Excerpt from Respect for the Law
Mr. Mayor and Fellow Citizens:
"Yesterday the greatest question was decided that was ever debated in America, and greater perhaps never was nor will be decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony that these United States are and of right ought to be free and independent states.
"I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn act of devotion to God Almighty."
These words were written to his wife by John Adams, who was known as the Colossus of independence and the pillar of its support on the floor of Congress; and we gather here to-day in patriotic fulfillment of his prophecy and in consecration anew of the most glorious day in the calendar of the Republic.
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