An Oration on the Anniversary of the Battles of Champlain and Plattsburgh, Delivered Before the Columbian Society in the City of New York, at Tammany-Hall, on the 11th of September, 1816 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from An Oration on the Anniversary of the Battles of Champlain and Plattsburgh, Delivered Before the Columbian Society in the City of New York, at Tammany-Hall, on the 11th of September, 1816 It has been, my fellow-citizens, the custom in oil lice Mates to preserve, by public celebrations, the memory of their victories. By bestowing honors on the dead, they have sought to excite the emulation of their citizens, and by uniting the living in these solemn offices of a nation´s triumph, to teach them to consecrate all their affections to their country. We are met to commemorate the victories on Lake Champlain and at Plattsburgh. These are not mere vulgar victories. They are not the triumphs of those destroyers of mankind whose greatness is made of the materials of human misery. They chain the independence of no nation to our chariot wheels. Nor is the light of our glory the meteor gleam that falls in ghastly illumination on the sallow countenances of the widow and the orphan. Victories such as ours deserve a celebration. It is not that we triumphed in our own cause - but while asserting the independence of our country, we snatched from the swords of tyrants the liberties of man. If the swollen tide of European despotism had swept away the embankments of our liberties, where had persecuted man found an asylum, or the hopes of freedom a resting place? If a victory is to be estimated from its consequences, what reasons have we not to observe this anniversary? Our frontier was defenceless; our cities threatened or attacked; and the evil genius of our country had welcomed the enemy at Washington; the fate of America hung in suspense on Lake Champlain and at Plattsburgh: the alternatives, the extremes of human glory or debasement - freedom as a nation, or servitude and infamy as a British province. 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.
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