. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . OF THE CIVIL WAR 259 Oration Delivered at Waterford, Racine County, Wis-consin, July 4:th, n this beautiful islet, and in this peace-ful Temple of the Firmament, weassemble today, in obedience to a time-honored custom, to commemorate theday and the event from which we dateour existence as a free and indepen-dent nation. Eighty-three years ago this day,in the quiet, peaceful city of Philadel-phia, in the old Independence Hall, a scene was enactedwhich was destined to exert upon the interests of theworld, and upon the happiness of mankind, a more im-port
. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . OF THE CIVIL WAR 259 Oration Delivered at Waterford, Racine County, Wis-consin, July 4:th, n this beautiful islet, and in this peace-ful Temple of the Firmament, weassemble today, in obedience to a time-honored custom, to commemorate theday and the event from which we dateour existence as a free and indepen-dent nation. Eighty-three years ago this day,in the quiet, peaceful city of Philadel-phia, in the old Independence Hall, a scene was enactedwhich was destined to exert upon the interests of theworld, and upon the happiness of mankind, a more im-portant influence for good than any other event whichhad transpired since the crucifixion and resurrection ofthe Savior. The actors in this great event were the delegates ofthe thirteen American Colonies in the Continental Con-gress there assembled—the event itself was the promul-gation by that Congress of the Declaration of AmericanIndependence. It is almost impossible for us at this period of timefully to appreciate the sublime heroism of these men inthus boldly sending forth to the world this great declara-tion of their right
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