“If our generation fails to do its duty not only do we defraud our children of inheritance which we receive from our fathers, but we blast the hopes of the friends of the liberty throughout our continent, throughout Europe, throughout the world to the end of time.”

Edward Everett’s Oration July 4, 1848

A Preface 

 I ask, “What is our task today? Or the duty of our generation?”

Isn’t this task of today first of all for us to defend our liberty and our….