AND

OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.

BY

JOHN A. DIX.

VOL. I.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

443 AND 445 BROADWAY.

1864.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON.

TO MY WIFE.

You have known for several years my intention to collect and publish for preservation and reference the speeches which I delivered on the leading questions of the day, while representing the State of New York in the Senate of the United States. They form the greater part of the material of these volumes. I have added several occasional addresses and a few of the numerous official reports made by me during my connection with public affairs. This collection, designed chiefly to make those who are to come after us, acquainted with the part I have borne in the national movement during a quarter of a century of extraordinary activity and excitement, I dedicate to you, as an imperfect acknowledgment of the intelligent and devoted coöperation which you have lent me in all the vicissitudes and labors of my life.

JOHN A. DIX.