Speech Of The Hon Edwards Pierrepont

Author : Edwards Pierrepont
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483561014
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Speech of the Hon. Edwards Pierrepont: Delivered Before the Republican Mass Meeting, at Wilgus Hall, Ithaca, N. Y., October 11th, 1872 (Classic Reprin written by Edwards Pierrepont and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Speech of the Hon. Edwards Pierrepont: Delivered Before the Republican Mass Meeting, at Wilgus Hall, Ithaca, N. Y., October 11th, 1872 Formerly those who differed in opinion were put to the rack now they are put to the public newspapers and to public Speakers; the torture is more refined, and wrings the deep anguish from the soul, runs through the household nerves, from wife to prattling child, and fiends have new delight. In our Saviour's time they brought to him a woman who had done a wrong, and Wanted to stone her to death. The Saviour said, Well, stone her to death, as you claim to have the law, only do it in this way: gather the stones, form the ring, put her in the midst, and let him that is without sin among you, cast the first stone. These virtuous hypocrites, so eager to vindicate the law, looked one on the other, and every arm was palsied, and not a stone was thrown, and they wentout one after another, and the poor woman was left unhurt, alone. But now men's consciences have grown so blunted, or they themselves have grown so free from fault, that they cloud the noonday-sun with stones, which they throw so thickly at their fellow-men; and of all, the President of the United States is the one most assailed. His ordeal, severe as that of ancient martyr, he has stood. He has walked with unshodden feet over the burning plowshares, and through the crackling flames, and the innumerable voters of Nebraska and of Maine, of Vermont, Ohio and Pennsylvania looked on, and when they saw him issue from the fires without a blister upon his feet or a singe upon his garment, in loud and overwhelming numbers they gave him their vote; and all the people say: amen! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.