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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
Parker, an old grey haired man at my left cried "yes + thank God for it, too!" The audience hissed when he basted the Chief Justices so; but W.P. was quite undisturbed. I had read the address before hearing it spoken + so was prepared for those striking passages where he ["he" is inserted above the line with a carat] says "Chattanooga + [illegible] Parrot shell thrown 5 miles gave sound sleep to the occupant at the White House" + "Ward Beecher by his matchless Eloquence has melted the great heart of the English people + welded it to our side."