ORATION

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

OF THE

CITY OF BOSTON,

JULY 4, 1859,

BY GEORGE
GEORGE SUMNER.

TOGETHER WITH

THE SPEECHES AT THE DINNER IN FANEUIL HALL, AND

AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE

OTHER CEREMONIES

EIGHTY-THIRD

ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

BOSTON:

GEO. C. RAND AND AVERY, CITY PRINTERS,

NO. 3 CORNHILL,