The Nation and the Constitution: An Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities and Citizens of Providence, July 4, 1866Providence Press Company, 1866 - 23 pages |
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... past has remained hitherto an enigma to us . There has been little in its outward form to awaken interest . It is the history , for the most part , of plain , honest men . It is decorated with none of the illusions of antiquity and ...
... past has remained hitherto an enigma to us . There has been little in its outward form to awaken interest . It is the history , for the most part , of plain , honest men . It is decorated with none of the illusions of antiquity and ...
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... past and to judge him kindly ; remember how much the nation owes him , how , from the beginning , his name was a bulwark against which the waves of secession dashed surlily and angrily ; that he not only preserved his own State , but ...
... past and to judge him kindly ; remember how much the nation owes him , how , from the beginning , his name was a bulwark against which the waves of secession dashed surlily and angrily ; that he not only preserved his own State , but ...
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... Past at least is secure . There is her history , the world knows it by heart . There is Concord and Lexington and Bunker - Hill , to which we add now , Chattanooga , Gettysburg , and the Five - Forks , and there they will remain forever ...
... Past at least is secure . There is her history , the world knows it by heart . There is Concord and Lexington and Bunker - Hill , to which we add now , Chattanooga , Gettysburg , and the Five - Forks , and there they will remain forever ...
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... past , and is the founda- tion of all our hopes for the future . The Declaration of Independence , as we have seen , assumed the previous existence of the Union , and declared the national independence . It did more , it proclaimed the ...
... past , and is the founda- tion of all our hopes for the future . The Declaration of Independence , as we have seen , assumed the previous existence of the Union , and declared the national independence . It did more , it proclaimed the ...
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... past rebellion justly inspires . If one man or one race of men is weaker than , or inferior , to another , is it not an imputation upon the wisdom and justice of the God of Na - assume no questionable powers , our traditional ture to ...
... past rebellion justly inspires . If one man or one race of men is weaker than , or inferior , to another , is it not an imputation upon the wisdom and justice of the God of Na - assume no questionable powers , our traditional ture to ...
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Page 29 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and, sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 5 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 2 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 28 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Page 6 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 9 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Page 29 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...