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Order! Quiet!
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The roll call having been completed
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and the delegates
recognised and seated,
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this session
of the territorial convention
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is hereby declared open.
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Order!
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Order!
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Mr. Chairman.
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The chair recognises the Honourable
Major Cassius Starbuckle...
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soldier, jurist, and statesman.
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Mr. Chairman, fellow delegates...
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ladies...
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and gentlemen,
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I came here
with a carefully prepared speech,
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but this is no time for oratory.
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Let me speak to you from the heart.
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I come before you
to place in nomination
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the name of a man
more qualified than any other
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to represent you in Washington.
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You ill-advised.
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You poorly counselled.
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Fly not in the face
of heaven's handiwork.
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Join with us in supporting the man
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who for five terms in Congress
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has kept this great territory
inviolate.