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Alexander Stephens Statue
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Alexander Stephens Statue
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Statue located in front of Liberty Hall
in Crawfordville, Ga.
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Inscription at Base of Monument
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(Front)
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BORN FEB. 11, 1812,
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MEMBER GA. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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1836 TO 1840,
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MEMBER GA. STATE SENATE 1842,
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MEMBER U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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1843 TO 1859,
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RETIRED FROM CONGRESS 1859,
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VICE PRESIDENT CONFEDERATE STATES,
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1861 TO 1865,
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U.S. SENATOR ELECT FROM GEORGIA, 1866,
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MEMBER U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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1873 TO 1882,
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GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA 1882,
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DIED IN ATLANTA, GA.,
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SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 4, 1883.
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AUTHOR OF "A CONSTITUTIONAL VIEW OF
THE WAR
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BETWEEN THE STATES' AND OF A COMPENDIUM
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THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM
THEIR
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EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1872
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(Side)
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THROUGHOUT LIFE A SUFFERER IN BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT,
HE WAS A SIGNAL EXEMPLAR OF WISDOM, COURAGE, FORTITUDE, PATIENCE, AND UNWEARYING
CHARITY, IN THE DECREPITUDE OF AGE, CALLED TO BE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE.
HE DIED, WHILE IN PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK OF HIS OFFICE, AND IT SEEMED
FIT, THAT HAVING SURVIVED PARENTS, BRETHREN, SISTERS, AND MOST OF THE DEAR
COMPANIONS OF YOUTH, HE SHOULD LAY HIS DYING HEAD UPON THE BOSOM OF HIS
PEOPLE.
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(Side)
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"I AM AFRAID OF NOTHING ON EARTH, OR ABOVE THE EARTH,
OR UNDER THE EARTH, EXCEPT TO DO WRONG -- THE PATH OF DUTY I SHALL EVER
ENDEAVOR TO TRAVEL, 'FEARING NO EVIL' AND DREADING NO CONSEQUENCES."
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"HERE SLEEP THE REMAINS OF ONE WHO DARED TO TELL THE
PEOPLE THEY WERE WRONG WHEN HE BELEIVED [SIC] SO, AND WHO NEVER INTENTIONALLY
DECEIVED A FRIEND OR BETRAYED EVEN AN ENEMY."
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EXTRACTS FROM AUGUSTA SPEECH, 1855.
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© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
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