Excerpt from Celebration of the Eighty-Sixth Anniversary of the Independence of the United States, in Chicago, July 4th, 1862 In a cause so just, consecrated by all that is holy in the memo ries of the past, and all that is blessed in the hopes of the future, we have a right to invoke the spirits of the departed patriots of '7 6 and the blessing of Almighty God. It becomes my agreeable duty, in Opening the exercises of the day, to introduce to your notice Rev. Dr. Ryder, who will read the Declaration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.