Essentials of United States history . to-gether, to which Dr. Frank-lin ironically replied, Yes,orwe shall all hang separately. The declaration was signedby the president and secretaryof the Congress and was then given to the 137. The Declaration Proclaimed. — The bell which later > An interesting incident is told by Dr. Prime, the biographer, of Pro-fessor Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph. says that Mr. Morse was in the studio of the celebrated painter,Benjamin West, in London, and was examining a portrait, when Westtold him that it was a portrait
Essentials of United States history . to-gether, to which Dr. Frank-lin ironically replied, Yes,orwe shall all hang separately. The declaration was signedby the president and secretaryof the Congress and was then given to the 137. The Declaration Proclaimed. — The bell which later > An interesting incident is told by Dr. Prime, the biographer, of Pro-fessor Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph. says that Mr. Morse was in the studio of the celebrated painter,Benjamin West, in London, and was examining a portrait, when Westtold him that it was a portrait of King George III. Did the king sithere for it? asked Morse. The painter answered him in the affirmativeand said: One day the king was sitting to me for that portrait when abox containing the American Declaration of Independence was handedto him. Indeed? said Morse, and what appeared to be the emo-tions of the king? What did he say? Well, sir, answered Mr. West,he made a reply characteristic of the goodness of his heart. He The Liberty Bell. 128 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY rang out the news to the people, and which is still preservedThe Liberty in the same building where the Declaration of In-Beii. dependence was adopted, bears at its base in raised letters these words, Proclaim hberty throughout the landunto all the inhabitants thereof. It w^as secreted duringthe war while the British army held Philadelphia, and wasafterwards restored to its place. There it has remained formore than a century, except when exhibited elsewhere onspecial occasions.^ 138. The United States of America. — Thenceforth thethirteen British colonies w^ere colonies no longer. Insteadthey were the United States of America. The internalaffairs of each of the states w^re to be controlled by the statesthemselves, each attending to its own affairs only, while allforeign matters relating to various nations, and internal affairsof common interest were to be in the hands of a federal con-gre
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