PULCHRUM EST BENEFACERE REIPUBLICA; ETIAM BENEDICERE HAUD ABSURDUM EST.

NEW YORK:

PRESS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

MDCCCLII.

236

According to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by the

NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States For the Southern District of New York.

I DEDICATE

THIS ADDRESS

TO

THE HON. LUTHER BRADISH,

PRESIDENT

OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

AS A PROOF OF PRIVATE FRIENDSHIP, AND PUBLIC REGARD.

NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 24, 1852.

DANIEL WEBSTER.