The Right Way for Restoring the Late Rebel States to the Federal Union (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Right Way for Restoring the Late Rebel States to the Federal Union Listen to a voice from East Virginia, uttering, in time-honored principles, in studied truth and measured terms, the manner in which the States lately in rebellion should be readjusted in their federal relations. The voice is from one who has spent much of his time and money, in every stage of a long life, in seeking, in labors of love, to advance the welfare of his native State. It may be you will listen with less credulity, because the author is not a stranger, and be under the influence of that sentiment ages ago recorded that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country. That deters him not from his duty. It shall not be his fault, if you will neglect the truths herein expressed, because they are homely truths. They arc expressed with pains-taking concern for exact verity. They look more to the durability of our representative system, than to the immediate advantage of any section, even our own, in the passing hour, except that the passing hour can be best served by what is most likely to secure that durability. The wisdom of ages adorns most of the truths herein expressed. This expression of them, is intended in support of liberty regulated by law, which alone can assure social safety and happiness. Neglect of such truths will sting you, reader, in whatever section of our country your lot is cast, or your posterity, with a pungency sharper and deadlier than the serpent's poisonous tooth. It may be. that the next generation will find that in this, the observance of principle was not enough valued. Reader, the writer would have you scan his language and rightly interpret it, here and throughout. Then, you may see and know it nowhere speaks vanity, but fortitude whose weapon is honesty, and aims, the public good. Most in this life he has source of pride in, and indulges it, is that he is not, nor ever was, governed by that indifference to public affairs, which the selfish hide themselves in and always would have, and often get, others to regard as being moderation or modesty. 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.