Excerpt from Our Triumph and Our New Duties: Oration Delivered by Cortlandt Parker, Esq., At Bloomfield, N. J., July 4, 1865AT last, after four years of horror, bloodshed, and alternate hope and despair, we celebrate the birth of the nation, with out misgiving as to its life. We do it with hearts full of pious gratitude yet awe-struck, as we look back upon what we have escaped, and forward upon what we are yet to do, ere our triumph is complete.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.