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The Poems and Literary Prose of Alexander Wilson, the American Ornithologist
The Poems and Literary Prose of Alexander Wilson the American Ornithologist Author:Alexander Wilson Subtitle: For the First Time Fully Collected and Compared With the Original and Early Editions, Mss., Etc General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Original Publisher: A. Gardner Description: Also issued under title: Memoir and remains of Alexander Wilson. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the origin... more »al. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: -- JraH0n on tljF JPofopr anb of JUflf ional Hi DELIVERED TO A LARGE ASSEMBLY OF CITIZENS, AT MILESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH, 1801, THE DAY ON WHICH MR. JEFFERSON WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT. NOTE. This Speech, like the song, "Jefferson and Liberty," was extremely popular, and is found in all the important (American) contemporary newspapers and periodicals. Of its Author's intercourse with Jefferson, see our Memorial-Introduction and the " Letters." -- G. Erafion. Disguise thyself its thou wilt, still, Slavery, still thou art a bitter draught ; and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thoe, thou art no less bitter on that account. Stebne. Gentlemen, -- The subject to which I mean to call your attention on this distinguished occasion, is the Power And Value Of National Liberty ; a subject of all other earthly concerns the most interesting to men; but particularly so to freemen. It is indeed with the deepest consciousness of my utter inability to do justice to so noble a theme, that I venture to address you on this auspicious day; but trusting with all my deficiences, to the indulgence of this numerous and respectable assembly, many of whom I know have hazarded their lives in defence of liberty, and all of whom I trust glory in this inestimable inheritance, I solicit for myself your kind and patient attention. There is not, perhaps, in the whole Engli...« less