An Oration

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Excerpt from An Oration: Delivered at Flushing, Long Island, Fourth of July, 1862 So numerous have been the celebrations of this day, extending back for a period of more than three quarters of a century, that a speaker far more competent than the one who now addresses you, might well entreat, at the commencement of his remarks, as I now do, your indulgence, while he asks deliverance from your criticism. The history of the United States has many days that are sacred to every American heart, but this one is surrounded with incidents well calculated to arouse our national pride, the remembrance of which should induce all of us in the present crisis to feel the great responsibility resting upon each one to labor more earnestly, devotedly and faithfully than ever, for the preservation and perpetuity of those principles and institutions under which we have, as a nation, prospered. On this day, eighty-six years ago, a small body of men without the pomp or pride of official station, assembled at Philadelphia to perform an act of the most solemn importance to them and of the greatest interest to the whole civilized world - they were men of no common order - each one a patriot, and for wisdom, courage, energy and counsel, well qualified to become a leader in the great cause to the support of which they solemnly pledged their lives, "their fortunes, and their sacred honor." 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.