The believers in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, and of that Method of proclaiming them inaugurated by Gen. Warren at Bunker Hill, and continued by Capt. Brown at Harper's Ferry, are requested to meet at NORTH ELBA, Essex Co., N.Y., on the FOURTH OF JULY next, to re-affirm, over the grave of THE MARTYR OF VIRGINIA, their unabated faith in the truth of those principles, and the wisdom of that time-honored policy.
The survivors of the family of Capt. John Brown will attend the celebration.
John Brown, Jr., the eldest son of Capt. John Brown, will read the Declaration of Independence; and Solomon, his youngest son, will read the Sermon on the Mount.
The following persons have been invited to be present and speak:
Rev. Highland Garnett, of New York;
Thos. W. Higginson, of Worcester, Mass.;
Miss Ellen Frances Watkins, of Philadelphia;
Thaddeus Hyatt, late of Washington Jail, D.C.;
Richard J. Hinton, of Kansas;
Frederick Douglass, of Rochester, N.Y.;
Rev. George B. Cheever, of Rochester, N.Y.;
Henry D. Thoreau, of Concord, Mass.;
Judge W.M.F. Arny, of Kansas;
And many others.
It is confidently expected that the majority of these speakers will attend.
By request,
JAMES REDPATH.
Boston, June 26, 1860.
Note: Thoreau's prepared tribute was read on July 4, 1860 by Richard J. Hinton at the John Brown commemoration in North Elba.
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