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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1861
Page
1
The poem celebrates the sea wind awakening life and praise, while a civic sermon recalls July 4 and the birth of American liberty. It contrasts fathers who founded a free nation with present civil war, urging adherence to the Constitution and warning that rebellion tests the union and its covenants.
Hon. George Gale delivers an 1861 Caledonia oration marking July Fourth as a reflection on colonial injustice by the English government. He recalls the outbreak of war, Lexington and Concord, Bunker's Hill, Norfolk, and Fort Moultrie, noting years of defensive actions and failed appeals for peace and justice. The speech contrasts 1776 independence with ongoing struggle and bloodshed.
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