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Show jflS f j It was a beautiful spectacle, was it not, to see HBe ay on an Irish pedestal thtif- Moimon President pre- Bjf i sented to tjio Now York Dutch President of the United States? The latter did not know the fact, but it was a great compliment to him, nevertheless, neverthe-less, for why should the Vicegerent of Almighty God bend down to greet one who is only an American Am-erican with a great record as a scholar, author, soldier, and statesman, and backed by the affection affec-tion and confidence of eighty million of Americans? Ameri-cans? What are eighty millions to the hosts of heaven? What is the American ilag'to "the Imperial Im-perial ensign, which, full nigh advanced, shines like a meteor?" What are the rough riders and their mustangs to the pinioned angels and their winged steeds as told in the apocalypse? And what is an American President to one who can telephone direct to the Infinite without first calling up the toll office? |
