To dig the dust inclosèd here:
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones!”
For two centuries and a half these words have guarded the immortal dust of England’s greatest poet. I write them now over the graves of our patriot dead, one and all. May they continue for centuries to guard their repose!
On the question of giving leave, the vote stood 4 yeas to 54 nays. The yeas were Messrs. Fowler of Tennessee, Hamilton and Vickers of Maryland, and McCreery of Kentucky.
NABOTH’S VINEYARD.
Speech in the Senate on the Proposed Annexion of San Domingo to the United States, December 21, 1870.