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mr.;"hY'S oration; ,
wi"""" ... IT-. ;, a trtuure
l.o fi.; Hif. tW. fwwvw- b
T7rtim ther vear 17 uic pre- f
.wt.timeAthc. people havccoosc
crated the 4 th cjsr of. fdjte J?y "d
1 io for the assertion of
f l"!1 J
our nanoa1 rr- -:
"j t hv . hose .w5dom.
patritism and valor, it wastffected.
The En'm versarjr of that day, on whkh
.l . r.ntit7f of thc'Deople ot
.fKm rirltish colonics .of-North
America declared their coosiitucnts
m. iiir r.i. ,rl nHrnendent natwm,
;:.4(M,mV for th'rrn. nmong the
JUKI vlK4 invf - A
-r,ui rh.k thai &ution to
lr'--hoatureWd naWrvGn-l
.a Wm Ki -Vain-come, rbund.'r-
. ' . . l 11 -'Jam II
tntry while cur ports, arq ,inu
..coastsMnvaded,-.our .towns -laid
... W-frontiert!exV -d tt
MorcUIly to the cnormiucj u-CUJu.k w - , . ow in
ivbmi m. 1
ittealUtn?toa;;j; ; -; . , KjaiKcrVcbmorously forced;
vt.unr CXTJtts J -; -W " I nntice- Whv U this done
T7rm the'r vear 177 : ta the pre- Whv is this done at all ? i
all the horrors of a warno whicKcua- Was s"trVriuc?usly; opposed. - Thecon
.rrnMtv nnd murder' in cold dialed one Was., trivial m itseU
, uu'fcV - - . -0 - . r . .'.f II
blood, ' KaVe.-r inurpol the place pf
couSc t 'tnea.wc are i'cic h.
together to piy Ue Vobual tribute of
' our unfeigned reipectw the atates .
men, hom time; hav.sunk" into the
gravfand the -warriors, .who teil
iof us b baldc, lei us make -the of
ferinia the waj which they, if they
could be now consul ted. .would most
approver- tet us emulate their spir-.
it ; let us be - govened.ijy Aheitw pre
and following their hih ejeam.
p!efUMT;ft5-tEe- did( sndencoun.
terdiEcd tprivatipn, danger deso
lation and deatt in ev-ery prm,Tather
.ionre r submit to oppres
sion and degra4ateA-J!etua attend
to the valedictory aompmuun ui m.u.
-vho has-been emphatlcaltyXallrd the
saviour of his country ; let us shew
that his VmerrTM-' fi,ur
i,.or.' Qnr4 VW nreccnt arc h' Id in
..m.m, ' I ,
our cratefuLremembMDcr oy
solvingto W apdto continued be,4
one peopled 'Let us.auenu io nira,
iodnotto those fabe prophets. wbo-e
- coming he foretold i .itt nwhq und t
' ths sanctioo of his venerated tjsme;
nrc aeh adoctrioe which he abhorred.
u 1 Tnlno " he tells, us,' 44 is the mam
pillar iflthe eaUGcc of our real inde
pendence; the support of our trao
quUlitya home, of our peace a
broad rtf our afety ; of 'our pros
perity ; bt that "very liberty which
we so highlf nnzervlt is the point
of our pclUi:2lc fortress . against
whfeh'the batterie3of mternetlnd
r-vffrriaeriemies, m be Tnojt cop-
stantly. anoV activdx, (though - often
covcrdy and inndiously) UirectecL-
iTOivtjtheTelorctnniju'mij wyf
he continues" onjthefirst dawning
of every attempt tp alienate any por
tion of .our country' from the test, or
tn Wptrire theiracred ties which now
link toctthcr its various pins.
. .
cenjurr you and all the ptoplc of thi
iMiafre
nation toattend; to attcnu y
rrmr-. T pncmv. bv a discrim
ination botKmiUtary pod commercial
between the .belligerent an a uvu vuu
hatant States, is endeavoring to un.
dcrmine this j;reat pillar of our .inde
pendence, while some of our citizens,
from the frenzv of party spirit, co
pnrrate with him, by attempting to
alinatethe people pf the East from
' ihcir brethren of, he 'South andof
the 'West. At this yery. moment,
when the enemy il upon ou Atlan
tic ami Sr.liTKl frontier, when all the
fnrri- bf the "government. and, of
be directed to
hp-W.cV ..Sr-vi when the men of
Kwaiucky and Quia, undismayed by j
this hallowca spmr, spcanu
thetcmb'the.prophetic and inspired
truth and patruitisrrr, I
1 -
jjpIncalUlcgoTon statue io?
iurabrtihc cause of tncir coantr,
and t6aTCPg9 Wdeath ofjhcir
thtfjastxtt observed, aftd questions;
..... ' ! - .I'll . t mm 4
dcUbcratc'y.setuca oymc uc.uu
cst'iiicnof tfts country, with AVascP.
ingtoa at their head, arc revived and
tfe3U6usiy pressed upon
; 'OtieaioDS which haveBlept rdif mg
1 fiyetwenty yeafs of rtace prosper
the nouroi amicuiv w.
uDon our
.now
Whv
These are
aons which ! will not s op to
weri buthere is one point m whcH
we must all concur; we rauH
agree; that'the effect, as far as any
tfTect can be produced, is not only to
encourage the enemy, but toy alien
ate one portion of , our country from
the test, and to enfeeble the.aacrcd
ties wbch now link together us va
nous parts.'' " . " 4
m a
Let us rtmeoDcr,"Tc.uyc uvi
fniifted theexample of those, whose
Vvw - i ' ff
.:. ,m. trirtue and valor, we are
here asemhd to celebrate., Uur
fathers did not wair until; tbeoppres-
iniuncc lhey were aanouaccu.
Brih government nsserted a right
fn the colonies. Thus Usurpation
... I -
iht have been paid, without
diminishing a single comfort,, which
our citizenvhad been accustoroeu w
cnioV. . But the people of America,
happily tortnemscivc, iy t
thl world, decided that they would
notiii mitto the slightest imposi-
tion. " ; cy , opposea a pnnmc
hich they. knew, would iraa to unli
mited dominion, ihc unusn.mi
nistry endeavored to silence this op-
position by a new commcrtui u:
blion, which,whi)e it asserted the
p'rmciple, made the tax entirely nomi
nal. -They took from the export.
duty to. England, a, sum precisely
rquivalent to the duty cxacteo nere.
But this miserable subterfuge did
pot succeed. The. founders of our
revolution disdained to make; those
fKCuniary calculations, wnicn nave
n'nf late so common. They
scorned to weigh gold and silver a-
gainst principle.
" But our remonstrances were treat
ed with scorn r our opposition was
declared to be rebellion ; Washing
ton himself declared to be -a traitor
.rA was annihilated : our cities
destroyed and our country ravaged
th veteran armies of our oppres
sor, aided bv hired murderers from
the continent. . -But the spirirwhich
dictated the Declaration of indepen
dence was not subdued; the flame
r rvitrTtiMn was : cherished with
I mm ww - w - . . .
1 1 ..: JUnrA . thti
mnre tnan. vcsw -
chain of union was bright & strong,
and the surrender of the urmsn': ar
my in this state, produced a .reiuc
uoVbfit tlnalJaqquiescence m our
claim' to national independence
Such was sthe : conduct, such Svere
the suflcrings, such was the, success
f those whom we are no w wcuuku
to h"nor and who arc mosi wwiu;
?o he honored. " Z .
THave we, animated by the. spirit
of '76, followed this great example f
Have we united, and risen tip to op
pose insolent and unjust pretensions.
as soon as tncy wwc uwy- .
vt "Kofi'tvisdom to. foresee
i, 'mUrhief: which acdmescencc-' in
foreign usurpation must always pro.
duce; andJfirmnetvenoUgh to rests
it," .from'tts commencement?
we have nothaa this wisdom, c.
t .i it:
...i.i v4 .inTured at homeland a-
broadband otfgh xomptooea-
.t. Moor-to revenni
ve never suu ww ; -j-z
The spint of our fathers slept- v r
bave indeed s been patient. Pa
tient Xet mc r -3- JZa
ha've been ste dndcr a bretended
have -noC delayed ;tms-nrmnC-,
Thr hard hand pf oppression w ;s la!
- i - i .u' ..u.iri irinrmured
d6voti6n to, peace,
; we have conceal- repcaicu : d kUi
od our love of pain
corrunted by .high
nirjfoffreighti'the
ot a desnisca anu u
i'ty in our ardent p
we , have ? stoopea,.
f-otulH. until wc all
power tobecome erect, ana we nave
been oppressed and ; trampled, until
not only every feeling rfshame, hut
all sense ol pain appcarcu tu
tinct. Our Commerce had been, for
years piratically pmnqereu, our wwV
taken from us by torce, or cousuuwu
by fire, upon the ocean ; our : cities
insulted, our, citizens murucipu, H"
flag dishonored, our seajnenmade
slaves, and national character tjecome
the scorn of nations... AU this we
havi. Ween, and vetyour patience was
not exhausted. For .seven long
years, the very period' which, our
father encountered all the miseries
fOfwar, iri repelling a claim, which
1 riorl into actnil ohera-
tion agaihstthem, then wilhng sub
iprt of the British empire wc, :
vr m -m i w w- m .ai k "
fr ni-nnle. oossesstni: twice their
afnJr"th' and wealth, have Wu1rhitied
to every "species of oppression ( and
insiiU, But, thaok be to God ! the
Mnnf these United States have
been at length roused fromrhe sta
por. and: lethargy, into which they
had sunk. ... y '
- This subject of our, wrongs ancyiu-
miliations deserves our most serious
notice. 'Mf. H. took a view of them ;
but we wilt not follow himi ; They
are welr-knowbV Ve mUSt n W
ver mentipnf that in -June, -1807, a
British ship in the Bay ChesapeaKe
attacked an American frigate unpre
pared for .battle, killed .some pi ncr.
' f'j 1 -V rtV htt-r rnlOlirS.
men. torceuuer w om r-:--, '
and impressed several seamen Irom
on board. ' Yes. Fellow Citja-ns, the
flag of these United S ateSi which ne
wVn,.Histtrace before, and which
has seen nothing but felory since, de
scended; sunk, became .prostrate,
withmdie limit of this insulted coun
trtr unon a deck wet and stained with
the blood ol our murtcrcu
ti -r-; . , j .,rt.-i
mcn. ,1 do hot menUon thisoutrage,
i r.n w'ardlv as it was.-savageM.a
cause of war. The British ministry
disavowed the act, and, we have c-
. epted the rep iration, such a9 it was,
which their pride per mitted them, Jto
.A-. It is onlv statetTto shew the
' i nnt hntildf snirit of that na,
msur m a"u "w i ... .
;,.arH9 u9.. But; thanks be to
God this dishonor has been wiped a
1 A nation has been aVenged:
the "flag of the United Spies has wi
,a : trinmnh over the naval stand:
iMrdofBritain : and honored, forever;
honored, be the men, who nave uC5
towed this glory . and happiness on
their country. . .J
There was yet more cf misery, and
more of humiliation, in store for the
n,nn1, of America, knepurageu uy
tience, and ..ill; more by our
divisions, and. tunuUted at w
- hv nnde- ureal nruam,
"TMmher. 1607.. issued1her or-
xters jn council interdicting all Lneu-
. r with France and ncr aepcu-
dencies.. This gave ,the, hnisniug
troke to almost all our commerce cx-
cept with herself, vlt waTthe death-bloto-neutral
rights. It was the
-1-. i httfrfinn inthc race
3- CJiBed tosertioo inihe fcee
has been SO aaruiwv uwv.r,
, Yc nare-oeen; onwiii."" --v-rrp; iiiffer. abandcxm$ mejmiaui-?Y;"v J:l
miserable prohts l.eu at ncrw--;
ursmfbf.wealthn ot wmcnw.M
Ww t then. because t rancewas "T,! I w;w-hiflKe ha:insnurea .cns- fr,r:v;
e.iDH.UauthoriS;Ja.K
-a -iff irTQintL.ricr
taiu
enemy
enemy
more
never
serty
rieree. com:r.:alFS- "
't4 ;tn from tra
tiops or me. ww. . . - - -. f
U and sordidlyu .ledn:.wim
vnicn -
that-enemy,:.n?7y v.. '
neutra s were lorbiqaea to "Bvr
iltVtrae Aat-Aese-orde... .fie
In feoealed.4Bnt wbyitrera
u-v-i" . v . hat dens ; anctpuri.y -""""Ti.r. V
at wc T - vru iink- and perished ,in;vuic.vu-r
dawlcsdv& r.ore.opprc
.ikw'it,. Athofthe delfalrwns,vnu-au ..l--,- ;a ntf
asserreu j,;... ) V,VW--voU have moincrsvvjTT
Othe P ate ol tMr atfeWivfe ' whbhv yjloreg
ihe sourHeI;frrmh.y fP'4ft- SiSoff4?f.
? ... -!tr-;rnf!ti had ineiiher nave 15c . mvou have
JVX J
- v- : j Woit hecaus" rit 1.
o lu thf fnetl- - Th eTei
produced bfrthe'tlamors oe .
TA - rrimnle
.u..!rtnfcr British claimthc.
righonrnpressingthei?amen
A,rir.an shins ; on thethigh
ThMUedged right caW?
f i-reiseand inthe pur-
suitdf it; have taken tnpnsandsofnarj
. i; V-:.u- nd bv. chains and 1
and since, in combatting again
defence of which-Lihey uu,
pnnctpai oojvy. r,;
arv-obiect wtircn mi
ti,. ,;,rnment ot America can ne
vcrloseiightofiu It eannot,beD
. . . .ji.fl.- 'rr.-'netionbv trea
ty, a clai mxwhich brandy .this nattPn
.Aim -u jnfjimv. woud be
-,iinVt humanity a coward
ly and sacrilegious siitrenderof that
eqiivl station among the powers of the
Earth, tb which the grearmi,
. uB hrnupht us this day toge
theri deaired that" Nature and-Na-..,'...
firi i..ntitIedU9. -. S i''
And yet there are persons inu,
ricafmemn uuuuw,.w. r
tion and of the states, who saythat
we ouSht still ;to have been paucui,
and thVthew in which we are en
cracred. W wicled and-unust., Jf this
be true, ietus disperse in sorrow ana
in silenceLet Us speakjiojnore of
iht statesmen wno ,pwu,-- y
lutiooor ot the nerwuwuu-v.
ed us through it, or tell in its supu.v.
The revolution was, folly , the war was
wi kedness, C Wastiingtnn a trar
..AtnMnn.rnd that
Pur covemmeui. uau-" ,
celebrate, thi shame, .and not
met to
the clorv of Awierira:
We. have felt
for y ears the hand oRppWjeWp 5 W
them even for a moment, v "
-V Before the war,' the eondUcr of
Great Britain was ih directpppo-...L.i:...-nr;
nrinles establish
ed amon nation for their ,8
m neutrals. Since-
meni iu icivk .;i-
u h,Pn ouallv irregular
..V,.n Savage Of- the Xprur
bSabceficTishe
eventuate in his destruction.
, Jj w.lrtoe iinonrour tron.
turraja J-j ifi 6ugb
and evenbrougnt nim w uyr,
toteiwb
t"b v 7f w i mnnler
tau
i .tLi- nantivel Tihd murder
on a
ii the fort.the enemy, whom m tte
r i i ofWirJ to face-" i A
V But this is not all. 1 heBritisnnot
content yf tr"r."ro ultai
for baitle, haVe commeoaj.ru
war on,ju , -'f .lUvl-V. all
? k?-ii and - under ,au
, those whose ( -rr
etve--vr
r - . A KrntioUSSOloicry?r,
nuw, - - i.-. hotr
ei vois ,uiwr. 1 V The
vw.i i,at qwpnre it. mc
arms ana y" -tut k
hout ol retr iduuou
,at of retribuuotrwiu. , t . .
- t- urhu arem the field.
bu are. in
11 Mcyfv .. :nnitencr
nWimoas pep"? PT:" ".i i
. 1 ;.1ujed, Jy ituhvuJual rcc, rrtr
KateX..??
their nrviita Bght the.r. battltp
proud to Uv down their 1;
- Tc -.hake ofl-Ahis yoke, is, noyr th
' . t -. . k nresent war,;
seal wa i b. r t -i-'Z.ii wniirtr tr2maii-': -
; aKnirthe line ,of : mmmmmmSc
alOniT'tne llOCJV:.vvr,r;.?-x"-, 4i-l-vv
raincd.':sh'all be ymW!V$$,
dnaWft bjlflittiBg qvwpb?fc
aaitlaS.iifV
dred : milUoarin6rrVh'. m MMi
thjt Weigbf tbitb!!??
dv Wft remani; P;?,
that W"Puiatwn WmHl
Fi Rrmsh minis
by epmdeSfTO4;bl!l
itThey ted itlwW-
i". - -'- . I in . .Won
nqtristen
render the
-.aM&W
try mUstoeJsenau5,T , .,
the ri6fifempitWgntiPSai? , ; , .
mm1fm imp.
the point Pt oui"t"rn: w ,
directs mt
is CO U19UI atv .. . , . ' .
mcntxposei)--
UwcSddtoupowfi; cDmcmpt ,
If be can makenc paFVMf?
fee4 'ekciusivy
l,0T . r-i- ionruhrcalamuieS v
n inrl to mUCPMvuv ii -r--t
burst
heads
nexs yri-Ti;h-!!rl'
sed bymeari Amyri
ocu yy m . - . I4.tv the- crovern r .
divtdedjimerwieanu -3 N U r; I
, It WIS .CUeiBC ir,r. -Vc:
that tne PCVPl 4 f -j-v -r
be more "Mmfrjm-
this hoftoq '
cciveoViere Uno parryhn fi?
ZiA to surrender t to Jjreat . , r i
wpuldtdareto.surr tf;---;:wv.
andtoimpffs J- 'H- f il t r--'v ;
at theum.mK'" f.i-
that our ngKSS S aC
The tsebplei oi AiDti"?,;;, m-v
crunv the frUitlul P? f?"r -1 C-v
SSvaiUe,ip
ii Atlantic lom::L-H
U-Murron--v-.
. mm m annillliui M ' 1 .
m '
b intercsvv- ninrTntr in
wealth and fix- e- caUml
ofEuropexusep
neverjai - hecaUse tney v
will-fear joar PyHii-J f
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