The Forty-Seventh Anniversary of American Independence

Download or read book The Forty-Seventh Anniversary of American Independence written by Charles P. Clinch and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Forty-Seventh Anniversary of American Independence: Delivered Before the Fire Department of the City of New York, July 4, 1823 Fellow-Citizens - We have assembled to celebrate the birth-day of our national Independence - to rejoice in the nativity of our country's sovereignty - to exhibit to the world the grateful and proud remembrance in which we hold that auspicious day, when these United States of America assumed, never to relinquish, a name and character, separate and distinct among the nations of the earth: - separate as the eastern and western hemispheres, - distinct as the governing principles of liberty and slavery! What, fellow-citizens, on this occasion ought to be the feelings of our hearts, and the subject of our minds contemplation? - How shall we rightly discharge our duty as patriots and freemen on this anniversary of our political birth? Fellow-citizens! we can only prove that we justly prize the signal interposition of divine Providence, manifested in the happy termination of our revolutionary struggle, by correctly appreciating the rights and privileges we enjoy as members of this republic; - by keeping in the holiest sanctuary of our hearts, the venerated memory, the godlike estimation of our heroic forefathers, those prominent instruments, in the hand of heaven, in effecting the great work of American Independence; - by contrasting our own with the governments and institutions of other nations, cherishing the difference in favour of our superiority, and by lifting our hearts in thankfulness for the full and exceeding measure of peace. 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.