Thirty Years View Or A History Of The Working Of The American Government For Thirty Years From 1820 To 1850 Chiefly Taken From The Congress Debates The Private Papers Of General Jackson And 2 Volumes Volume 2

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ISBN 13 : 9780260725424
Total Pages : 790 pages
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Download or read book Thirty Years' View, Vol. 1 of 2 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirty Years' View, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, a History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, From 1820 to 1850; Chiefly Taken From the Congress Debates, the Private Papers of General Jackson and the Speeches of Ex-Senator Benton, With His Actual View of Men and Affairs: Wit Justice to the men with whom I acted, and to the cause in which we were ens gaged, is my chief motive for engaging in this work. A secondary motive is the hope of being useful to our republican form of government in after ages by Showing its working through a long and eventful period working well all the time, and thereby justifying the hope of its permanent good Operation in all time to come, if maintained in its purity and integrity. Justice to the wise and patriotic men who established our independence, and founded this government, is another motive with me. I do not know how young I was when I first read in the Speeches of Lord Chatham, the encomium which he pronounced in the House of Lords on these founders of our republic; but it sunk deep into my memory at the time, and, what is more, went deep into the heart: and has remained there ever Since. When your lordships look at the papers trans mitted us from America when you consider their decency, firmness, and wis dom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation - and it has been my favorite study - I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world - that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult cir cumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the genera. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.