[WAR OF 1812]. Six and One-Fourth Page Manuscript “Copy of ...
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Later, the writer relates passages about the War of 1812: “And now my friends since its more than probably that your once happy Country will be involved in War and deluged in once more. Yes my friends that Country which is the Guardian of all that you esteem near and dear has to struggle again for her Liberty. The British War Faction are rushing upon her with their Fleets and armies thinking perhaps to crush her in a Moment. Strange Infatuation. They have forgotten Bunker Hill. They have forgotten Saratoga and Little York. They have forgotten when the Immortal Washington pursued them across the Jerseys with the Veterans under the very Muzzles of their Ships cannon where they fled for protection. They have forgotten that the Sons of America have as good blood in their veins and Limbs as strong and Nervous as they. Strange Infatuation…” This oration is somewhat famous, as its delivery was recorded by a young man (most likely Amos Babcock) in his Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts (Boston, 1816). Babcock relates the oration in full. This oration saw print in 1815 as “An Oration on Board the Nassau Prison Ship at Chatham, England on the Fourth of July, 1814”. That printed version and this manuscript version have enough differences to believe that this manuscript was copied directly from a prisoner aboard the Nassau.
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