The Democratic Party of the state of New York : a history of the origin, growth, and achievements of the Democratic Party of the state of New York, including a history of Tammany Hall in its relation to state politics . had just passed. The old soldiers and leaders of the revolutionhad largely passed away and the State and nation were entering theirnew and glorious history. Indeed in 1824, the date of Judge Earlsbirth, for the first time in the history of our country there was a con-test for the Presidency between candidates who had not taken part inthe Revolutionary War. And what new and wond
The Democratic Party of the state of New York : a history of the origin, growth, and achievements of the Democratic Party of the state of New York, including a history of Tammany Hall in its relation to state politics . had just passed. The old soldiers and leaders of the revolutionhad largely passed away and the State and nation were entering theirnew and glorious history. Indeed in 1824, the date of Judge Earlsbirth, for the first time in the history of our country there was a con-test for the Presidency between candidates who had not taken part inthe Revolutionary War. And what new and wonderful developments was this boy born in1824 destined to see. As a boy he found the Mohawk River used forpurposes of commerce, with the old flat-lx)ttomed bateau; then theErie Canal; then the building of the first railroad in the Mohawk Val-ley, with all the improvements in railroading from the old DeWittClinton to the Empire State Express. The telegraph, the tele-phone and wireless telegraphy all came in his lifetime. The Judgelived in the golden age of American histoiy, and well and worthily didhe do his
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