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Information on the album was shared by the Public Relations Division of the Seimas Chancellery’s Information and Communication Department. You will find all the pages of the autograph album, as it was called at the time in a virtual exhibition
Some Seimas members simply signed the album, some briefly shared their additional thoughts or wishes.
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From them, it is possible to judge which quotes the deputies liked at that time and see what the style of letter and language of the members of the Seventh Constituents was like.
LRS photo / First page of “Autograph Album”
Some cited Latin sayings, others shared their thoughts, some thought in clear language, others, with many errors, could hardly write. Signed not only by Lithuanians, but also by representatives of national minorities. Representatives of the right more often emphasized fairness or justice, while representatives of the left often emphasized struggle or work.
“Justice is the foundation of the states,” wrote Jonas Staugaitis, a priest and signatory to the Independence Act.
“Dora is the base of the state, so it is the highest duty of each parliament to choose the right hand,” wrote another priest, Vincentas Mieleška.
“A free woman is a free nation. Help women to implement virtue, you will get to heaven on earth,” signed Ona Muraškaitė-Račiukaitienė.
LRS photo / Signature of Ona Muraškaitė-Račiukaitienė in the Seimas Autograph Book
“We will heal the wounds only after we finally win the fight,” wrote Jonas Bildušas.
“Not so much a person suffers in misery as in a just fall,” wrote Andrius Banionis.
“It just caught our eye then. Therefore, the main means to improve citizens: pedagogy is also the basis for the development of the state,” wrote Stasys Balčytis, who introduced himself as a “popular teacher”.
“I am determined to fight to the end to improve the lives of the landless and lowlands. Also for the Independence of the State of Lithuania, “wrote Tadas Aleliūnas.
“By bringing farmers together for Lithuania, we will really bring happiness to the country,” wrote Juozas Varnas.
“Through work and the fight for a bright future!”, Signed Vladas Lašas.
“Farmers in the broadest sense of the word, that is my ideal,” Stasys Balčas signed.
“Fewer words, less bribes, but more work and understanding, everything will be fine,” wrote Balys Žygelis.
“As a Jew, I am proud to belong to a nation that has never oppressed anything; As a Lithuanian, I would like to belong to a state that will never put pressure on anyone, “said Ozeris Finkelstein, a representative of the Jewish faction.
LRS photo / Signature of Ozer Finkelstein on the Seimas Constituents album
Not only can the Lithuanian language be found among the signatures. “Quid quid agis prudenter agas et respice finem” (What you do, you do the right thing and you achieve the goal) – another Jewish representative in the Seimas Naftal Fridman shared that phrase in Latin.
Several other members of the Jewish faction signed in Hebrew, one member of the Polish faction in Polish, the other in Polish and Latin.
From May 14. The pages of this album are exhibited in the Seimas building, at the entrance of the Seimas Chamber.
May 14 During the anniversary commemoration, another parliamentary tradition was introduced in the Seimas session: Seimas members were offered to leave their wishes and thoughts to the 2nd century generations of the Republic of Lithuania. the
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