Excerpt from Reply of R. W. Thompson to the Speech Made by Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, in the Senate of the United States, on Wednesday, February 4, 1855 But there are those Who will see and read the Senator' s speech, Who do not know me as they do. They may give credit to his state ments, because they may not suppose it possible that a Senator of the United States can weave such a fabric of vituperation Wholly Without material. To those of that class Who can be reached by the only mode of defence left me, I think it my duty to show that the speech of the Senator, so far as it imputes anything of personal dishonor to is as absolutely Without foundation as it certainly 1s regardless of the commonest courtesy; that, in fact, it is such a speech as ought never to have been made in the Senate of the United States. 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.