougress being at
Princeton—whither they bad been driven from
' Philadelphia, Ly the insults of a body of armed
men— it was resolved that a building f->r the
use of Congress be erected near the falls of
the Delaware. This was soon after modified,
by requiring suitable buildings to L>c also erec
! ted near the fails cf tbe Potomac, that the re
| sidence of Congress might alternate between
those two places. But tlio question was not
allowed to rest, and at length, after frequent
1 aud warm debates, it was resolved that the re
; sidence of Congress sh rtild continue at one
place , and commissioners were appointed with
fall power to lay out a district tor a fYierar
{ town near the falls of the Delaware. And, in
j the meantime, Congress assembled alternately
j at Trenton, and Annapolis ; but the represen
j tatives of other State? were unremitting in cx
; eriions for tbeir respective localities.
On tbo 2JJ of December, 1654, i: was re
■ solved to remove to the City of New Yoik, aud
to remain there until the building ou tho Dela
j waie should be completed ; and, accordingly,
;on the 11th of January, 1785, the Congress
i met at'TSevr York, where they combined to bold
! their session uutil the^Confcderation gave place
! to the Constitution.
: The commissioners to lay out a federal town
| on tho Delaware, reported ibeir proceedings to
| Congress but no further steps were taken to
i carry the revolution into effect. ,
When the bunds of uuion were drawn closer
i by the organization of the new government us.
, -hr .he Constitution on the 3d u.* March, 17e>0,
i the subject was revived and discussed vri h
j greater wuricth fcbto before ; it was coucedid
;on all .-idea that tbe residence of Congress
• should continue at una place, and the piospect
ot stability in the govcrnmeut, invested the
question with a deeper interest,
j Boms members proposed New York as being
! "superior to any place they kucw for the or
derly and deceut behavior of its inhabitants."
To this it was answered th it it WAS not desira
ble that the political capital should be in a com
mercial metropolis. Others ridiculed the idea
of building palaces iu the woods. Mr. Gerry,
of Massachusetts, thought it highly unreasona
ble to fix those; tof government in such a po
sition as to have nine States of the thirteen to
the northward of the place; while the South
i Carolinians objected to Philadelphia on account
: of the number of Quakers, who, they .-aid, cou
! tinnally annoyed the Southern members with
schemes of emancipation.
In the midst of these disputes the House of
Representatives resolved: "That the permanent
seat of government ought to bo at some conve
nient place on tbe bauka of the Susquebauoa."
jOn the introduction of a bill to give effect to
tbis resolution, much fecliDg wis exhibited, es
i pecially by the Southern members. Mr. Matli
| son thought if the proceedings of that day had
' beeu foreseen by Viigiuia, that State ought not
; have become a party to tbe Constitution. The
! question was allowed by every member to'bo a
matter of great importance. Mr. Scott said
| tue luture tranquility and well-being of the U.
; States depended as much ou this as any ques
; tion that ever had or could come before Con- 1
| gress. Aud Mr. Fisher Ames remarked that
j every principle of pride aud honor, and even of
I patriotism, were engaged. For u time any
: agreement appeared impossible, but tho good
' genius of our system finally prevailed, and on
, the 16th of Juiy, 1790, an act was passed con
itaining the following clause:
"That a district of territory not exceeding
ten itiiies square, to be located as hereafter di
; reeled, on the river Potomac, at EUUIU place be
j tween tbo mouths of the Eastern Bratioh aud j
j Oouugocbeaguo, be, and the samo is hereby, |
accepted, tor the permanent seat of tbe gov- ■
eminent of the U. States."
The same act provided that Congress should '
hold its sessions at Philadelphia until the first
Monday iu November, 1809, when the govern- j
moot should retnovo to the district selected ou !
the Potomac. Thus was settled a question which i
had produced much sectional feeling between i
the States. But all difficulties were uot yet
surmounted; lor Congress, either from iudifler
euce or tfie want of money, failed to make ad
equate appropriations for the erection ot public
buildings, and the commissioners were ofteu re
duced w> great .straits :o muiutain the progress
of the work. Finding it impossible tor borrow !
money in Europe, or to obtain it from Congress, 1
Washington, in December, 1796, made a per
sonal appeal to the Legislature of Maryland, j
which was responded to by an advance of j
#100,000; but in so deplorable a condition was >
the credit of the federu,! government, that tho |
State required as u guaranty ot paymeut the
pledgu of the private credit of the commission- j
ers.
Ftptn the beginning Washington had advo
cated the present scat of government —its es
cstaßlhhment here was due, in large meas
ure, to his influence; it was his wisdom and pru
dence that composed disputes, and settled con
flicting titles, nud it was chiefly through his
personal influence that the funds were provided
to prepare ths buildings for tho reception of
the President and Uongress.
The wings of tho Capitol hard ug been suffi
ciently prepared, the government removed to
this Dis'i-iet, oa the 17th of November, 1800.
Or, as Mr. Waleort oxpfossed it, left the coui
fotls of Philadelphia "to go to the lndiau place
with Ihc long name, in the woods on the Poto
uiac. 5 ' I will Dot pause to desctib&hhe appear
ance at that day of the place where the city
was to be. Coteiuporaty accounts represent it
as desolate in the extreme, with its Lug uno
pened avenues and streets, its deep morasses,
and its vast area covtrcd with trees instead of
bouses. It is enough to say, that Washington
projected the whole plan upon a scale of ceutu
ries, aud that time enough remains to fill tbe
measure of bis great conception.
Tke Senate continued to occupy tl/c north
wing, and the House of Representatives the
;-ourh wing of tho Uapitul until tlio 24th of
August, 1814, when the BritLb army entered
the city and burned the public buildings. Thio
ocearred during the recess, and the President
immediately convened the Congress. Both
Honors met in a brick building, known as
liloj%et's Hotel, which occupied a part of tbe
squsjfefnow covered by the General Post Of
fice.® But the accommodations io that house
i cing quite ius jfficieut, a nuuiLi of pnblrc
spiritcii citizens erected a more commodious
building on (Lpitol Hill, and tendered it to
(Jougrtvs: the offer was accepted, and both
Uouso* continued to occupy it uu'il the wings
of iUS new Capitol were completed. This build
ing yet stands on the street opposite the north
eastern corner of the iLpitol square, and has
since been occasionally occupied by persons
employed iu different brau.-hes of tho public
scrtris|.
Ost the Gib of December, 1819, the ScßUie
assembled for tho Srst time in ttws chamber,
which has been the theatre of their delibera
tions. f:;f more than thirty-nine years.
And now tho strifes and anoeitamues of the
past are finished; wo see arour.d us on every
JeT'iif proofs if statHi'.y aud jOfrtmnteßt;
this Capitol is worthy of the Republic : noble
public buildings meet tbe view ou every baud;
treasure, of science and the aits Legiu to ac
cumulate. As this fh-uris'-iug oity enlarges,
it testifies to .be wisdom an! forecast that dic
tated the plan of it. Future generations will
uot be disturbed with qu-. s i :;s eotjcermuguhc
centre of pu t >>:ia;i-u or o> tori-mry, since t.;c
ntcamt'oat, the railroad, and the telegraph have
made eoiumuuicatiou aiu-ost instantaneous.—
The spot is sacred by a thousand memories,
which are so mauy pledges that the city of
Washington, founded l-y uim and ncaring his
revered name, with its beautiful site, bounded
by picturesque eminence.-, aud the broad Poto
mac, and lying withiu view of bis home and his
tomb, shail remain forever tbe political (Japi- j
tol of the U. States.
It would be iutercsiiug to note the gradual
changes wbich hare occurred io the practical
working of the government since the adoption
of ihe Constitution; and it may be appropiiate
to this occasion to remark one of the most sui
king of them. At the origin of the goyern
: meat tho Senate seemed to be regarded chiefly
as 3D executive council. The President often
visited tbe chamber and conferred per?onally
with this body. Most of its business was trans
acted with closed doors, and it took compara
tively little part in the legislative debate?.
! The risingand vigorous intekots of the coun
try sought the arena of the House of Represen
: tatives as the appropriate theatre for the dis
; play of tbeir powers. Mr. Madison observed
| on some occasion that, beiug a young man, and
i desiring to iucrease bis reputation, he could
i not afford to enter tbo Senate; aud it will be
; remembered that, so late as 1812, tbe great
j debates which preceded the war, and aroused
j tho country to the assertion of its lights; took
I place in the other branch of (Jougrcas. To
' such an extent was the idea cf seclusion c-ar
i ried, that when this chamber was completed,
no seats were prepared for the accommodation
of the public; and it was not until many years
afterwurds that tho semi circular gaiiery was
erected which admits the people to be witness
es of your proceedings. But now the ikuatc,
besides its peculiar relations to tire executive
department of tho government, assumes its full
share of duty as a co-equal branch of the Leg
islature; indeed from the limited number of its
members, aDd for other obvious reasons, the
most important questions, especially oi foreign
pojiov, are apt to pass Srst uuder discussion m
j tbis body, aud to be a member of it is justly
! regarded as one of tho highest honors which
can be sonferrcd on an American statesman.
It is scarcely necessary to point out the causes
of tbis chaDge, or to say that it is a concession
both to tho importance aud individuality of the
States, and to the free and open character of
the government.
In couueotiou to lui? oasy bat thorough
transition, it i worthy of remark that it has
beeu effected without a eharge from any quar
ter that the Seouto nas transeonde-J its cousti
tuiioual sphere— u tribute at ouoe to the mode
ration of the Senate, aud another proof uf
thoughtful men of the comprehensive wisdom
with whieh the fraruers of Hie Constitution se- j
cured essential principles without inconvenient- i
ly embarassing the action oi the government.
The progress of this popular movemci t, in
one aspect of it, has been steadily and mark
ed. At tire origin of the government, no ar
rangements iu ibo Senate were made for spec
tators; in this chamber about one-third of the
space is allotted to the putdie, rrtrd io the new
apartment tbe galleries cover two-thirds of its j
arena. In all free countries the adtii'sskn of
■ the people to witness legislative proceedings i:
| an essential clement of public confidence, and
iit is not to be anticipated that tbis wholesome
j principle will ever be abused by the substitu
: tion ot partial and interested demonstrations
for tbe expression of a matured and enlighten
|ed public opinion. Yet it should never be for-
I gotten that not France, but the turbulent spec
| tators withiu tbe hall, awed and controlled the
Freocb Assembly. With this lesson and it?
eon&equences before us, the time will never
come when the deliberations of the Senate shall
be swayed by the blandishments or the thun
ders of the galleries.
It is impossible to disconnect from an occa
sion like this, a crowd of reflections on our
own past history, and of speculation on the fu
ture. The most meagre account of the Senate
involves a summary of 4he progress of our
counti y. From year to year, you have seeo
your representation eularge; time and again
you have proudly welcomed i new sister into
she Confederacy, and tbe occurrences of this
day are a material and impressive proof of tho
growth nod prosperi'y of the United States.—
j 1 nrc? periods ill the hstory of the Senate mark
j ia striking coniras' three epochs iu the history
j of the Uuion.
j Ou tbe 3d of March, 1789, when tbo gov
j eminent was orgauized under the Constitution
the Senate was composed of tho representatives
ot eievca States, containing three millions of
people.
On tbe 6'h of December, 1819, when the
Seuate met for the first time, in this room, it
was composed of the represaotatives ot twenty
one States, containing pine millions of people.
rd-tloy,"it, io composed ot the representa
tive? of thirty-two States, containing more than
twenty-eight ndflious of people, prcsperous,
happy, aud still devoted to constitutional liber
ty. Lit these great facts speak for them
j selves to 811 the world.
| The career ot the United States cannot
j be measured by that of any people of whom
| history gives account; and the uiind is almost
; appalled at thrf.eontemplation of the prodigious
| force which has marked their progress. Rixty
! uiue years ago, thirteen States, containing' three
millions of inhabitants, burdened with debt,
and exhausted by the long War of indepen
dence, established for their common good a free
| constitution, on principles new to mankind, una
' begun their experiment with the good wishes ot
1 a few doubting friend?, aud t|c derision of
tbe whoie world. Look at the result to
day: twenty-eight millions of people, in over?
way happier than an equal number in any oth
er part cf the globe, the centre of population
and political power descending the western
-Y-pes of tbo Allegheny u.-.un nins. and the
-•inoi thirteen States, foisumgLuv the east
} ein margin on the map of our vast possessions.
See, besides, Christianity, civilization, and the
i art? given to a continent—the despised colonies
grown into a power of the first class, represcnt
' ing and protecting ideas that involve the ptcg
| rcss of the human race—a commerce greater
j than that ot any other nation - every variety
; of climate, soil, and production to make apeo
i pie powerful and happy—free interchange bc
! tween tiro States—iu a word, behold present
! greatness, and ia the future an empire to which
! the ancient mistress of the world iu the height '
of her glory could not be compared. Such is I
our country: ay, aud more than my mind could
conceive, or my tongue could utter. Is there
an American who regrets the past? Is there
i one who will deride his country's laws, pervert
his Constitution, or alienate her people? If
I there he suck a man, let his memory descend to
i posterity kaen with the execrations of all man- !
j kind.
So happy is the political and social condition j
i of tbe U. States, and so accustomed are we to 1
the secure enjoyment of a freedom elsewhere ]
| unknown, that wc arc apt to undervalue the j
j treasures we possess, and to lose in some de
j gree the sense of obligation to our forefathers, i
! But when the strifes of faction shake the gov
! eminent, and eveu threaten it, wo may pause
with advantage loDg enough to remember that
we ?.re reaping thu reward of o'her men's la
bors. This liberty we iuheiit—this admirable-
Constitution, which has survived peace and war,
; prosperity and adversity—this double scheme
of government, State and Federal, so peculiar j
aud so little understood by other Powers, yet
• which protects the earnings of industry, and !
; makes the largest personal freedom compatible |
: with public order; these gieat results wore not
achieved without wisdom, nnd toil, and blood.
! Tbe touching and heroic record is before the
world; but to all tbis we were born, and like
i heirs upou whom has been cast a great inheri
tance, have only tbe high duty to preserve, to
extend, and to adorn it. The grand produc
tions of the era in which the foundations of this
government were laid, reveal the deep sense its
founders had of their obligations to the whole
family of man. Lot us never forget (hat tho
responsibilities imposed on this generation are
by* so much the greater than those which rested
on our revolutionary ancestors, as tho popula
tion, extent and power of our country surpass
the dawning promise of its origin.
It would be a pleasing ta-k to pursue many
trains of thought, not wholly foreign to this oc
casion, but the temptation to enter tbe wide
field mu?t be rigorously curbed, yet I may be
pardoued, perhaps for one or two additional re
flections.
I'be Senate is assembled for the last time
this 'chamber. Henceforth it wij be converted
tu other uses; yet must remain forever connect
ed with great events, and auiired to the memo
ries of the departed orators sttd Statesmen who
have engaged in high debates. an*J shaped the
policy of their euuntry. Hereafter the Atnei'i- j i
can und the stranger, as they wanderer thro.' |<
the (Jdpilol, will turn with institiuii've reverence j I
to view the spot on which so uuny and great j i
materials have accumulated fur history. They |s
Will recall the images of the great and the good 11
whose renown is the common property of the !
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Union; and chiefly, perhaps, sbey will linger
j around the seats once occupied by the mighty
i three, whose names aud fame— associated in
• life— death has not been able to sever; illustri
i j ou: men, who, in their generation, sometimes
- 'divided, sometimes led, and sometimes resisted,
- , public opinion—for they were of that higher
- : class of statesmen who seek the right and fol
i ! low their convictions. v
- | There sat Calhoun, the Senator—inflexible,
r j austere, oppressed but not overwhelmed by bis
I j deep sense of the importance of his public fonc
• j tions—seeking the truth, then fearlessly follow
! iug it; a man whose unsparing intellect cotn
■ - polled all his emotions to harmonize with the
• ' deductions of bis rigorous logic, and whose uo
. j lie countenance habitually wore the expression
• . of one engaged in the performance of high pab
■ I lie duties.
This was Webster's seat. He, too, was er
, ery inch a Senator. Oouscious of his own vast
i powers, he reposed with confidence on himself,
: aud scorning the contrivances of smaller men'
■ he stood among his peers all the greater for the'
■ j simple dignity of his senatorial demeano*.—
iype of his northern home, be rises before the
■ • imagination in the grand and grauite outline of
j his form and intellect, like agreat New Epg
- land rock, repelling a New England ware. As
i a writer, uis productions wiil be cherished by
! statesmen end scholars while the Eaglisb tongue
: is spoken. As a senatorial orator, his great ef
j forts arc historically associated with this cbam
! : her, whose very air seems yet to vibrate beneath
l the strokes of his deep tones and his weigbtv
words.
On tho outer circle, sat Henry Ciajr, with his
• impetuous and ardent nature untamed by age,
, ! and exhibiting iu lie Senate the same vehement
, patriotism and 'passionate eloquence that, of
■ yore, electrified the House of Representatives
■ j and the country. His extraordinary personal
endowments, his courage— all his noble quali
: i ties, invested him with an individuality and
: charm of character which, in any age, would
' hive ninde him a favorite of history. He loved
i i his country above all eartbly objects, Lie loved
■ i liberty in all countries. Illustrious man'—era
: ; tor, patriot, philanthropist— whose light, at its
meridian, was seen and felt in the remotest part
j of the civilized woild: and whose declining sun,
s j as it hastened down the West, threw back its
: level beams in hues of mellow splendor to il
; luminal and to cheer the he loved and
"j served"so wen.
All :hc- States may point with gratified pride
to the services in the Senate of their patriotic
sons. Crowding the memory come the names
of Adams, liayue, Maacn, Otis, Macon, Pinek
uey , ana the rest—l cannot number them—who
:>n tie record of their acts and utterances, ap
peal t.i their Successors to give the Union a
destiny not unworthy of the past. What mod
els were these to awaken emulation, or to plunge
in despair! Fortunate will be the American
statesman who, in this age, or in succeeding
times sh ,1; .contribute to invest the uew hail to
which we gb with h.stone memories likg those
: which cluster here.
; And now, Senators, we leavo this memorable
chamber, bearing with us, unimpaired, the Uon
stiiution we received from our forefathers. Let
us cherish it wiib grateful acknowledgement to
' the Divine Power, who controls the destiuies of
| empires, aud whose goodness we adore. The
structures reared by men, yield to tho corroding
tooth of time. These marble walls must moul
der with ruin; but tho principles of constitu
tional liberty, guarded by wisdom and virtue,
uniikc material elements, do not Let
us devoc dlj trust that another Senate, in an
other ago shall bear to a new and larger ebaai
i ber this Constitution vigorous and iuviolato
i and that the last generation of posterity shall
witness the deliberations of the representative*
| of American States sti!) united, prosperous and
j free.
; AN ARAB MAGICIAN.— CaIeb Lyon of Ly
onsdale, relates some remarkable tricks that
were performed by au Arab magician. A cane
was handed to tho psrty for inspection, and
proved to bo a piaiu stick, on which the knots
of the liuibs were visable; on returning it to
the conjurer, however, it became a serpant,
which wriggled about for a few minutes, and
then suddeoly became a stick again. This trick
wiiioa is said to be a common one wt;h the
Aiub?, was repeated several times. The next
trick was rnoro startling. A black liquid was
pouted into a boy's hand, and in it, asiu a mir
ror, one of Mr. Lyou'e companions, a native of
South Carolina, behold a rice plautation of his
own State, and his father who had boon dead
many year?, riding through the field en horse
back.
WouLiTN'r BITE sren BAIT.— Our friend
Jones has been doing h;>m>ge to a pair of bright
eyes, and talking tender things by moonlight,
lately. A few evenings since, Jones resolved
to '-make his destiny secure." Accordingly
he fell on bis knees before the fair dulcioea, and
made his passion known. Much to hi? SJl prise,
she tefuscd him out flat. Jumping to bis feet,
he informed her iu no choice terms that there
were as good fish in the sea as ever were caught.
Judge of the exasperation of our worthy twain,
when she coolly replied: "Yes, but they don't
bite at toads!"' Jones has ie&yued a les
son.
The Paris correspondent of the ContiuebW
Review states that a coldness has sprung up be
tween the Pope aud the French Government.
\ The latter is suspeeted of reviving tho French
Kingdom of Italy, with Prince Napoleon at i t
head, and of clanging the dynasty of Naples,
which is fo be supplanted by Mural, a r.eUficD
of Napoleon. Tue "rapal Government is to be
deprived tit some of its possessions, which are to
be addeu to these French 8 e'e* A'French ar>*
my uf eighty thousand men, it is said, will be
sent iutu Italy. The correspondent coucludca
by saying that "The belief is universal here that
we are on the eve c f gn at events."