Report of Hearing Before the Committee on Cities, March 8, 1907 on the Bill, Senate 189
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Excerpt from Report of Hearing Before the Committee on Cities, March 8, 1907 on the Bill, Senate 189: To Preserve the Old State House as an Historic and Patriotic Memorial, and to Prohibit Its Use for Any Other Purpose More than twenty years ago it was my privilege to be associated in the Legislature with a man whose ancestors fought to establish this nation, and who has fought to preserve and perpetuate it. I have great pleasure in presenting to you General Hazard Stevens. Remarks Of General Stevens. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: Any one conversant with the history of Massachusetts must be astonished on entering this hall, and beholding this large assemblage of the patriotic societies and people of the Commonwealth met to protest against further desecration of the old State House, and to appeal for the protection of law against encroachments of sordid commercialism, - astonished that any person, or corporation, or commission would desire or would dare to assail this venerable building, - astonished that it should be necessary for the people thus to rise up in its defence. As the scene of so many striking and momentous events in the long struggle for liberty and national independence no other edifice in the country can compare with the old State House, - not Faneuil Hall, nor the Old South Meeting House, nor even Independence Hall in Philadelphia, - hallowed though it be by one great act, the Declaration of Independence. What a procession of colonial governors, judges, law-makers, and Puritan ministers have passed between these venerable walls. Here was witnessed the overthrow of Gov. Sir Edmund Andross in 1689, the first colonial rebellion against royal authority, the precursor and prophecy of the great revolution eighty-six years later. Here Governor Shirley in 1746 planned the capture of Louisburg, forced the reluctant general court to sanction it by the majority of a single vote, and here celebrated the astonishing victory when the rustic army of farmers and fishermen under Pepperell returned triumphant. Here James Otis in 1761 thundered against the writ of assistance and fired the colonial heart even unto rebellion. Here and then the child, Independence, was born, said John Adams. A few years later the eastern front looked down upon the Boston Massacre. 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.
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