Excerpt from Speech of James S. Rollins, of Boone County: Delivered in Joint Session of the Senate and House of Representatives, Pending the Election for United States Senator, February 2d, 1855; In Reply to Mr. Goode, of St. Louis One other remark, Mr. R. Said, and he was done. We are too careless and indifferent in treasuring the memory of our departed statesmen - those who aided in laying the foundations of society on this great river, and to whom we are indebted for the very State government under which we live, and have grown and prospered. 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.