Excerpt from A Discourse Pronounced at the Capitol of the United States: In the Hall of Representatives, Before the American Historical Society, January 30, 1836 Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to present to the Hon. Lewis Cass the Vote of Thanks of this Society, and to ask of him a copy of his Discourse for publication. 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.