Excerpt from Speech of James Dixon, of Connecticut: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 9, 1858In the year 1854, the country was at rest - the compromise measures of 1850 had been adopted, and had been for the most part acquiesced in. There were many, to be sure, in some parts of the country, who were Opposed to those meas ures; but the opposition had nearly subsided.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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