Sited To ll.e lllieol .-0( u-,.r , warn u... 1. .-I....I
in fl() by mi act of Cirgrcss. I du not know
whether uny thi.ig lias excited more surprise in
my niind. as to t',y rapidity with which important
histollcal t ni.sactioiM are obliterated and pats
from thu loin I, that vheii I undersuiod every-
where, that I had been the author of the line of
, li'',- lit.', which Was ( stallished tijv.n the occasion
of the adoii-si.iii of Missouri jiil.i tho I'tiiin. It
. would take too much time to lto over thr h cc
; of that imp rt nit era in the public ulfairs of the 1
!s.l. 1 ,l...ll ..... .1.:. .1.1 1. I . I
a i.ple nia"trials before me, derived fn m a caidul
cxnmitiMi, n of tho journals of both IIoti.es 1 ;
....... ,j. ..,.,, ,i.si'ii, iiiliioo'o . iiitTr stoi
Wi t Hot (S'CUI.V Mllir time iv o., ... n i
throuith ti e w hole tr.nwn.tioi.. but I will .ooi. ni '
myself with stating that to f.r from mv luiving
the iscasi.jn f th.- con-idcration whrthrr li...n.. 1
ti sh.-tild !. admitted r not, it did n..t ori -iimtc !"b'l'll",r- B,", ' """ I'rrside ok r both. 1
iu the Hon of whi.hl was n member. It oiig-. l','.,:,"".'-V ' '' U'"1 ,"a"',, l,,"t 1 "",
imitc.l it. this b. dv. us tho.e who ill east their ' ,!""k ,' ! wa "'trecl m.sle, but th:,t Hie chair
recoil, eti, n bi.k,'i.nd I unsure the 1 ..ruble b.'roii,ri,ittee of em-h House should pre-
r-eiii.toi in nt Mi i-urilMr. Lenti l.) na ie c. ir.-ct-Iv
than air. laidj -l.-.-, a.iisl 1 ting ki l is iciol.ecui n
the f.ct tiiat al the Congress whin the np.ei
ti. u w.-.s last inKdetonoii.il Mi-n t.ii i la.hi.
