Men and Things in America In a Series of Letters to a Friend Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Men and Things in America: In a Series of Letters to a FriendOf the insensate and atrocious war now raging in the State! It is difficult to speak in any measured terms of reprobation?' Yet was the disruption now in progress quite inevitable; and, as the reader will see, was plainly predicted in re, though not specifically in mode, twenty-four years ago, in the present volume. 1 The only wonder is, that the loosely compacted federation has held together so long; for its certain dislocation was predicted. With convincing reasons given therefor, by M. Turgot, that great and good statesman, fourscore years back, in a letter to his friend Dr. R. Price, now lying beside me.Reviewing with disgust inexpressible, as has' been said, the' details, as reported, of the present civil war among the Men of the States, the author almost regrets that he ever penned such a eulogy upon them collectively as that which is printed in pp. 284-5; yet he lets it remain, having some faint hopes (but little trust) in a future amendment of their conduct.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.