Excerpt from Conciliation and Nationality! Speech of Hon.: S. S, Cox, of Ohio, Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 14, 1861 Leaving these elements of strife unstirred, the secession movement may van ish into a foolish dream - a spectre of the night, which will depart when the dawn shall again environ us in the cycle of its felicities! 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.