Excerpt from Charles Devens, Henry M. Dexter, Edward I. Thomas: Extract From the Report of the Council, Read to the American Antiquarian Society, April 29, 1891 He was one of the founders and first proprietors of the Congregational Quarterly, and wrote much for it. At the suggestion of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe he prepared the famous protest against the Nebraska bill, to which he secured the signatures of 3050 Protestant clergymen in New England. He carried this protest to Washington, where it gave rise to a famous debate in which Mr. Sumner, Mr. Everett, and afterward Mr. Rockwell took a. Leading part on one side, and Mr. Douglas of Illinois on the other. 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.