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- ...f use of special means there tazj hare been some bti both- fraltbat ccarte been adopted, 06 than partial chxition tn practice in the French ports, but H e4w.noi been sucn an authentic, .qme. quWo'c 1, fTcctu! repeal as this government "w.ai entitled to i cK'tnand 7L- ' - - '-.'''-. ' ' The-iate' repeal signed by the emperor himself, $ whir.bj as arrived since the ' adjournment of Con- gteos. nl been followed by the repeal of the. liri tish' ordefs iij council, is conclusive evidence that to sunicicntirepeal had befor e been nude, Willi. 0t a -ropea) on paper or in fact of French edicts, without a cessation of hostilities 6r injustice prinhe It Wi ,1 would have supported it virtth moie teeJ " than my Self.-: ''. rr -' 'f " w -. ;v Vv"'; From this view, I trust I have made It appa rent, that in the course I pursued) I have been consistent, with myself, and the principles avowed by the party and the administration, luere are some other topics introduced into the catalogue ot causes of war, whicn demand twiner attention. One which has awakened much sensibility in the -nation is the impressment of seamen. ' - : The difficulty between the two governments on this point, has appeared to me rather a matter of form than substance. Many British seamen have been employed in our service, who have entered voluntary. Many of our seamen are in the service high seas, without a fair commerce with France, 'with t ,H evidence that the French government had failed to perform their engagement in any respect, and at a time when the country was unprepared 'to make war, was the American Congress called j 0f. Great' Britain, who hive been Impressed lrom upon to compiy wq every mmg r ranee naa ae- wf merchant vessels- The employment Of Bri mdert-war with England and a continuance of . tish S(iiimen u nuP iervW ;s the nretexttor im ;. thCtVn importation system. - Under such circum- pres8in.,.Trom our vessels. ..Great Britian copsid stance t select Great Britain as an enemy, with, eri htr Starnen her piopetiy, the staff and shield out arty change in our ' relations- with. France, an 1,..-- ;P. n,- 'r.-hr-rtf.Mnatri;iiiW: and peared tajnejo be submission to the edicts, wdl!onwa snbject, always a subject, is a maxim of andai tifires af .France, to surrender a trade wth ;DOth the British and French governments, aodin- , Urea: nn a n amounting to or millions, ir the mere chmce of a trade wth France worth lit ...vile or nothing, a sacrifice -of t ho public interest, and afer threatening to take Canada tor six or eight mon hs, to plunge the country into the con test without being prepared to e xecute; our threats, an act of precipitancy for which no sufficient apo logy could he made , Wt had besides much pro perty in hnglinil and on the ocean. . The basis too upon which we proceeded, th promised ?and T'4 . f m ' , . ' ar expected justice or ,v ranee, was nise nor coujd t the- deposition f rnanjfested in' Erg land I am induced to believe tht this question u more difficult to djusiteg.arothe;principle, than any bet wee the two governments. r.x J I have said that I was' aver to embarking in a war about neutral iights in the present state of the world. x Europe seemed by common con.J sent to have repealed the bw tf nations, to have set at defiance all t he ordinary rules of public law by which jjcfitniaerce had been regulated ; and it therefore appeared to me impolitic for this young, free, and glowing people o engage in a '.war, to .'contro'ul the policy of the Europe jn world. "Th question was put Jo this government, and w"e were required to take sides. We could have cho sen an a'-Iy, an tnemy, or maintained our neutrality,. Wc choae the latter course, and expressly dcclari ed to the world thdt we would maintain it, and that we would not select an enemy unless one of ths powers would change its policy-- On this subject I have Lad but one opinion, for the last three years. -from the most atientivs-consid ration I could g'veit. , I have thought, from the nature of the cpnrest, and the probable object of the contending powers,' that it was unwise for this quarrel and that the scWesJ Ide'em ?r,Ki. . 5 " s publican, system JOVpP;J"0.mlJh & competent to carry o.,'. war wi L e? tif V. ' mm i iirii mmi if irM iiiii t liiuii uir: i n :u in iiiiiji L-ti see how it was less-suomission in iuia tijan it ; -.-- vr. .Id have been in 1800, according to thedecla. ! American seamen ; on the contrary she disclaim, rt'ma of the-committee of foreign relations-i any such pretensions, but insists on the right of li m to th Berlin and Milan decrees, France badiakl,,S her seameii wlthmL her jurwhction, and net'only addewd Ahe Bayonne and Rambouiliet de 1 fr?m nfchani vessels on the high seas, where crees,but fraud a'nd treachery. .That I was averse!811 na.t,on Pha.ve a common. -jurisdiction. -In the tri the war is true ; and that my vote was in unison ' ercise of this right, owing to ih.e simdai tty ol Vitb my opinion, my enemies will, I suppose, ad-, languages, leatures. ar.d mannecs, the improper I .Although I did not believe as many did in the ex- beenimIresseI- This is an evidence winch de 1 - tweiency of embarking in a crusade about neutral mands a rtmy-, In lhe yfar 180J M" J 'TiRhts. as somuch had been said about war, I Monroe and Pinckney, two of the memberiof the ! j bad made op my mind to vote for iton any hon Present ad".'nsiration, were especially instruc ' f " orable ground, a-ainst Great Britain alone, i. tet0 gciate on the subject of impressment t "l-j i..,ri . : -.i . .i l with the British government, then.uneer the ad pectationj against both if-she failed ; nd this j ministration of Mr. .fox.t friends, better diinosed course I thought consistent whh the ' firindfiles, towards this country than any ministry since the and firofeaihn,, of the government, and certainly , Peace of eighty-three. Our .ministers pressed a with my own view. That I was in favor of re- .relinquishment ot the right of search for seamen, coking thea rrangement with France and placing I Thf Ur'tUh minislrt objtctcd, that it was a right the two nations on the same fool no- if she Hit) nor w,m-" u,c ... ., - - - O, i act with solid faith, will appear by my votes ofJ Che last andpreceeding sessions. That the Presi dent was deceive d mto a departure from our neu If it if ,U; trality must be evident, from the late French de ! cree by which it appear ; the united energies of the country wjth more -ef- V fppt . OTrt ft. n IVinrp aritk Wftryrm matnm IiIaim . d as our -prizes could not be sold in French !i i ports, I could not see the force of the objections jVi'-lo notice Franctv ' Especially' too, as it was avow ,d to be a waror honor in which all calculations A t of profis and loss, orconsequences were denounced 0' 4tnea'tandc4titemi'i!le,nd unworthy a patriots j;r regard. V It, was a course equajjy demanded by lj.- public sentiment and public expectation. J ' Iwas Siiid we had a right to select our enemy.. ' Grant this : If we had selected Great Britain of " ouroyrn i accord; the .argumeit would be entitled A V ' to some weight ; but after telling both belligerents that we would not selectm an enemy unless one of V them would do us justice, end after having based f - our measures on the promises of . France, was it e 'U ...ui.. ' . i i Jliuiiouiauic, wan; ji tuuoiM cii:, iy yitiu u uer deed of the whole civilized .world. This principle it i9 unnecessary to discus, unless we art under a country to participate-in lhe moral or poli.ical obligation, or disposed tV.m interest, and happiness of this people f'rbidus'to motives of policy, towage, war for the prortciioni yield to the vievs of either by btxbromg a party of British seamen employed in our merchant in' the war. In doing so, 1 leared that we would service., ! J .'.. 7""- lhe the appendage, or ally of one of them until a I know it is the opinion of the wisest andlie'st 1 ffrieMlpeace in Europe. Every consideration men with whom I have ever -conversed," '"that" seemed .o admonish ,rjs. not to plunge into the sound policy dictated the exclusive employment vonex of European corffli -t, in which had already oeeu eguipneu tne sovereignty anu me'epenaence of so many na'ions. I shall here beymet by the cant phrase that we must not subnet. The per version and misapplication of terms have done much mischief among mankind. Bjt let us in quire to what we . have submitted ; The war in Eur pe has lasted for twenty years with liule in termission, and generally during that time we have submitted to remain neutral, -(although we have ha4 frequent causes of wui) and to reap a richer harvest than any n ation ever did btfore. Our com. mtrcewith the powers at war, like that of every othtr t.eutral nation in former wars, has been sub ject to much vexatious einraiTassiiicr.t, owingto the m-ans ussj by bellig-rents to annoy and dis tress each other ; butstiil it has flourished when left free f:om the vestvi' tions of our government It may not pe -miss here to remark that during a great part ot Hie year 18 10, when these deer es and -orders were in force, we had neither embargo Or noii io'trcnurse, and yet we had an extensive commerce, and Kentucky enjoyed a decree of pros peri'y never before wirjuesed. I state this fact to prove how much the people1 have been deceived with regard to the practical effsct of these block ades beyond the Allurj;icraipon the general pros perity of the country. .We have indeed submit ted to see our commerce expand, our navigation increise, our agriculture) manufactures and im proveriKnts progress- in a manner unparallellcd in the" History f the world. While the fatal fritnd ships of England, and the-grinding-oppressions of France', have been ascending in secret or of)n execrations to heaven from very corner -of Europe, we have sub.ni'ted to remain unshackled by any entangling alliance with either. (Jur go.ernrneni has iiilherto had wisdom and m mness enough to resist the ricta'ion and wily end avour s ot both to iln v us into the quarrel. While Europe ha beei-convuled and 're!ithcd in blood, bile the earnings of honest iit'u ju r ha ve been taken to nd mterest, we have sub to which the nation was so much atlachc'l, that they could not disclaim it without assuming are" sponsibility, which no mini -.try would be willing to meet ; but that they would waVe the principle, and entertain any arrangement which would -produce a discontinuance of the practice of impressment, and prevent the employment of B.itish seamen in appears that the Berlin and Mi. tan'decrees were not repealed on the 1st day of TJnrpmhpr Ifllfl. as the Pre&t-pnt had Wlarp-l hv - . j i . a r i i : . i t praclamation. When the war bill came to the !n our serv,ce Air mucn a.sci.ss.oi., m,e sua . . j J . . . ,-,t- .,... . t trt iva ai rinTCil tn inci satisfaction ot nur niin t f ocnaie i movca 10 insert rrance, ana u u.naa j . o- - , , T V. n . Succeeded I would have confined the war to the islfcr9 on terms wnich they tho t highly honora- ocean, until the ntxt . meeting of Congress. ' I Die ana auvamageoun io. uic anu 'thought this course demanded by honor, consisten- lhey recommended the arrangement to the acctp -CT. iand exnedifncy. and if oursued France would tance of the administration ; but it was prj-cted t have resoected us more,, we shouldihave resbected an lhe Sroun'1 that. lne nSht ol search WflS not I ; durkhet more ; it wou have" oablshed allsuspi I disclaimed or relinquished. Our ministers re. I Cion andjealoosy of the existence of any partiality ' maik in the,r ,eUc,l Mr. Mad,son that although V in our councils with regard to any foreign nation ! tl,e Uri,ish government did not feel i sdf -attthor f -it would have nrndnred mnrPiminn anrtrnnfi-n-,. : ed to relinmiisli formally, by treaty, us claim to r' -uii.-i .. r-.i is arr.h mir men "tint vesstls for British seamen. f i . i . . ... ' ' ii nrort r. turiil.l rif v.-rl Iif !r-m r f-SAen i:ill, if Support WaTj OtaiTJ.TlOII me unuea energies oi me country wjiii more 1 '- i""v . ... T 7 .. - We. thould remember i . b ot individuals. We SN..u J 'aw5? the w.c .wiuiaon interest in th w,ai e Mt BU. t. l.,ul..v- unucr which - we 1t;. k , ' w the I ;. " "7. . "'ciarta war, but :K 1,01 not me pnae 0t opinion j or a thirst r " t-tt those who .Mcreitly, p-trmt.sm which ought toUL Shoultlha government under iu disgraceful disasters, "he forced .1 P?5St,Pe hnnirable peace, the respect and T ? 8 t!ij" the people to it will be rreailv L- "W the political ties, by which thll tZT' ' together, might be weakened, if T '? 'H vish lae war carried on wiih J ith a view to exact terms, thai, that i'u?! ment may not appe ar to make Dear. S tfli . ucr in pressure Qf misfortunes. A few words done, It has measures. , its practice not completely abandoned. 1 hey.ouserved how. ever, that much would depend on th1: means taken by congress 10 check deseition from the British service- There is reasr-n to believe that if the arrangement had been accepted by our govern mitttd 'o stand o:i cur own ground and erjoy.th trair ol our lafcciirs. While the people in the Old World have been groaning beneath the iron hand ol despotism, we fiaye seen our land gladdened with liberty, peace ment, and executed with sincerity and good faith on and plenty, every man enjoying, share of the sove both sides, it would, in practice, very soon have reign, power) ar-d . .walking' forth in the dignity, effectuated the objects of both countries. Thus, of his nature, unawed by licentious mobs or mil. it will be perceived, tliat a dispute about the itary power. Toall these things we have inl'.-e(i right of search has deprived our nalive stamen of submitted. Our situation has not been dislv es- an important security which, might. have been o-.- timated by ourselves : it is the envy of all Ku tain.d. Both party's were perhaps too tenacious of the principle. When we consider that the pride and sensibiii'ies of the British nation, arealive to every qu' Stion touching ineir naval power, con j 1 " ' i . k v. rope, and even ir.os'-' . nations oeyonu tne Allan tic, who have no inJependence left of thf ir uwi look with some consolation' and applause upon he successful preservation of ours. The eovern. side'red the bulwark of their safety and greatness, mf.nt, f tr having so long rtVoivrd Upon its own tvp mirrht notfnhe surnrised that the Il;iush tnir.. ! nnmovcdbv the conflicts ot foreign anihitin!. i ,' ,'nuiiouraoic. was- 11 cuusiMcir., m vieiu 10 ner ' " " -u,--- : , 1 . - . . . ' views, afer ' a full - knowledge of her attempt to !"lstry were reluctant to hazard a formal concession has at lat, by the artihct-eh foreign nu'ion,been li i 1 -1. Strike us from,. our neutrl attitude, when thr step j " tyas to.be attended not only with an immense loss i oiDioofj ana treasure, but the loss ot, a lucrative V, . . . . . - . I commerce, wiinoutj tne prospect ot an equivalent ij jairone umnrancft jLJOiiymriJiei ttier our honor or -interest justified it. I have c,ver , '-excusedihe president for issuing his proclamation, 'ion? the score of motive at leasf and yielded to "X, . i. - ' i;t r n i. ... many, oi inc measures wnicn louoweo it, wun a ) ; t coofitfent. expectation . that.if France' failed on her ' part, we should C'jhvince her, ;ijnd t h world. lh,t ijxta wreneither-'io. be - drfvin; noWricked from our , $ neutrality, by an-insincere manouvring policy. V' .TlWpart of thb President's War message which ' notices France merits a moment's attention. ' The , president says 'that France "had authorised the capture or our vesseisj and committed other out rages on our vesscli and citizens, thfit no indem- r nity hed been proVided - for the property seized within the jutisijiction of France but bn. account of unclosed discussions with heri - he recommend "Ad war with Great Britain, aod to wait the result . of the negotiation with France. Now, look at t fairly.. France urges' us, to go to war with Eng. . -land, and d-cUre war for as. We refuse to com jd?" tl h(r, Slid 4hevw6rld that it would be dis Ifanoufu'.le to yj Id" to her views, tmkss she will Sfst do - jMAfice, ahdrfcroW ftCiornphsh her ,-Mirposf, she promises to do it. "We proceed on the promise) but before we take the final ste,o, we dtsfcoVe r .'thsf 'it was an artiSct. y, S a (alse pretence ; and then, with our eyes open, J f we submit to every thing she'requires, notwith' 5 .standing all the fuss end noise about honor. .I 1"; esk if it: is not a retreat from our; ground, and a , ' , eJeai surrender of the point of honour I Had the 4, cortdact of France bt en antbisuous, I; should not i: 'haveyessed the proposition to insert France : buU ,1 ' When; accorditigL to 'the declaration of the presu ,- denU all doubtt had teen banished, as both belli - J-ete'nla were cleprdaUng on our commerce, the - plains horioui ablerAmericanWrseTppeared ' to ; ' to authorise ourverchants to make reprisals - - : slipped front Its mootingSrivMs p:-obab.ly desti ned to suffer many of the calamitirs wi h which continental Luercpe has bteh scouted. And for what'. For a ti'ac!e with France, which if eve ry intertnc'tion was ltmoved. isuojLn'orth-ji-con4 pledging each other to adopt the best, means 4to tstf without a material change in her policy secure to each country the services. .-'of its own surrtndeiing at thw same time a commerce bet seamen, the avowed object .of both j it appears to ter than we shall have, upon a general peace. You me it would have been goUd policy to have made; have been told ot the immense losses ol our mer f . '. 1 ..1 . .. V. ., . . .ww....U i r rVt r , . ... U . ; been attached, but anHiey were willing to wjive jit, leaving each at liberty to assert it at any fu ture time, and to m.ke an intormal an-nngemetit to secure our seamen from impressment, - and an experiment ot it. I hat the present admin istration did not believe war necessary ,to adjust this matter, that they did not intend to go to war about the seamen, is evident, from their proceed - ngs for the last five years. Although the subject was incidentally introduced on several occasions, it Was not the basis of either the ?mbargq.pr nbii-j It has been generally found the' interest of a neu chants, and yet, wonderful to relate, our commerce and 'navigation is lapidly increasing, 'and "ounncr chants are begg'nig to-be let alone. -Yon' have bet-n often told, that our losses have been unexampled Uut," glntlemen, our policy h is been the same with every wise nation which has prectdtd us intercourse-, nor, was the adiustment of m press i ment made a condititih of the repeal oil" any of the. restrictive measures. . jt '" Another subject of complaint is that of extend ed blockade's. --Although France1- has used' Mr. Fox's blockades of May, 1806." as i a pretext to jus tify her Berlin decree, yet as our governme nt did not corhplain of it, or any other existing blockade, nor rtfer to it as a basis for any of the - restrictive measure, it cannot be deemed a substantial cause of war. -" The object of our government in relation- to this- point must be to settle the -definition and-rules of blockade. This cause of complaint lies much deeper., I belieye, than is generally , ap prehended. It is rooted in the present condition of Europe. England is dominant at sea, France on land. Solong as these two powers continue to wage war, and Great Britain rnaintins her present maritime ascendency, however shejnay for a time relax or modify, she will in some shape'- or othei assert in practice, if not on' paper, the right as in cident to her naval power to blockade her enemy, and this pretension is no less identified with com mercial jealousy th-m national pride. Every En gli6hman fcfcls a pride' hat the y British ticvy is competent : to DliKkade- Frahce and make her-de-I pendant oq England fo foreign commerce. - From tral nation, to remain so, notwithstanding occa sional losbes7T I would, not, however, have admit-, ted thf; pretensions of the belligerents. J would have kept up continual, protest in some form, lea ving coytmeice to individual, enterprizc, vvith the aid of sUwh naval protection on our own coasts, as was practicable and convenient. The Yankees, by their wi'.s and arms, would have carried on an extensive commerce, notwithstanding the hazards to which it was exposed. T interded to have noticed some other topics to whic'h the pubfic attention' has,'-beenV called, with sdme additional c onsiderauons Tor opposing fhTs' war measure, but to attempt it ' atthis lats hour would be an unreasonable trespass upon your pa tienre Gentlemen, we arc at war, and whatever difference of opioionmay exist about the policy or necessity of it, every American ought to put his shoulder to the wl.t-eK to redeem our counn y from the dangers and difficulties which nisnace ii I-certainly never expected to derive. cty commer. dal advdnt6ges from this contest ; br cause I be lieved we had a better commerce; befoie il , com mence'd, than we shall upon a general peaceT 1 had hoped however, that a war commenced upon principles : calculatedlo inspire -confidence -and pro duce uniohj niigist have a good effect upen our - .-7 : ' .i .--,.-' ; .- i. ' ' -,'V '':-J"y7-"'. s more gentlemen, ami I . H in my lot to differ with f- j ut.auuii, on some vm I" First on the Bank, M ,,3 i. I Ins cirrumstanrt.. ;,! j lK explore the grouad well before I decifk. . after a tail and careful consideration, irtuv, better; to obey the conviction of my om .mi standing, than to vote Tori measure wI,;..k i f f approved, which I c-onld not justify, B'd rf I should have beerraslnmeil to boast, fmm ' sciousness that the .public interest had been ii properly and dishonourably sacrificed. W-'h '!' however, been declared---that it may be Mo tive of much good, is my w:sh.-.I have notW to gain ny my country's miafortunes. Wl.il- am one of the guardians of the public weal the people are entitled to the olnefit of my 'yxfomw: uiu a ,iw u wii'nc KiTouni--.an(i l mtwil they shall hav it.! hope 1 am nht Hpfim :.. respect for them, if I ifo nothing which 1 thh' m-y, upon a iuu vuw ot the subject, will hoi ap. pn,.v. i uu6i b-iiv.aiix iu presume that -t,V nrtnl will atinmhato whni .:.t.. i suing this course I am certainly consistent wi,f. me spu n, nature anu principles-ot a tepreienij. tive repubhi... 1 he statioo I hold is an honou'i We one; nor am I indifferent to pu'dicafjuro'i, tioa. I love popularity ; and to have it uvl you when l shall r.ave hr.ished my nohtbln. reer, well done, ihott trjodancl fauhfuLsrrvt.i. it the highest reward to which my ambition sspifiw I am ntjt very tenactoos ot trifles, in ti'her ol vate or public lif-. I can yieM soborJirmte p' hut on card'mat principles, and questions tf vU importance to the pultlic interest,' I prefer to sir. render my seat, rather than my better judpni-n!. To' w.iste my private fortune, devote rr.yiim: it the put-lie service, and to consent besides to be come the submissive slave of the opinions of oih. ors, arvj sacrificesloo great lobe made, lo retain ny preient station, however honorable and di t.u lied. Some of my friends, from the best motives, have given out that 1 would not am beacancti. Jste fur a seal in lhe senate. low i' (o mystlfuv inform y.u that I did not intenito&ecYuw a te, lection, but to justify my vote, atvtm?ertli decision of the state. I feel, however, inihis i tua iao, some embarrassment in obtruSmg mysdl upon the public attention. Although fond cf.pab !ic life, if my conduct his filled my constitueiin with distrust or displeasure, I am as ready tote tire, as I was to enter upon the political th: tre- - Nothing; is more silly and absurd, than fori public man to be angry with the people, beCairt they are displeased with his public conduct : tn'rght ai well upbraid the sovereign of the univer. for human calamities, as the sovereign of li'a .j ivcrnment for the. visitation of popular dupw. tunc ,4tiav vi iaig-iiiiiv.ii iuuiuiii.u meannfos of men. There is a certainaxul.ci.il el iss of electioneering, office hunlingi policy men, without hert,"sojdjor jndn,$e,nce, who corieotit and express themselves liife free 'men. But,p ' Icmen my bosom glows with pleasure and at,, the contrast no before me. I am notaddn ing a mob ; or that election'ering chaff which.. .'down about by every squib in a news-pal" So ! I address a respectable portion of 'fie s- of this republic Men who feel an interest in the government, and a solicitude that it would be administered as toecun: to them, and.thosew-w areocismTrfreFTheni berty. GVoilemen. this .meeting nay ljav'e bn intended to heal the wound which vou may sup nri'le. ;ud reputation,, oy ins rusgraceiui scenes .. ha-vebe'ert acted Ivjre, losink and degrade met thy public estimation.. While I honor yourwa livt-s. he assured, thev h ve 'iven me no concern on my o'.vii account. It is irtie, the msnmr i w'hiclrthj Feeling of my cjnneclions and ft'11"' have ben assailedby the .meanness and mali, a certain description of people in Lexington, M indeed b-en distressing to mc.Ilut with. res?" to myself, I rim so . strongly armedfvvita scioos solicitude for my country's welfare, . tw these things pass by me like the idle wind, iwinnlthrin nnt: i.t'.t not nrv pnemies exolt '0. i r.:..-j ..jj1 withdra tnucii) nor my inci."ariwu "uuucm; . .' n -i Ti.. i. ti:.,. and COW meir coniiuciK-e. . a tic i')icii.;;ciivw . v sense of the ; eople may be obscured for ""J1, "meni'mt truth, although 'sometinjes retaiQ-1" its progress, is ever tuumphant. . Gentleinen, x have now done. Tfta fe? -I repair to the post with which my country Honowdnme. liefortrl tike icaverla'i icere inanRs lor uvis evwe. 7-- and resoect. T:wish 'UHleed, vo-i v .Id now n my hn vrv jz 4? ,-'. r ' . ', ;,.!, ,:t.L.. umnlu.ni ir rrr il lllll:L nilKM r - .1 i . ....1 ...,;i vn unwry my oosom lor mis msniierts'tu. . . jf. assured ,11 f iat .m; fott on your part to redeem u-e and mdics which surround nis your confidence is not mispjacrd.-and'-j" ' ' t conduct past and to corns will denionstr-ww and to , the world that everf fib . . . - 1 l n,,-j.cc in uir twraU lor the liberties ano .naii-- - . voi u,.l, irlo orcsc,,'T . trr I ahlrriaY he ; ',,U.'hAi:- nt hi hand, bestow on s aiw . " - - -- . choicest blessings . whi&f man is, ca, ceiving. Gwndcnxe, Farewell. 1 -you coo yoti ,tf of
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