l rights.

As an orator he has great power to sway his hearers, for his words are
wise. Had the Democratic party listened to Mr. Butler at the Charleston
convention, its power would have continued; had the South listened to
him, it would not have seceded. Mr. Butler is a man who arouses popular
enthusiasm, and who has a great personal following of devoted friends
and admirers.

Books have already been written about him--more will follow in the years
to come. He is the personification of the old _ante bellum_ Democratic
party of the Northern States--a party that believed in the
aggrandizement of the country, at home and abroad; which placed the
rights of an American citizen before the gains of commerce; which
fostered that commerce until it whitened the seas; and which provided
for the reception of millions, who were sure to come to these shores, by
acquiring large areas of territory.

This hastily prepared sketch gives but a meagre outline of this
remarkable man, whose history is yet by no means completed.

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THE BOUNDARY LINES OF OLD GROTON.--II.

By THE HON. SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN, M.D.

The report of the Comitty of the Hon'ble Court vpon the petition of
Concord Chelmsford Lancaster & Stow for a grant of part of Nashobe
lands

Persuant to the directions giuen by this Hon'ble Court bareng Date
the 30'th of May 1711 The Comity Reports as foloweth that is to say
&ce

That on the second day of October 1711 the s'd comitty went vpon
the premises with an Artis and veved [viewed] and servaied the Land
mentioned in the Peticion and find that the most southerly line of
the plantation of Nashobe is bounded partly on Concord & partly on
Stow and this line contains by Estimation vpon the servey a bought
three miles & 50 polle The Westerly line Runs partly on Stowe &
partly on land claimed by Groton and containes four miles and 20
poll extending to a place called Brown hill. The North line Runs a
long curtain lands claimed by Groton and contains three miles, the
Easterle line Runs partly on Chelmsford, and partly on a farm cald
Powersis farm in Concord; this line contains a bought fouer miles
and twenty fiue pole

The lands a boue mentioned wer shewed to vs for Nashobe Plantation
and there were ancient marks in the seuerall lines fairly marked,
And s'd comite find vpon the serve