This, I take it, is the message our beloved country would send to us today. That we be men of _American mind_, the mind that expressed itself in the Declaration of Independence, the mind that was born of understanding, tolerance, and brotherly love, the mind that didn’t hesitate to say, in the closing words of the great document that gave to us our nation, “For the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” A LIST OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ORATORS. BY C. W. ERNST. BOSTON ORATORS APPOINTED BY THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES. _For the Anniversary of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770._ NOTE.--The Fifth of March orations were published in handsome quarto editions, now very scarce; also collected in book form in 1785 and again in 1807. The oration of 1776 was delivered in Watertown. 1771.--LOVELL, JAMES. 1772.--WARREN, JOSEPH.[2] 1773.--CHURCH, BENJAMIN.[B] 1774.--HANCOCK, JOHN.[A][2] 1775.--WARREN, JOSEPH. 1776.--THACHER, PETER. 1777.--HICHBORN, BENJAMIN. 1778.--AUSTIN, JONATHAN WILLIAMS. 1779.--TUDOR, WILLIAM. 1780.--MASON, JONATHAN, JUN. 1781.--DAWES, THOMAS, JUN. 1782.--MINOT, GEORGE RICHARDS. 1783.--WELSH, THOMAS. _For the Anniversary of National Independence, July 4, 1776._ NOTE.--A collected edition, or a full collection, of these orations has not been made. For the names of the orators, as officially printed on the title pages of the orations, see the Municipal Register of 1890. 1783.--WARREN, JOHN.[1] 1784.--HICHBORN, BENJAMIN. 1785.--GARDNER, JOHN. 1786.--AUSTIN, JONATHAN LORING. 1787.--DAWES, THOMAS, JUN. 1788.--OTIS, HARRISON GRAY. 1789.--STILLMAN, SAMUEL. 1790.--GRAY, EDWARD. 1791.--CRAFTS, THOMAS, JUN. 1792.--BLAKE, JOSEPH, JUN.[2] 1793.--ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY.[2] 1794.--PHILLIPS, JOHN. 1795.--BLAKE, GEORGE. 1796.--LATHROP, JOHN, JUN. 1797.--CALLENDER, JOHN. 1798.--QUINCY, JOSIAH.[2][3] 1799.--LOWELL, JOHN, JUN.[2] 1800.--HALL, JOSEPH. 1801.--PAINE, CHARLES. 1802.--EMERSON, WILLIAM. 1803.--SULLIVAN, WILLIAM. 1804.--DANFORTH, THOMAS.[2] 1805.--DUTTON, WARREN. 1806.--CHANNING, FRANCIS DANA.[4] 1807.--THACHER, PETER.[2][5] 1808.--RITCHIE, ANDREW, JUN.[2] 1809.--TUDOR, WILLIAM, JUN.[2] 1810.--TOWNSEND, ALEXANDER. 1811.--SAVAGE, JAMES.[2] 1812.--POLLARD, BENJAMIN.[4] 1813.--LIVERMORE, EDWARD ST. LOE. 1814.--WHITWELL, BENJAMIN. 1815.--SHAW, LEMUEL. 1816.--SULLIVAN, GEORGE.[2] 1817.--CHANNING, EDWARD TYRREL. 1818.--GRAY, FRANCIS CALLEY. 1819.--DEXTER, FRANKLIN. 1820.--LYMAN, THEODORE, JUN. 1821.--LORING, CHARLES GREELY.[2] 1822.--GRAY, JOHN CHIPMAN. 1823.--CURTIS, CHARLES PELHAM.[2] 1824.--BASSETT, FRANCIS. 1825.--SPRAGUE, CHARLES.[6] 1826.--QUINCY, JOSIAH.[7] 1827.--MASON, WILLIAM POWELL. 1828.--SUMNER, BRADFORD.