Excerpt from A Political Lecture Upon the Influence of Slavery on the Constitution and Union, Delivered at the Request of the Citizens of Brooklyn It may be considered by some out of place for an individual to appear on a public occasion like this before the citizens of this great City, without being heralded by an introduction by some political club or organization, accompanied by the usual concomitants of such as semblages, such as musical bands, rockets, and other manifestations calculated to attract the public. But having been so frequently urged for the last two years to address you on the great questions of the day, I have not felt at liberty any longer to decline, acceding to your wishes. We meet therefore this evening, for the purpose of calmly and carefully reviewing the political field, and to examine into the actual facts of the case, and to draw a conclusion upon the arguments and the facts, as to the direction to which that duty points, in the coming Presidential Election. I am here as an Amer ican citizen, who in common with yourself has a deep and abiding stake in the existence, prosperity and permanency of our Union. 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.