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Signczd, A IVILLIAM VH. Rcwrmsazv, C/migrmmz.

AN o_RATtoN, &c..t

EN common with the People of America, we are
once more met in commemoration of TI—1AT% DAY;

the 1'eco1lefiion of which Inuit awaken 521171 the

feelings of Ame1‘ioan pxide, and call forth hthofe
noble energies of the foul, which ggoverned our
FATEIERS in the Declaration of thatlndependence,

which it will be ‘thew ambition and boafi of"her5

Sons to maintzhtin-

A people, at ftatedperiods, publiclhyrecognizinga»
the origin of theif NAtTIONAL{~,EXhISThENCE, and 
h the eftablifhment of their SOVERI:‘:IG1\T’I‘Y, affords a

Vfpefitacle no le~fsintere{tin‘g than ufeful, tContem-- *

plating the freefpirit otfiwour count1‘y=--acquainteclt

with her rights-----refifting the firft ericroacllnmnts
of unauthorizedo powetr-5--ftrugglirxg againfl: ” injull
tice, though, _unequ211 to the comibat—---and dc-:te1‘t-

, mined; at every luazard, to oppofe the lawlefsh ine-

vafion of their liberties----the warmeftt interefi is
excited in her fate----the ftrohngeft joy in every fuc-~
cefs, andhthe feverefl; forrow in every defeat.

I-IAP1-}tLv

LAN ORATVION.

HAWILY for us, the firm zeal of our councila} V A
and the ulndaunted prdwefs of our arms, enable”
usflto revietir the ifirft periods of our national hit‘-I
tery with THAT PRIDE, Wl71iCl1“r'ei"Ltlt':S from‘ the
confcieufnefs of having fprttngfiom A.NcEsToRs.,,"

V who, ,§_z’.j/Zf.2i;*z;e’ng-r the refhaintst of   color1ialti,depen-  

dense, NOBi.Y 3DtARED BEAFREE.

t . ' j‘ t _ I K
Fezqyeur lrecurrerree to fit-fl: principles, will
always be attendedewithadvztntagel--0  bferviitgi
them in all their original purity and force, their

valueand importance will be in_1prefi"eld,on the
lmindt, and We will be better enabled and clifpofed

't_ocorre& their abufe or icorijfzrption, to renovate

their vigor, andenforce their obfervance.}»t

TIN this view, tl1€lANNLVERSAR‘Y we are NOW. 

lCELEBRA'l‘INGhas its pmzm ufe: it reminds

us of t:l1e rvirtuous enterprizel of our Aanceftors-~
theirhigh opinion of the b_leffings of CIVIL LI‘-l

, BEpLTY——-thetfulltt ertjoyxnent of their unimpaired

rights»---their _/Eylemn tiererrizinarian to. rperz_'//42 with

#l7eirt.caz:m‘ry, flzoner l2‘t/arm Zzecozyzeltibeignoble rucgflz/.s' of H
~ darzzizzeering power, and teaches ye, inthe moi’: A

% A A empliiaticl language, the duties which we owe to ‘ A
ti jeur cou11tr”yandpoflerityf: iainidi acctirfed be that

ifpirit, wltiehislfol fart funk in ptwerfy, that doesli

liniot‘ ellcatteh "thie ‘generous Wenthufia*f1n from their

A ‘l i,?[z_z/2riozrste.>{zz;~;,”,j9;’e:, f2lIl1idi$WEAP. 1/am‘ fuck .//35121;   ’

FOR.

tAN oa4A'rtoNe.'   a

run EVER be .THF.‘_C-HARACTER‘ of AiMtE.RI..t

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H‘.

CANS 2

IN the hiftory of man, ta few are .the“epochs

diflzinguifhed by their favorable influence on the
liberty‘ andthappinefs of our race, that they may

beconfidered rather asextraordinary depa1*tut‘i3S"

from the eftabliflied courfe of thinge, than thofe ~ A

which placed man in his proper condition in "a Rate

of Society.

T1—m fiuétuations and revolutions in G=avern.t 

ments, have generally been the ftrugglee of con.-:
tending faétions forafcendancy, contefts for the

fceptre of power, in .».wh'ich' the t1>1«:o1=>La have V

oczcafionally been ufed as machines without {hating

in the glory or advantage of tfucct-:*fs,gor" meeting '
with fyrnpathy or compaflion in defeat.   The refnlt 4
 to them has been a change of Rulers without any

addition to their happinefs; A Iindi*vidual%ambition,»

and not public good, being the purpofes m be an-i, t

fwered, the fluih of viétory has ratherltferved to
exafperate refentrnents, than moderate the paflioneg
a--.-and the PEOPLE, deceived ‘with the hope -of tbtetterw

days, have not unfrequently found their Aburtheneg.
 cncreafed, ; and their miferies enlarged--mlitttle con,-"*. i

folation has it been to them, that afterthe tuimu1- A

tguoust ftorms?-of ginternalconvulfions, the reituming V

fun ” of peace and order, what only exhibited a new R}

1"i3‘C¢

3”‘ AN*ORATION.

 moefucceeding to the throne of departed Inafters.
 Little caufe have they had to «mark thofeepochs as

the returning feafons of ynationali feflivity. They

have not produced to them, inicommlon with us,

thofe fources of congratlulation which enliver'1re-

collyeélionw-which {hed the cheerful beamsyof lrapl--'

pinefs on all around--9-lwihich marl: the exultatiorr
irr.ythe greeting’ countenance-_-—~and proclaim the

FREEDOM OF,TI-IE PEOPLE, the jultice of

t theiryllawlsa----the excellence of their government-4- .
t their coryfdence in its -adfizirzg”/Zratian-wrlreir .czz‘z‘rzcb- _ A

it mem‘_z‘a zf/Jeir cazrnfry, «land the orderly fubnlifliorl of
all clafles to its rightful authorities‘. i l r r

Tryst few nations in the tranlfatlarrticlworld, who

 have enjoyed any portion of civillliberty, have not.
unfrequeutly tfrn-darted under its lofsl; J:-mdl with «

- "great dilficultieWs,l regained th-at"of which their in»-
dolence or folly had deprived them. Their charters

ofre-acquired powers and privileges, have ybeen

_ crimfoned with the bell of blood, and their cor»-

firrnation obtained‘ by the force of arms. The inas-
tional charaéfer hziebeen re~eftab1ifhed only by la‘
difplay of yvialouryequal to the wteaknefelby which
it had rbeenplofpt; and the turbulent V fieldgof battle,

irr_{lead_of the peaceful council, has been the thea- 

tre on which the rights of t/3€y’e§€»01'D/6 have been traced ‘

A by the point of the fword,l and confirmed  the r

l _ armour of war. ‘They have been wrefled by vio.

lence

;AN4AoRATIotN.  V_;;j

lence from the hand ofthat ufurpation, which they V
“ fh‘eIi1fC1V€S‘h£td fuffizred to be traifed over them ; and
A from the continued exereife of which, nought but

t the returning 1a'pi1'itt of the NATION could have favedt

% them.   Their Iliftory,theref<5re,through its chequer...

ed varieties, confiantly prefents that piffture ofi31fta-
bility, whic:Vh potirtragys the ch2L1'a&e1' of. a people.
not uniformly Vvatchful of their liberties, and ten

gardful of their rights---zzlthough they may findocu ‘

cafions for the exercife of an honoumble pride in.
the intrepid ccmdu€tt of their anceftors; yet, it
wiil not be unattended. with chagrin and mozitifica~

tion, that fpizits {'0 cztpztble of g1~e21tnefs, flmoudd at

any time, be found to have fo far f<31*gc)tten them-V

felves, 4 as, flumbering on their p0fis.,, to betmy the
citadel, confided to their charge. A

Howevm. great therefore the pleafutre may be
te them of comme':nor21tix1g THCDSE DAYS which
lzave Inarkedet the digtziry of mztiomzl cbazrdéictr,

yet is the feflivity cloudedtwith the fad remem- 
brtmce offervile meennefs, or the met’: condem- A
nable i’t1dif}'erex1ee«----if glory dazzles on the once

hand, its jjo/mzdor is diminiflted on the A other.

Thee Occafiqmtl ertabliflments '05} their liberties,  

are rather to”be confidereclt as the“ refults of fa?-

vorable accidents, than thefruits ofany uniform

fyfiem of rights. A

Atfi A w”tt  BUT,

lift

AN E:r1e_ArIoN:..~

lBU*1Lt.;. our progenitors who firfl fettled this cotrnx.
try, hrought with them thofi: V genuine princzflcr
of lierty, which have governed it fince its fill}:
efiablflhment. ‘They underflood thoroughly the
right: which belonged to the PEOPLE, anal.
thofe which pertainedt to their Rullers. They had
not learned thofe derzdfy doc'Zri:2e: of ‘MODI31{Nl
LI’1?§ER"I‘Y and r«;Q1;JA1.1'rr, which by dellroyirtg
all “~d~illi11E'tion, robs the magiflrate of his power,
andthe people of their reafon. Educated in the
wholefome fchool of  jurg/fil>rz¢de7zce,l they

A’  acquired thole rational maxims of civil 1ib:3r'z‘_y,
which will” fbrever ferve as the .m.oP_s and o1=2.NA-«W A
MENTs'of the l‘Oql6ty_V_i_“I}mWl1lCl1_ they are cultivated. A
Theyeprized too highly the bleflings of/Z99‘-goverrzu

memg to fubrnit to the fmallefl exercife of unde-_
legated powerr Their proud fpirits would” not
brook the approach of tyrzzrznical authority, though

cloathed in the commanding garb of parerztall

right. They“ refufed to Clank their chains to the
nod of any 22242/fer, or bend their necks’ to any;
yoke, however light or eafy the burthen. Aclhrer-»

ing to t./2-.v./Z? principles, anddetermitned to fupport ”

them at the hazard of their” ‘lives, ltheirjbrtlunert, and

A ‘i‘1h‘{:f1!'7"' feared homer, that revolution, lwhofel tcom-

l _lOURt fathers then tirefented to the world an:
example of greafngIr,.t,,eev_z7do.er, and zeal, which are V

1 .

mencemlenlt we "are mw ecclebrating, was origin j
hated and completed. V

unequelled

AN‘iO"I{ATION.i  %   am

Iifiequaliiézli inthé annals "of nian, and iiviiiicii rimit

do imnor to Aziiericai, as long}; as intrcspidiityami
virtue [hall have aivoratjy on earth. 4 A
ifi,AVING‘iatthe‘C10i'e of our revoiutiémary war,

-i efi wiiiiued a chzxraéfier as a &rzz=va,freea1nd incfepaizfldif

p.c-‘W75, no natiorreveir rofe into notice", undaar mm'£=:
aaipiciaus circunxiizinces. And fince the ei’mbIiiii-

i merit“ of our federal government, no nation has im-
‘pmved to more iiwombie advantage; the capizliwil
which had beexi formed of us, and rnoré rzxpidiy

€?3CC‘€2Lft:J 1-tiiéiil‘ h21ppiI1€3f$,_ prmfperify, and .r*efpe%:*§-
i;ibiiE1:y'. “ i A “ i "‘

'ii7':'I1: people of this icoiuirtry, imve aimncianrl 
ti1t‘1‘c3f;")I“6 toifelicitate each other on theerirly zzrid
1.1Z"iii‘(i3Tm opinion they ihaire difplayedi oi z'i[m§ty iii itgs
m/iwzzzl/is=22.,cu-—--of the indufiriousi care with] whiizii
on 1* anceiiors firfl eiiaibliiimd it--#9? the zr:ail.% and brav-
vary with which our fathem d.iefi2ndc:d it-~»~an»::l the

«pious folicirude with which they have traixiimittezd ti) 1
Kauai‘ hands 21 I‘€p.l.1iZc'bti0l’! unfiained by diii%mnor—¥—-mi-

fiiiiied with‘ bzifexléfs.-4--A cirifis has =arri7vez3 inrzaur
afiflirs, in which the qucfiion is t(3“bl';‘.f(‘)1«f6’77F1:i71-Z)/£i’i‘;°?i€*7;"'i
nzilrzml, whether we WILL comiixlua-:itio mai1'1.t:iin:t.{2i:

lviizoiéablzr, and 7 i22i;iei]be.'2i.Zc*ntg ¢'lJ£2r¢'?mfitfiir”i or =ifix:‘ tipran

it an inid"eiibIé diigrace, by {'uil)zinittii1.1gitoi' bewzne
the tributaries of :1 foreign ipowier.i iFi7«?.’.ANiGE
 aiivnniced propcfitions, and Amzuiee 'v6CMi‘€i!"'£i1i.ii"]iL‘iS
iupon this country, which, if 4 once zizzceiisscii" ith,

aw   { AN,oRAT1:oN;

will aizniéilaté the dzgrziry, Iamzozf, and ifzdapwzdezzw
of the nation.

THE point: new to be decided, involves init no

Iefs than our NATIONAL EXISTENCE ;----for its def».
ti1'uc’:1:io11 hasfbeexl threatened, unlc-zfs vva comp1y%

Ttiritll terms conzpatibleorz/ywith the mofl cieggracied

{fate of % va.ff211$age. There can be, no Afliizex:-ica7z%.,

true% to the ifiterefls and ho1f1or of his. pcmntry,

V‘v'vho4 C311,. for ,a momenVt4, Collternplate, iwitlx pa-

tie%n<;e, the dj/gwzcqfulaltezvnative--who does not
fee:1_ every nerve braced for 'oP1>osI'1~roN,%anc1;;*
EVERY DROP OF BLOOD FLOWIN G WITH
REDOUBLED °VIG~OR L   %

I17 any wzretch can be xfound’ fo bafe as to A dcfe.1:t

@ hiscountry, in ghe hourrof cizingerwmto fhrinla. from
1 the fervicze {he may requim of  hin1---or {till [0 be
A A the zzdéjécafe or .('_IZP':0[0g‘_l-‘fl of  _a_.n implacable and over-

A hearing fC»e,Aa r22ar;?:fl1ou.1d be put upon his fcrehead

to fingle him “out as a fitobj;eé‘c fqr the execratiw
0113 of his counfryrnen, Ltheadeteftation of’ m:m-

kind,  ;a11E1 the e=ve7%~[zg/Ziizgtzuj/é« of [six Goa’. A i ‘

BY the condu€twhVichAthe13Eo%1>LE of tlnzia
Country {hall Nowg adopt; .A wij1l,be determined,

perhaps, forever, whether a nation cemlong exifl: "

under :1 form of govezrnmenr, jbzgrcly zwjzzzfrlicmzz if

“ ; Jitflxould be found tlzat, A in the {hon lapfeof tw¢n- ‘V

ty~twQ

[AN;0vRA’:€ 103%   . % 

ty-«two ‘yezm, da777cflic fi:zc‘Zimz, "”co-operating with

_f07‘c"~z;g'72- ‘im“7*igz4e¢%%q:~zd z'7gfi'zm7.a'c>, h‘:1‘V€‘ fO fat ”fL1c,-

ceeded A in due profli;:_§acy gof %th«:~3i1i fch€:m%es.,4%as tap
ov,er-awe ,the%coum:i1s$ of our count&*y,= to ;Ifc_{b " ‘

them of ‘their e:n_e1'gy, and dVepri%ve themof their:
power, as it wcm.1d?fo1*ever% dii};_:_§1‘ace our nfzxticmal
clzarafler, fo it would 1'1:-.1.ve%a tendency to c;:13’;}:
fuch an odium on the very i'y{‘ten1 itfelf, as Wouici
in all p1'ob1.1biH%ty, fcweve1* detcér any fLm:hc~:r exp'c::3:i—

’1"n.e11ts on. the fzxnme plzzuxx...

Tma ’hcm;o1* of mum‘ gm*er'n.1mnt, tI1eAréfc)re,"if3
now at {’ca1~:e; its Vcharaéter about to»1*c~:-ceive 2:;
flatnp that itgwi}1 170-w21re1*carry,i of firmnefs and
dignity, or iz7:.1bz:§:ci1ity"a11d meannefsj and”tI1e
Vccmntry is <:2>.111<~::d’ u1">on for its united fupport that
the izzzfejpmézcierzcc, whiczh 11:13 beexi~*atchieved,n1a§r
be p1*eferved._., and cmntinue to prove our./Zrarzg Z7015!
irz firm: qf mzzfiazml z.‘r0zz[2Ie’ mzd clgfliczz/Iy. It will
otl1;a1‘wi%feferveno otlter pxwpofe, tl1a11%to AI1%‘z1vr::

elevated  uVs% tie 21 rank. among the natic>r2sVofMt1“1§
earth, ;to become: more coni”picuou%fl4y the objeéi:
of public contempt»---to be pointed’ at .with% 1211:? ,fiin~A*

gem: of fcorn, as a people bcmfting of7t1~1eirfupc-V

rior Vvirtue, and [en1ig11te11cd ~ freedom, rz,:,zii‘/{7ozzz‘A 2"/55 ‘V
courage zsnd m_*f(2[zz;~.‘io7z gto defend them againft glue

~21ttacks% of _,;th¢ 212cyz‘g zéwfzzl Jyrtlrzrzy ‘Z0/J55/4’ 176I~V%6"I-1%‘

I/1rmczz‘ezze’cZ Mm cm—~m. /4 V

"BUT,

H ggl AN OQATION.

BUT I cannot indulge the ungenemus fufplcinn,
tlzatfzmfi will be the ?F2xte,of 1ny%cc>um:~,ry. I will rat»
tllyer chetifh that noblter belief‘, that my COL1!‘li'l'yti]trTl1,
anlxnzltewwith one common fpirit.. will grxrmltmr m
the world A saénwn and Mt')R1:. Gmlztmts lI1l"’l.I~.~;t.I.l("é".3
of their uttflmlten cleternxinaticm to LRVE afrec‘ mzd
inaiepezzdeazz‘ pcmple... I l A ll

 THOSE who {till furvive ‘om’ revoluticmztry war,
who tookialdmptrt in its ittttsrtefls-+—wlt1t>t l%l1:m;-tcl in its

glmiousl axial hnnnrable f21ti;,;L1¢;:S, tknuw too ‘wtsll

lthé value of their hm-dqearxmed lt1l'mms,l mfufiler

than to betltmtchvd from them vvithoman e£l‘m'*t
for llttlaeir prc:fervajiotn-And tllze YOUIH of A-
IvIERl‘CA, rnufetl by the refentments, and ani_mated
“by the exmzpfe of their F:\.THI:IRSl, will prellkzimr a

tbulwtuk to their ccmntry ztgainil foreign inwzflun
A and dtzzmg/z’irfa7é'z‘iu2;z. J A A l A ‘ "

THE independent fpiritl of America will tlnm
mttintain our national cl1ar‘aé°cer free 130111 lbllcnuilh,
and perform ‘one of l the firfl Add lmgfl /Emredm ‘duties

2 cmmtry ewes to itfc.~lf, and which no ltreafnlnslllclfll
policy or convenience lfhould ever; prevent it“ frmn v
lexercifingm-Withcztut felf-refptzéh how are we to

obtainit 30:11 <others-—"without an ereél: aticl dignifi-

ldmdlconduélt at h,_on1e,‘ how are we zotco’mrnaml lit»

abrloadii’

3%

AN‘ oRlATI,o;N'; i V l 

abroad ? The lmpafirtance to the community, of‘
nutir2Az1ali p7~.i.l-1'5 mid £;{an0r,l cannot be foo deeply

in1p1j£::ll‘(3c”l~§~—tl3t;y are the bell guarantee of, ourk

z'az¢*1¢~pz22z;:[.-é72ce-and the fafclfilzp fecurity agaizxfll ag.
g1'cllic)ziS. V l l i l l l

'i'HAT people, who, on all proper occaifiorrs,
give uzxoquivociil proofs of their fixed determina.
tion 1"1€'\'t:+1“ pmllively to fulomit to ixxjdlliée and infult, A

mid xvho poliirli: the power and determination, at V
all rim:-3, to repel theirapproach, will be much. 

lcli~.'x’?.-3 Wu‘-hjeél: to provocation, than fuchl as by the pufi-~7
lfiiillllllfy of their couoilcilswtlie cowardice or weak-
Ilzeelh of their (TltlZ€T1S~*-BT13 known to p.oiTefs difpoa
fli‘l(”m$:[l1::1f will tenzporizewith dygrace, and compro-
22z_z'/E with dj/lvoizor. A nation which will once {loop to ~
{och n"ucu.11nc?l's, will find that her pacific difpofitions i
will he attended but with little advantage: if {he

ihnuld liitton upon her difgrpaco, fhé: only rnakes

horiizlli tlue furler fpoil of foimle more daring foe.

Trwmsxziremarlcs are lclraxiirn from the pm-y2=m‘»fl2flz«

grim: of our country, which loudly calls fof t‘hleIl“ll

cxorcifo of VIGOR and FOR'I‘I’I‘UDE»i117 everyclilefl
 criotion of piecvgnlo, lro rzzaintaiiz andfzlpfiadtlwcam

flituted autlroritim, our _/éwrtigrzfylf land  indepm.-V F ii

dencol

Tm

 V AN otzzgeumom.

’ Tm: republic of FRANCE, towards: vvliom We
ame felt the liveliefl: 1"egard----in xvhorfe, fortunes we

tookthe Wamieilz i11terel’t---~a.r1cl in whofe rot" eriti A
. ‘ P P Y

we gave the mofl; unequivocal proofs of joy, has
repaid tliofe flattering tokens of refpeét and efleem
by a feriea of injuries, infults andiicontunielies, the
recollefitionof which, mulil: excite, in every A7123-
ricmz Zmfonz, the warmeit indignation, gtlllfi the
keenefl; refentment. A  A ‘A

A  mOUr<. yzatiorz, yet   in infancy-—~—-our gawermzzenz‘,

not yetmatured by experience--l--inor ilreltgthened
by praétice---—our cam72zerce,‘i eatenfive and tmpro»

lAte€ted--+our country, recovering from the fl:rAAuggiea

ofour revolutionary war, our population ra-
pidly encreafing-——-our property, rifing in value»

litl1e ifizdzg/fry and ENTERPRISE of our citizens, am-~

pylyrewarded,_,aLL coxnbinecl to 1-enAclerPEACE too

A AAdgefiltab1Ae "a; condition to; be lightly‘departedlAfrom.

“""""""'-}:A‘}h'.Ae Councils of our <:ou11try have accorclingly,
withtunremitting aflicfluity, fizigbi to /.’;'cs'¢zlAtxl7e djflzar-

¢e:22ce.r which have exilljed between the two republics
by 2~eiz‘erci2‘ed at;fe22.zpz‘3 at ‘/Jorzomble and zm2icrzZ7!e wagon 
cafmtiazzwmbyi apfair‘ and lc:aI1d%idAlclif%cuflion of faé’ts,l

to place the conduél; of our government in that

A uprightfandindependent view, which comportecl

with At national faith, and national interells. But,

our minifters of peace have been rejeffed with fcmz,
AA A  A and

“ME

AN ORATION. 

and their offers of conciliation with £07z2"é’?7lfif;. " An ’

appeal to the jufiice of our claims has been treated
with ridicule-wour ambaffadors have been denied

= their ‘diplomatic charaéter, and even a perrniflion.
l to difcufs our complaints, except upon terms

which fuppofe in the charafier of the American
people, a degree of ezbjeéi‘ memzayi, no lefs

wounding to our pride, than infulting to our

underflzandings.

Wzmrll T/aefree-Zaarrz /2272: def AMERICA Zzecazize
t/ye wrgflillx qf France .’-fur2rende1~ t/aeir/Zmereignty at

tlaefirfl _/imzmom  cm irrfcvlewzr foe ./M---z‘ar72Jy/9 z‘/aeeiri
dignity, and fbreever dygrace 2‘/)6’ c/Jcmzfier /22 brave!) i

won .’

To what jiurpofe have to nihnyrivulets of blood

flown»-~»-fo many valuablelives been loft, to eflablifll
; our Independence, if it is how to befacrgired at

the palluz‘ecz’_//arivze qfflremla nzpacity mad‘ donzinim.

l The ‘wounds are fcarcely. healed which were ac-

quiredhin the eftablifhment of our liberties-ém---the

ground is fcarcely cold; which was enriched with V I

the blood of departed patriots---the groans of the

dyingfoldier, who noblyfell in the ‘defence of bio l

country, are {till tinkling upon the édr, Wh€I1,W6

are called uponto abandon our Independence and “

fovereimgnty,

up

1'! A A a- AN 0RAT5IOi"N~".l

 Tovereiglaty, gained by the calamitiesof aafeven-years

._Wa1‘----.AI1»d this, not as a coympenfation ‘for injuries t

done—--no*t as an Aatonemexn-t fo~rofi"e1?y1ces-«committed
---»noet for the improper or A profligate 'ufe of our
nationalpowers ; but, foitthe high crimes of 
ing and ~meinfai7zing our right to fe.1pf~goverlnmenAt-4-u
of ‘choofing fer our-felves the spofi'ti~oAr1‘mofi‘. profitable
and advantageous --during the European lconfliét,

andlpreferving it with honour and good faith----~of A

forming fulch A compaéls y as wethought bell: calcun
latedftol fettle tpaftw differences, ‘andfecure ‘the ob-
fervance of juftice in future---~—lof taking fueh mea-

fufres as would enable us to {leer a courfe clear of

the .tempef’cuous fea, bywhich Europehas fo ‘long
been»agitatedATA! l l A e l A

V

» C ammzy Ameriean _befoAund who can patiently
the parotof FRANCE 3 if therebe, lethim be told,
in additions thereto, that if their demands are not

i implicitly complied with, they have threatened to

overwhelm us with fire, ‘with fwkzral, and with

s A all the l1orrorAs7oAf [Dome/z‘3ic: Fdc‘?io7z-5--to divide gar

Union, ‘to crzfl oz(rAAAGarz2em2752ent--A-andparcelus out

‘pamong _the powers of Europe? as their pleafure or
convenience may difilzate !---If the paflivenefs of his

temper is proof againfi ibis, he is a difgrace to the

A A bland whiehgave him birth---»-Nay, to any land butA:__

thatwhich is ruled by a Franc/9 Direc‘iA‘ory.
“ A ” t A  WITH

»

cohtemplatethis dificztaricilland i7yAAzaZ2‘z'7zg cohduft on

new olRAT1o1~a%.AA V A one

WITH views thus‘hof’c-»ile-,;_ which have;'been»un... ‘.
equivocally declared toyou, §anAd vvhichA~ are now»

known toythe world, can any man lhefitalte between:

A a» peace, which .a.t“fione blow annihilates levefy

H whofe burl’: upion.» our...~ uri.pr.le};ga7redy heads-d, A will

thing facred to us“ as a nation, or war, a‘cAcom-all
panied with every difficulty which imagination
can trace, in defence of our libemies~+—ou«r-eon~lli~.:‘l
tution-—~rel~igion- andvlaws... A '

'R"E»CO'LLECTAING‘ tlle‘-occafion» on which we are:

met----~the high example fet us by our F.&:2u=I.zz22.9-—-it"  

mall never be nae that the YOUTH of AME;

RICA. are To fanfunl: in flothful degeneracy, 213* V
to be indifferent to the fate of their country----tool

he» idleAan.d unnconcerned fpeélatorsr of the _gath~ezt-
long} cloud,“ ”w~hofe afpeél: fpeaks= deflrué‘cion--——-anal‘

lle.;we»usliyn ruim. A  A ‘V   AA

MANY-O«f. ue,  y0u‘ngAyfri"end‘S,‘ during that

wan which eflebliflaed our Independence, waxed A
yet in the cradle of infancy—----our youthful arms A

were not yet flrung, for war»--ourevneréves‘ not.yet

braced for hardy aélion; but the fi1=~Afl:l‘ fentirnents A
with whichd our infant bofoms glowed, were l

the love and honour of our country, andlthefirfl;
wifh we were taught was,.. tlzarwe /Jzm’ beer: noble? to-A
fig/at by t/Jfe;fyza'e.»  our fax‘/Jen. he Tlweyyhnve now
gxtoywn ,o1od,.,!oand. to..11‘sy;deyvol3res€ the facrer;l.d.trn£’c

05

,a~o~   AN? ORATION’:

of flléliflfdifiiflg other Indepezzdence, which they,
,'with fo many glorious toils acquired.

A —LET us fully difpIay_ the irue fl722efim72« Ciuzmcae A

fer--e-milbd and-fo1"bea1*ing in peace, proud and
V powerful in War; for it isjnot now to be concealed A
I that out only fafety is in the UNION and VIGOR A A

of our cazmcils, and in the flrength of our ARMS.
‘It is by the weapons of war, that we are now to
enforce» htllat e jufiice, which» We have efojught for
wyithythegnlofi utifeigned fincerity, or that we can

  evenmaintaixl our intemfale governnment yakanadf foveu

raeignty-.

T15-Iarapacious ??207gfll6’?";S‘ of France have breathe& ,
V their peffilenrfe mover Europe----marked their yayfoot-¢

fieps with defolatyion and deeefiruéfion, Land covered
the land on which ye they have trod, with the
blood of the jiufc and” they tears of the innocent----—-~

with theSyren fongaaof pretended iiberty, they

have enchanted the ear, and intoxicated the brain
of their czlemdeda avcwtariees, until they laavemade

V athemthe fit iilftruxlxente of every fpecies'boffcm*i~

ledge, rrzurder", r*ny3ia2ey' alldewiblmce, which came heap
difggace on the anaznebof mang
NOT fatisfied with the progrefs they have made
in Europe, they~a1'e about to traverfe the eAt«
blantic; and our country is doox11edy7za~cr to graacty‘:
A A A A A the

;&l;l’Nli(§RATION; V   

the 7‘ triun1phs4i of tlieir‘ar111s;-—-4AIreadyhave they
r boafted of their means of feditrion-mi/Bell ldiwyian:

of rise people-wand the ftrengtli of their party.-—-
Already have they dilclofed to us ciurf.oz‘e,,l by re»
minding us ofithat“ of Verme, to which w*e,our—-
felves may add the lafiiiftiing exaniples of lGe72m,,
Hal/zzizd, andi? Swirl:-m~]a;vzd. l '

NOUGHT, therefore, isleft for zz:.s~, but by 21 vi.-
gorous p1'epalrati“on for ‘mm-, either to :-lvert its

evils, or be enabled to meet them iwitlr proper.

refolution and advantage-—-—~a war which will in-—
volve iii its iflireevery thirrg wl1icl1 can be facred
to users men,ra11d valuable to us as citirmns.-5:--at
Let us, them-foire, no longer indulge_ in the
idle dreams of colrcilizztionfi-~i:1 the deceitful

l1opes. of negociation--—-V-but rely “on our own

flrength for the 111aintenance.of our 7~z'g/3z‘;‘s~, and

A the redrefs of. our eerrongs.

UNDER the admei11_iflraition of an executive,
whoihas nobly declared that his hand fliallnever
fign the ingnominious deed, wl1icl1 fllall furren-»
der the fovereigntyr of A his country, we nmy
truft ou'r‘mofl'J unreferved confidenceal A A

4!)

THIS isgthe temper which fliould ainimateievery
..4Mm1c.4N, land which would eflab*lifl1 our tIJv-

.- ,.zm2=urND.E2vcEti beyomll the power of the ‘uniiverfe.

V In

W. V. A arm 0 R A T: on:

Ad In competition with tbaf, Wealth, eafe, and prim’

vate convenience, fluould be held as nought. De...
termined to live a free and fovereign people,

‘let every exertion be made, every arm be raifedy

in defence of the country---—and, if it mzyz’ fall,

[at us perz//J I-wiz‘/9 iz‘---let no one furvive the dif-

grace--,--let no one live to be told that the fpi-as
‘Kit of America, was fubdued.

A II? this folemn determination be THIS DAY’

A taken, relying on the jufi: providence of your Goa’,

mar Independence» will flzill‘ be favedl--——its value:
will be enhanced-é--and. our pofiserity will feel.

the encreafed duty of v preferving an i~nheritance-

gained and tranfmitted to v, them with to. much.» A

blood, toil, and difficulty; and we, ourfelves,
may live to fee our country Trz'm7z.p/mnz‘, rHa..
neared and Refibefled.

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