- Thayer Elijah
- Leavitt Joshua
- Cruit
- Angier John
- M
rsAngier
Elijah Thayer is the man, who one
day last week commenced a harangue from the circular gallery of the
house of Representatives, just at the moment of the adjournment of the
house— He came this morning and told me his name and began a discourse
of religious insanity to which I listened patiently for several minutes
watching to ascertain if it would come to any controvertible point; but
it was like the pouring of water over a mill-dam; a cento of texts from
the scriptures with awful warnings of coming judgments— At last I
interrupted him by enquiring what was his age—nineteen years—whence he
came? from Mendon Massachusetts—what was his occupation? he had been
living till within a few days in his father’s
house—he broke out into a rhapsody against Slavery and Slave-holding— I
advised him to hold his tongue, and to return to his fathers house
assuring him that if he should talk to others as he did to me, he would
soon find himself immured within the walls of a prison— He said that was
precisely what he expected and what he wanted. He had no doubt he should
be imprisoned; and should glory to suffer in the cause of
righteousness.— I could not stay to hear him further, and left him to
retire— Mr
Leavitt called also, and Mr Cruit with an account and
check on the Washington Bank of W.
S. Smith— At the House immediately after the reading of
the Journal, the Speaker presented
Letters, from Mark A. Cooper,
Isaac E. Holmes, and Reuben Chapman asking to be excused
from serving on the Committee of Foreign Affairs. I imperfectly heard
them read and took no notice of them— They were excused by a silent
vote, and I moved that their places should be supplied, which the
Speaker said should be done. The remainder of the day was occupied by
the call of the States for petitions; beginning with the territory of
Ioway and proceeding South and East, to Maine—they were all called
through— I presented all that I had left except the three for the
dissolution of the Union, which I gave notice that I intended to present
hereafter— After I came home I advised Mr W.
S. Smith to go to Philadelphia— Mr and
Mrs John Angier arrived
here this Evening to spend some time with us.— I went with my
granddaughter Mary Louisa to the
Theatre to see Yankee Hill, in three farces. The knight of the Golden
Fleece or the Yankee in Spain— Dead shot, and another.