Excerpt from Oration Delivered Before the Cincinnati and the '76 Association: On the 4th July, 1854 It seemed to me that looking upon the international moment of today was to occupy its highest stand point. This morning, the roar of cannon on our long drawn coast, spoke not more loudly to the ocean's thunder than does a multitddinous welcome to the tread and hum of the van of nations sounding on our shore. Dawn could kindle no sublimer symphony. 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.