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not only for the accommodation of the present age but will be transmitted to future generations as a monument of the liberality and patriotism of their predecessors. And while those who succeed us on this stage of action, shall sit in these Halls and contemplate the history of the present time, may they find nothing in the public or private transactions of their fathers, that can give or cause regret, or shall not be equally calculated to excite sentiments of patriotic pride, satisfaction and gratitude.
Samuel E. Smith Council Chamber, Augusta, January 9th. 1932.