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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. David S. Kaufman, of Texas, on the Slavery Question: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 10, 1847 Preston king, ] at this session, attempted, under cover o'fa personal explanation, to appropriate its fancied thunder, - yet it will go down to poster ity as the amendment of the gentleman from Penn sylvania. The Wilmot proviso will continue to be its name; but' notwithstanding the solicitude which the honorable gentleman exhibited for his offspring at the Opening of this discussion, I have not the least doubt that it will die, unwept, nu' honored, and unsung. 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.