Excerpt from The American Union: Its Effect on National Character and Policy, With an Inquiry Into Secession as a Constitutional Right In addition to this cumulative evidence we have the facts occurring from day to day - the incom petence at the head of affairs - the grotesque unfit ness of the appointments made - the corruption exposed by the Committee of Congress now sitting, and this too at a time when national peril should have purified public spirit these are plain to every observer. None could desire a better ...
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Excerpt from The American Union: Its Effect on National Character and Policy, With an Inquiry Into Secession as a Constitutional Right In addition to this cumulative evidence we have the facts occurring from day to day - the incom petence at the head of affairs - the grotesque unfit ness of the appointments made - the corruption exposed by the Committee of Congress now sitting, and this too at a time when national peril should have purified public spirit these are plain to every observer. None could desire a better illustration of the law of convenience than Mr. Seward has himself afforded, in his despatch on the restoration of the Commissioners. And of the Views which follow on the general reverence for force, the outrage of Captain Wilkes and the eager applause that welcomed it, are striking verifications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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