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AN ORATION.

FRMO M the turretmrownecl palace
of the monemzh, to the grove-fl1elt.ered cottago of
the humble peafant ;----from the elevated fphere of
fupromo dominion, to the lowliolt grade in the
family of man, Independence is the blelling mofl;
valuodl and clear. In the caufe of Independence,
the {ages and heroes of our own Columbia and of

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our own tinm, waged ward againft Defpotifim.

Tluey wronclmd, from the 1nonfl:m~’s grafp, the
iron fcc:-ptre, and bound him in the fctters and

clmins he lmd forged for millions of lfrec—:mden.d

lT11en,} Liberty, was thy triumph c:omp1etel‘Inde-

pendenczey majeltic and ferene, gave to our couns-
try her facred charter,«and WAS!-IINGTON lfwolm A

to defend it.

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ON the 4th of July, W76‘, a phenomenon in
jpoliticfs appemed, which challenges a parra.lle1 in
the annals of the worllc.l.----«~A nzttion by her own
flan‘ fptnttg from chaos and night, into the full vig-
or of ii e, Ztlltl the unbounded fplendor of day.-—-~
At thztt atvfttl moment, was foredsoomed the down-
rfatl of T },*t~zt1111y. Rocks-tooted baftiles were lhiver»
ed to their lowe-ll; dungeons and their deepelt
toutttlzttions. ,The blood encrimfoned cells of the
Inquifition, the Alnfirian m%2zetzzric.r of living wretche-
es, dencl to the recollection of enflaved empires ;
every purple llrobed gaolet ;htl1e rack, and every

A inl”e1'nal inllrtnnent and minilter of his office, were

tleftined to fpeedy and irrenmediable ldeft1Vu<E‘cion.--
Mighty t"loltm1bi21-which were the miracles which

ttttendied thy birth, and thy ‘natal ntoming beheld’

thee, lilte the fabled dnugliter of Olympian Jove,
lbornwith the wifdont and energies of mature and
lI*ipened agel   l

i To trace the multiplied caufes, ands expofe the
lllltlciell fprinigs of tevolutions in {hates ttndinatiolns,

is the peculiar province of the hiftorian. The

fi:»ez:zl-:.e1~, who has the honor ofaddrefiing this rel?-
fpeéltzxble afi'ex1tbl"_§;r,ancl many who favor him with
their attention, on this ll aufpicious anniverfary,

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n~z"t<:l, when out political COI1I1(‘37§sI3lOI1 with Gre2tt=-
:l31~it;tiz1 W213 olvecl, fcztrcely ltepped upon the

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€il1r<::;“t(Z»~lCl. OfC37ililC€11f;€. But we have heard with

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our eztrfi, and A OUI'fa2‘/JEN‘ have told 1135 why they
refufed to furre11dc2r their 1*igI1ts and privileges to
an avaricious, opp1'efliv<=:, infolellt kiilg and min;
iftry.   '    
’1‘I~:::;RE Ais, ;1nc1’exr<—:-2*’ has beef}, 3 jealoufy, an
extrenma fexlfibility "of iriténdeid Wr”ong,% in the A1118;
rican bcvfcni, whi<:I1 operates as an azzzzwlef againit
danger a11”&‘fir1jur3r.V I:%/fay AAmerica.ns always c~on.;
‘i“i11%u§:~ td wear that a7;»*zu./52‘ abcmt thetril “Md? mt-W
rions hzkwea beenftzlvjtlgated, mm: by their own
rilzpinencfie, than by the force and %2iri11sA% of“';u1Aiz1-3.
*w.1di31g power. Om-1* a11cefio1*s, aim the authors
M0111“ 1%1zxti<)ms,1 i11dc2pc:ndence, vvere A.1*g§us-eycaéd
 %t1'1.ei:z‘ po1it'*z11coxuceixdis; A They fialt an evil as it

:a;ppfozLcI1ed th,%<2‘n1..% fly %tim<=;1y 2m‘d fpirited 1'efifi:-g% A

zmce, they we:-e enzlblédto ward off evemjy blow,
:andfrL1fi1~ate evetry dcéfigtx of 3.131 aflhilizlg erienxyg
Bcfide, the Ameri%ca.n‘ brezxfls Vvzis the abode of 

310bA1c2p1*ide, whicl~1%vim~ved with i11d ig,;nationVaz1&A
3r'cF<21‘1tz3'1e21it£111 i‘I1fu1f: or an a1fl3:'Q11t.“It f%li1i1u!éitec1*

to ‘gr:+11¢$1‘ous% :«:u1d 13Im1'11y opinio1'1s---Io H 1ib£*::ml anti
1I11ciifgL1i1”i~1~d c011c1Au1*5f-wto an explicit de:cIa1':.tti011»of'

the 1*ig*I1tsof' mam, émcl to heroic rc:foIL1tfi<311$ itq A

dieot p1"c=:f<:erx«e them; The Ax11c21*ica1?1$}:eopI@,, A

WMhofé“eve1"y“individual was i 21% Ca2fi;1"i114courage

. and ii I31*ui:L1sAinp;ttrioI;ifi11,w-ould‘have beén deen1~¢

ed uxiconquerableby any otlwr, than %i::he% infzgxtm

zxtedpo1iti<:i;m:swI1o co111pof<:;:dthe Cabinet of “Six

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yamesfi Thai aggrefiions of Greet-Britain, at
l,e1igth,r became intolerable.--.--They followed each,
other Wltll increaling magnitude until the fouls of
Americans could b1‘OOl~°§; no more, i and they made; A
their appeal from the injullice of an overbearing
empire, to the God of Armies. Their glorious
exertions, during eight tedious years, were crown-
ed witli merited ifu.ccel's, and gave to Liberty the
briglitefidiadetn that everhacl decorated her brow.

HAti1.t ye fainted fpirits of {ages and warriors,
who toiled and bled and. died to procure our 112.»-
tional independence l Fromrealms of eternal blifs 5
from your fl:a,r~etnblazoned thrones of imniortal
glory, look down with benignttnt eyes upon your
{grateful children, and infpire their bofoms with
your own ardent paflions and unfulliedl virtuesl
By your holy and beloved memory we fwear,
that the land hallowed with your blood; confe-

creted, by containing beneath its verdant furfacei t
w your venerable renmins, lhall be yielded to the rats

paeity of no foreign power, until the invaders
lleve‘ {baled the rzznzgbzzrr of yraurflnugbfered /3225" H,‘
L12’? us, my frienclsi and fellow countrymen,
confider fome of they xnoft rational and neceflitry
means for fecuring and perpetuating the bleflings
which have been pu1'chafed at the expence of in»
finite treafure, and with the lives of rnztrtyred patu
riots, Often, when celebrating this jubilee of

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Freedom, htwe you‘: fongs of eazultation echoecl
to the fl<;iee---~on this, and every fimilar occafion,
may youtremember, that, though vitftory entwined
her laaurels around the American arms, the grand,
the efficient caufe of the fuocefsful termination of
our conteft with C-}reat-Britain, was UNANIMITY-—--
the political “ bond of perfe€‘cnefs.” hArnericans
were a nxultitudinous brotherhood. One foul-éw
one {pit-it pervaded three millions of people----«one
ohjeéht was before them ;,-—----the flcuriiy cf z‘/Mir‘ Na.»
'1‘IoNaL a1c:»z:<t'1"s--ox1e fehtiimettt infpired them ;.
L1'v”tjER”i‘Y on DEATH 1  
Arms I do I Jpcealc of days, that are gone for»-

 

e*ve1‘?w-we I prefent you a portrait of former

times, to weep over it .?-h---Do I fhew you a charac-
ter that, as a people we ought to poifefs ?—----Oh 5
my countrymen, may its want of hfhemblance to the
reality never reproach you I Unite or die I-é--~TI1e
El1tE1”I'12?LtiV‘311E1S been offered to all the nations under

the 1”on.-w-to all the natione which ever hexifted-M
and they have flourifhed or decayed, according to M

the decifive eleélion. At thie oritittal moment can.

we Itefitate? W'ho,, but a ma.dm.a11 would rufh
downa p1*eeiyaIce,xv11en he hashfreeclom of xvii};

and ieinvitecly to range through fertile fie!-och; and

ir1h.ab}.t the zthlodes of fafety and peace 3’ h BaAMI:--

P.IC;M~?!S hij In one m~m:1 is‘ cornp"reI'1endeda1l the A

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duty the good; citizen owes to his Cot1.tn~t1~y.....}11kt-,t

Govemment, the Laws and his felf.----But, my
rfiriends, beware of fal-fe notions of rights and privi»
ltelges----of nxiftaleexle conceptions co11eemri-11g the

eonduét of your political fetvants.---—Deg1“acle not

the {acre-do fovereignty of tlrlepeople, by t~mreafo11-
able diftru-ft and caprice..—--—Having delegated your
power and atrtlxority, benot eager to reclaim it----
yotxlpartwith it but foirl a fhort .time, and thofe, to
whorn you have committed it, will not, catlnotg and

A A date not betray their t1”1.1~ll£S, or tabufe your Confi-
<».len'ce...1§ lBt,1t,a as you lwifh A to be free and happy-----A

t~o- belanlatiton--4-oppofe as “your d‘eadlielt' enemy,

that daemon molt accurfed, Fomaxom INFLUENCE;

-----5‘ ‘rm: nesrzaaovtwa .:lz.NG-EI.. oz? Rm>UBL1cs.”
IN the political, as in the moral wot-ld; there

are dutiesgwhich we owe to outfelves, and dtitiesy

incumbent upon. ustto perform to othera; Viewing

H nations, as: one grea-tl family, each: ihoulld feel for

the aucmsr sts'IrEaHoo1:r,l.t every afl°e€tionatelenm-

tion, every clefire to promote ha-pplnefs ant} irxtel-»~t

eft 5---Jhould ren.der every kind ofie-ei11 l‘1erpo‘at~exr£,
compatible with‘ her ownlt peace, fecurity and h.or:or.
«5'e_/;’lc07yz*a7c’2"af*i07z, as the main fpring of lmmart

aaftion, has fo necefiary and unavoidable a cor;.t1'ol,,

A   wl*1e1'eve1* man is an agent, that we can graduate

merit, ‘ only by its comparative approach toxa'a1*dat

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tithe JM72-femjzwdrzrzfi Ag“ .j')<:7!_‘][é_”e:7Z'0‘3’Z. VVG: vcz1’111“1o't,,
+the1'efore, expeét any natio,11 to treztt with us, uniefs
eibe GEJ:iClli2:1t€ «upon an a‘cc1*uingadvztntagetoiaen
felf. (fin our own part, there is no c:ompu1fion~—---»
we have a right toi cazsfivzz and agtraerrzcm‘. As an
Lindependernc tmtion, we have the privilege of form.--
ing treaties when, and with whom, we pleafe-—-wmld
if the folemn contizrarit be made, the party, whm
violates it, becomes an agigrefiiorti11*irijm'-y. One
?t~1'€E1tY'bTOi'?.€I1 by EL fiate, afiieéfts its <:ham€te1* .':t.:;~'i;
does the infrafiien of an ermgztgexnent, between
maxl ztnd. rmu1.-~««»I..oi"s oi7reputz1tio11 is; the firft con.-
feqtxence-—--di4fl1ox1o1*, pcwe1'ty_., 211113 i)2t1li’='{J'l.1ptCy 1%i,«
"'iO‘W, with ete1'Im1:rui11 in their ciifmztl tmixl. A In
any i<:0t11‘1t1“y, where tI1e.r.e :-.1tre‘1awst, the aggrieved
is entitled to, and will :receive judicial 1'edrefs..
‘When rmticjn fins agztixxfi n21ticm_, the iiii'uen.1u{’t be
.deter111ixted by the TRIAL AT Amm. 'We., as
Aniericans, Imve nzxtionai dignity to -f1;xi1:r1::c3:t'.t;--—-we
ghzwe nattiorml honorto defend-4--we bzure public:

engagenmente to fulfil, izmd we Imve the fulfilment

.01? public engz1gen1c11t:s mew us. A If we Imtinftxit;
ed 01~i'11fi'e1*injt1ry,  mufi: hswe the 1'1'1t*3£1nS of

indemnification   zmd the%inf’c1"L1I11ez1tsi of ixttfliétixxgi A

puniflument, tin. «our CPW11 i‘1£1I1CLiiS.---4-Oil‘I1‘ pmperty

‘innit be p1<oitet"teid A by feat and by l:;1nd---our4terri#-

wry xnuft not be p1*o.fan.e,cI l>y’ti1ie‘if<3c>it oifta11i11x*:a;-»

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der.l~mHence then the importance of a well diici.

plined militial.--~—I11 the melancholy event of war,

the landholders, the mechatrics, the tnercliantsm
all, who have any tl1ir1g dear to tliem-wall, who
have any thing to lofe, will feel the taflt of tie 237255
cievolved ‘upon tl1t3I'I1ll3lV€S ;----fI‘*It-IE 'GRIEA.'I‘ BODY’
or THE PEOPLE. The life and property of each
individual, «being in equal jeopardy, the combinaa

tion of the whole, for mutual and general fecurity,

will be naturall and inldifpenlfable. A Of what avail
are public fpirit and a crowd of citizexmg without

military '1 knowledge and difcipline? The gallant

hand of Laoxzmts, hadthey been unlkilled in the

_ ufe of arms, woul<:l,l inflead of achieving a molt

important, brilliant and 'in1n1o1-talizing exploit,
have deferted the poll: of honor, and fled to at {helm
ter aurong rocks and in caverns.-----Four huntdreci
warriors defendecl the {traits of Thermopylee
againll: the army of Xerxes--A-—-—an army, ‘whole van

{aluted the tiling fun, when thepdiftant rear was A

 

enveloped in the ll”12tCl€:S pol‘ night!
quaintecl with their duty, feel aiiurancetin clifchargm

wing it.   Undifciplinied troops are eafily intimidated,

 defeélioni of a few eovvards, is fuflicient to give
 panic to battalions; T11 battle, fear is epiclernical ;
A vj-«military fcieuce is the only preventative againfl:

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voted country can boait of a militia adequateto
every occafion, and prepared for every emergence.
-----«A militia, whofe appearance communicates for~
tititcie, and whofe hearts, contemning danger,
wouici beat with tdauntlefs courage in the field of
death. T11ank “God”, if fate have ordained that war
be our portion, we {hall neither be dependent for
ztflifirance upon foreign mercenaries, ,nor flnail we
be laid under a new debt of gratitude to fo1'eign
Volunteers in our caufe. * V

Cit-:.1*1‘1o.aL, anti. in a degree, diftrefling as is the
preientfitttation of our country, yet much reafon.
hate the patriot, for erzultation and joy, in a furvey

of our public: aiiairs. Let us corrgratttlate each A

otiier, in the rttoft afiieétionate language, that Co»
lumbia is yet free, and that her fons are determined
that ihe {hall remain rniftrefs of her own acftions
without ftlbjtitiiilifin’ or cont1'o1.----That our old,
tried and venerable friend, JOHN ADAMS,

fwltom we have chiofenfrotni the ‘midft of us, {H11

pt'efid‘t;:s over our national councils,‘ 21 political Pal-»
zizzzw;/,z,.s*,” who guides the American ark with {kill
and faiiizty, tlnrouggh the tempeftuona ocean that
ataryea artznmti her, unntoved among the furges,
m“lt‘i nnfhalten amid the ftorm. A May he continue
to c:t;.n1dn<.‘f‘t ‘ imter----to govern her czourfe and watch

at titre helm, untilthe _fubfidingbi110WsJfl1a11 leave. 

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hex‘ ”:i11'fecu1*ity*o1i the flmzrém‘ of 13*-I*1i«: RNAL T’13.A.C1Z 3?
That 0141.1" l’1'~efidc211r---o%uAr Co11flcit11ti<"a11-—«th<e 1101101’
of our land and the 1*eign oflxaw, nmy‘ be lcmg IJTCW

fczrvced, is a fervent p1*z1yer, which afcends {roux

;ev%c1*y zazzzcz’z:[z‘m*¢<zz‘w.’ .£).r1me1jica.am, ,-to the th-;t‘0I1€: of
vGoI>. .

RETIRED to the cc:s11f<2cA.mte%d flmdes of Mount-«-
"'V::1'r1%ox1,, the immortaal W"AsI~IINc;:*1“oN enjcnys, in
aVv%fera11eo1d%agc, tshe con:{'o1ing rAeflefl%ionAs of a 110:»
ble rnind, xzdjzmfe own cm:»1fc:iou,fi‘1@i§ is an uxlceafl.
 rewzxrd for all the toils and perils of :.Lr1m£?‘cive:
and glorious 1i=fe;»--m~'l‘he re;ca1lm his native igkies is‘

%%;da1ay%ed by I-Zita-aven,%t1"121t he: may mzamin a  buIw;.1r1~j:

to his c:ount1*y-—~:~lthe%tccrror of 111631‘ enenlies, and the
imrincible %Cham.pio11 of her a'igeI*‘1ts zmcl digxmyf
His fwo1'd is 1*e;tcI;v*, sum 17,153 heazrt is uncI1z1z*1ged."“
*9 Sizzm My %de/iwary if 152': Qraz'5o7z, I/5.»: a'ppai2zz‘m2w;! cf
GEORGEA WASI~1INGTON, In rim fC2'flz’¢'a.¢y“ I1zEu~rm,~w~»
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to realms beneath the glowing line. America is
defiined by Heaven to be the granary of the world.
Already the emporium of commerce, her navy"
{hall commit to her hands the trident of the ocean.
Our Atlantic receives with joy her floating caltles
to his bofom, and fwells with pride while ltir.“
briny mountains are fhaleen by their thunders.

To exhibit the reverie of a pleafing pi€tt11'e, is

a tail; difagreeable and painful. Truth compels a

cohrpliance witlt duty, and detnantls obedience to
here injunélions. "When a great and porve'rfi11 peo--
ple forgets the eternal principles of juftice, and vi-
olates the eompaél of nations, the commits a crime
rnoft heinous againft the whole worltl.---1-~Sl"1e for-
feita all   right to the friendlhip, ailiftance and con»-
fidence of every other {late and country.----She be-
comes an outlaw, a general depreclator, againfl:
whom arms mull: be employed, and with whom.

i noiother mode of retafoning will prevail. The

confequences of her conduct are warn--thedePcrt1c~
tion oforder----«the ruin of myriads---tl1e depopula»

tion of empires»-—~anarchy--confufion and death!

Among the7viél:in1s of the ambition and avarice of
the prefent firomge cf the glabh, alae----our clear

A America is numbered 3 Many of her citizens have

been clefpoiletl of the rich earnings of their indnfi»

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try, and the valuable produce of their enterprize.
Attempts have been made under the direction of
the French government, to effect a fatal clivifion
between the people of thefe States and their con-

ilitutecl authorities.----«Our neutral flag has beenin-

i'ulted.—---Our n1i11iii.et's of peace and reconciliation

treateclv/ith contempt and diplomatic infolence un-A

paralleled in the annals of hiltory, in any nation
or in any age.----Our fellow-citizens have been ren-
dered fufpicioua of each other, and the pellilential

fpirit of party had nearly lclifibl_ved all thofe bands A

of confidence, mutual affection and friencllhip,
which hold fociety togetlrer, and conflitute the
happinefs, fecurity and profperity of civilized man.

 

Tliefe are ferious evi1s----—--thefe are open infults

to whiclt the high fouls of Americans could not‘

fubmit with Spanifh fervility or Batavian tamenefs.
Our gratitude and ardent love to France were
not eafily to be lhaken----~if they are dellroyed, the
act that deftroyed them was her own; May this
conduct teach us an important leffoin. The inten-
poiirtg providence of Goo clireéted the clevelope-A
ment of her clefigns, and eztpofed her i11fit;ll0l.'1S

arts in all their deformity. ‘We have efcapeclthe

cataitrophe, which threatenecl uswcivil aware-«-w-the
hotteil inftrurnent of Almighty wriatln

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