Excerpt from Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of J. William Stokes (Late a Representative From South Carolina), Delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-Seventh Congress, First Session Mr. Lever. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to now call up the special order for today, being the eulogies upon the late J. Stokes, former Representative from the State of South Carolina. The speaker. The gentleman from South Carolina, by reason of the fact that we are within fifteen minutes of the time set for the special order, asks unanimous consent that the House now proceed to take up the special order, being eulogies upon our late colleague, Mr. Stokes. Is there objection? 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.