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By B F Whittemore
1st Daniel Webster.
    Like his namesake ever desirous of reaching the
    [[underlined]] Capitol [[/underlined]] -

2nd Our beloved Nation.
    The youngest of the family yet in her possession was
    found the golden treasure -

3d  [[underlined]] The Old Cradle of Liberty Boston [[/underlined]]
    Seventy three years has it rockd but still is it able to
    put the Sons of Tyranny to Sleep -

4th [[underlined]] The Gold of Calafornia and Genl Taylor [[/underlined]]
    The fruits of Liberty and the defenders of Freemans
    Rights and our countrys glory -

5th The Immortal Warren,
    May his memory neer be forgot so long as Freemen live to
    breathe his glorious name,

6th [[underlined]] Bunker Hill [[/underlined]]
    Bedewed with the blood of patriots, every blade of its
    verdure is a protector of its [[underlined]] Sacred
    Slumberers [[/underlined]] its towering pile of granite
    but the Semblance of their lofty principles - direct
    the eye of Freemen to Freedoms God - Long may its 
    memory exist - ever may it stand- a Monument of our
    Revolutionary Fathers,
By George A Dodge.
    General Taylor - 
The Hero of Buena Vista & Monterey -
May his present career be as brilliant as his former was successful -