Download or read book Oration Delivered Before the Cincinnati, and the '76 Association: July 4, 1857 (Classic Reprint) written by Fleetwood Lanneau and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Oration Delivered Before the Cincinnati, and the '76 Association: July 4, 1857 N 0 event in the history of our country is invested with greater interest, than that which today we celebrate. The 4th of July, 1776, was indeed the natal day of freedom! It is our pleasing duty again to commemorate it; again to review the history of our country to trace her onward course from the period when, in infancy, she set out upon the journey, and in imagination to follow her, as with' gigantic strides, she presses on, and far outstripping the wondering nations of the earth, fulfils her glorious destiny. The history of our country is a familiar theme to all who hear me. Who in this assembly has not traced it from the period when the Pilgrim fathers landed upon Plymouth Rock, and laid the foundation of this great republic! But assembled as we are, to celebrate the starting point in that history, it becomes us to recur to its thrilling incidents and to revive its pleasing recollections. There was a period when the footsteps of our race were yet to be imprinted on the soil we occupy. - When the native Indian proudly stood upon these sunny shores, and as he looked out upon the boundless ocean stretching far away to wards the rising sun, imagined not that the time was coming, when, upon its treacherous bosom, would be conveyed the master spirits, into whose hands his rich possessions were to be transferred. 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.