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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. G. W. Hughes, of MD., On the State of the Union: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 5, 1861 We hear much Of the Obligation imposed on the President by his oath of office to see that the laws are faithfully executed. This is all very well; but let us inquire what is meant by the execution Of the laws, and how they are to be enforced. 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.
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He was born in Elmira, New York, in 1806. He was the son of John Hughes who, about the beginning of the nineteenth century, emigrated from Ireland and settled in the Chemung Valley, in New York, where he shortly afterwards married Anna Konkle, the daughter of a prosperous farmer.
At the age of seventeen he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he remained for four years but did not graduate or take a commission.
Regarding his activities for the several years following his education little is recorded, but by 1837 published reports reveal, he was making surveys about the District of Columbia for the United States as a civil engineer. The next year, July 7, he joined the army and was commissioned captain in the topographical engineers. About 1840 he was sent to Europe to examine and report on public works. In the August of 1847, after the opening of the war with Mexico, Hughes enlisted, with the Maryland and District of Columbia volunteers, and was placed on the staff of General J. E. Wool.
He did his share in mapping the country for the advance of the army and saw action at Cerro Gordo. His gallant services earned him the rank of major and later of colonel. After the capture of Mexico City and pending the ratification of the peace treaty, he was made governor of the province of Jalapa. He proved a good governor, controlling the banditti with an iron hand, but at the same time entering into cordial relationship with the leading clergy of the province. He was convinced, however, that Mexico should be under the control of the United States, and in course of time, become virtually an outlying province.
After the treaty of peace was signed Hughes was engaged by W. H. Aspinwall and J. L. Stephens, promoters of a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama, to take charge of a survey to determine the best route, a work which was completed under his guidance in 1849. The next year he resigned from the army. In 1854 he was president of the Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad, which in December merged into the Northern Central, and in 1857 he was quartermaster general of Maryland.
His active life was honorably rounded out by a term in Congress, 1859-61, during which he presented his resolution calling for a department of agriculture, and made a speech, February 5, 1861, on the right of the South to secede, which, without going into the political philosophy of the matter, was entirely Southern in cast of thought. After retiring from Congress, he lived at Tulip Hill on the West River, near Annapolis, the beautiful old estate of the Markoe family. Here he spent his time as consulting engineer and planter until his death.
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His wife was Ann Sarah Maxey, daughter of Virgil Maxey.
