80 HISTORY OF THE 



Our hearts rcibel — our blood runis high, 

 Courage my l)oys, let us defy 

 Their eraving spirit. Live or die 



We will our, rights defend. 

 N^ow lay the rieh usurpers low, 

 They're smarting now by every blow; 

 Just show our grit where e'er we go, 



Till vict'ry crowns the end. 



West Itoxlrary (71010 FraiiMhi) Parle. 



The following letter was addressed to an old friend, 

 regretting the necessity of calling him upon the stand, 

 but showing him the importance, in every community 

 where diflerences sometimes exist, of calling witnesses 

 who do know the merits of cases in dispute. 



Boston, June 7, 188G. 



My Dear Sir: — There are critical times, — anxious 

 moments in our lives, — when we feel it absolutely nec- 

 essary to lean upon our good friends for support and 

 protection against wrong and imposition, and I am un- 

 fortunately in a position just now to be subjected to a 

 gross and unscrupulous wrong. 



The exercise of the arbitrary power called the right 

 of eminent domain has deprived me of my valuable es- 

 tates, sorely against my will, and I am forced to appeal 

 to the courts — to the uncertainties of a suit at law, for 

 redress, and at present it seems to me the chances of 

 obtaining justice bear only a feeble outlook. 



You well know about the recent unjust verdict ren- 

 dered in the "Peters case," and how necessary it is for 



