Addresses on the Death of Hon. T. H. Hicks, Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, on Wednesday, February 15, 1865U.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 - 48 ページ |
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Address allegiance arrangements superintend attend the funeral Baltimore blessed blood capital character Christian civil colleague conduct confidence consolation conspirators constable course of nature death deceased Delaware devotion discharge Divine Providence Dorchester county doubt duties dying hour efforts elected electoral college entirely eulogy faithfully father favor FEBRUARY 15 fervent firm glorious Union Governor HICKS governor of Maryland grief hand hastening its disruption hearts honor House of Representatives human humble inauguration integrity knew lamented live loyal loyalty manhood memory ment inherited mourning nation native county ness never noble numbering o'clock p. m. to-day occasion painful paralysis patriotism Pennsylvania peril personal friends political poor position present session President President Lincoln rebel rebellion Resolved unanimously respect seat secession Senate chamber sheriff sincere slaveholding slavery sorrow soul SPEAKER spirit stood strife THOMAS HOLLIDAY HICKS traitors treason tribute trust United Virginia wept West Virginia witness
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41 ページ - And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
43 ページ - Behold, here I am : witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed : whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken 1 or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes wherewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
32 ページ - The hungry billows roar, and the fierce fate Like some huge monster, dim-seen through the surf, Waits him who drops ; — ye safe and formal men, Who write the deeds, and with unfeverish hand Weigh in nice scales the motives of the great, Ye cannot know what ye have never tried ! History preserves only the fleshless bones Of what we are — and by the mocking skull The would-be wise pretend to guess "the features ! Without the roundness and the glow of life How hideous is the skeleton...
8 ページ - 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...
17 ページ - Resolved, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, will go into mourning for one month by the usual mode of wearing crape on the left arm. Resolved...
7 ページ - O already prepared. In the course of nature, I cannot have long to live, and I fervently trust to be allowed to end my days a citizen of this glorious Union. But should I be compelled to witness the downfall of that Government inherited from our fathers, established as it...
28 ページ - Hicks was announced February 15 by Mr. Webster, of Maryland, who said, in part : "Governor Hicks was entirely a selfmade man. He toiled up the mountain side unaided and reached height after height through his own manly exertions; but never did he break the bond which bound him to the people on the plain. He was essentially a man of the people, of them and from them; his instincts, his sympathies, affections, were all with them, and his exertions and labors in their behalf. The poorest and most friendless...
44 ページ - A WIT'S A FEATHER, AND A CHIEF'S A ROD ; AN HONEST MAN 'S THE NOBLEST WORK OF GOD.
9 ページ - Texas, will go into mourning for the residue of the present session by the usual mode of wearing crape on the left arm. Resolved, unanimously, That the members of the Senate will attend the funeral of the deceased from the Senate Chamber, at three o'clock, PM, tomorrow; and that the committee of arrangements, consisting of Messrs.
9 ページ - BUCKALEW superintend the same. " Ordered, That the Secretary communicate these proceedings to the House of Representatives.