The Uniform Record of All Political Parties in Maine Down to 1856 in Opposition to Human Slavery

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Excerpt from The Uniform Record of All Political Parties in Maine Down to 1856 in Opposition to Human Slavery: Speech of Hon. Francis O. J. Smith, to the Republican State Convention, Holden in Portland July 8, 1856 Mr. President and Fellow Citizens, I regret the necessity I have been under of commencing to address you at such an inopportune hour. I will then detain you but in a few words. I do congratulate you, one and all, I congratulate one and all, the independent freemen and electors of Maine, on the nomination that has this day been made for the Office of Governor. It is a nomination most eminently "fit to be made." It is a nomination that nobly, and truly, and truthfully represents The Great Cause Of Human Freedom! to the support of which the freemen of this State are now challenged by the myrmidons and sycophants of the slave power at the South. YOU have accepted the challenge, and raised your banner ready for the fight. Of Mr. Hamlin, you have nominated for Governor, it may be said, perhaps with more emphasis than of any other man, that he has done our State great service. Through a succession of years, and from the first hour he entered that high and august body of legislators, where the State Commissioned him to represent you, he has given no vote, uttered no sentiment, countenanced no measure, that is no square up to the great requirements of the great cause of human freedom. We have a right to be proud as a State, of the record which he has made there, and before the country, for our State. In honoring such a man, we do most honor ourselves. 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.