Excerpt from Legal Opinions of the Honorable Joseph M. White, of the House of Representatives, U. States, Honorable Daniel Webster, Senator in Congress, and Edward Livingston, Esq., L. L. D. And Late Secretary of State of the U. States: In Relation to the Title of the Duke of Alagon The history of the last century will show, that whole Pro vinces have been granted to Royal favorites, and no doubt has ever been raised, of the power to grant, though the policy of such grants might well be questioned. I need only refer to a few cases to sustain this observation. 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.