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Excerpt from Oration, on the Occasion of Celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary the Occasion Battle of Lake Erie: Delivered on the Tenth of September, 1853, in Newport, R. I
For a people overflowing with prosperity, already colossal in power, it is a privilege, as it is a most grateful duty, to do honor to those who, at a time of poverty and weakness, by the wealth of their individual resources, by the power of strong arms and strong hearts, performed deeds that were at once the prophecies and the sources of national wealth and national power. The secure comforts of our countless American homes, the millions of happy hearths that send up their smoke to-day, over our blessed land, all draw some of their warmth from the warm blood that was shed on the decks of the Erie fleet. The strength of the arms that, through the iron hail of the enemy, bore Perry in his boat from a shattered to a fresh ship, that strength has multiplied itself upon the nation. A brave battle is a national fortification for ever. High deeds of arms, done in a just cause, are creative: they live not in the memory only, they live too in the heart. But from the beginning of our history, the military has been entirely subordinated to the civil power. Therefore it is, that that history is so significant, so instructive, so elevated We achieved our independence by a war for principles; we pre served and confirmed it by a second war; for the war of was but the finishing of that of 1776. 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.
