An Address, Delivered at the Custom-House, New-Orleans, on the Fourth of July, 1865 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from An Address, Delivered at the Custom-House, New-Orleans, on the Fourth of July, 1865 Fellow-Citizens: Were it not for the sudden and spontaneous character of the assembly in whose presence I stand, I should implore your charity for the part I am called upon to perform. To desire for rhetorical display animates me on this occasion. I address myself to the consideration of the practical and paramount interests of the country we love and honor, and to problems indissolubly connected with its great destiny. Since the salvation of the family of man vouchsafed to us by the providence of God, no anniversary has occurred of greater import to the human race than the day we celebrate. A little more than two centuries since a small band of unknown men, landing upon a continent which was to them as they described it, "but bare creation," established a government whose flag is now honored in the four quarters of the globe, and whose example and principles must influence the nations of the earth, present and to come. It differed not much in form or power from that which its authors had abandoned. It had the same inspiration, the same agencies, the same despotic power to protect itself and vindicate its rights within and beyond its limits, which other nations before and since enjoyed. But in one aspect it differed from all others. It was a government deriving its authority from the consent of the governed, under which, in the eyes of the law at least, all men were free and equal. So far as it was within the power of men acting under the circumstances that surrounded them, the fathers of the American Republic achieved their object and held all men free and equal. Their decree was not absolute, instantaneous or universal. In some respects it was halting and partial. 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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