Excerpt from The Great Conspiracy: An Address Delivered at Mt, Kisco, West Chester County, New York, on the 4th of July, 1861, The 86th Anniversary of American Independence

The midnight ride of Paul Revere, famed in history and song, rousing the sleepers as he passed to hasten to defend their coun try, created no deeper emotion among the colonists of that day, than (lid our electric wires ¿ashing far and wide the news of the assault on Sumpter and the massacre at Baltimore, and thrill ing with a simultaneous burst of sympathy the loyal heart of the American people.

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