I thank you, Mr. Train, for your kindness in presenting me with this truly elegant and highly creditable specimen of the handiwork of the mechanics of your State of Massachusetts, and I beg of you to express my hearty thanks to the donors.
Remarks to a Party of Massachusetts Gentlemen
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Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.
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