Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . , you haveillustrated at home and abroad the charac-ter of an American gentleman ; and it is,therefore, with unaffected ])ridc, that Ihave become the medium of conveying toyou the sentiments
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . , you haveillustrated at home and abroad the charac-ter of an American gentleman ; and it is,therefore, with unaffected ])ridc, that Ihave become the medium of conveying toyou the sentiments that I have expressed,and that I again offer for your acceptance. IM I. EIOFIT GAMES of real life in inculcating foresight, circum-spection, and principles of assault anddefense. After felicitously describing Mr. Mor-phys position to be like one laying asideIns weapons, and sighing, with Alexander,that there were no more worlds to conquer,Mr. Van Buren closed by saying: —Your readiness to engage at alltimes, and with all comers, in chess con-tests—your refusal to make the conditionof jour health an excuse or a reason fordeclining—your utter rejection of all ad-vantages that might be your due in a con-test, and the intrepid spirit you manifestedat Paris, induced Mons. St. Arnaut, one ofthe ablest and frankest of your adversaries, OF CHESS WlTHMi r SI I iNc; inf i:u\i:l». I this appropriate token of the regard ofyour countrymen and of their recognitionof your services. The orator concludedby the vast audience to unite withhim in welcoming, with all the honors,Paul Morphij, fhf C/irsn C/koiijiIoii of tlieWorld,
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