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Excerpt from Speeches and Addresses Mr. Speaker, - When I survey the magnitude of the question before us, and observe how deeply it affects the public mind, I experience a sense of responsibility which is almost painful. I am about to participate in a discussion which has convulsed the whole country, which involves the largest interests of the people of the United States, and which must yet exert a powerful influence, for good or for evil, upon their fortunes. We are, sir, in the midst of a revolution; not a revolution conducted by arms, and accomplishing its purposes by the shedding of blood, but a revolution in the opinions and feelings of a great people; a revolution, not the less to be feared because it does not now call physical force to its aid, for it is moving the foundations of society, and it is impossible to say where its waves shall be stayed. 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.