Obituary Addresses On the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. William R. King ...
Obituary Addresses On the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. William R. King ...
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Resolved, As a further mark of respect, that this House do now adjourn. Mr. Chandler, of Pennsylvania, rose, and said-^ Mr. Speaker: The spectacle presented in this House, at the present moment, is replete with in- struction and encouragement. The Representatives of a great nation pause^ in the midst of the initiation of legislative business, to Digitized by Google 45 express respect for a citizen who owed his elevation less to those striking qualities that are sure to ex- cite public interest ...and insure popular favor, than to those gentle virtues which are so slow to secure general appreciation. The Congress of the United States, in paying the tribute of gratitude to the departed function- ary, declares that it commemorates the virtue by which he achieved elevation, and thus it connects purity of social life with the honors of official dis- tinction. The Representatives from the State of Alabama have requested me to take a part in the discharge of the melancholy duties in which this House is now engaged.
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