Patriotic Reader; or Human Liberty Developed

Preface

The " Patriotic Eeader" has for its purpose the use of utterances that inspire good citizenship. The youth of America share in the excitements of the day, and, amid all their opportunities for the study of history and science, are tempted to overvalue sensational culture, and postpone until they enter upon the serious duties of active life the real preparation for those duties. No apology is made for selections, or omissions, in this effort to contribute to their reading material. The restoration to a more general use of the grand words of our fathers, and those of the earliest and of classical times, is based upon that plain logic of all human history which asserts the love of liberty and love of country to be the yearning desire of the human soul.

The trend of forty centuries was toward a " promised country ;" and Jerusalem of old was sacred not only as a shrine " to which the tribes went up," but as a beloved capital. The nineteen following centuries only intensify the essential elements of that Hebrew devotion ; and every form of dissent, whether of despotism or anarchism, is repulsive to the true interests of society, which find the best happiness of the many through the happiness of each. Mere heroism is not always patriotic, but its purest type is where the general welfare involves sacrifice of self; and the struggles for liberty and country in other lands are as worthy of study as those which are peculiarly American. The efforts of Poland, Hungary, and Ireland have not been failures because of temporary defeat. The very record of sacrifice for country

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quickens and perpetuates patriotic sentiment, and to-day, more than ever before, the principles which actuated great leaders and adorned exemplar lives are more important, in the education of youth, than are the minute details of memorable battle action.

In all true progress, however modified by ignorance or superstition, there has been the influential sanction of some religious sentiment. The earliest Hebrew life was perfumed by its presence, and prophecy and song still compete with narrative, to exalt the valor of those who made homage to some Superior Being the interfusing force of the best national being.

In the United States there has been vouchsafed such a deliverance from inherited and antagonizing interests, that the youth of all sections, as never before, can value the utterances which called the nation into life, and as they cherish the fireside divinities of their own homes, no less proudly honor the words and deeds of those who early trod the wine-press, that through their labors the perfected liberty might come forth purified, clear, and wholesome.

A single volume for practical use, which seeks to stimulate toward higher citizenship, through patriotic expression and example, can, at best, only open a door of the temple, and invite a considerate regard for the limited view presented.

Part I. Hebrew And Related Nations

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The Antiquity of Freedom William Cullen Bryant ... 2

The Equality of Man Cunningham Oeikie 4

Loyalty to Country (b.c. loth century) (Translated from " Pentaur's Egyptian Epio" by

E. L. Lushington, anil arranged for Reader

by " Egyptologist") Lysander Dicker man .... 6

Hymn to Ammon Ra (Translated from chapter

xv. of the Egyptian " Book of the Dead,"

and arranged for Reader) Lysander Diekerman .... 7

The Memorial Day of the Exodus (b.c. 1491). (From

Address : by permission edited for Reader) . Rabbi Raphael Lasher ... 8

Patriotic Song of Moses Special Translation 10

Moses in Sight of the Promised Land (b.c. 1451) Andrew Preston Peabody . . 12

Hebrew Patriotism 13

The Hebrew Jubilee (b.c. 1490) Sylvester Graham 15

Patriotic Song of Deborah and Barak (b.c. 1285) Special Translation 16

The Patriot's Cry (Paraphrase of Psalm cxxxvii.) 20

Gideon the Patriotic Leader (b.c. 1245) 21

The Patriot Citizen's Challenge (Job, chap, xxxi.,

B.C. 1530) Special Translation 24

The Destruction of Sennacherib (b.c. 710) . . . George Gordon Noel (Lord

Byron) 25

The Overthrow of Belsbazzar (b.c. 538) .... Bryan Waller Procter (Harry

Cornwall) 25

The Patriotic Maccabees (For the Patriotic

Reader) Brooke Her/ord 27

The Hebrew Minstrel's Lament New England Magazine, 1832,

Part II. Grecian And Roman Patriotic Expression

" The Best Omen our Country's Cause" . . . Homer's Iliad, Book XII. . . 32

Self-Sacrifice for Country (Tragedy of Leonidas). Michel Pichat 34

The Spartans' March Felicia Dorothea Hemans . . 35

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The Death of Leonidas George Croly 30

The Greeks' Return from Battle Felicia Dorothea Hemant . . 38

A Country imperilled by Discord Titus Quintius 38

The Rights of the People upheld Oaius Cannleius 41

Pericles and Aspasia .... Walter Savage Landor ... 42

Virtue before Riches Socrates ... 43

Popular Vigilance the Bulwark of the Constitution . Demosthenes 45

Popular Rights above Privilege Cains Gracchus 47

Rome and Carthage locked in Strife Victor Hugo 49

Merit before Birth Cuius Marina 50

The Dignity of Citizenship Marcus Tullius Cicero .... 52

Industry an 1 Integrity the Hope of the State . Marcus Fortius Cato .... 53

Cicero denounces the Traitor Catiline Marcus Tullius Cicero ... 55

The Traitor Catiline's Defiance (Tragedy of Catiline) George Croly 56

Virtuous Liberty Priceless (Tragedy of Cato) . Joseph Addison 58

Cassius instigates Brutus against Caesar

(Tragedy of Julius Caesar) William Shakespeare .... 60

Antony's Speech over the Body of Caesar

(Tragedy of Julius Caesar) William Shakespeare .... 62

Brutus's Speech on the Death of Caesar (Tragedy

of Julius Caesar) William Shakespeare .... 65

The Character of Brutus Fisher Ames 66

Caesar crossing the Rubicon James Sheridan Knoioles ... 67

Part III. The Patriotism Op Our Pounders

The Landing of the Pilgrims Felicia Dorothea Hemans . . 70

The Founders of our Government William Merchant Richardson 71

Tho Pilgrims Edward Everett 72

Character of the Puritan Fathers Francis William Pitt Greenwood 75

Two Centuries from the Landing of the Pilgrims. Wilbur Fisk Crafts 77

In Memory of tho Pilgrims, 1820 Grenville Mdlcn 78

New England's Dead Isaac McLellan, Jr SO

The Pilgrim Fathers, — Whero are They ? . . , John Pierpont 82

The Rock of the Pilgrims George (P.) Empson Morris . . 83

The Song of the Pilgrims Thomas Cogswell Upham . . . 84

The Fathers of New England Charles Sprague 85

The Huguenot Exodus to America William Cain Moragne ... 87

The Landing of the Huguenots William Cain Moragne ... 89

The Friends in New Jersey Henry Armitt Brown .... 90

The Pilgrim's Vision Oliver Wendell Holmes ... 92

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Part IV. American Independence Developed

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Independence John Pierpont 95

Independence Day James Gillespie Blaine . . 96

Great Britain neglects her Colonies (1765) . . . Colonel Isaac Barre .... 97

Great Britain warned of her Danger (1766) . . William Pitt 93

America resents British Dictation (James Otis). Lydia Maria Child .... 101 The Repeal of Obnoxious Laws demanded (January 20, 1775) William Pitt 103

Removal of the Boston Garrison dem in lei . . William Pitt 105

Conciliation or War (March 22, 1775) Edmund Burke 107

"War is actually begun" (March 23, 1775) . . Patrick Henry 109*

Paul Revere's Ride (Night of April 17, 1775) . Henry Wadsmorth Longfellow. 112

The Battle of Lexington (April 17, 1775) . John Greenleaf Whittier . . 116

The Revolutionary Alarm George Bancroft 117

The Rising in 1776 Thomas Buchanan Bead . . 118

The Battle of Bunker Hill From " Battles of the American Revolution" .... 121

Independence Bell, Philadelphia Anonymous 122

Independence a Solemn Duty Richard Henry Lee .... 12-t \

Independence explained (August 1, 1776) . . . Samuel Adams 126

Great Britain must yield or lose America (May

30, 1777) William Pitt 127

America still Unconquerable (November 18,

1777) William Pitt 130

The Use of Savage Allies denounced William Pitt 132

Continued War with America is Folly (177S) . . Charles James Fox .... 133 Americans will celebrate 1775 as a " Glorious

Era" John Wilkes 134

America seated among the Nations (March 5,

1778) Jonathan Mason 136

A Nation born in a Day John Quincy Adams .... 136

Ode for Independence Anonymous 138

Part V. Memorials Op Washington

Introduction. Including " Washington a Model

for Youth" Zcbulon Baird Vance. . . . 139

Washington, the Brightest Name on History's

Page Eliza Cook 140

Washington before the Battle of Long Island

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■Washington's Farewell to the Army 143

General Washington's Resignation as Commander-in-Chief 144

From President Washington's First Speech in

Congress (April 30, 1789) 145

Presi lent Washington's Response to the French Ambassador on Receipt of the Colors of

From Washington's Farewell Address (1796) 148

The Character of Washington - William Smyth 152

The Memory of Washington Edward Everett 154

The Glory of Washington Henry {Lord) Brougham . . 156

The Attributes of Washington Charles Phillips 157

The Foreign Policy of Washington Charles James Fox .... 159

The Birthday of Washington Rufns Choate 160

The Birthday of Washington ever honored . . George Howland 161

The Washington and Franklin Memorials linked. John Quinsy Adams .... 163

Centennial Birthday of Washington Daniel Webster 164

Memorabilia of Washington From " The Obelisk" . . . 166

The Mount Vernon Tribute Anonymous 168

Part VI. Monumental Memorials Honored

The Putnam Tablets 172

Fort Moultrie in 1776 and 1876 John Thomas Wightman . . 172

Bunker Hill Monument begun. Its Purpose

The Bunker Hill Monument completed (1813) . Daniel Webster 176

The Washington Monument begun (1848) . . . Robert Charles Winthrop . . 177

The Washington Monument completed (1885) . Robert Charles Winthrop . . 180

The Perry Monument dedicated (1860) .... George Bancroft 181

The Saratoga Monument begun (1877) .... Horatio Seymour 183

The Saratoga Lesson (1877) George William Curtis . . 185

The Monmouth Monument begun (1878) . . . From " Historical Address" . 187

The Groton Heights Monument (1879) .... John Joseph Copp 189

The Groton Heights Lesson (1879) Leonard Woolsey Bacon . . 192

The Yorktown Monument begun (1881) .... Robert Charles Winthrop . . 194

The Yorktown Lesson (1881) Robert Charles Winthrop . . 196

The Bennington Monument begun (1887) . . . John William Stewart . . . 198

The Jasper Monument dedicated (1881) .... John Brown Gordon .... 200

The Putnam Monument dedicated (1888) . . . Henry Cornelius Robinson . . 202

The Surrender of Burgoyne James Watts De Peyster . . 205

CONTENTS. IX PART VII.

DEMANDS OP THE PRESENT AGE.

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T ,. f The Present Age Daniel Webster 206

1Hg i The History of Liberty .... Edward Everett 207

True Glory John Milton 208

God in History George Bancroft 208

The Present an Age of Revolutions Edward Everett 209

What constitutes a State Sir William Jones 211

The Men to make a State Georr/e Washington Doane . 212

Liberty a Solemn Responsibility Orville Dewey 214

True Liberty honors Authority (1645) .... John Winthrop 215

True Liberty measured by Intelligence .... John Caldwell Calhoun . . . 218

Despotism and Democracy Incompatible .... Edmund Burke 219

Socialism and Democracy Incompatible .... Alexis Charles de Tocqueville. 220

Christianity and Democracy harmonize .... Robert Raikes Raymond . . 222

Christian Citizenship Wendell Phillips 223

The Inhumanity of Slavery William Cowper 224

Liberty and Slavery contrasted Laurence Sterne 226

Delayed Liberty is but Mockery Louis Sebastien Mercier . . 227

Popular Government the Most Just Daniel Sharp 228

National Distinction depends upon Virtue . . William Ellery Charming . . 230

Moral Power the Mightiest John McLean 231

Moral Reform the Hope of the Age Lyman Beecher 232

Temperance Reform Most Imperative Edward Everett 234

The Reformer's Trials Henry (Lord) Brougham . . 236

True Patriotism is Unselfish George William Curtis . . . 237

True Patriotism embraces Mankind John Thornton Kirkland . . 238

True Patriotism inculcates Public Virtue . . . Henry Clay 240

Patriotism assures Public Faith Fisher Ames 241

Patriotism Broad as Humanity Increase Cooke 243

Heroic Example has Power Richard Salter Starrs, Jr. . 244

Heroes and Martyrs to be honored Edwin Hubbell Chapin . . . 245

The Nobility of Labor Orville Dewey 246

Labor is Worship Frances Sargent Osgood . . . 247

Idleness a Crime From Magazine " Civics" . . 249

International Sympathies on the Increase . . . Francis Wayland 250

Europe and America have Common Responsibilities Daniel Webster 251

The United States of Europe foreshadowed . . Victor Marie Hugo ... 252

The Old World and the New Lewis Cass 254

The Spirit of the Age adverse to War .... John Watrous Beukwith . . 256

The Reign of Peace foreshadowed Charles Sumner 258

Duty to One's Country William Cowper 260

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Part VIII

SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS OF AMERICANS. PA0B

/-Address, July 4, 1787 Joel Barlow 262

Includingj " « " 1793 J. Q. Adams 263

Columbia Timothy Dwight 266

Theory of the American Revolution .... Daniel Webster 267

The Example of our Forefathers Jared Sparks 268

The American Experiment James Madison 269

The Government of the People George Bancroft 270

Necessity of the Union John Jay 271

The Nature of the Union Charles Daniel Drake ... 272

\ The Federal Constitution Benjamin Franklin 273 y

A Republic the Strongest Government Thomas Jefferson 275

American Liberty is Reasonable and Just . . . Edwin Percy Whipple . . . 276

American Responsibility measured Joseph Story 277

American Liberty on a Permanent Basis . . . George McDuffie 280

American Citizenship and its Duties Levi Woodbury 281

America's True Greatness William Henry Seward . . . 283

America's Intrinsic Strength John Bright 284

America without a Parallel Martin Van Buren 286

America in the Front Rank of Nations .... Daniel Webster 287

America, the Colossus of the Nations Newton Booth 289

America an Aggregate of Nations ....... Martin Farquhar Tupper . . 290

The American Patriot's Hope Thomas Eioing 291

America's Contributions to the World Gulian Crommelin Verplanck. 293

American Enterprise Older than Independence . John Wilkes 294

The Union a Geographical Necessity Alexander Hogg 295

Union linked with Liberty (1833) Andrew Jackson 297

Liberty and Union One and Inseparable .... Daniel Webster 298

The Value of the Union (Battle of New Orleans). Matt. Whitaker Ransom . . 299

Our Country is One Grand Poem Hugh Swinton Legare . . . 301

Vast Territory no Bar to Union John Randolph 302

Internal Improvement a Bond of Union .... John Caldwell Calhoun . . . 302

The Ship of State William Parsons Lunt . . . 304

The South in the Revolution Robert Young Hayne .... 305

America's Greeting to England Washington A Us ton .... 306

America William Cullen Bryant ... 308

Part IX. Patriotic Tribute To Exemplar Lives

Great Examples Edward Everett 309

( Great Examples Lord Byron 310

1 "Webster Still Lives" Boston Courier 310

[ John Adams's supposed Speech . Daniel Webster ..'.... 311

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What makes a Hero ? Henry Taylor 314

Moses the First Liberator Timothy Dwight 314

The Last Hours of Socrates (470-399 B.C.) • . . Epes Sargent 316

Alfred the Great (848-901 a.d.) Charles Dickens 317

William the Silent (1533-1584 a.d.) John Lothrop Motley . ... 318

John Milton gives Eyesight to Liberty (1608-

1674 a.d.) Homer Baxter Sprague . . . 319

William Pitt ("An Ode to Mr. Pitt") Annual Register, 1759 ... 322

William Penn Peter S. Duponeeau .... 324

Jonathan Trumbull Isaac William Stuart .... 325

Benjamin Franklin (June 11, 1790) H. G. Biquetti de Mirabeau. 326

Franklin's Epigrams Benjamin Franklin .... 327

Samuel Adams George William Curtis . . . 328

Revolutionary Veterans honored Daniel Webster 330

Nathan Hale Edward Everett Hale .... 332

Washington's Lament for Lafayette William Bradford 334

Alexander Hamilton and John Jay Francis Lister Hawks . . . 335

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Daniel Webster 337

The Colleagues of John Adams Daniel Webster 339

Death of John Quincy Adams Isaac Edward Holmes . . . 340

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the Last of the

Signers George Lippard 341

Daniel O'Connell Wendell Phillips 343

Marco Bozzaris Fitz-Greene Halleck .... 345

John Caldwell Calhoun Daniel Webster 347

Henry Clay John Jordan Crittenden . . . 348

Daniel Webster John Davis Long 350

Charles Sumner Alexander Hamilton Rice . . 352

Charles Sumner Lucius Qitintus Cincinnatus

Lamar 353

William Henry Harrison Ann Sophia W. Stephens . . 355

Zaohary Taylor George Washington Doane . 357

Abraham Lincoln Phineas Dinsmore Gurley . . 358

Oh, why should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud ? . William Knox 359

James Abram Garfield James Gillespie Blaine . . . 361

Ulysses Simpson Grant Henry Ward Beecher .... 363

Victoria of England, Jubilee Ode (1887) . . . . Robert Charles Winthrop . . 365

PAET X.

PATRIOTIC SYMPATHY WITH STRUGGLING PEOPLES.

/- Liberty and Law Reverdy Johnson 367

Including I Ireland Henry Clay 367

l Greece Daniel Webster 368

The Downfall of Poland (1794) Thomas Campbell 369

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Heroism of the Hungarian People Louis Kossuth 371

Liberty to Athena James Gates Percival .... 372

The Irish Insurrection (1S44) Richard Lalor 8 heil . . . . 373

Home Rule for Ireland William Ewart Gladstone . . 375

Ireland near the Goal William O'Brien 376

The African Chief William (fallen Bryant . . . 378

Melancholy Pate of the Indians Joseph Story 381)

The lied Men of Alabama Alexander Beaufort Meek . . 381

The Red Men passing away 383

The Indian Warrior's Last Song J. Howard Wert 384

PART XL

PATRIOTIC APPEALS IN EMERGENCIES.

"On, on to the Just and Glorious Strife!" . . . Anonymous 387

Regulus before the Senate of Carthage (255 B.C.) Elijah Kellogg 388

Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua (71 b.c.) . Elijah Kellogg 391

Galgacus to the Caledonians (a.d. 84) Tacitus 393

Alfred the Great to his Men (a.d. 894) .... James Sheridan Knowles . . 394

William Tell'a Address to the Swiss (a.D. L307). Schiller's " William Tell" . . 395

Address of Robert Bruce (a.d. 1314) Robert Hums 397

Rienzi's Address to the Romans (A.n. 1317) . . Mary Russell Mitford . . . 398 Arnold von Winkelried at the Battle of Sempacb

(A.D. 1386) Tames Montgomery 400

Henry V. to his Troops (a.d. 1422) William Shakespeare . . . 402

Gustavus Vasa to the Swedes (a.d. 1521) . . . Henry Brooke 403

Story of Logan, a Mingo Cliicf (a.d. 1774) . . T homas Jefferson 404

General Joseph Warren's Address (June 17,

1775) John Pierpont 405

General Francis Marion's Address after suppressing Mutiny (a.d. 1780) Francis Marion 406

Charlotte Corday (A.D. 1793) Lamartine's " Girondists" . . 407

The Last Speech of Robespierre (a.D. 1794) . . Epes Sargent 409

Religious Distinctions behind the Age (a.d.

1796) •. . John Philpot Gurran .... 410

Union with England not Ireland's Choice (a.d.

1800) Henry Grattan 411

Emmet's Vindication (a.d. 1803) Robert Emmet 412

■^Address to the Young Men of Italy (a.d. 1848). Giuseppe Mazeini 414

Justice to Ireland (a.d. 1843) Daniel 0' Council 415

Treason disavowed (A.D. 1848) Thomas Francis Meagher . . 417

Resurgite (a.d. 1877) John Boyle O'Reilly . . . . 41S

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PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL HYMNS, SONGS, AND ODES.

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My Country "Hesperian" 420

Love of Country Sir Walter Scott 422

My Native Village John Howard Bryant . . . 422

The Patriot's Elysium .... James Montgomery 423

The Songs of our Fathers Felicia Dorothea Hemans . . 424

Our Native Song Eliza Cook 426

Address to Liberty William Coxcper 427

The Vision of Liberty Henry Ware, Jr 428

" Dulce et decorum est pro Patria inori" . . . . James Gates Percival . . . 431

What's Hallowed Ground? Thomas Campbell 432

The Graves of the Patriots James Gates Percival . . . 433

Columbia, the Land of the Brave David T. Shaxo 435

Hail, Columbia, Happy Land Joseph Hopkinson 436

The Eagle James Gates Percival . ... 437

The American Eagle Charles West Thomson . . . 439

The American Flag Joseph Rodman Drake . . . 441

Our Flag is There American Naval Officer

(1812) 442

The Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key 443

Stars in my Country's Sky, are ye all there? . . Lydia Huntley Sigoximey . . 444

Old Ironsides Oliver Wendell Holmes . . . 445

E Pluribus Unum George Washington Cutter . 446

The Battle-Hymn of the Republic Jxdia Ward Howe 448

Keller's American Hymn Matthias Keller 448

The New Song of Freedom Sylvanxis Dnjden Phelps . . 449

The Land of the South Alexander Beaufort Meek . . 451

The Battle of Eutaw William Gilmore Sinxms . . 453

Pulaski's Banner Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 455

Nathan Hale Francis Miles Finch .... 456

Caldwell of Springfield Bret Harte 457

The Lay of Groton Height Leonard Woolsey Barm, . 458

The Soldier's Dream Thomas Campbell 461

Crcscentius Letitia Elizabeth London . . 462

Our Fathers' God : Hymn of the Mountaineers . Felicia Dorothea Hemans . . 463

Union and Liberty Oliver Wendell Holmes . . . 465

Polish War-Song James Gates Percival . . . 466

Bruce and the Spider Bernard Barton 466

Union Song of the Celt William Erigena Robinson . 468

St. Patrick's Day M.J. Barry 469

Marseilles Hymn ... Rouget de Lisle 470

The Spanish Patriots' Song Anonymoxis 471

Viva Italia! Viva il Re ! Charles Dimitry 472

Song of the Greeks (1822) Thomas Campbell 474

Harmosan Richard Chenevix Trench . ±7b

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The German's Fatherland Ernst Moritz Arndt .... 476

The Watch by the Rhine. German National War- Max Schneckenburger. Trans-

Song lated by H. W. Ducklen . 478

German Battle-Prayer Karl Theodor Korner ... 479

Prussian Battle-Hymn Karl Theodor Korner ... 480

God Save the King 481

Patriotic Eloquence Porter's Analysis 483

The Patriotic Dead William Collins 485

PART XIII.

AMERICA SURVIVES THE ORDEAL OP CONFLICTING SYSTEMS.

Introduction. Including Memorial Address of

W. H. Fleming 486

Harvest and Vintage Augustine Joseph Hinckley

Duganne 488

Gettysburg a Mecca for the Blue and the Gray . John Brown Gordon .... 490

"Wake them in Peace. — God bless them AH" Wellesley Bradshaw .... 491

The Great Question settled. — Through Gettysburg to a Grander Union George William Curtis . . . 492

No Conflict now Charles Devens 494

The Nineteenth Century ends Slavery Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus

Lamar 496

Again Brethren and Equals James Willis Patterson . . . 497

"Separate as Billows, but One as tho Sea." — Carpenter's Emancipation Picture unveiled

(1878) Alexander Hamilton Stephens. 499

Belligerent Non-Combatants. — " War is the Last

Dread Tribunal" William Tecumseh Sherman. 502

All under the Same Banner now, — "its broad folds nnrent, and its bright stars unob-

Let us rejoice together George Augustus Sheridan . 505

The Blue and the Gray Francis Miles Finch .... 508

PAET XIV.

NATIONAL CENTENNIAL OBSERVANCES.

Centennial Hymn John Greenleaf Whittier . . 510

The Meditations of Columbia (A Cantata) . . . Sidney Lanier 511

Independence Day, 1876. — "Welcome to the

Nations" Oliver Wendell Holmes . . . 513

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"Liberty's Latest Daughter" Bayard Taylor 514

" Our National Banner" William Dexter Smith, Jr

The Centennial of Constitutional Government . John Adams Kasson . .

One Hundred Years a Nation Stephen Grover Cleveland

The Principles of our Government Samuel Freeman Miller

The New " Hail Columbia" Oliver Wendell Holmes .

A Centennial National Hymn Francis Marion Crawford

America commended to God's Favor James Gibbons

The Ordinance of 1 7S7 noticed Israel Ward Andrews .

The Supremacy of Organic Law John Randolph Tucker .

The Declaration and the Ordinance George Frisbie Hoar . .

" God Save the State" Charles Timothy Brooks

PART XV.

PATRIOTISM TO BE POSTERED IN THE SCHOOLS.

Including I Address of Su P' t Draper, N.Y 532

I " " Sup't Newell, Md 533

"My Maryland" Robert Cooper McGinn . . . 534

Free Schools inspire Loyalty to Country .... Francis Marion 535

The American School System of the Future. —

Character and Patriotism to be inculcated . Josiah Little Pickard . . . 536

Our Education must be American Albert Edward Winship . . 538

Patriotic Training in our Schools James Willis Patterson . . . 540

The Problem of To-Day.— Patriotism the Great

School Lesson Richard Edwards 542

Instruction in Civics .as a Patriotic Duty . . . William Evarts Sheldon . . 545

The Patriotic Chautauqua Movement John Heyl Vincent 547

Temperance Education the Patriot's Ally.—

Through our Youth the Nation lives . . . Mary Hannah Hunt .... 549 The Nineteenth Century shapes the Twentieth

Century. — Patriotism in School and College. Merrill Edward Gates . . . 551

'■' To Thee, Country !" Anna Philipine Eichberg . . 553

PART XVI.

THE FUTURE OF AMERICA FORESHADOWED.

Introduction 555

f Extracts from papers of Governor

- . ,. j Pownall; Ex- President Woolsey

g } and Count Schouvaloff; and The

[ Neighborhood of the World 556

The Triumphs of our Language James Gilbourne Lyon . . . 558

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The Anglo-Saxon and the World's Future . . . Josiah Strong 560

The Development of our Country Caleb Sprague Henry . . . 562

The Future of the United States Charles King 564

The Destiny of our Republic George Stillman Hillard . . 565

A Happy Country William Woods Holden . . 566

Our Country. — Practical Hints from General

Sherman's Scrap-Book William Tecumseh Sherman . 568

Our Language and Law to be

Supreme 568

No more West to hunt for or to

hunt in 569

Our Country not big enough to

divide 570

Localism 570

E Pluribus Unum 571

General Grant's Outlook for America George Sewall Boutwell . . 572

Our Territorial Growth has marked our Duty and

Destiny William Augustus Mowry . . 573

America and Asia in the Future. — America the

"Great Pacific Power" . . . . • .... William Elliot Griffis ... 576 Future Generations summoned to witness our

Work Daniel Webster 580

America Samuel Francis Smith . . . 581

Acknowledgments 583

Including