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Some of you saw the procession go up Broad Street. I was away, but the family wrote to me that the tally ho coach with Lieutenant Hobson upon it stopped right at the front door and the people shouted, "Hurrah for Hobson!" SOME OF YOU SAW THE PROCESSION GO UP BROAD STREET I WAS AWAY BUT THE FAMILY WROTE TO ME THAT THE TALLY HO COACH WITH LIEUTENANT HOBSON UPON IT STOPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR AND PEOPLE SHOUTED HURRAH FOR HOBSON
says, “There are going to be great men in this country and in Philadelphia.” “Is that so? When?” “When there comes a great war, when we get into difficulty through watchful waiting in Mexico; when we get into war with England over some frivolous deed, or with Japan or China or New Jersey or some distant country. Then I will march up to the cannon’s mouth; I will sweep up among the glistening bayonets; I will leap into the arena and tear down the flag and bear it away in triumph. I will come home with stars on my shoulder, and hold every office in the gift of the nation, and I will be great.” No, you won’t. You think you are going to be made great by an office, but remember that if you are not great before you get the office, you won’t be great when you secure it. It will only be a burlesque in that shape. We had a Peace Jubilee here after the Spanish War. Out West they don’t believe this, because they said, “Philadelphia would not have heard of any Spanish War until fifty years hence.” AT OTHER YOUNG MAN GETS UP AND SAYS THERE ARE GOING TO BE GREAT MEN IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN PHILADELPHIA IS THAT SO WHEN WHEN THERE COMES A GREAT WAR WHEN WE GET INTO DIFFICULTY THROUGH WATCHFUL WAITING IN MEXICO WHEN WE GET INTO WAR WITH ENGLAND OVER SOME FRIVOLOUS DEED OR WITH JAPAN OR CHINA OR NEW JERSEY OR SOME DISTANT COUNTRY THEN I WILL MARCH UP TO THE CANNON'S MOUTH I WILL SWEEP UP AMONG THE GLISTENING BAYONETS I WILL LEAP INTO THE ARENA AND TEAR DOWN THE FLAG AND BEAR IT AWAY IN TRIUMPH I WILL COME HOME WITH STARS ON MY SHOULDER AND HOLD EVERY OFFICE IN THE GIFT OF THE NATION AND I WILL BE GREAT NO YOU WON'T YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO BE MADE GREAT BY AN OFFICE BUT REMEMBER THAT IF YOU ARE NOT GREAT BEFORE YOU GET THE OFFICE YOU WON'T BE GREAT WHEN YOU SEE CURATE IT WILL ONLY BE A BURLESQUE IN THAT SHAPE WE HAD A PEACE JUBILEE HERE AFTER THE SPANISH WAR OUT WEST THEY DON'T BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE THEY SAID PHILADELPHIA WOULD NOT HAVE HEARD OF ANY SPANISH WAR UNTIL FIFTY YEARS HENCE
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