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Excerpt from Speech of Hallet Kilbourn: Delivered at Lincoln Hall, at an Adjourned Meeting of the General Committee and Citizens in Furtherance of the Measure to Hold an International Industrial Exhibition in Washington City, D. C., In 1872 Mr. Chairman and fellow-citizens: I appreciate the full force of the remarks made by our chairman this evening, when he said it was our duty to go. Before Congress and demand atten tion from the nation's legislators in furtherance of our efforts to accomplish the grand enterprise of having an International Exhibition at the national capital. It is time that we raised the question, have the people of the District of Columbia any rights which Congress is bound to re spect? As an humble citizen of this District, I am tired of dancing attendance about the halls of Congress begging for privileges which, as American citizens, it is our right to demand. [applause] We go before the committee of Congress to which is assigned all matters pertaining to the welfare and prosperity of the people of this District, and what is generally the result? While on all proper measures we can secure unanimous action in the committee-rooms, yet when members disperse into the halls of legislation their interest in District matters is generally dissi pated, and our efforts come to naught. 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.