The Hundred Boston Orators Appointed by the Municipal Authorities and Other Public Bodies, from 1770 to 1852: Comprising Historical Gleanings Illustrating the Principles and Progress of Our Republican Institutions |
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... President Harrison . 588 July 4 . GEORGE TICK NOR CURTIS . City Orator . . 595 1842. July 4 . HORACE MANN . Do ... President Jackson , 635 Oct. 15. ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP . Merc . Lib . Assoc .. .638 1846. July 4 . FLETCHER WEBSTER ...
... President Harrison . 588 July 4 . GEORGE TICK NOR CURTIS . City Orator . . 595 1842. July 4 . HORACE MANN . Do ... President Jackson , 635 Oct. 15. ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP . Merc . Lib . Assoc .. .638 1846. July 4 . FLETCHER WEBSTER ...
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... president of the Council , was a candi- date for the governorship in opposition to Hancock , but lost it by a great majority ; he was then offered the place of lieutenant - governor , but refused it on a pretence of ill health ; that ...
... president of the Council , was a candi- date for the governorship in opposition to Hancock , but lost it by a great majority ; he was then offered the place of lieutenant - governor , but refused it on a pretence of ill health ; that ...
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... presidents , on Warren , on Lafayette and Marshall , and almost every other political occasion in the great head ... President Adams in opinion regarding the merits of those which he had examined , we venture to assert that a large ...
... presidents , on Warren , on Lafayette and Marshall , and almost every other political occasion in the great head ... President Adams in opinion regarding the merits of those which he had examined , we venture to assert that a large ...
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... President of the Massachusetts Mechanics ' Charitable Association , and a copper - plate engraver . In the year 1768 , the Legislature of Massachusetts voted to send a circular letter to the several Provinces , on the alarming state of ...
... President of the Massachusetts Mechanics ' Charitable Association , and a copper - plate engraver . In the year 1768 , the Legislature of Massachusetts voted to send a circular letter to the several Provinces , on the alarming state of ...
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... president , when it consisted of sixty - one members . It was here , when the best mode of expelling the regulars from Boston was discussed , that Hancock exclaimed , " Burn Boston , and make John Hancock a beggar , if the public good ...
... president , when it consisted of sixty - one members . It was here , when the best mode of expelling the regulars from Boston was discussed , that Hancock exclaimed , " Burn Boston , and make John Hancock a beggar , if the public good ...
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Page 263 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Page 425 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why, then, should we defer the Declaration...
Page 401 - Taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home. Taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man. Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the...
Page 238 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 426 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies ; and I know that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated.
Page 426 - I know there is not a man here who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve months ago in this place, moved you that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised or to be raised for defence of American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I give...
Page 324 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Page 427 - ... it, resolved to stand with it, or fall with it. Send it to the public halls; proclaim it there; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon; let them see it who saw their brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very walls will cry out in its support.
Page 158 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Page 425 - Do we mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our country and its rights trodden down in the dust?