Excerpt from Oration Delivered at the Democratic Republican Celebration of the Sixty-Third Anniversary of the Independence of the United States: In the City of New-York, Fourth July, 1839 Fellow-Citizens, It is a custom, which has prevailed throughout this country for more than half a century, for numbers to assemble upon this day. to withdraw their minds from the avocations and thronging cares of life, to indulge the delightful feelings, and, through some appointed organ, to give utterance to the spirit-stirring thoughts, which it so naturally awakens. Although many, not content with questioning the utility of this custom, have assailed it with the keenest ridicule, it still continues, and will continue among us, until there are no longer hearts to glow with admiration of the patriotism, and gratitude for the services of the founders of our government. I neither rate highly the judgment, nor wish to participate in the feelings of him, who sneers at this custom, merely because expression may have occasionally been given to rant and extravagance. 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.