DELIVERED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCILS OF PHILADELPHIA, BY HORACE BINNEY. PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY J. CRISSY AND G. GOODMAN, 4 MINOR STREET. 1835. IN SELECT COUNCIL, WHEREAS means have been already taken to express the public sense of the loss which the country has sustained, by the death of the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the profound grief which has affected the community: And whereas, it is fit that the actions, character and services of the illustrious dead should be adequately pourtrayed and commemorated: Therefore, Resolved, by the Select and Common Councils, that HORACE BINNEY, Esq. be invited to deliver an Eulogium on the life of JOHN MARSHALL. Common Council concurred. From the Minutes. Jos. G. CLARKSON, Clerk S. C. M180572 IN COMMON COUNCIL, Resolved, That the thanks of the Select and Common Councils, be presented to the Hon. HORACE BINNEY, for his appropriate and eloquent Eulogy on the life and character of the late CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL, and that a copy be requested for publication. Resolved, That the thanks of the Select and Common Councils, be presented to the Right Rev. WILLIAM WHITE, D. D. for the gratifying part which he bore in the solemnities of the occasion, and that he be requested to furnish a copy of his prayer, to be published with the proceedings of the day. Select Council concurred. From the Minutes. ROBERT HARE, Jr. Clerk C. C. SEPTEMBER 26, 1835. RT. REV. SIK, We have been directed to communicate to you the annexed resolution, unanimously adopted by the Select and Common Councils, testifying their deep sense of their obligation for the part you bore in the solemnities of the 24th inst., and requesting you would favour them with a copy for publication, of the appropriate and eloquent prayer by which the address of Mr. Binney was preceded. We congratulate ourselves, Right Rev. Sir, that in paying this tribute to the memory of Chief Justice Marshall, we were honoured with the aid of one of his contemporaries, like himself distinguished by the talents that adorn, and the virtues that dignify our nature. With the highest respect, We remain your Obt. Serv'ts. Jos. R. CHANDLER, HENRY J. WILLIAMS, LEMUEL LAMB, DENNIS M'CREDY, JOSHUA LIPPINCOTT, JOHN P. WETHERILL, COMMITTEE. To the Rt. Rev. William White, D. D. Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. |