Excerpt from An Oration Delivered in Tammany Hall: In Commemoration of the Birthday WE are now assembled together to render a tribute to the memory of one of the greatest men that ever existed; yet, para doxical as it may appear, the man on whom the most virulent and unrelenting abuse has been poured, for declaring his honest opinions as to what constitutes the happiness of the human race. Fearlessly, and in despite Of what his base calumniators may say, we are now met in this place for the avowed purpose of proclaiming to the world our unqualified approbation of the principles so powerfully advocated, even at the risk of all that was dear to existence, by the ever to be venerated and truly philanthropic thomas paine. Although we were not prompted to render this tribute to the memory of the deceased by the force Of established custom, no one, I trust, will deny that meetings to commemorate the natal day of those who have been conspicuous laborers in the great work of hu 'man happiness, are calculated to stimulate the living t'o emulate their virtues, and to communicate to the bosoms of their descendants the just and noble sentiments that animated their own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.