ncestors bravely snached expiring liberty from the grasp of Britain,
whose touch is _poison_; shall we now consign it to France, whose
embrace is _death_? We have seen our fathers, in the days of Columbia's
trouble, assume the rough habiliments of war, and seek the hostile
field. Too full of sorrow to speak, we have seen them wave a last
farewel to a disconsolate, a woe-stung family! We have seen them return,
worn down with fatigue, and scarred with wounds; or we have seen them,
perhaps, no more!--For us they fought! for us they bled! for us they
conquered! Shall we, their descendants, now basely disgrace our lineage,
and pusilanimously disclaim the legacy bequeathed us? Shall we pronounce
the sad valediction to freedom, and immolate liberty on the altars our
fathers have raised to her? NO! _The response of a nation is, "NO!" Let
it be registered in the archives of Heaven!_--Ere the religion we
profess, and the privileges we enjoy are sacrificed at the shrines of
despots and demagogues, let the pillars of creation tremble! let world
be wrecked on world, and systems rush to ruin!--Let the sons of Europe
be vassals; let her hosts of nations be a vast congregation of slaves;
but let us, who are this day FREE, whose hearts are yet unappalled, and
whose right arms are yet nerved for war, assemble before the hallowed
temple of Columbian Freedom, AND SWEAR, TO THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS, TO
PRESERVE IT SECURE, OR DIE AT ITS PORTALS!

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