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After all was over I came out with my colleague, Judge 

 Folger, and as we left the Capitol he said: &quot;What was 

 the matter with you in the governor s room?&quot; I an 

 swered : Nothing was the matter with me ; what do you 

 mean?&quot; He said: &quot;The moment Seward began to speak 

 you fastened your eyes intently upon him, you turned so 

 pale that I thought you were about to drop, and I made 

 ready to seize you and prevent your falling. I then con 

 fessed to him the feeling which was doubtless the cause 

 of this change of countenance. 



As one who cherishes a deep affection for my native 

 State and for men who have made it great, I may be al 

 lowed here to express the hope that the day will come 

 when it will redeem itself from the just charge of ingrati 

 tude, and do itself honor by honoring its two greatest 

 governors, De Witt Clinton and William H. Seward. No 

 statue of either of them stands at Albany, the place of all 

 others where such memorials should be erected, not 

 merely as an honor to the two statesmen concerned, but as 

 a lesson to the citizens of the State ; pointing out the 

 qualities which ought to ensure public gratitude, but 

 which, thus far, democracies have least admired. 



