Excerpt from An Oration, Delivered in St. Michael's Church, Charleston, South-Carolina, on Tuesday, the Fourth of July, 1815: In Commemoration of American Independence, by Appointment of the South-Carolina State Society of Cincinnati To recount all the immunities which we enjoy, and to prai'fe as it deferves this monument of political wisdom, is necefl'arily denied me. It lhould however form the fiudy of thofe, who as pire to govern this, or enlighten other nations. 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.