Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, February 22, 1866. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1866. The death of Hon. Henry Winter Davis , for many years a distinguished Representative of one of the Baltimore congressional districts, created a deep sensation among those who had been associated with him in national legislation, and they deemed it fitting to pay to his memory unusual honors. They adopted resolutions expressive of their grief, and invited Hon. John A. J. Creswel

Hon. Schuyler Colfax , Speaker of the House of Representatives, said: Ladies and Gentlemen : The duty has been devolved upon me of introducing to you the friend and fellow-member, here, of Henry Winter Davis , and I shall detain you but a moment from his address, to which you will listen with saddened interest. The world always appreciates and honors courage: the courage of Christianity, which sustained martyrs in the amphitheatre, at the stake, and on the rack; the courage of Patriotism, which

My Countrymen : On the 22d day of February, 1732, God gave to the world the highest type of humanity, in the person of George Washington. Combining within himself the better qualities of the soldier, sage, statesman, and patriot, alike brave, wise, discreet, and incorruptible, the common consent of mankind has awarded him the incomparable title of Father of his Country. Among all nations and in every clime the richest treasures of language have been exhausted in the effort to transmit to posteri