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Gentlemen of the Buffalo Historical Society

            When men erect a Statue to commemorate the virtues of some distinguished civilian, or the heroism and gallantry of some great warrior, they inaugurate it with all due ceremony; and so, a newly Elected President, before he enters upon his term of office, is usually inaugurated with great pomp and ceremony and he generally indicates in an address the policy which he intends to pursue in administering the government.
            We can not think of con-