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Title: Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments ..
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph West
Subjects: Washington (D.C.)
Publisher: Providence, J.A. & R.A. Reid
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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of rare abilityand great distinction. Clay and Webster, and numerous other ad-vocates of eminence in the history of American jurisprudence, havepleaded here with eloquent tongues and strong arguments—brightlights of the age that has gone. Here the renowned Chief Justice,John Marshall, of Virginia, whose effigy in bronze now adorns thewestern grounds of the Capitol, presided for many years, and heremost of his decisions upon vital constitutional questions were given —decisions which have remained to this day as the law of the land.Here the early justices — men of sound and extensive learning—■served long terms. The old chamber, now crowded with volumesof law, is indeed an historic place. The law library is extensively used by lawyers every day, andis also of great service to the justices of the Supreme and Districtcourts in preparing their decisions. Many members of the legal pro-fession from distant parts of the country frequently visit Washingtonto consult its rare volumes.
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CHAPTER VI. THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES —ITS FIRST SESSION IN THE CAPITAL.CITY —THE OLD HALLS OF LEGISLATION —QUAINT CUSTOMS OF BY-GONEDAYS — GREAT STATESMEN AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS — ANECDOTES ANDPERSONALITIES —THE PRESENT HOUSES OF CONGRESS —SENATE AND HOUSEEXTENSIONS OF THE CAPITOL. THE First Congress of the United States, under the Constitu-tion, began its session in New York on the 4th of March,1789. In 1790 Congress removed to Philadelphia, and forten years thereafter held its sessions in that city. On No-vember 17, 1800, the Sixth Congress convened in Washington in theunfinished Capitol, and on the 22d of that month President JohnAdams appeared before both houses, in joint session in the SenateChamber, and made the customary annual speech. Vice-Pres-ident Thomas Jefferson presided over the Senate, and the Hon.Theodore Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, was the Speaker of the Houseof Representatives. When Congress began its sessions in Washington, only the northwi

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