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THOMAS BUTMAN, D'AVIb PUTNAM, GIDEON BAR-.STOW, DAVID CUMMINGS. AN ORATION. \ THERE is no fpeftocle more interefiing to fiumzmity than an opprefled people contending; for freedom. Hifitory has“ recorded fome of thofe A illuftrious achievements which difiinguiih the fgqeennan from the flaVeo,andrxzerhic11 have, occafion- ally, burfi upon the worid,, after :21 Iognge night of degrading fervitudea %The pafs of Thermopylze, the plains of *M2u'a.t11on, the mountains of Swit’- zerland, are eifociated with glory. It is not, however, to the annals of ancient Greece, or to the hifiory of thofe republics which once eexifiec} in modem Europe, that We are compelled to re- zfore for thofe exampies which “kindle the heroic: foul,” and animate us to emulate the brave and ehe free: This day we co.m1nemm‘ate an event, glorious in itfeif, and connefted with deeidsea.os_ehe- mic as thofe which oelivered Greece fmmee.the o;Perfian.e 11019:, or Switzerland from her tyrants. And, whiie we dwell upon. a fcene fo grateful to d Americans, no fad reverie appears, to dafli our hopes and chill our generous, emotions, as in the extinguilhed glory of Greece, or the ilavery of Helvetia. At this eventful period the retu1*n of our nation-‘ al anniverfary is peculiarly impreflive. T he re- membrance of thofe days when the love of liberty and of country rofe fuperior to all inglorious con- fiderations, and impelled a people, few in numbers, fcience of A war,iitoiiyE3iitend with anation, abun; dant in refonrces, and laden with the fpoils of re- cent viétories :---the fcenes of toil, of fuffering, of conflagration and of blood, which marked the contefi, fo calculated to extinguiih the molt fan»- guine hopes,and impair the firmeii fortitude, but which ferved only to nerve the arm, and invigorate the fouls of the fons of liberty :---the contemplation of the fpirit which commenced, the acftive fortitude which fupported, and the heroifm which achieved American independence, fucceiiively agitate us with a variety of emotions, which terminate in lupreme gratitude to that divine Being, who “ rode on the whirlwind and direéted the fio1'In.” A The itory of the revolution is familiar to your ears. Some of you have only to recall the fcenea you have Witneiled, and you have a piétnre more glowing than the fancy of the poet, or the COlO11.‘i% 5 V ing of language can exhibit. Thofe of us whofe Cradles were never difiurbed by the found of war, A who were rocked to fieep by the fong of peace and freedom, have often heard the tale from the difabled veteran, Who i “ Shoulder’d his crutch and fl1ow’d how fields are Won :"’ and often have We, with alternate incligna-at tion and rapture,‘ hung o’er the page which re» cords the crimes of England, and the noble virtues of our countrymen. " The contelt which eventuated in the inolepena clencei of the United States, originated in a Parag- gle for perfonai liberty. Our fathers contended for principle----they relifized tyranny at the threlh- old, and clifdained to confult the oracle of Mam- rnon to learn the neceflity of refilianee, or what might be faved by fubrnifiion. They counted not their fortunes nor their lives clearer than their freedorn; and, being fully convinced there was no fecurity for their liberties but by totally clilibiving “all political connexion between them and the Rate of Great-Britain,” they cut with their [Words the Gordian knot which interwove the deltinies of an empire. I will not infuit your feelings by inquiring, for a moment, Whether you are now prepared to i‘ur« render that charter which is yfigned by your {ages and fealed rvith the blood of your heroes. I be; (5 aolcl» the American people, infpired by the fame fpirit, and emulating the bright examples of thofe who preferred death to fervitude, on this day, crowding their temples, and, with a firm reliance ’ on the proteélion of Heaven, “ mutually pledging’ to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their facred honor,” that they will fupport and tranf} tnit to their pofterity, that lindependence which was for glorioufly eitabliflied. V Yes, my country» h3it€n,t,tWe\aa,larte,,,r et f the ?Brit‘ifl1ithu7nd'ier”lh*“” on Bunkers height----that foiled the Britifh arms on Saratoga’s field, and took their embattled hofc--w hor Trenton, nor Monmouth, nor Guilford, nor Yorktown fl1all reproach use with degeneracy.» Our long forbearance, under a fucceflion of aggra. rated injuries, was attributed to pufillanimity, and encouraged aggreflion 5 but the brave, though they fear not the {torm of war, “delight in the beams of peace”---they “ feek not the battle, nor lhun it when it comes.” And it was not until “ a long train of abufes and ufurpations, purfuing invariably the fame objeél", evinced a defign to re»- duce them under abfolute A defpotifrn,” until their “ repeated petitions had been anfwered onljr by repeated A injury,” that our fathers hefitatecl not to encotinter the twofolel dange1‘s of War and eetoltitioia. Then tltxey burit their‘ fl1ael~;les—--~they " w ‘. ‘l A\€":"‘z“V‘yl‘|‘Al'l.’LYVV‘V“‘ xi , l*...;“ ‘Itp‘J‘\.‘.4’:‘,»".us 0p€t“1:3-.§:1h3n 053 this thitit upon our negow eiatione tvitih Great«B2rita.in. "}CheeBritifl1min%iftry beheld a patty ameng us, that inv.:t.1*iahiy oppofed ah the memfutes of their govermnent which were cmflcutatted, by 3. peztceahle appeei to the ir1te.teiTte hf Great~Brit::t%.n, to pmeure :3. tehinquitnztent of her hctftilities. They towhed f@t‘”W'&I.‘d to the dif» memhtemnent of the uzchom as the fruit of this O‘pw pofitiah. They attributed the 1'epeeJ of the Em- tzmge t0 the ehhatts of their “ able zz.»:i+t:..c:mz‘e.t” in thzlst muthtty, and prehumed that the fame. et"1htte tvhttid prevent :2. war, on our patt,,, mt‘, if it fhohhi net, that "amt tvoulfl he ft:thoWed ilfzey 2. dififothtiott hf fe&era.tive compasft, or by an aceeflimh tet pO‘Wt3t” of thofe, who ttwmuid bury the tt*t*ohf;e of their ehttntrry, end, in tzxlhztnee with G:%e:.;t~tBtitaitn3 “‘ tmfurl the republican banner ctgaihfi: the Empe:-=:i« ht hemmed.” ‘With It miniftry of fheh view. and e;:~_::pe@;€ttiQm, ettety mmtitre Qf imterreih ?;3:?:“§:.If_:fC’fl it» to periiit in their fyitern of injuitice, and negociam tion could not be otherwiie than iruitlefs. To the inveterate oppofition of a party in this country to their government, and their apparent devotion to Britain, are to be attributed the failure of our ap~ peais to _-iuiiice, and the inevitable neceflity of an appeal to arms. a ‘When the Executive, convinced that notliing but an accumulation of injury and indignity could refult ifrrtiittiimeatiiateivaitfuaimencdi Congrefs to meetpp’iatiia”n"earlier period than their adjournment, and recommended thofe energetic Ineafures “demanded by the crifis, and corre- fponding with the national fpirit and expefta-p tions,” it was to be hoped that his views and determinations would no longer have been rnifre-l prefented, at home, or abroad. The rneafures adopted by Congrefs, on a View of our foreign relations; and in purfuance of this recotnmenda- tion, were equally" unfucceiizfui in opening the eyes of the “ blind leaders of the biind.” As if an appreheniion exiited that our preparations for d war might alarm the Britiih rniniittfw, caufe tliem to doubt the information they had heretofore ire» ceived, and induce them to repeal their obnoxious orders to avertthe impending evil, 3. portion of our citizens were aiiiduous in ridiculing thefei fgrcparatiions, in propagating an opinion that they- ?we1“e but a fa1'cetoimpofe on the peopie, that thefixecutive Wasoagainfl: War, and that Congrefsg ihoner than jeopardize their places, would facrin iiee the r'ig11ts and honor of therxation. Even, the Embargo, which fpoke._a language fo 1:mequi- tvocal, received the fame ir1terpretation,r and this fatal delufion vsias played off, until the declaration e of war arrived, to aroufe the deceivers and the den eeived to a fenfe of reality, Millions of property may became the viéiims of this deception, but the firfi'erers Amuft b1_a1Ire% th6i$‘;itQFV9iI3f?it113:tiQn, which refufed to credit therotematvamixig-s er their go. arerrrmemt, and chofe to place their faith in thofe. Whom they deemed morekivorthyof econfidence. Cfhoufandgs of our feamen may becoirxeothe View rims of a delufion, which they neither produced, thor afiified to continuei and thefe excite our fymm pathy. But thefe are not the mofi fatal confee quenees which may have been caufed by this dew iufiomm A ”Wh;err an injured nation is denied redrefs, and compelled to prepare for War, it is not without aTii,egeriegi1ope that her preparations may come "rrimte the offending nation that war cannot he avoided3,hrrt. by due reparation, and that this comm "fiviétion may produce an amicable adjuiiment that ;may yet avert the unprofitable contefi. If fueh a eonrrifiiehg in theBritifl1 Cabinet; would have been T8 feilmvedt by a cerrefponding effeét, (and tittiwass Wei} Worth the trial) this conviftion was prevent»-« ed by the fame mifreprefentatrionws »ahr0»ad, whiehv dehgrded a po1°tion of our own citizens. Thus» frufi;:atecl in the lait hope of honorably avoiding" the eoniiiét, immediate war became inevitiabtle as“ the lafi: refort of the injured. V A Theft: ohfervations are made from a firm titan-« vtiftion of their truth and imp01‘tant:e, with the “OPS puhiict xvelfareg gei14'éWfiE5 ii