An Oration on Union: Delivered in the New Dutch Church in the City of New-York, on the Twelfth of May, 1794. The Anniversary of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order

John Barent Johnson

New York: Printed by John Buel, no. 152, Water Street [MDCCXCIV], 1794

[An Early American Pro-Union Sermon] Inscribed and signed from "The Author." Bound in 19th-century leather-backed boards. 24 pages. Cherubic image at final page. Evans 27169. Sabin 36241. An excerpt: "If war shall invade our territory, and we must draw again the keenly tempered sword of freedom, let it be grasped by the strong hand, and wielded with all the energy of the UNION.  It shall then sweep down whole ranks of slaves, and slashing rapidly over their hosts, throw them into terror and defeat. Our laws shall flourish, our rights be never more invaded, and our glory endure while the sun rolls round the world, and the GREAT SPIRIT walks on the tops of the mountains,  Freedom so often victorious, shall at length entirely demolish the throne of despotism, cause the thunders of war to be heard no more, and inspire ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH with UNITED hearts, to raise the universal hymn to PEACE, to HAPPINESS and to LIBERTY." - 23-24 p.