Address of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of California, Hon.: John Swett, Before the State Teachers Institute, Held in San Francisco, May 7th, 1867 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Address of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of California, Hon.: John Swett, Before the State Teachers Institute, Held in San Francisco, May 7th, 1867

Thanks to the Wisdom, prudence and patriotism of the Thirty ninth Congress, victory again crowned the banner of progress, and the nation is to be reconstructed on the eternal principles of jus tice. No grander record of Freedom and Nationality was ever.

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Excerpt from Address of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of California, Hon.: John Swett, Before the State Teachers Institute, Held in San Francisco, May 7th, 1867

Four years ago, many of you now before me, were present at the largest and most enthusiastic gathering of teachers that ever assembled in this State. I remember well the circumstances under which we met. The army of the Potomac had been driven back from the disastrous field of Chancellorsville; the rebel hordes were already on their march into the heart of the North: and wounded, bleeding, and exhausted, the nation seemed to be gathering its powers for the final wager of battle which should determine its fate forever. The star of treason seemed to be in the ascendant. Rebels were exultant and patriots despondent. Vicksburg could never be taken; Port Hudson was impregnable; and Lee would soon lay New York in ashes. In two short months Grant had strangled Vicksburg; Port Hudson had fallen; Gettysburg, made immortal by victory, was consecrated by the graves of thousands of heroes who died that we might live; the tide of invasion was rolled back, and the nation was saved. Then followed in swift and glorious succession: Chattanooga, the fall of Atlanta, the annihilation of Hood, Sherman's triumphal march through Georgia and South Carolina, the desperate struggles of the Wilderness, the decisive battle of Five Forks, the surrender of Lee, and the war was ended.

The exultation of victory, and the gladness of peace were saddened by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the last great victim of the barbarism of slavery; and a new political contest began for the preservation of the civil rights which had been won at the point of the bayonet.

Thanks to the wisdom, prudence and patriotism of the Thirty-ninth Congress, victory again crowned the banner of progress, and the nation is to be reconstructed on the eternal principles of justice. No grander record of Freedom and Nationality was ever made.

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This 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.