Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by THOMAS H. WEBB & CO. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. HARVARD PRESS OF WM. A. HALL & CO., ADVERTISEMENT. It has been the intention of the writer, at several different times during our recent difficulties, to publish some remarks upon the facts and questions at issue between the contending parties in this State; and as, although military force is now no longer to be feared, the civil agitation of the controversy will probably be continued, and will affect, not only this, but other States-the importance of the occasion is deemed a sufficient apology for the publication. It is a subject upon which no one can pretend to originality of thought, and wherever I have found what appeared to me to be common sense, stated in strong and forcible language by others, I have used their words, and given their names; for I would rather lose the reputation of originality, than in a matter of so great consequence to the public welfare, lose the weight of the authority of statesmen and authors of well-known and established character, in enforcing the opinions I advocate. Kingston, R. I., September, 1842. |