The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . KUV, FRANCIS F. VAKl- PART II. ADDRESSES AND ORATIONS -BY ^Prominent Speakers and (Liti^ens. HMTV^IL-TON, THOMAS THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HAMILTON, O. 77 OPErlirlG ADDRESS. BY THOMAS MILLIKIN. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentletncn : IT WAS a noble and laudable public sentiment that prompted this celebra-tion. We are here without distinction of political party, of religious-opinion, of age, or sex, or race or nationality to perform a great public are here to perform a filial as well as a patriotic dut
The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . KUV, FRANCIS F. VAKl- PART II. ADDRESSES AND ORATIONS -BY ^Prominent Speakers and (Liti^ens. HMTV^IL-TON, THOMAS THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HAMILTON, O. 77 OPErlirlG ADDRESS. BY THOMAS MILLIKIN. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentletncn : IT WAS a noble and laudable public sentiment that prompted this celebra-tion. We are here without distinction of political party, of religious-opinion, of age, or sex, or race or nationality to perform a great public are here to perform a filial as well as a patriotic duty—a filial duty weowe to our forefathers who risked their lives and their fortunes in subduingthe wilderness and its savage inhabitants, and in laying strong, wide anddeep the foundations of our great civilization—a patriotic duty we owe to ourgovernment for the great ordinance of 1787—for its wise laws, for its patrioticand efficient public rulers and for its military aid. The cession in 1785 and 1786 of the Great Northwest Territory to theCongress of the United States imposed upon it the duty of extinguishingthe Indian title and protecting the inhabitants from a m
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