Excerpt from Our National Centennial Jubilee: Orations, Addresses and Poems Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1876, in the Several States of the Union This work, which groups together the choicest of the eloquent and patriotic Orations, Addresses and Poems, delivered in the several States of the Union. On our Centennial Anniversary, being issued under the auspices of the authors themselves - the docu ments having been submitted to their critical super vision, - forms an authorized and enduring monument of that memorable epoch in our national annals. Among these clustered flowers of rhetoric will be found many of singular beauty and grace forming as they do, a many-hued garland of rare excellence, worthy of the occasion which celebrates the festival and fruitage of our first century. A glance at the table of contents will reveal a brilliant array of dis tinguished names as contributors to the volume among their number are the following - Hon. Nv. M. Evarts, Hon. R. C. Winthrop, Rev. Dr. Storrs, ex-gov. Seymour, Rev. Dr. L. Bacon, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Dr. Henry Barnard, Gov. Cheney. Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Gov. Cullom, Rev. Dr. C. H. Fowler, Chancellor Parker, Gen. J. A. Dix, j. G. Whittier, W. C. Bryant, Bayard Taylor, &c., &c. 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.

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