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(in money) not in sterling value. The why ! they 

 came to see me has always puzzled my mind. It was 

 not love for certain. I am at a loss unless they wished to 

 see if I was always the same animal of old time. For 

 many years and perhaps to-day yet, I have been a sort 

 of curious beast, not mischievous, and not willing to 

 bark with all sorts of hounds for them I was al- 

 ways the " Albany Dutchman." It is not everybody 

 who can be a Dutchman and being born in France ! 

 and besides claiming to be a Yankee ! in the good sense 

 of the word ; I feel proud to be a Yankee, at least 

 Yankeefied morally, if not physically. I am proud to 

 be ever so Yankeefied when I hear our Uncle Sam say: 



God means to make this land, John 1 ! 1 



Clear thru, from sea to sea ! ! 

 Believe an' understand, John, 

 The wuth o' bein' free ! ! ! 



Ole Uncle S. Sez he, "I guess, 



God's price is high," sez he ; 



" But nothin' else than wut He sells 



Wears long, an' thet J. B. 



May learn like you an' me ! ! ! " 



Amen ! 



" Vive la Republique ! ! ! 

 The Sun God and liberty ! ! ! 

 And down with politic iniquity." 



Here in this moment I drop my pen and rub my 

 forehead to rest, to meditate on what we have done 

 since I came to light. I could not see the light, but 



