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ISBN: 9781331401896
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Excerpt from New Dangers to Freedom, and New Duties for Its Defenders: A Letter by the Hon. Horace Mann to His Constituents, May 3, 1850 Gentlemen: - Having been called home on account of sickness in my family, I have just received, at this place, your kind invitation to meet and address my constituents of the 8th Congressional District, and to give them my "views and opinions upon the question of the immediate admission of California, and other questions now before Congress arising out of the acquisition of territory by the treaty with Mexico." A request from so high a source has almost the force of a command. Yet I dare not promise to comply. I am liable at any moment to be recalled, and, instead of speaking here, to vote there, upon the questions to which you refer. I might be summoned to return on the day appointed for us to meet. The only alternative, therefore, which is left me, is to address you by letter. This I will do, if I can find time. I shall thus comply with your request, in substance, if not in form. On many accounts, I have the extremest reluctance to appear before the public on the present occasion. My views, on some vital questions, differ most materially from those of gentlemen for whom I have felt the profoundest respect; and for some of whom I cherish the strongest personal attachment. But I feel, on the other hand, that my constituents, having entrusted to me some of their most precious interests, are entitled to know my "views and opinions" respecting the hopes and the dangers that encompass them. I shall not, therefore, take the responsibility of declining. 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.