VALEDICTORY.
Mr. COFFROTH. Mr. Speaker, being about to leave the hall, I want to say a word to members, one and all, with the kindest feeling; and it is this: That if any word of seeming unpleasantness has been at any time uttered here in debate, either on my part or that of any other member I know that I, at least, am of a nature that is a little hasty, and if I have at any time said anything that ought not to have been said; if a single word has been spoken in the heat and earnestness of debate, that has stirred the feeling of anger in any breast, I hope it will not be cherished by any one. I hope we shall all meet again. Probably we never will. I know, indeed, that we never shall all meet again in a legislative capacity; and I wish to part with all in the best feeling here. And I hope that you may all live long, and come happily to the solace and rewards of life, that you may all live to a peaceful good old age: that your eyes may
- "Grow dim in death as sets
- The morning star, which goes not down behind
- The darkling west and sinks obscure
- Amid the tempest sky, but melts away
- Into the light of heaven."
I bid you good morning.
page: 246[View Page 246]Mr. BUSKIRK. I move that the House do now adjourn.
The motion was agreed to; and accordingly, the House adjourned till Monday morning, nine o'clock.
