My " competitor," exclaimed a political orator, " has told you of the service ho rendered his country in the late war. Let me tell you that I, too, acted an humble part in that memorable contest. When the tecsin of war summonod the loyal masses to the defence of the national flag, I, fellowcitizens, animated by that patriotic spirit, which glows in every American bosom, hired a substitute, and the bones of that man now lie bleaching on the banks of the Eappahaunock,
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 839, 20 July 1871, Page 2
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82Untitled Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 839, 20 July 1871, Page 2
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