An Oration Pronounced July 4 1809 At The Request Of The Selectmen Of The Town Of Boston In Commemoration Of The Anniversary Of American Independence PDF Download

Excerpt from An Oration Pronounced July 4, 1809, at the Request of the Selectmen of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence This subject is no curious novelty, produced in some political hotbed, to perish on exposure; but is the durable growth of many generations and to be traced to another country, whence it was safely trans planted, to flourish here, in a congenial climate. These feelings, these manners, these principles, were not the momentary effects of any sudden change, or espoused by the persuasion of any favourite leader they were not promulgated by ambition, amid the clamours of a mob, or adoptedat the instigation of enthusiastic zealots, by a frenzied -people. They were not avowed with rashness and insolence, sup ported by passion and proscription, and finally aban doned for submission and endurance. No, my countrymen, they were the consequences of rights, which their possessors inherited; of education, which taught their value of situation, that shewed their superiority; of examples, which enforced their ob servance, transmitted from ancestors that made them sacred, to be left to offspring, which made them dear. 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.