An Address

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Excerpt from An Address: Delivered Before the Literary Societies of Lafayette College, at Easton, Pa, , July 4, 1833 A whole nation is at this moment celebrating the birth day of its independence. From the wide extremes of this extended land the din of arms announces, not the conflict of hostile legions, but the rejoicings of patriot freemen. The thunder of cannon is every where proclaiming a people's gratitude to those who first erected the temple of liberty, and first sacrificed upon her altars, and millions of swelling hearts beat in responsive unison. Let us Withdraw for a moment from these animating scenes of joy and gratitude, and indulge in noiseless contemplation our no less fervent sensibility for the blessings we have inherited, and exchange our mutual pledges to cherish and preserve them. These periodical revolutions of time are happily calculated to keep alive the recollection of past events. Feelings which are inspired even by the great occurrence of the 4th of July, 1776, would become languid if they were not occasionally renewed. Remarkable events are rooted in the memory only when it dwells upon them from time to time, and recalls the periods which gave them existence. 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.