which line from \what to the slave is the fourth of july?\ supports douglasss claim that the fourth of july…

which line from \what to the slave is the fourth of july?\ supports douglasss claim that the fourth of july is not a cause worthy of celebration by all?\nfellow citizens, i am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. the signers of the declaration of independence were brave men. they were great men, too great enough to give frame to a great age.\nwould to god, both for your sakes and ours, that an affirmative answer could be truthfully returned to these questions! then would my task be light, and my burden easy and delightful.\nfellow - citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, i hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to - day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them.\nbut, i submit, where all is plain there is nothing to be argued. what point in the anti - slavery creed would you have me argue? on what branch of the subject do the people of this country need light?

which line from \what to the slave is the fourth of july?\ supports douglasss claim that the fourth of july is not a cause worthy of celebration by all?\nfellow citizens, i am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. the signers of the declaration of independence were brave men. they were great men, too great enough to give frame to a great age.\nwould to god, both for your sakes and ours, that an affirmative answer could be truthfully returned to these questions! then would my task be light, and my burden easy and delightful.\nfellow - citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, i hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to - day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them.\nbut, i submit, where all is plain there is nothing to be argued. what point in the anti - slavery creed would you have me argue? on what branch of the subject do the people of this country need light?

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Douglass's claim is that the Fourth of July is not a cause worthy of celebration by all. The line "Fellow - citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to - day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them" shows that while some (the free citizens) are joyfully celebrating, there are millions (the enslaved) who are in mourning. The contrast between the "tumultuous joy" of the free and the "mournful wail" of the enslaved, with the enslaved's suffering being made more "intolerable" by the celebratory shouts, directly supports the idea that the Fourth of July is not a universal cause for celebration.

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Fellow - citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to - day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them.