Author: New Hampshire; State HistorianPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330624845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Excerpt from Dedication of a Statue of General Franklin Pierce, Fourteenth President of the United States, at the State House, Concord, November 25, 1914 For many years past the great majority of the people of New Hampshire, who take pride in the honor of their state, and the character and achievements of its able and distinguished sons, have felt that some fitting expression of regard for the name and fame of Franklin Pierce, fourteenth President of the United States, and the only native of New Hampshire to occupy the exalted position of Chief Magistrate of the Republic, should be made, in enduring form, for the benefit of generations to come, in impressing upon their minds the fact that lasting public recognition of true merit and noble service is among the paramount duties of a free people. On several occasions, within the last few years, attempts have been made to secure the passage of a measure by the General Court providing for the erection of a suitable statue, in the State House park, as a testimonial of the people of New Hampshire in honor of this distinguished citizen; but, through partisan bitterness, growing out of the Civil War, and the sectional and political controversies antecedent thereto and resulting therein, these attempts had failed, from factious opposition, though favored by the majority sentiment of the people's representatives, as well as by the people themselves. 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.