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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Isham G. Harris (late Senator From Tennessee)
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Isham G Harris - late Senator From Tennessee Author:United States. Congress Subtitle: Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, Fifty-Fifth Congress, Second Session General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1898 Original Publisher: G.P.O. Subjects: Law / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing t... more »ext. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Address Of Mr. Walthall. Mr. Walthall. Mr. President, when the people of a Congressional district, after. a'public servant has been tried and tested in other positions of responsibility, elect him two terms to Congress and offer him a third, it is but a just recognition of his fidelity and usefulness by the beneficiaries of his sen-ice. When later the people of his State, with the record of his public service before them, elect him their governor three times in succession, these added honors attest their appreciation of his growing capacities and prove his increased popularity and influence. When the representatives of the same people, voicing their will, after a great war had intervened and their favorite citizen had rendered three years of military service in a conspicuous position, at a trying time summon him from private life to accept the highest trust his State has the power to bestow, electing him four times consecutively, twice after he had passed the age of 70, to the Senate of the United States, then all has been done that the people of a single State can do to honor and glorify a public servant, whatever his merit and ability. And when the same people who had thus honored him in life lament his death as a personal bereavement and a great public misfortune alike; when the State clothes herself in mourning and throughout all her borders the population, in vast assemblies, in church and court room and in the market place, everywhere, in publ...« less