Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by GEO. H. DERBY & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office for the Northern District of New York.

KITE & WALTON PRINTERS.

TO THE

FRIENDS OF REPUBLICANISM,

THESE

LIVES OF ITS EARLY AND ABLE EXPOUNDERS,

ITS MODEL EXEMPLIFIERS,

AND ITS TRIUMPHANT ADVOCATES,

ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.