Address Delivered Wednesday, 28th November, 1866, in Feller´s Hall, Madalin, Township of Red Hook, Duchess Co;, N. Y
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Excerpt from Address Delivered Wednesday, 28th November, 1866, in Feller´s Hall, Madalin, Township of Red Hook, Duchess Co;, N. Y: Upon the Occasion of the Inauguration of a Monument - "Who dies in vain Upon his country´s war-fields and within The shadow of her altars? - - Feeble heart! I tell thee that the Voice of Patriot blood, Thus pour´d for Faith and Freedom, hath a tone Which from the night of ages, from the gulf Of Death shall burst and make its high appeal Sound unto Earth and Heaven!" Friends, Neighbors, and Fellow-citizens: I looked forward to my preparations of an Address, in connection with such a solemn and interesting occasion, as a privilege and an honor. For nearly one and a half centuries my race has been connected with this township. Reade Hock derives its name from a near connection of my family whose blood flows in my veins. My grandmother´s home stood in your midst, before the first Revolutionary war was even the basis of a dream. Sly great-grandfather lived within the town limits when the Indian still encamped upon his clearings, and the wild beasts, which have disappeared from our midst, still nightly prowled about his dwelling and his betterments. Therefore, to address the people of this portion of the upper district of the town of Red Hook, in relation to the part which its inhabitants played during the most momentous period of our country´s life, is a very proud and happy duty for a member of their community. This is especially so in my case, whose fathers spake to your fathers when the Frenchman was still their most dangerous enemy and the shores of this river were the seat of a Dutch colony. To speak to this my, our people, in remembrance of their patriotic dead, should be an inspiring theme: it is an honorable and grateful duty - it almost seems like speaking of my own. It is very doubtful, considering the state of parties in this district, if any territory of like population, similarly situated. sent forth anything like the same number of its patriotic sons to the battle-field. You will be astonished when it is told, and can be shown from official reports, and private data, that nearly one-sixth of our population (about 3,300 in all), were present or represented in the field, at one period or another of the war. 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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