LOWED C!L!!!)

AUTHOR OF THE “ HISTORY OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO ;" “ LIFE OF

JAMES K. POLK," ETC., ETC.

Justum ac tenacem propositi virum,
Non civium ardor prava jubentium,

Non vultus instantis tyranni,
Mente quatit solida.

HORAT. Carm, iii. 3.

AUBURN AND BUFFALO:
JOHN E. BEARDSLEY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by

JAMES M. ALDEN.

In the Clerk's Office for the Northern District of New York.

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