This Discourse was delivered at Hebron on July 4, 1799 by Cyprian Strong, Pastor of the First Church in Chatham, Massachusetts:
In every possible way, let the bands of order and good government be strengthened.
Let the principles of our constitution be preserved inviolate.
Let men of integrity and firmness, the friends of our independence, be the men on whom your eyes are fixed, as candidates for office.
May the hearts of the citizens, in the various branches and districts of the United States, be united and cemented; and may the intrigues of designing men be totally disconcerted.
May our independence be maintained, and our children and children's children, as they shall come upon the stage, have occasion to commemorate it, till time shall be no more.
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