Oration
Oration
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Each sovereign State followed the example, and '•'•Sic Semper Ty- rannis" was the crowning glory and shame of the great moth- er of Presidents. Not content with this, at our national mint, we stamped "liberty" on gold, silver, and copper, down to the value of half a cent over the head or through the brain of the star-eyed goddess. We forgot, in our folly and madness, that each penny and half penny that went into the hands of the crouching slave was an indictment against us, as a nation, before ...the bar of God, upon which, sooner or later, we should be brought to trial and judgment.
Was this paying our vows to the most high God ? Was this the fulfillment of that obligation which our fathers took upon their souls, and for the fulfillment of which they pledged the nation's life. Oh no, it was a mockery, a solemn and wicked mockery. For though, Mr. President, we may festoon the heavens above us with emblems of liberty — though the green earth beneath our feet may be carpeted Avith aphorisms of Di- vine Truth — though we may write Liberty on every blade of grass in the fields, or over these mighty plains around us, and "^ ■* fie give a tongue to every leaf in the forest to swell tlie hymn of Liberty on every passing breeze ; yet so long as one innocent human being stands in our midst vainly appealing to us, with uplifted and fettered hands, bought and sold at the will of another who claims to bo his owner by virtue of public law, it gives the lie direct to all our pretensions and high-sounding moral assertions.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Each sovereign State followed the example, and '•'•Sic Semper Ty- rannis" was the crowning glory and shame of the great moth- er of Presidents. Not content with this, at our national mint, we stamped "liberty" on gold, silver, and copper, down to the value of half a cent over the head or through the brain of the star-eyed goddess. We forgot, in our folly and madness, that each penny and half penny that went into the hands of the crouching slave was an indictment against us, as a nation, before ...the bar of God, upon which, sooner or later, we should be brought to trial and judgment.
Was this paying our vows to the most high God ? Was this the fulfillment of that obligation which our fathers took upon their souls, and for the fulfillment of which they pledged the nation's life. Oh no, it was a mockery, a solemn and wicked mockery. For though, Mr. President, we may festoon the heavens above us with emblems of liberty — though the green earth beneath our feet may be carpeted Avith aphorisms of Di- vine Truth — though we may write Liberty on every blade of grass in the fields, or over these mighty plains around us, and "^ ■* fie give a tongue to every leaf in the forest to swell tlie hymn of Liberty on every passing breeze ; yet so long as one innocent human being stands in our midst vainly appealing to us, with uplifted and fettered hands, bought and sold at the will of another who claims to bo his owner by virtue of public law, it gives the lie direct to all our pretensions and high-sounding moral assertions.
What to read after Oration?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Stephen S From Old Catalog Harding to read onlineMoreLess
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