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country. He told them that, as their countrymen, the people of the state felt proud in sharing that halo of glory which their gallant deeds had thrown around the name of the "Missouri Volunteers"—a title they had "baptized with their blood, and laureled with brilliant victories."

He presented them with the most glowing picture of their country, her prosperity, and her brilliant victories achieved at other points, while they were literally buried for nearly a year amid the mountains and valleys of Mexico. He then went into a detail of their own most extraordinary march, with its battles, its perils, its dangers, and its privations, and concluded as follows:

"In conclusion, I again bid you welcome to the shores of our own Missouri-welcome to her proud and favored city-wel come to the hospitality of her people-welcome to all that a generous and chivalrous heart casts at the shrine of valor-welcome to the homage due to the brave-welcome to our hearths and our hearts."

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