Joseph Forney Johnston (Late a Senator From Alabama) Memorial Addresses Delivered in the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States, Sixty-Third Congress, Third Session; Proceedings in the Senate, January 9, 1915; Proceedings in the Hou

Excerpt from Joseph Forney Johnston (Late a Senator From Alabama): Memorial Addresses Delivered in the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States, Sixty-Third Congress, Third Session; Proceedings in the Senate, January 9, 1915; Proceedings in the House, January 31, 1915 Mr. Overman. Mr. President, in the absence of the surviving Senator from Alabama it becomes my sad and painful duty to announce the death of Senator johnston. The end that comes to us all found him this morning at O'clock in his apartment house in this city, sur rounded by his stricken wife, his devoted son, and loving friends. A prince among men, a gallant Confederate soldier, an able governor, a great Senator, a true patriot, a faithful and loyal friend has passed from this world of strife and bitterness and has crossed over the river to rest under the shade of the trees in a better land of peace, happiness, and eternal rest. I would ask the Senate that a public funeral in the Senate Chamber be observed, but his family desire that his funeral shall be of the simplest character. 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.