Oration Delivered On The Eighty Third Anniversary Of The Battle Of Minisink At Goshen July 22 1862

Author : John C. Dimmick
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331554332
Total Pages : 30 pages
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Download or read book Oration Delivered on the Eighty-Third Anniversary of the Battle of Minisink, at Goshen, July 22, 1862 written by John C. Dimmick and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Oration Delivered on the Eighty-Third Anniversary of the Battle of Minisink, at Goshen, July 22, 1862: In Dedication of a Monument But I am also to speak to an assemblage of freemen, convened for such solemn services in a period of their national history, when the Government is called upon to undergo what all nations must submit to first or last - struggle and grapple for its very life; and, while so struggling, demonstrate to the world, not only the strength of Democracies, but the ability and will of such form of Governments to maintain themselves at every hazzard and to the bitter end. I am to speak to living men of living questions, though I am quite sen sible that in speaking of these, I am, as it were, to tread upon fires that have not yet collected cinders enough to cover them. But, fellow-citizens, I have no idea that the men of the next generation, in reviewing the proceedings of this day, shall be justified in saying that we did not comprehend the nature of the crisis in the midst of which we are, or the spirit of the age in which we live; and while I trust no thought will arise or word be uttered inappropriate to the solemnity of the occasion, I trust such words shall be uttered as, in the judgment of posterity, shall put us all right on the record. To an exact and thorough comprehension of the character of the men, and the debt we owe them, whose memories we are assem bled this day to commemorate, I regard it as peculiarly appropriate to look for a moment to the estimation in which they were held by the generation Immediately succeeding them. On the 22d of July, 1822, (forty years ago this day, ) the then active men of that period, of all callings and professions in life - to a number hitherto unprecedented in the country, (history says -met where we are now, and formed in solemn funeral procession to inter the bones of those we so honor to-day. 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.