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Rh this occasion. But, gentlemen and fellow-citizens, I desire to serve you in an humble capacity, as Fourth Corporal of Company I. Should you see cause to elect me, no heart will beat with more gratitude than my own. Gentlemen, you well know that I was ever a Union man:

[Cheers and applause.]

"Fellow-citizens, I can look through the dim telescope of the past and see Kansas, bleeding Kansas, coming like a fair young bride, dressed in her bridal drapery, her cheek wet and moistened with the tears of love. I can see her come and knock gently at the doors of the Union, asking for admittance. [Wild cheering.] Looking further back, I can see our forefathers of the revolution baring their bosoms to the famine of a seven years' war, making their own bosoms a breastwork against the whole hosts of King George III. But, gentlemen, as I before remarked, I desire to ask at your hands the high, distinguished and lucrative office, my fellow-citizens, and for which I will ever feel gratefulthe office of Fourth Corporal in your company." [Cheers.]

Now, Dave had a competitor who was a States' Rights Democrat. If I mistake not, his name was Frank Haliburton. Now, Frank was an original secessionist. He felt that each State was a separate, sovereign government of itself, and that the South had the same rights in the territories as they of the North. He was fighting for secession and State rights upon principle. When Sublett bad finished his speech, Frank took the stand and said:

"Gentlemen and fellow-citizensI am a candidate for Fourth Corporal, and if you will elect me I will be grateful, and will serve you to the best of my ability. My competitor seems to harp considerably upon his Union record, and Union love. If I mistake not, my fellow-citizens, it was old George McDuffie that stood up in the Senate chamber of the United States and said, "When I hear the shout of 'glorious Union,' methinks I hear the shout of