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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 '\ 4 5 6 ,.r h^^H^ ti v Lieut Hmnes' Oration, I' I ii i »* MMiMMiMMMMMI ■ I i . i t ii i I im^tt tm > i iii i I i>ii nmok n t i fta i '%. ■ ^ ^.'^-^•■Tf "*i-— ^ u ble. The clc^loral conquefl, which, this day, awakens the patriotic fenfibilitics of the friends of union and of focial order, is tranfcendently glorious in the fplendid annala of the American republic. In beholding a treafon-engered faclion, driven by the truih-dire£ked artiliery of republican energy and patriot- ifm, from the infidious pofition of the political ambuf- cade, which covered the defigning chiefs of their embat- tled ranks, the genius of liberty retires triumphant from the field of action, and invites congenial fpirits to partic- ipate of the choice fruits of the victory. The aufpicious occafion we are alfembled to wlebratc claims pre-eminent honors in the archieves of our beloved country. Never, fmce the eftablifhment of our Nation- al IndependeHce, have American freemen had fuch abun- dant Caufe for public rejoicings, as in realizing the glo- rious event, which, this day, calk forth the leciprocal (e- licitations of republicans. , % H i } ( 6 ) As the cheering radiance of that mi'inorable morn cf Columbian freedom, July the fourth feventten hundred and feventy-fix ^hur^ upon the aAonilhcd world in all the S lories of a new creation ; fo docs the eventful/ot *t * * #» » '»4 « » -I ^Ti^-jmtnmvmmt. i .-*««-.«»mv„>ttH«w«»si3S , ^^■, . XmS* I u ( « ; have darkenrd ilu* |K))ttic;il honron of thr wrdmi Ijcrri ii'phere. Hi» tuwcring tuiglit JtTic^ all the liuifunid quivers, foreign (icfpotifm and intfrnAl trcafon arc abl« to throw from their coiuplicatcd artillf*ry. At the prd'rnt al^tcming irifis of our naiionjl « ot»c« rn^ when all the native cnirgics nf our country (hould be concentrated for ;,encral dcfinco ; when all local animo- litioR and pf>Jitic&l diftinOions fhould bo lofl in one uni. vcrfal blare of patriotilin ; — allonifhinj,' fo rojatc !— n hiinor party, of" no inconlidfrable prftenfions, however, rofufc U) obey the folemn invocation of their country ! When (ho lovercignty, independence and dignity of the only republic, and fWr government remaining on the face of the globe, are at f(ake; the oppofttionjeven when their civil rights and dearefi intercfls are involved in the dillblution of our federal compad, feeni refolved to re- venge llupir political difappointnients, by fiibverting thv* dear bought liberties of their country. To jirreft their mad career of violence, fentiments of conciliation, bene- vDlence and chrilUan charity, have been addreffed to th'^ir hearts i arguments of intereft, of union, of public welfare aud of ieU ptekrvatuin* have been ofl'ered to their underdandings, in language fimple as truth, and h6 conclufive as jcraonftration itlelf :-^The voice of an in- jured country hath invoked unanimity. — Nay, the blood of our revolutionary martyrs hath been heard from the ground !— The folemn eloquence of the death -fleepingf fathers of our furviving republic hath fpoken from the tomb !— The heaven-enthroneci Ipirit of our departed Chief hath defcended on a beam of his celeftial glory, and wliifperc' awful admonitions to his rebellious chil- dren beneath the fpheres !-— Yet, they heed it not, nor is their wrath abated. Though poflefled of a government, as fuperior in ex> cellence and enjoyment, as the fublime fruitions of Far- adife tranfcen^yn happinefs the li^ul' tom |<^fitiny h orr ors ofjhe damnj^thefe felf-ftyled " friends of order" ap- pear ripe for " treafon, ftratagems and fpoils.'* This reftlefs minority of the land, though realizing their full proportbn of the rich bopn of the elethve franchife, ieem,- rather than conform h> the conftitutional meafiBr^ ^ M Ji*r.*^: ^. tM* r t > ) t>f the •• powers fliai be/* refolvrd on rending af m<)ei-, >vith rcvoUitiuniiry v'i^ncc, the golden cords of our na- tional union. • To the Altoni/hnicnt of the World<^bt>neath that hal* loweil ground, where the li^^htinin^s of Americaik pa- triotifiu firit paraltced thu ana of llritilh tyranny, has (irit bcoa heard the dread alarms of civil war's earth-pent vaicano !— Memorable Bunker's mouldering monumentg of martyred heroeti have felt the trembling flocks of its fubtfrraaeous thundem ! The dire expiofion fi>om8 ala>ady to have parted theft time'tamiOied mcmorialK of fallen valour, from their blood-ceinenfod bafes ;— The war-entombcd manes of t valiant WARRF.M appear rudely torn from their (dent repufe and given to the four coniliding winds of heaven I Yes, within the peninfula of Bc^on, .here the bold intrepid ebquence of an Adams and a HvncocK onc« chafed ihe ears of Britilh tyrants, and fidlncd convidlion on Ibe mind of every tremming Felix f where the ethe- rial flame of patriotifm fird ele^eiized the generous bof» fonm 6f Columbia's free bom Cnns ( where tlie faCTMl uhar of American freedom firil fmoked v Tth holy incenfe to the Ood of battles ;— -even there, has hydra fadion biwrotred clcep its dark and ferpentinc domain : — whence lomhfotne reptiles 4illy forth in all their envenomed forms of furiotis freafon, to prey upon the hired fruit of freedom's verdant tree. Great God ! what bafe degeneracy of political virtue : What (hameful dereliction of that facred principle of r»oraI integrity, which holds focicty together ! — What abominable abandonment of that _paii iotifm, of that love of liberty, which warmed the bofoms and braced the nerves of thofe t rave worthioR, who difenthrailed op- prclled C'olunibians from Bntifh tyranny's iron gra^ ! Though meek eyed charity drops the tear of compol*^ lion upon the blind fold folly of deluded honifty ; and rpeaks to benighted reafon, and mifguided virtue, the language of conciliation in accents ds gciftle aiid footh- ing as tho bahny zephyrs of the vernal mom ; yet ftem^ vnbcndfjig juAtc tlmudars denunciations dire on all the dark dt* Ugns of plotting mifchief and of hell-born treafon. y «The inftigators of internal diifention, and of indifcrim' mat. oppofition to conditutional authority ; who even jaftify the hoftile and lawlefs meafures of tranfatlantic jtbes, are juitly denounced as treafonable enemies of their country. Though republicans, in tendering th«?ir national alle- giance to the illuftrious fucceflor of the venerable fageof Monticello, reciprocate, on this occafion, the **feaft of reafon," and the generous " flow ot foul ;** yet vain glo- rious exultation oVer fallen faction is not tht impulfe, that fweils their patriotic breads. Nor do they boafl of laurels plucked from the brow of political adverfaries giving way to the triumphal car of electoral viftory* Neither does the promotion of perfonal merit and of ex- alted, veteran wifdom to the diftinguilhed beheft of ex* ecutive honors, excite the high wrought fenfibilities, which flow on this occafionin generous currents of con- vivial joy. No AmericpuiSv thefe are not th^ lau^ble motives which have convened t1he prefent nunierotis afTembly of republican patriots. The triumph of the fublime pnnqo [4es of our glorious revolution, for which <)ur rathers toiled and bled $ and in fupp^rt |)f which* we, their grateful oifsprihg, ftiould not be parfimonious of life, is alone worthy of our prefent patriotic devotions. — A faith- ful tranfmilTion of thefe fundamental principles of our republican fyftem of government from one adminiilra- tion to another gives increafed liability, and accumulat- ing glory to the American Republic. '^ A political change of public minifters, and a confe- quent fubmiflion to thef lawlefs exadtions of tranfatlan- tic plunderers wc^ld have been as truly deplorable as ihe prefent occafton is worthy of joyous commemoration. The continuation, as guaranteed by the recent eledUon of .'* - ^ ' ^ * *\^t^ \ s V ^t;- . ^,. „ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ .* < ( II ) prdmifi^ iuturet«Ailts of benefit to our country and rif liignhy to our national chara£ter, ^^be great queflion of diplomatic controverfy between ^his country and the rival belligerents of Europe feems unalterably fettled. The doubt whether thi j nation will puliUnimoufly fubmit to the abominable ufurpations of foreign defpots, and thus be reduced to more than colo- nial degradation, no longer impeaches the native ener- gies of American magnanimity. The high ground of The refifling policy, and neutral impartiahty, which pur infulted Cabinet amimed at the commencement of our commercial embarraifments, we trult wiii be dill main- tained with inflexible intrepidity* A firm, jufl, and enr •rgetic courfe of meafures is the only policy, competent to carry our republic through the coiiflifting elements of die political world; which mark thele extraordinary and mad times'. Our patriotic adminiflration have taken this magnanimous courfe, and the falvation of our coun-r try depends on lt$ vigorous and complete execution. Immediately upon the promulgation of the notorious conimer^e-ldmng decree* of the great lEuropean belU- "gerents, official remonftrances, as fpirited and indepen- dent as their cjrounds were jufl and incontrovertible, were made, by our miniflers, to the refpe^ive Cabinets, whence thefe plundering edids proceeded. This loud and fearlefs voice of juftice and of righteous complaint paifed, however, as the idle wind through ^ke unfan£iified councils of thefe rival freebooters of lihf o- cean. Univerfal capture and indifcriminate condeni|)a- tion of neutral merchandi^ze were the only replieatioB^ given to the folemn appeals of our intrepid plenipoten- naries. In this fingular and perilous fituation of our country a two fold meafure of precaution and of coercion has been neceffarily reforted to b^^hofe enlightened councils whom the fovereign people have deliberately chofeii as moil competent to direft the deftinies of the i\ation. When the hoftile decrees of France and of England mu- tually laid violent hold of the neutral commerce of Ame- jrici, a genera! Embargo on our own exports appeared '^Vi;^' ^*SPy?!»f.?: (■ 1* ) in ff tlifc "ttoft expedient alternative within the difcerrmcnt of congreffional wifdom. Solicitous in fubfcrving the bed intercfls of thvu- country, adminiflration hefitated not to ha^^ard thdr own, well earned popularity in adopting and es:ecuting this energetic, but indifpenfible meafurc. As inihiediate War, Embargo, or fervile fubmiflion were the only cour- fes within the fphere of public aftion, the choice, whict^ government have made, naturally followed 9is the lefs national calamity. To retreat from the ocean, the oppofition pretend, is pufilanimous. But when our naval flrength is totally madequate to enforce our maritime rights, a ^mporary abandonment of the high feas, when covered with hoftile fleets, feeding on plunder, is no Icfs expedient and hon<* Arable, than a timely retreat of an inferior army, whofe judicious retirement from the field of Mars, faves it from inevitable defeat, deflrudion and death. The afcendant power of the Britifli navy entirely for- bids all naval competition in maritime warfare 'till Ameo rica becomes Aiperior to England in wealthtandpopiila-e don. Men, therefore, who denounce adminilcration for calling home our wide fpread commerce to our own Stores for prefervation, 'till the redoration of national law, and neutral privileges (hall tranquilly the troubled {brface of - the mighty deep^ betray either a total igno- xance of general policy, or unpardonable hoilility to the ^11 interefls and welfare of their country. The prefent unfortunate interruption of our ufualna-^ donai profperity has been as uiavoidable as it is unpar- alleled and unjuft. Government have been ^ vigilant in protecting the rights and fecuring thehappinefs of the people, as the provident eagle is watchful in nouriihing and preferving her unfledged brood. Rather than furr render, by fubmitting in ipe lead poffible degree to for* eign taxation, that liberty, th^t fovereignty, that indepeni dence, which the heroes and fages of the revolution ef« tabliihcd ^pon the imperi(hable bafis of natural right and eternal jui&ce, thofe Americans, who ilill feel the pure Iblood ^i ik&f virtuous anceftors circulating ii^ tt>eir ( ) 4t\i\%, vkill^^xpcnd their lives ^nd their fortunes in defends iiiig the li.uive land ol" their fathers. It Ampricjiu commcvce be an elfential advantage ta EjOiHli*^''lj ^^*''' iiTipt'riQu^ mj^n<^latcs will uhiipately operate their o\\\\ revQc^tion,. — I^' Britain Ix? not injured by 9 juqiji*ij»t«rcoi,rfe with this country, or by the jofs of hep extenftvp Provinces hfci^Cathen her blockading o^derswUI f(»Utimie \ and confequently become forever irreconcUa^ b)e with the unalienabli^ rights of neutral nations. *' To be, or not to be^*" is the momentous queftion* la this angry age of political deffolation, when mighty- governments jire continualty falling in wild confufioi;! ^om their towering heights of ancient fplendor, our en- viable republic cannot but tremble tp its deep founda* tiqns, Tliat general crufh of einpires, which have bu», ried beneath their rui.ns the nations of the eaftern wprlij^ ihQuld fiU American^ with fearful, apprehenfion. Wh^n^ the magnificent fan<^y^ry pf oqr national independenice is collaterally fmitten by the con Aiding violence of Eii*- ropean warfare, thpfe citizens, who refufe to exerciffrthe duties of their civil ahd natural allagiance, in raUyipg jh round the conftituted authorities of their, coantry ;^^iQ joining that impenetrable phalanijc of ientimentftl as wfijl: as'phyfical flrength, which ihould always encirclei.pur- federal Conftitution in times like the prefent, are uny^tfis thy the common air of civilize^ focjety* ; "^-|lj America, united^ is unconquerable : with but onky^ front, one volition, and one adion, all the mad hofls, combined Europe could difgorge upon our fhores, would leave their blood to enrich our cornfields. But America, dhided, is that moment half fubdued : — The common enemy then feizes the golden opportunity and completes the half finifhed work of deftrudion. The dreadful tra^ gedies now ading on the fanguinary theatre of Spanish folly evince to the fhuddering world the horrors of inter- nal dilfention and of civil war's career of lury and of carnage ! A people, who prefers the fordid accumulation of fili ver and gold to the untarnifhed prize of civil liberty art tyranny's bafeft menials aiid finery's legitimate offd^ng J If American^ will not, after gliding down th« fuH tidf' ■»# :«■>; I ( "4 ) of profperity, cafe and increafing luxury, for more than thirty years, for a feafon endure the partial privations of the prefent adverfe times, they defgrve to wear for cenr furies the uncouth government of Goths and Vandals. Could the .diforganiung minority but realize for a mo* meat the difafterous confeouences of their contemplated feparation of the States, (hey would ** lay their hands upon their mouths, and their mouths in the duft, and cry unclean, unclean, Lord of Hofts forgive our ini« quitipi,." If civil war muft ete long, drench Columbia's fertile and verdant domains in the frantic blood of ilaughtered kindred, we implore the God of battles, it may fpend it's fury before the hoary veterans oifeventy" Jivty who yet live, fhall pafs beyond th6 (lars. They have once converfed with England's thundering cannon ; they have once difperfed the menial Jackals that crouched around the Britifh lion : and when the minority fhall take up arms againfl the Conflitutional Laws of the majority, and attempt to wade to government and power through the innocent blood of thar patriotic countrymen ; when that Junto of Rebel Tories and their mortgaged hoils of fervilfe minions, who are this moment fanniitf the angry flame of civil difcord, fhall *'flrike" their meditated blow ci infurredion, the fleeping fwords of war worn whigs and of their patriotic oflFspnng fhall leap from their fcabt * l^ds and put the fiend-like foe to flight. t'' vV ■*» ¥