---
title: 'Union Speech; Delivered at Kanawha Salines, V.A., on the Fourth of July, 1856'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Ruffner'
date: 1856-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'United States'
- 'Politics'
scriptures:
- 'Deuteronomy 8'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/ruffner-1856-union-speech-delivered-at-kanawha-salines-v-a-on-the-fourth-of-july-1856
---

# Union Speech; Delivered at Kanawha Salines, V.A., on the Fourth of July, 1856

1856 Fourth of July oration by Henry Ruffner praising U.S. growth under the Constitution—population, territory, industry and commerce—and defending national union and prosperity.

[Download](https://media.confessional.org/archives/ruffner-1856-union-speech-delivered-at-kanawha-salines-v-a-on-the-fourth-of-july-1856.pdf)