Excerpt from Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Samuel J. Randall: A Representative From Pennsylvania, Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-First Congress, First Session We have lost a distinguished man. To-day the city of Philadelphia grieves over his death as it has seldom been called to grieve over the death of a public man. The whole State of Pennsylvania mourns his decease; and I may say that the country is saddened at this moment While we are here announcing the mournful event. 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.