An Oration, Delivered at Ogdensburgh, New-York, on the Fourth of July 1827, at the Celebration of the Fifty-First Anniversary of American Independence (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book An Oration, Delivered at Ogdensburgh, New-York, on the Fourth of July 1827, at the Celebration of the Fifty-First Anniversary of American Independence (Classic Reprint) written by J. A. Vanden Heuvel and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Oration, Delivered at Ogdensburgh, New-York, on the Fourth of July 1827, at the Celebration of the Fifty-First Anniversary of American Independence It has been the custom of all nations to celebrate the periodical return of the happy epochs of their history, with demonstrations of joy and triumph. The spirit of patriotism is refreshed when the inhabitants of a common country, leaving their homes and occupations, and laying aside all causes of difference, all distinctions of sect or party, unite in recalling together the moments of their country's glory. With similar feelings we hail the return of this proud day; a day which raised this country from a state of colonial subjection and oppression, to the rank of an independent state, destined to hold an important station among the powers of the earth; and with hearts warmed with patriotic ardour, and minds deeply impressed with the greatness of the occasion, we meet as members of one family, to congratulate each other on this auspicious event, to look back on the circumstances attending it, and to consecrate anew in our hearts those principles of civil liberty to which it owed its birth. The actors in this eventful drama have left this mortal scene: another generation has succeeded; but their actions, and the motives and principles of their conduct, are engraven by the pen of history, on monuments more durable than brass or marble. Impartial posterity will not hesitate to do ample justice to the uprightness of their cause, to the purity of their intentions, to assert with them, that it was an urgent necessity that constrained them to separate from the parent state; that a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evincing a design to reduce them under an absolute despotism: it was their right, as it was their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future safety. Let me, my friends and fellow-citizens, awaken in your minds the recollection of a few facts in the history of your country, to illustrate this remark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.