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the many letters and telegrams received from the friends of Mr. Schurz who were prevented from attending the Banquet, were the following:

February 18, 1899.&emsp; , Esq.

promise myself the pleasure of participating in the celebration of Mr. seventieth birthday. I find that an engagement, which I had hoped might be postponed, will prevent my attendance.
 * I regret exceedingly that I cannot

My disappointment is measured by the extreme gratification it would afford me to contribute my testimony to the volume that will be presented on the occasion you have arranged, in grateful support of Mr. usefulness and patriotic citizenship.

His life and career teach lessons that cannot be too often or too impressively emphasized. They illustrate the moral grandeur of disinterested public service, and the nobility of a fearless advocacy of the things that are right and just and safe. It will be a sad day for our country when, in the light of such an example, our people refuse to see the best statesmanship in steadfast