Addresses on the Death of Hon. Jacob Collamer: In the Senate and House of Representatives, on Thursday, December 14, 1865U.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 - 85 strani |
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Stran 59 - COLLAMER, will go into mourning by wearing crape on the left arm for thirty days. Resolved, unanimously, That, as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn.
Stran 59 - Resolved unanimously, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect due to the memory of the Hon. JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, deceased, late a member...
Stran 45 - It was he that set in place .the great ban, not yet lifted, by which the Rebel States were shut out from the communion of the Union. This is a landmark in our history, and it might properly be known by the name of its author, as
Stran 16 - Representatives, and will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. " Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn until Saturday next, the time appointed for the funeral.
Stran 50 - When will and when ought Congress to admit these States as being in their normal condition ? " To which he answers : " It is not enough that they stop their hostility and are repentant. They should present fruits meet for repentance. They should furnish to us, by their actions, some evidence that the condition of loyalty and obedience is their true condition again...
Stran 50 - The eggs of crocodiles can produce only crocodiles; and it is not easy to see how eggs laid by military power can be hatched into an American State.
Stran 51 - This was among the last utterances of our patriot Senator. It is his dying legacy to his country. Let all, from President to citizen, heed its words. The aspiration so often expressed to-day, that he were now alive to take part in the restoration of the Rebel States, is fulfilled. He lives in his declared opinions, echoed from the tomb. Say not that I err, because here at his funeral, seeking to do him honor, I exhibit him bravely standing front to front with executive power wielded by a President...
Stran 46 - In manner he was Socratic. The curious observer, fond of tracing resemblances, might fancy that in the form of his head, and even of his person, he was not unlike the received image of Socrates; while his colloquial powers might recall Socrates again, as he is pictured by the affectionate Xenophon, "handling all who conversed with him just as he pleased.
Stran 52 - ... of religion and law were subverted; and what could a man, engaged in the most' righteous' designs, hope to ' do,' when that was the case ? Such arguments are often urged by the timid, in similar circumstances; but they are fallacious; since all is not over, while there is a man left to reprove error, and bear testimony to the truth. And a man who does it with becoming spirit, may stop a prince, or senate, when in full career, and recover the day.
Stran 69 - The Meccas of the mind." Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolutions : Resolved, That the House of Representatives of the United States has received, with the deepest sensibility, intelligence of the death of HENRY CLAY. Resolved, That the officers and members of the House of Representatives will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, as a testimony of the profound respect this House entertains for the memory of the...