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Friday, July 4, 2014 - Volume 5,
Number 4 © Copyright 2014,
The Ultrapolis Project. All Rights
Reserved. Frederick Douglass to America: Be True, at Whatever Cost July 4th, Ring-Bolt to the Nation’s Destiny SPECIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY ISSUE |
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Many say that we are a divided country, and it
is hard to deny that many make that seem so.
Yet, here we do believe that the better part of us
still are united in the thing that matters most: our near-sacred hold of our heritage, that
common, shared idea of the freedom and equality of man. A perfect idea born into this imperfect
world by imperfect men, through imperfect means, handed down to an imperfect
people. We may understand it differently, see it
differently, apply it differently; and yet we do understand that we are all
valuing, reaching for the same thing. While our nation had not yet rid itself of
the “hideous monster” that was corrupting its soul, a former slave saw reason
for hope, reaching for that promise that, though borne by imperfect, flawed
people, could elevate all. __ I
do not despair of this country. There are forces in operation, which must
inevitably work the downfall of slavery. “The arm of the Lord is not
shortened,” and the doom of slavery is certain. I, therefore, leave off where
I began, with hope. While drawing encouragement from the Declaration of
Independence, the great principles it contains, and the genius of American
Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age. … The
4th of July is the first great fact in your nation’s history — the very
ring-bolt in the chain of your yet undeveloped destiny. Pride
and patriotism, not less than gratitude, prompt you
to celebrate and to hold it in perpetual remembrance. I have said that the
Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation’s
destiny; so, indeed, I regard it. The principles contained in that instrument
are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all
occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost. Fedrerick Douglass “What
to the Slave is the Fourth of Juy?” July
4, 1852
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CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE CALLED AMERICA
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