Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Robert M.A. Hawk (a Representative from Illinois) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Forty-seventh Congress

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1883 - 43 Seiten
 

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Seite 18 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Seite 5 - That as a testimony of respect to his memory the officers and members of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days.
Seite 17 - Traveller, in what realms afar, In what planet, in what star, In what vast aerial space Shines the light upon thy face ? In what gardens of delight Rest thy weary feet to-night...
Seite 35 - Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the business of the Senate be now suspended to enable his associates to pay proper tribute to his high character and distinguished public services.
Seite 2 - Hampshire, together with a portrait of the deceased; nine thousand copies thereof for the use of the House of Representatives and three thousand copies for the use of the Senate. And a sum sufficient to defray the expense of preparing and printing the portrait of the deceased for the publication herein provided for is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1881.
Seite 35 - The Clerk read as follows : Resolved, That the House has heard with sincere regret the announcement of the death of Hon.
Seite 36 - American citizens may live according to the example and precepts of his exalted life and character and thus perpetuate the American Republic; and be it further Resolved, That an engrossed copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives of the legislature and to the chief executive of each State and Territory of the United States.
Seite 35 - O'BRIEN, late a Representative from the State of Illinois, and transmitted the resolutions of the House thereon. The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate a resolution of the House of Representatives (H.
Seite 32 - There are, however, other distinctive characteristics connected with the sanguinary strife of 1861 to 1865. While it was one of the most fierce and terrific that ever employed the arm of a soldier, or engaged the pen of the historian, yet as between the soldiers who met and fought each other so desperately, there was not, and never had been, any individual or personal hostility; none of that despicable feeling known as hatred; no revenge, no ambition, no malice, no blood-thirstiness; they met and...
Seite 36 - Resolved, That as a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That the proceedings of this House, in relation to the death of the Hon.

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