Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Robertson, of Virginia: On His Motion to Recommit the Report and Resolutions of the Select Committee on the Subject of Abolition, Delivered in the House of Representatives, May, 1836 Mr. Pinckney, on leave, presented a report from the Select Committee on the subject of the abolition of slavery. In making this report, Mr. P. Remarked that it had received the unanimous assent of the committee, and be trusted it would meet the unanimous approbation of the House. By the instruction of the committee, he moved that it be read and printed. 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.