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Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis - John A. J. Creswell
John A. J. Creswell
Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis
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Table of Contents
PREFACE.
REMARKS
HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX,
ORATION
HON. JOHN A. J. CRESWELL.
PREFACE.
Table of Contents
The death of Hon.
Henry Winter Davis
, for many years a distinguished Representative of one of the Baltimore congressional districts, created a deep sensation among those who had been associated with him in national legislation, and they deemed it fitting to pay to his memory unusual honors. They adopted resolutions expressive of their grief, and invited Hon.
John A. J. Creswell
, a Senator of the United States from the State of Maryland, to deliver an oration on his life and character, in the hall of the House of Representatives, on the 22d of February, a day the recurrence of which ever gives increased warmth to patriotic emotions.
The hall of the House was filled by a distinguished audience to listen to the oration. Before eleven o'clock the galleries were crowded in every part. The flags above the Speaker's desk were draped in black, and other insignia of mourning were exhibited. An excellent portrait of the late Hon.
Henry Winter Davis
was visible through the folds of the national banner above the Speaker's chair. As on the occasion of the oration on President
Lincoln
by Hon.
George Bancroft
, the Marine band occupied the ante-room of the reporters' gallery, and discoursed appropriate music.
At twelve o'clock the senators entered, and the judges of the Supreme Court, preceded by Chief Justice Chase. Of the Cabinet Secretary Stanton and Secretary McCulloch were present. After prayer by the chaplain, the Declaration of Independence was read by Hon.
Edward McPherson
, Clerk of the House. After the reading of the Declaration, followed by the playing of a dirge by the band, Hon.
Schuyler Colfax
, Speaker of the House of Representatives, introduced the orator of the day, Hon.
J. A. J. Creswell
.
REMARKS
Table of Contents
OF
HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX,
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Hon.
Schuyler Colfax
, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said:
Ladies and Gentlemen
: The duty has been devolved upon me of introducing to you the friend and fellow-member, here, of
Henry Winter Davis
, and I shall detain you but a moment from his address, to which you will listen with saddened interest.
The world always appreciates and honors courage: the courage of Christianity, which sustained martyrs in the amphitheatre, at the stake, and on the rack; the courage of Patriotism, which inspired millions in our own land to realize the historic fable of Curtius, and to fill up with their own bodies, if need be, the yawning chasm which imperiled the republic; the courage of Humanity, which is witnessed in the pest-house and the hospital, at the death-bed of the homeless and the prison-cell of the convict. But there is a courage of Statesmen, besides; and nobly was it illustrated by the statesman whose national services we commemorate to-day. Inflexibly hostile to oppression, whether of slaves on American soil or of republicans struggling in Mexico against monarchical invasion, faithful always to