Excerpt from Two Discourses Delivered to the Second Presbyterian Society in Newburyport, August 20, 1812: The Day Recommended by the President of the United States, for National Humiliation and Prayer This history conveys much instruction to us, and is well adapted to the designs of the day. And, before we proceed in illustrating and improving it the speaker must premise; that it is not his intention to irritate and inflame the feelings of any, in what he may deliver up on the present occasion. His motives are', the discharge of duty, and pub licly to avow his warm, firm, and decided attachment, to the country which has adopted him as its citizen, and to the illustrious character who at present presides over it and to this duty he is urged by lively gratitude, and the solemn oath, which he has taken, of undeviating allegiance to it. 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.