ADDRESS. 



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fathers' hardships; for the Constitution they bequeathed 

 us, hallowed by the blood it cost, glorious in the 

 light of the triumphs it has won ; for territory invio- 

 late, for sovereignty unimpaired, for Union insepar- 

 able, — for these, and nothing else and nothing less, — 

 let the country strive as one man, with all the strength 

 and faith and stubbornness that arise from conscious- 

 ness of duty and Divine approval, — and no corruption 

 of cities, no miserable clangor of party discord, no vile 

 hopes of profit or promotion in the disgrace of that 

 grand old Flag, shall avail to drag its stars and stripes 

 in the dust, or blot out the ensign of the Republic from 

 the heraldry of Nations ! 



