Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Oration: Delivered in St. Philip's Church; Before the Inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina, on Monday the 4th of July, 1814, in Commemoration of American Independence; By Appointment of the 76 Association, and Published at the Request of That Society
There was a period, fellow-citizens, when the proud emo tions of this day, were not mingled with one uncongenial feeling. With the first ray of morning light, every eye awoke to pleasure, eyery bosom expanded with joy. The rapturous enthusiasm wluch encircled the whole community, gave a character to our national festival, and eloquently told the world, that we were the members of a republic. No nu hallowed doubt, dared to intrude itself on our sacred joy. But have we not heard an orator in a sister state exclaim.
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