"One age moves onward, and the next builds up
Cities and gorgeous palaces, where stood
The rude log huts of those who tamed the wild ;
Rearing from out the forests they had felled
The goodly framework of a fairer state."

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

AS A COMMONWEALTH-BUILDER

A SEQUEL TO

THE REARGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION

BY

JAMES R. GILMORE

(EDMUND KIRKE)

AUTHOR OF THE REAR-GUARD OF THE REVOLUTION,"