Published on the 6th of June in 1812 in the
American Watchman out of Wilmington, DE
For the AMERICAN WATCHMAN.
Fourth of July 1812
– Never since the ever memorable 4th of July 1776, has there been a
greater call upon the citizens of the United States to celebrate the birth day
of American Independence than at the present. Whilst we enjoyed the blessings
of a kind Providence, in granting as peach, liberty and prosperity, without the
apprehension of “foes without and foes within,” we had only assemble together,
and spend the day in gratitude to heaven, and conviviality.
It should now be
strongly impressed upon our minds that this may be the last anniversary in
which we can enjoy all of those blessings. Threatened as we are with
approaching war; deranged as our foreign affairs appear, it behoves us to
unfurl the banners of Columbia and assemble as freemen, determined to maintain,
under the protection of Providence, those inestimable blessings, which we have
enjoyed, for six and thirty years. Let every true American therefore come
forward on the 4th of July next, and make a solemn pledge of his
“life, his fortune and his sacred honor,” to his country’s cause.
For the purpose of
making the necessary arrangement for the celebration of the day, the citizens
of Wilmington and its vicinity are respectfully and particularity requested to
attend.
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