‘W PR°H°vNCEv /gf. mp4, 180:1, AT 'rm: REQUEST or 1mm 4 INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, m CJOMMEMORATION or Tm: ANNIVERSARY 011 ./477Z6’7”Z.Cd7Z 17zdq0e7zdcnc6. By CIWIARLES PAINE,j§Is% Hctx Pictas ! Mu Prifca Fides ! inviaitaque hello A Ttilmctera ;! % ‘ % %V"I1§t'fl;r.;._’ % Dii probas moms doc-iii juécngzg, % % Dii fen¢é‘wti% placidm %quim;cm,% Li6m.~ Genti date rem, prolemque, E1: deans omne. % C3A1iM:s:1w ssrzicuzymm. B0sroN: 4 % -%%.../' M A MA%N1~II‘N%G%53' ;.on.xi::z:, izxmwz, cmmx=.x1":;1,» “ ' A A , ,_‘§¢__,,‘,5‘___:,_, :5_,; ,.,:,..,.4:.. ::A.«,3,...-‘._..5_ «,.;=‘.-4;N.-...$_-./—-«W» «~« % 3*! A ‘at M. . WW I‘ ..«-"'53 ‘I /figfl? ‘gfgfi , ‘I W ‘ 9 V 3 ‘:13:-('2 . 9' 4 1 1 ; ¢ 4 \ . Votery’ t/ze Tozmz. AT :1 Meeting of th Fret-}1o1de1's ancfi other Inhabitants of the Town M‘ 139/20:2, duly qualified and legally warned in public Town-Meeting,‘ afu fcnmbled at .Fam-nil-Hall, the 4th day of July, A. D. 1801 : On motion, Voted, That the Sclccfcmcn be, and hereby are appointed 3. Committee: to wait on CHARLES PAINE, Esq. in the Itarne of the Town, ‘ and thanflk him for the elegant and fpiritcd ORATION, this clay delivered by him, at the requcft of tlle Town, upon the Anxtivcrfary of the Indew pcndczncc of the United States of America ; in which, according to the Ixxfltitution of t11g,;%‘ow1n, he ccmficlcrd the: t'ee1ings,n1anners, and princi- ples, which led to%%tlmt g1'eatI¢Iz9.ti011alEveI1t; zmd to rcqucft of him a. copy for tlxcc prcfs. _ Aw}. WILLIAM COOPER, 5z'am~c1crxz. IJOSTON, JUL? 4, 1 80:. t'3'.Z<3.ZVfT"L1§flJ1.£”A’", IN complying with ytmr 1'equc2fl, to which rcuflom has given the folcxnnity of :3. claim, I truft my virnpcrfccfl: pcfrfbrmancc will find an apology in the purity of my intentifins. % % t I am, with great refpezft, Gm1t1¢=:1:ncn, Your veryobcdicnt fervant, t % CHARLES PAINE. T/5: Salefimm q/' .30 on. V t A t % %- % 1 "' "' ‘ uuwv-ea-.wa ow ‘-f e «W ,3? §§.o09 A -» ~ a W“a”‘ wVmmtrur,p4~¢w¢mrsrrur~rqmr.rew~u~.rwwHww*u"u“wv‘~rvWwMMf~f~W‘ NATIONAL fentiment, although frequently the refult of cireumltances, is yet the fulnjeéi of education. Bold and irritable, it is ' pliant to the touch of eloquence; refolute and untraétable, it yields‘ to the clifcipline of reafon. In periotls; A(::f”lrevolution it incurs the erifis of its fufceptibility and cap1"ir:.e. It is then we Abeholdit in its mull: uufavourzxble afpeéft. Roufecl at every alarm, no opiate is ft1*ong enough to compofe it; exifling only in its own clxange, it fcareely out- lives the delinition of its charaefier. Such, l1oWAcVet,l perilous and volatile as‘ it is, becomes the Imigical diteélror, which guides the mailer Awire of the cabinet in all countries, where the people claim a portion of the right of lcgillatiou... It demands refpeét ; for its oflice, tlxouglm defpotw A its, is lawful 2-‘It; merits cultivation ; ‘fo1*Ait5errors,l A A 1:l1ough fatal, are involuntary. In all7pAopular governments it is alfo the principal inllrument by which the adminiilration acquiree o“eue1flgy,3 and A one of tlxe-A great fanélions by which lawllrength.-» A 1 one its authority. Inomoments of political ham.- .ax'Ad3, created byl?foreigx1‘ aggreflion, witlx confim 5 dence we refort to its honefi: zeal, to rally the phalanx of the paflions, and to fubfidize the pride of man "in the defence of his injured country. But in feaf«:ms‘iiof civil ferenity*,ithongl1 we may fnfpeét their plaulilale treachery, the tone of na., tional tetnper is no longer to be railed by appeals to the popular fC'?1‘1fil)ility, A is than our duty to , convince, not to inflame. Surrounded‘ by cin- ettitnitances of f0 peculiar a_ nature, the return of this aufpicious annivetfary, While it infpires our enthufiafm ;; andt revives out ggatitude, arrelts us amid this, war of fentinlent, invites us to 1“C‘.fl€tC- tion, andtleads usback: to principle. g It points use to ta time, when we %Were “ all lraetllren and all ..A1nericans,”din truth-a11d in honour; without: being feduced into 1:116 nec1*omat1t:y efwarden 4 ‘l\.,AMERI’CANQi zAtltolln1is period let us return for a. moment 5 and while we trace back: onto footfteps to the goal from which We haveltarted, we will cafi: a veil over the itiiages of liorror, whiczh. croutzl on our retrofpeét, and mark with fidelity our aberrations fromthe path of our fathers. A 1 THE “A feelings, mannete, and principles,,” lead» ing to jthat grt-eat national epoch, which we are 11QW‘3.fi'€11’1b1t3Ci to commemo1*a1:e, liaveannuallyn been the theitmet of fervid orifons and heartfelt ~ gratnlations. M \Whatfubje& canttbe tnorei zmitnatn ing, what metre ufefnl to an afiemblyt gof enlight-a A mixed freeman? Animating, lbecaiufe it infpitea 11:5: V A V _ witllatavenerateion of that unimpeacltablet J t-“‘1’1““‘a‘-‘fi‘*‘ um:1a;u:t1i \ ecattrage‘, jlwiliflileQliigillatedt13116:Jffiiltlfiimfiflii.-p.l.Wi}i$gl.fl \ A7 proteéted the progrefs, which aiferted the Ain&e«~ pendence of America. Ufeful, becaufe it teaches us thofe principles, upon which are founded our national dignity and happinefs, and without: which we can neither eiliciently fupport nor duly cfiimate them. At A t A VVI-IAT then were thofe feelings, wliet thofej manners, wlmt thofle principles, which gave birth to this aufpicious era P They were the in«« dependent feelitigs of men, who lmcl obtztineti A _ their liberty at too clean‘ :1. rate to be defpoiledt of it but with their lives ; wliofe tnatnnere niiociateci indufizry with integrity, and virtue with piety; wltofe princziplesp were an unbounded attachineiit to liberty, prefcrihed and fnriétioned by 121W; in- ifpiringaniequal hatredrof tyranny and nnnrchyl; A and uniting loyalty to their rconftitutioxl of gov’-« ermnent with :1 determined oppofition to the fmallefi: encroachment upon their perfonal rights. DRIVEN by eccleliaftical‘ opprefiion ‘frorn the land of their nativity, where lay in-l1€1‘i‘€3d the relics of their departedt ancefltorsyotur venerzxble forefathers “cotnmitted theimfelves to the oceztn and to Gron, in feareli of fame fecluded refidence inthistlienlllowling wildernefs, where they and] their tpoile‘rityA‘eemiyght enjoy tl1ofeA civil magi prelim» r - ions“ immunities,‘ which theylmd long andunfue-« A A cefsfully ftrugglecl to obtain on the aims of” Britain. Liberty, their cloudby day ancltpillar of fire bynight, direftedrtlrem t0~tl1iSi1€I‘Cl;1Of€:r1A feat. “ A America was already Adeitinecl in the tcoun- A ~ “mot tneeventlo be; ear great and mighty empire. A i vait‘ cOntAi»néAnt,i fertile aAndfalutbrious, rtwliich; 8 had for ages remained unvifited but by the neceil fitons foot of the favage, would probably at this day have been fcarcely‘ known even on the map of the a world, had not its wilds been peopled by perfecution and cultivated by baniihment. But it had been referved as the confecrated fpot, on which ihonld be ereéted the temple of liberty, A i when ecclefiaitical bigot1*y and civil defpotifm had rendered the old World untenantable by her pure fpirit. In that inveterate oppreflion, which exiled our anceftors‘fro1'n the abodes of civilized man; in that relentlefs vengeance, which pnrfued them even intothefe inhofpitable aforefls; in that for- titude and patience, which fupportet:_l them amid A the dangers and the hardlhips, wl1icl1il1arafl"ed and encompafied their infant Tettlenient; we behold the finger of Providence, pointing totheriiinge greatnefsof thisweitern world. But in this op-i eratiion” of fecond canfes, the blind calculations of A human forefight were baflied and bewildered ;* and even; the philofophy of later ages has been af- toniihed at the effed, 4 A From this M example the t oppreflbrs of rnankindi might havelearned, that the ’correc’t and Ready virtueof principle acquires new {trength from the preflure i of oppofition A which furrounds it, and enriches its triumph by the fpoils of thofe efforts, which are exnployed to defeatit» or A .‘ i ii SEPARATED from the mothe1*country by an ocean of fearful and almoit , untried navigation, the Colonies - pnrfued theobjeétof their ernigra- t A tion without great interruption, ‘until their rapid ii improvements, their increafing flzrength, and in i f 9 nriaitlny extending connncrcc, att1*2:1fl‘ed the ¢:~.nw.r"yf, and excited the arnbitioll and a“V211."'.iCC of AEL1I‘Oip@. Britain, who before zappeamd 1*cg§a1'dlefs of our Condition, new nfilxzned 21 ‘more defpotic: tone. Not content with t11nfi2 voluntary cnnt1*ibut‘ions, to which alone flue was entitled, 1161' exafiions in»- crcafcd in proportion to the '<.1bi1.i‘fyf of the Colonies A to fufiain thc:.1 . A c1'uc‘:1 1nonopc>};y of our com- merce was fu‘cccedc:d by :2. {H11 xnore unjufic attempt mmife 21 rcvenu€:%_f1*01n our trade. This clahn, imperious and arbit*1n:n'y as it was, was ren.derec:1 mare iniquitous and opprcflivc, by 21. {handing army flationed in our znetroprnlis to enforce it. At the tl11'c:>nc of :1 clelucled mnn:n'ch tliuz cnimezxties of fxmlnen had no zwail. It ~w.:z.s~ dé’L‘I‘z3’C’d, trbczz‘ 2‘/31;’ z‘y—~ rmzrzy Brirzziznz _~/l>9m’n.-i />racIa:w 17255‘/}~'c’c*¢;2’02.rzn1y‘;/J.r2z.»:°ric'cz.. TIM: p:11‘1i;1ment2xry niTun1pti<.">r1 of :1 right to bind us in all Cains VV]1211'.fif)E2K’€F, mzxd the :1bnx*og21tiox1 of the: c1‘1artc%r of Maflltclxufbttn, cntixxguiilled the 1211?: cubligatioxm of our allcgiaxzce, and with it dcfiroyed the only tie of botlc:fs‘;fc:1rvitud<::. nTI:1efpi1'it of freedoxn flzxflled inclingnnr1ttInn*<)ugI1 the continent; the xnanacles of opp1'e:{Tim1 wens: burfi afLu:*1der; Amm'ic;m1'0fe fm1‘n the CI‘3.CU(3 0f <:01oni::d infzxrmy, A andV%:2!d_Tu1Imci1;ht:dig:;11ity of nzttioml nmnhncbd. In vain werethcikill of the vctemn, the allure» ments of bribery, and ttlie: te:m.*ors of pmfizzriptiong combined to fubdue the perf:-:verancc, th¢inntcg1'i-i and the fiwrxnnefs, of th21t%fpi1"it of pfat1*iotifin, whofe objefit was not to extencl the b0u11da1~iesof 317 €mPi¥e; nor tonefl’ec't a revolution in thVe' intyrals B 10 of man; but Whofe purfuit wax: Liéemr, and whofe’~ hope tea; God I A 2 ‘TI-I.E‘h0I‘1‘OI‘S of the revolutionmty confliet will ever be remembered by Americans as the price of their independence. ‘What hardfllips did ye not endureg? what miferiesdicl ye not fuffer in thie u«neq’ual conteft E’ Unequal, I fay, hecaufe it was a. contelt between the hirelings of defpotifm on the one part, and the virtuous Cultivators of the foil on theothet. It was a war between the 77zym2zz'- doiz, whole 2tttztcl1*mAent to‘ life was involved in his fcanty liipencl, and whofe death could in no way afl’e& the facial or political relations of his A country but by an erafmre of his heme from the fem of its inlmbitzmts; and the indultrious yea»- mmz, wllofe life‘ vvzxs not fitated at 2:. mercenary peril, who’ lived not for himfelf only, but foi‘ his parents", his wife, his cl1ild1‘en, and his cou11t1*y,f and vvhofe‘ cl'eatl1 would mz1l<:e :1 chafxn in fociety, depriving its phylical and inoml forceof the e7ne1‘gyi2tnd exa1+.+.«.:a,»-red by nece_flhrymifdeeds,” and with Wlioxn “the end would always jufiify the means.” riere ipzrtriotifm. did not confili in extirpatingthe A finer feelinge, and dillolving the focizrl Connexions of man. Here it was not confidered neceffary to overturn religion, before we could erec'i: 21 govern»- ment, or to abolifh a. future fiate, before we could eih1blifl;1 our temporal independence. Nothwithe l flzmding our revolution was necefliwily with the confufed noife of the warrior, and with garments. 13 rolled in biloodg yet thofe infiitutions, both civil, and facred, which our fatherseeihad ererfted as the palladium of their liberties, were invioiably pre- ferved. Ours was not 21 war of avarice againfi: wealth, of ambition againft pmver, of device againfl: honour, of infidelity againit religion, of atheiftn againit God I It was 2: vvzir of principle agiinii ina.-i juftice; 3. W211“ of tempemte, Virtuous, liberty againft the atttempts of invaiion and intrigue tocorrupt luter purity andide{t1'oy her exifletice. It originat-» 4 ed in :1. noblefpirit of nnceftry, which infpired the heroes of its fcenes to €1"lJl1,i't1tC their fathers in an attzichmcnt to their :iit.zu'.s;, their’ country, and tlicirf 1_Ll.WSi; and by the {mic 151‘iI1C.ipi(3S which produced it, it was coxitiuctcd through 21113113 con»- vulfions, its horro1*s, and itsiideingers, to the ob» jeét of its ¢::on‘u”ncncemcnt. V TI-I1’: pciiiticni cicii>i1' My, "wi:‘1ich eofued this palfflxq yfm of energy‘, 21x'idi_t1"1e generztl cliftrefs, which‘ fut:-4 ceec.i.;iedi the deciz11*zitic?>1“i’ of peace, feverelyitried the virtue, zmtl :iitx1oft bztflied the patriotifm of Ame1:'i-« cans. ’1‘I1eiiio1*mihadi fubiided ; but it had left on A our illores the W1‘€:Ck_S ofiits vengeance. We had indeed gained our independence, but We had altnioit loit thepowcr of tprefervingit. Oveirbur-« dened with idebts, whichiwe weteunable to diil chzirge, borne down Vfwithi ta"xes,%whicI1f we were A unwilling to bear, without money, without credit, A without» refources, we“ were iimpoveriflied by A the miferiesv of liberty, which Wewere tooindepena. dent to control; and walked trippingly ioverthc embers of ti1_€312i.ICVO1fII}1I1.0, though cionfcious that‘ A the flames of civil warfwere kindling beneath our % 1.’ 5». ‘I i in feet. But the overthrow of the colonial govern»- ment was not the ultimate objeét of the revolu- t*101'1_. tions of law, or the duties of citizens, which Americans fought. I-lad this been their object, here then they might have revellecl in all the philofophic confulion and mad intoxication of anarchy. It was a government uniting liberty A tvithiorder, and individual right with public re—- £itraint,,for which they nobly firuggled. A Such a. governmeentti has arifen uponthe afhese of itlte revs» A olution r compofecl of the belt tnaterials, A which learning, virtue, palnd patriotifm, i could tfurnilh, founded on the iivill of the people, and having for its object their efecurity and happinefs. UNDER this government, aclrniniltered by the "virtue, the abilities, and the patrirotifm, of thetvvop illutfirioujs Sta’tefmen5vvhom Americans have placed foremoft on the fcroll of their affections, and front on the pages of their glory, our country has ad- vanced to a {late of learning, opulence, and power er, unequalled, in the lapfe of fo lhort a period, by any nation renowned in hiftoric regifizry. Theft’: conwrullions, which have tfliaken Europe to its cen... A tre, and uplifted the deep rooted governments of antiquityg l1ave-indeed threatened to involve Amer- icain their extendedicronfuelion. But the Wife, pa- cific, yet firm, policy of our Ea::ecutive,vvhich led a to the declaration of our neutrality, and to the adoption of conciliatory meafuresiilvvitli the two greattpowers of iEu,ropegvvlao had alternatelyand t rnoit Tunjufiifiably depredated upon our commerce,- It was not an abfolution from the obliga- l 5 have hitherto preferved us from an aétual declara-at tion, but not from the prudent preparation for a war... The difgracefulembarraflinents, which at» tended the negociations with one of thofe powers; owing in a greatmeafure to an injurious and dag/-7~ mrdly difunion and want of patriotifrn among our-ea felves, it is hoped will teachflmericans, that the claims of an injured nation, however moderate and reafonable, will always be difrnifled with difdain, » unlefs the‘ jufizice of their demand can be enforced by the rhetoric of their cannon. Peace can never a be folicited with honour, unlefs the fixed alternative be war with energy. No nation, perhaps, ever experienced fo much to aroufe its energies, and to call into aélion its refources, atfo-early a period of its exiftence as has already fallen to the lot of America. The ernbarraflinents, into which ‘file’ was plunged by the revolutionary war, would ere this, in all probability, have been erafed fromthe catalogue of our national concerns by the excellent 4 fyftem of financial relief, which; was adopteclby l A the Federal Government: This fyftem liadlfiitisfis A t ed all thofe at home,» who hadany claims upon her ; eftabliihed her credit abroad; and raifecl her to re- fpeftability in the View of foreign nations. But A her COII1rIl€I’Ci€f,Wl1iCl1tl1Cn whitened eitherpole with its lcanvafs, held outontoo Pcrong a tetnptation, and offered too eafy a prey, to the fpirit of plunder, to permit ‘ her to retain her neutral fituation.,_Iun- impoverifhed by fpoil, andundegracled byinfult. l THE war in Europe, though ithasintrodncecl views and principles, obnoxious to ior~der,ancl clan;-< l on 16 rgerous to our liberty, has greatly benefited the United States not mere} r in a commercial and , 2 5 pecuniary _view, but in a point rnore interefiing and eiiential to our honour and exifience. It lzras aroufed the fpirit of the nation, by the ginfliétion of wrongs, which might elfe laave been lulled into a fatal lecurity by the filffllnilllfloflfi of luxuryand the oblivion of eafe. It has erthibitecl to the world, that peace is not our objeét without independence, and that the proud forefls of America contain a barrier to all encroachrnents upon her rights. Our navy, though fl1ackled by the inexperienceof infancy, and limited in the ifieldof iteaétion, has, during the ihort period of its ezeiltence, demon» iirated, not only its intrinfic capability, but its abl"o- lute importance to a commercial,country. It has already put a period to the depredations of pirates in the forrnof civilized men, and ha:~‘; now to con’- tend with pirates by profeflion. May it be clrxer-l ifhedandproteéted as a fchool of maritimeetlucaac tion, as, a nurfery, of able oflicere and hardy fea- memes an encoulfagexxuent to indullrious andufea ifulrneclranics, and as a terror to the ambition and avarice of foreign nations. \ , ~ MueH¢yp1*aife is merited by the abilities, the in» tegrity, and the patience, of our Envoys, who, after two abortive attempts, have eventually adjuftec.l.ll the; eailiing dillerencee betweenthis country and France upon terms, which are conficlered compati- ble with the honour, interefi; anldrdignity of the b UnitedStates. I-low much more exalted an $11»- logy is due to tl1e~ pruczlence and fDf€fight;i.iWhi‘Ch 17 yvfitched the t‘I'€&ICl1€1‘C$11"S cxeuehing of the Tigerly» and arrayed our country in warlihze hztbiliments to‘ refift the fubtle and meditated grafp‘of his poil"on« olus‘ fangs. Thlis l1'I‘121gI1'aI1liII1(')uS policy, engcounterm ed yet not difl1ea.rtened by the t32?:’t'S]Of i'ntrigue,AAttl1et ingratitude of faétion', and the hafehefs of calumw ny, has proteéted us from the mighty ruin, which~ impendedg and; we truth, has placed us beyond the crifis of jthofe politicsafl convulfions, which h‘at.lve agitated Europe and the world. BUT, Americans I4 h‘£lVl1"lg\fC)lli.!'.Cl the ’2ttt(€'1T1'ptS «at our foes, we have now to‘ guard againlt Qt1rfelvee.l We have defiroyed the vipetous infefi of fox"-A eign perfidty,‘ wlmfe e:t‘nce1*0us’ tooth had bligl1te& A the foliage Ofbur glory‘; We lhzwe noA‘WA to eatua terize the wide fpreading roots’ Of d‘oznefti<: fate» tion, whicI1 hztve nouriflmd their rzmlc vegetation‘ on the ftrength of our foil. Efcaped by great mafleryl and exertion from the {weeping tide cu; L‘ y the ingulphin catztrztft, we render thanks tor lie”:-wu en, that we have not new to toil agai11~fltle1ele1ead~A long p1'ecipita,tion of the torrent; but little flmll we have gained by this mighty pi*efe1*vatitm,if we have not learned from trentbling c:.t:pe1*ience to e0r1*'e£l: the courfe Of 0111* navigation. A A VVHA1“ fell the bcmflied {trength A of “empires 3 'Where ate r'l1owlth’e mighty republics of zfhtiqutity E‘ They are all levelled with the Limit, and caxtnaw be traced only by their ruiris,Ahwhichttre1"1‘1ai’r1leel monuments to pofierity of that forgetfuhtefs’ fat’ C V l “V l ‘ ‘‘{'3fllv‘‘r~' ‘ :3 principles, in wlfiell they have met their Fall. Nata tions, like individuals, when awived at the matuwl rity of their grezttneils, eafily forget th-eemeans by‘ which they have obtained their eminence. A.fiQt1~* ence, the ‘fruit of induftry, brings with it lulxury,‘ the bane oflnolta‘-1”ity ;t and‘: even learning, the fource of liberty, has for its cmnpztnionslfophifiry‘ and faéliolln. A grd ztmple enec>urage-4 ment to induilry; its i'nPc§.tutiens4_fe%c:ure to us the A eiwjoyment of liberty and; ordemt, the genera.l5 A difiufion of .leerning, the Cultivation of urbatziw 19 ty, and the fupport of religion; its government; has already become the anxious admiration, and, by our adherence to its efientiall principles, may yet be the permanent boalt of the world. Can we appreciate thefe inefiimable privileges ; can A we contemplate thefe ripening glories of A our coun... A try, and not retnembsr whence they ltavearifeo 2 Shall we riot in luxury, in philoiophy, and fact. tion, and forget the heroes and the patriots, who prtujeafied antdctampleted our independence ; who reared and ornamented our federal edifice 5, who have feeured the L(()l.ll‘C€;.‘i‘S of our nation; al wealth, preferved our fielilxeries, and extend. ed our commerce, to the limits of the worlcl; who l1aVfe conclufted us amid the convullions of war, theVo“ve1*tel1riolWl of empires, the ccmfuficm of opinions and interellsl, tl1“elvilionary prtujecfts of clof.» er Wpoliticianst, and their experimental efliays on the perfeéhtlnility of man i’ Shall the Gotltic hand of an infidel pl"1il(3li)pl'1y’extinguilll tl1ofel.uroina. ries of learning and relligion, vvliich“ imtidiate our lands? Shall Vandal faéitioin overrun our liberties; by the im“O1.1ClSe of ba15barifinie?s Shall‘ the“ fpirit of party witholdfrom the Man,iiltw]ho lately prelided in our councils, that gratitudeand verieration, to 7 whiehlxis patricutie, arduous, and eliiciente, fervices _ for ourcoluntryifojullly entitle him ; wl1ofe‘vir.. A toes, talents, anidexeritions, have honouretl his country more than fllfi can honor him? Should the leommon fate of republics be the clelliny of America, and her‘ name be added to the catalogue 20 £35 falietz nations; mjnid tlxeruins of 1131* greatrxefsfi, Film pmffinag fravelier would read infcribed on the m0mutne;‘1t vlvhich ihould inclofe the afhes of that. w?e11e%rnb1é m2m,% Int_g;z"az‘i2fzzde, 2‘/37924 bmze cf ruqbzzblics .? 1T1:-IE1’ audacioias fpirit of party’ I1';1s invaded eve- man, who xfi€asei‘t11er rcfpczftzlble for his virtues n1“ irexucralvlaj. far his fczrvizzres. “IQ tha c1a1*k and Lwgrezant g,g€3~11CyOft.§‘liS ‘vma clqollmd fco be fa»-y cfificfizd the luminous and uni2"mpc321c:h21bIc3 reputzltion of Hm C.I1ri;{‘tigm Smi7:.m:m, the Pat1"imt ‘of Hampgu % r zhhfe ;, bxit the ‘mild, yet irxficxiblc eqxzmixnity of t1'u1y mpilbiiczxn 21d_.n1i11i{h'21tiQ11 d;if;1r‘1i‘3ec1tI1aH ixisxlifies of partyf. '1”l}eg}10:& qf §:Qryifm was cone; 'jL§1‘cdup to?:.1p_p:;1I1iifr1 in his ca1'e§21'§ bin: it fled at: 1135 2Lpp1*o3cI1 ljflsze‘ the goblins of fancy at the: déawningv of IigIV1't;. *Qh Maffizclltxfcttsg I fhpm. pgide of lgberty, fligou bu1Wn1'1§ o1*c:le1*, thy’ vir-* tL1eAis z;ot t2ufniflf1*ed, nor, thy gl01‘y diminiflmd E! T113 p[atri<;:»tV, zmd civilizm,whofc wifdom and ex» ample nczrvcci thy country’s Mm, zmcl affifitcrd 11¢): ihfuggles in‘ the infancy of 116;" ernpirc, whofe taiczntg zmd vahafcr influence <:ont1'ibut:cd to the com :§‘;1'a1€ti%oI1 of M1‘ f§(f)Wf31“n1T1C1”1iI, wlmfig: life of long axzd :_.142zI‘2:;:1 ?gx~'21tj,tUd«: pf Urry fox‘ '1 «min p1‘€:Iid¢:s%i1;; Cwm tjhy coL111ci1Vs5, 21I1(.Jlvb1‘ig_I’1t.€3JI;"1S thy renown Ml 1T!--IE il'11w:%fpi1"it, whicI,[x originated, can alone; 4 pre;fc1*ve our inciepexzdence. '.I”ocmr fatlwxw, W110 gmanted, m the Ztmoes and patriots, who rc211'cc.E ~21 :_fi:ll‘1ClCl€fC'I1Cl€d0l1l.’ empire ; to our pofierity, wile ’ will rightfully claim, as an unincumbc1*ed.inherit¢ ance, the full enjoyment of thofe liberties, which have defcended to us, we Aovve a rigidadherence to tlwfe tnanners and iprinciples, and tliefacrecl; pl“€_f(31‘,V3.tlOI1 of thofe ir1Pti‘ttutions, v_vl1icl:t are the mighty bulwark of our natiorfs peace. Would we fecure thefe, we muft eppofe the arts of that rfouttezan philofepl1y and aflaflininfidelitymevhiclt are combined to daiforganize fociety, to demoral.» ize man, and even to dethrone the Deity. ‘We mull: guard againii; the infidiolus attacks of athe-e ifxn on our 1*eligion; the only cement of fociety, and the main pillar of all governments. We tnull: pttefervetand entceurage eurhappy fyltem of edua eation, the only fare fource of eorrecftopinionsd, jufi: principles, and pure ltxalpits, We mull: revive that ancient fpirit of patriotil."m,which does not,lil1de1’t tnonarchy in the world has been tumbled intn ruin, and minor em-—~ pires vsrithttin the vortexgof her influence have been unbt112mce.d in their govemments and flitken in their indepetidencei convulfinns, which hztve been aferibed to the fpirit of liberty; that fame ‘ fpiritttof liberty, [which originated our indepen-‘- deuce, Americans! cent this be true? Cam that principle‘; whichiptrodutcesiotderatld thappinefs, prom flute ialfio cnhfufion armed mifery ? Does the fame Scaufe, fwhich engenders the thuttder to purify the V atimoifphere of itsnoxious vaptwure, produce stlfo the wild %‘tc>rnad0efitet i‘defc>121ttieii;iwl1ere it fpreztdsii‘ '1‘heh,fur1,‘,tthattw:trms“a;nd “illumittes the univerfe, may gfometimes by the intenfity of his rays pro- duce the pefiilential drought; butvby what power it; pimyfies can heleap from his centre and conflaa grtttethe world” 3"i<1‘11‘€i’”fPi’YiT"”"UVf “ymxr “fl1‘ThCilTS rifee in.» hdigni21ntattthe% emnpatifon. Theliberty, of which we beait, thetfecuritty of our lives, our perfohe, and”0urprnp‘erty,ii’n a modified re-fi:ri€i:ion of individual will harmonizing with 21 public and equal right to do whatever experience has tdeclarm t ed to be compatible with facial orcier or thevoice of legiflzttive authority has pmnounced to be law». ftti. This liberty is not the tfantafiic creature of 23 an imagination,‘dillempierecl by lvifionary lrc11eme‘e A of happlnefs ; but it is the prodhuét of cool, delllmré-; ate‘ reafon, operating aupon the pal? miferies of mankind, and grownewillie by the folly‘ of ages.- '1'his, Americans‘, is the liberty, for whi;ctl1lyouri e Statefmen have toiled, and yourflemes liztve bled‘ A Will you barter’ it for the wild projerft-5 of clreamw ing plxilnfoplxers anal m00nft1*uc:l<~~politicizms 3 Will» you abawndonll thofe found principles, llrnftiimnetl by experielnceg chore linduftrious lmebits zmcl pure 1110?» als, the rock, on which are built your n21tien’s free-4 dom, ftrength, and grezttnefs? No, my fellow citiml Zens .'. Here is our country, here are our faltl1e1"S% fepulchres, thefe are our liberties. ‘While we en... joy lanlde21regraref‘ul,1et us remember zmd be xavifim Wllile with filial wonder and fellive admimtion‘ wegather around the ‘a;ltars of our country, to cle-at vote and to cntnfecr-ate this day of empire to nu»-A tional glory, let us celebrate and hallow it 21-Asa clay of recurrence to national principles. Ca.1*riedibacl«;: in imaginzltiran and in fenfihility to tlmt eml,iwher1t this mul.tifarious mntinent, with all its tcla‘fl"es* of interefls, its gradationeef knowledge, and its A variety of rivallhips, waseunited in one cmnmon zeal*gancl;_Wasel preferved by the mmp.tc'.’c, let us, when cenfvenedtinl thi nnxml allemlzsly tr) revive the recolleftibn of lc)1;1i1“ efigere, while we re-eéttllxei triumph of our liberties, blufhat the apof’calc"y0fM om-it patriotifmml Vvhether recalled todutyl %by,re«{ Al fleftion or reverted to princifpleby local infpiretiican, let it us uniteindeprecating the tcurfe4offoreign in; A v L» lluencc, that Aaron’s' rod, more powerful than all}; the other ferpents of de1nocrac:y;- and imprellede and humbled with a. fenfe of our Camele-on great» nefs, and cartcltdnge fome portion of the holy fpirit 1 f of“ our ancellzors‘, let us renew our folemne oblige» tions, to venerate the memories of our fathers, to preferve their ‘in-llitutions,,k. to emulate their virtues,‘ to defend theixi inheritance, to cultivate a. national c‘;hara=5°cer,l to glow with pride at the name of om” eountry, to become, on]yAM.ee.IcANs E