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The Daily Dispatch: November 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Noble Appropriation. (search)
aited on the old man, to know his sentiments in regard to the object of the meeting, and, perhaps, of things in general. He complied, and as he arose to address the meeting in this Court House here to-day, I could observe — nay, I could not be mistaken — I could see, I say, a tear drop here and there, as he hobbled up and looked around the meeting. He was listened to with profound attention throughout. He wound up by saying that this was probably the last occasion he would ever address a public assembly--one foot on the brink and another in the grave; to temperance and moderation to use all their efforts to repel the insidious foe that was stealthily marching to rob, plunder, and destroy their homes, their property, &c, and concluded by a beautiful peroration in his own case; a septuagenarian, driven from his house and home, without cause or reason, and coming back to Washington county, the cradle where the liberty of Texas was rocked, and where he now expected to lay his bones