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The Colonial History of Vincennes, Under the French, British, and American Governments (Volume 2); From Its First Settlement Down to the Territorial Administration of General William Henry Harrison
John Law
Paperback. General Books LLC 2012-01-11.
ISBN 9781151371430
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1858. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... ADDRESS. Having been solicited by that portion of my fellow-citizens, who are members of the "Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society, " to prepare an address, connected with the early settlement, the rise, and the progress of our ancient Borough--I have thought that no occasion could, perhaps, be more appropriate for its delivery than the one on which we are assembled. Dating its origin long before the birth of the "Father of his Country, " a solitary spot in the wilderness long after his advent on the stage of action--scarcely known even at the date of his decease, we have seen it in the present century forming a nucleus from which has arisen three great States--embracing a population probably five times as large as that which belonged to our parent State, Virginia, at the treaty of peace in 1783, and one of them, our own State, at the last Presidential election giving, of the free white suffrage polled on that occasion, the fifth highest vote of all the States in the Union. Could it be permitted to him, who was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, " to look down from the mansions of bliss, where "he rests from his labors, " upon the work of his hands, and see an empire called into existence since his departure --abounding in wealth--in intelligence--in patriots ism, and love of country; inhabited by freemen, the descendants of those whom he had led to battle, strong in their attachment to liberty, and able and willing to maintain it; proud of the appellation of American citizens, and deeply imbued with the republican principles so admirably set forth in his Farewell Address;--could he see the country northwest of the river Ohio, which, even at the period of his departure for another and a better world, was the abode, for
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