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36th Congress Special Session Cong. Globe 1433 (1861)

handle is hein.congrec/conglob0068 and id is 1 raw text is: THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE. the national honor committed to the experiment of free institutions. I would do so for the love I bhat mv countrymen in all parts of our beloved land, and especially so for the sake of the noble land of patriots in the border States, who, in the Midst of great opposition, have stood firm like iocks i n tie ocean, for the peace and perpetuity of tile Union. But, gentlenien, I may not further dwell on the.t general subjects. For the discharge of the dlites of this station, to which I was called by your kindness, I can only say that it has been my put pose to do all in my power to promote your comfort as members, to deal impai tially vith all, and to advance the best interests of my country. Sftu as any succesghas attended my adminis- trattoi in the chair,it is to be ascitbed verynuch to the kindness and forbeatance of the membeis of the House. I claim for myself only the merit of good intentions and honest purposes. The resolution you have been pleased to adopt is truly gratifying, and will be among my most agreeable recollections of this place. I thank you, gentlemen, for this mark of your approbation. I could not fail to remark that this resolution was presented by the oldest member of the House, by whom I was sworn into office, and one whose devoted character is acknowledged by us all. I believe that no former Speaker ever received more kindness at the hands of this House than has fallen to my lot. Amid all the conflicts of opinion on questions continually arising, you have never overruled any decision I have made. I do notinfer from this that I was always right, but I do infer that if wrong, the House believed it was through misapprehension and not by design, and that it was your magnanimity which led you to sustain the Chair. You will permit me, I hope, to say that I am under great obligations to the officers of the House for their assistance and devotion to my comfort. I return them all my very waimest thanks. And now, gentlemen and friends, it only re- mains that I take my leave of you. When I first came among you, I declared myself a national man. I am so still, I trust, and shall ever so re- main. Often, in retired moments, I shall think of you and the many scenes through which we have passed. My prayer to Heaven for you is, that you tlnay have that blessing which cometh from above, and that the great Ruler of nations, in whose hands are the destinies of us all, may restore peace to our country, bring order out of confusion, and union to the present distracted elements. Gentlemen, I bid you an affectionate farewell. During the delivery of his address he was fre- quently applauded. He concluded by announc- ing that the House of Representatives of the Thirty-Sixth Congtess was adjourned sine die. SENATE-SPECIAL SESSION. SPEOIAL SESSION. IN SENATE. MONDAY, Iarch 4, 1861. Hon. HANNIBAL HAMLIN,Vice President of the United States, having taken the oath of office at the close of the regular session of Con- gress, took the chair, and directed the Secretary to read the proclamation convening an extra ses- sion of the Senate. The Sectetary read, as follows: By the President of the United States of dnerica. A PIOCLANfATION. i a, r:v objeeLq of interest to tie United States require thiat te '&n. tti, honld be convened at twelve o'ctock, on thei 4th ol Maret next, to receive and act upon such coin- inunlcatinn, a., may be made to it onthepartofthe Execa- Now, th~refore, I, J.kES BUCnANAN, President of the Unltqd Stat, , have considered it to be my duty to issue till,; ie prtliiniation, declaring that an extraordinary eca- Sao r' utres the Senate of the United States to convene, for the iran action of business, at the Capitol, in the city of STa-angiou, on the 4th day of March next, at twelve o'clock at no, on that day, of wfichel all who shall at that thne be canilid to act a-; iienibers of that body are hereby reqeired to take notice. Given i nd, r my hand and the sal of the United States at ,Vaillngton, the llth day of February, in the year (r, s J of our Lord. MRt, and of tile independence of the United States of Ainerica the ightv-fllfth. JAMES BUCHANAN. By the Pru-ldent: J. S. t JLrc, Sccretlw of State. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secretary will read the names of the newly-elected Senators. The list was read, as follows: Hon. John C. Bieckilridge, of Kentucky. Hon. Salmnn P. Chase, of Ohio. Hon. Daniel Clark, of New Hampshire. Hon. Jacob Coilamer, of Vermont. Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, ofNorth Carolina. H,n. Edgar Cowan, of Pennsylvania. Hon. L. F. S. Foster, of Connecticut. Hin. James Harlan, of Iowa. Hon. ha Hai is, of New York. Hon. Timothy 0. Howe, of Wisconsin. Hon. Henry S. Lane,-of Indiana. Hon. Charles B. Mitchel, of Arkansas. Ron. James W. Nesmith, of Oregon. Hon. James A. Pearce, of Maryland. Hon. Lyman Ttiumbull, of Illinois. As their nanes were called, the Senators came fervlaid, and thQ oath prescribed by law was ad- raini teid to them, with the exception of Mr. PL% reCL, who had gone to the Executive Mansion, cui a m, wbser of the committee of arrangements, to cecompauy the President and President elect t.o the Capitol. The Senators having been sworn in, and taken thsnit seats in the Senate, the following membera wemkv present: Fwmt the State of .Vew Hampshire-Hon. Daniel Clark and Hon. John P. Hale. Front the State of Xiassachusetts-:-Hon. Charles Sumner and Hon. Henry Wilson. From the Stale of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations-Hon. Henry B. Anthony and Hon. James F. Simmons. .aom the State of Conneticut-Hon. James Dixon and Hon. La Fayette S. Foster. Frota the State of eront-Hon. Jacob Colla- mer and Hon. Solomon Foot. Froma the State of ,New York-'Hon. Ira Harris and Hon. Preston King. Front the State of New Jersey--Hon. John C. Ten Eyck and Hon. John R. Thompson. From the State of Pennsylvania-Hon. Simon Cameron and Hon. Edgar Cowan. ,From the State of Delaware-Hon. James A. Bayard. F am the State of .faryland-Hon. Anthony Kennedy. From the Stale of.North Carolina-Hon. Thomas Bragg and Hon. Thomas L. Clingman. Front the State of Kentuck- zHon. John C. Breckinridge and Hon. Lazarus I. Powell. From the State of Tennessee-Hon. Andrew Johnson and Hun. Alfred 0. P. Nicholson. From the State of Ohio-Hon. Salmon P. Chase and Hon. Benjamin F. Wade. From the State of Indiana-Hon. Jesse D. Bright and Hon. Henry S. Lane. om the State of Illinois-Hon. Stephen A. Douglas and Hon. Lyman Trumbull. From the State of .Malne-Hon. William Pitt Fessenden and Hon. Lot M. Morrill. l'oat the State of. issou i-Hon. Tusten Polk. F om the State of .drkansas-Hon. Charles B. Mitchel. Front the State of O3lichian-Hon. Kinsley S. Bingham and Hon. Zachariah Chandler. Fom the State of Texas-Hon. John Hemphill and Hon. Louis T. Wigfall. From the State oflotva-Hon. James W. Grimes and Hon. James Harlan. From the State of Wisconsin-Hon. James R. Doolittle and Hon. Timothy 0. Howe. F,om. the State of California-Hon. Milton S. Latham. From the State of .llnnesota-Hon. Henry M. Rice and Hon. Morton S. Wilkinson. Front the State of Oregon-Hon. Edward D. Baker and Hon. James W. Nesmith. 1HOUR OF mEET1,NG. On motion of Mr. HALE, it was Ordered, 'hat the daily hour of meeting of the Senate he one o'clock, p. in., tilt otherwise ordered. INAUGURATION CERES ONIES. The persons entitled to admission on the floor of the Senate Chamber having been admitted to the places reserved for them, at fifteen minutes hast one o'clock the outgoing President, Hon. AES Buce;ANrN, and the incoming Piesident, Hon. ABRAHAM LiNcOLN, entered the Senate Chamber arm in arm, accompanied by Mr. Foot, Mr. PEARCE, and Mr BAKER, members of the committee of arrangements, and were conducted to seats in fiont of the Secretary's desk. The VICE PRESIDENT. The oath ofoffice was administered to newly-elected members in the absence of the Senator fiom nMaryland. He is now present. If he will step forwaid, the oath of office will be administered to him. Mr. PEAncE stepped to the desk, and the Vice President administered to him the oath prescribed by law. The VICE PRESIDENT. The order of pro- cession will now be formed, for the purpose of repailing to the front of the portico, according to the programme. Those assembled in the Senate Chamber pio- ceeded to the platformi on the central poi tico of the Capitol in the following order: The marshal of the District of Columbia; the Supreme Cout tof the United States; the Seigeant- at-Arms of the Senate; the committee of arrange- ments; the President of the United States and the President elect; the Vice President and the Secre- tary of the Senate; the members of the Senate; the diplomatic corps; heads of Departments; Gov- ernois of States and Territories; the Mayors of Washington and Georgetown, and other petsons who had been admitted into the Senate Chamber. The President elect delivered the following INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Fellow-citizens of the United States: In compliance with a Custom as old as the Gov- ernment itself, I appear before you to address you briefly, and to take, in your presence, the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, to be taken by the President before he enters on the execution of his office. I do not consider it necessary, at present, for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excite- ment. Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the southern States, that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and then- peace and personal security are to be endan- gered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contiary has all the while existed, and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the public speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote ftons one of those speeches, when I declare that- I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution o slavery in tite Stat~s where it ex- ists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this, anid many similar declarations, and had never recanted 1861. 1433

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