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 Had formed him for an alderman at least— Perhaps, a member of the Legislature; And that he had the talents, ten times over, Of Henry Meigs, or Peter H. Wendover.

The man was mad, 'tis plain, and merits pity, Or he had never dared, in such a tone, To speak of two great persons, whom the city With pride and pleasure points to as her own— Men wise in council, brilliant in debate, "The expectancy and rose of the fair state."

The one—for a pure style and classic manner, Is—Mr. Sachem Mooney far before; The other, in his speech about the banner, Spell-bound his audience until they swore That such a speech was never heard till then, And never would be—till he spoke again.

Though 'twas presumptuous in this friend of ours To think of rivalling these, I must allow That still the man had talents; and the powers Of his capacious intellect were now Improved by foreign travel, and by reading, And at the Hall he'd learned, of course, good breeding.