The Equality of the States, A Convention of the People, Party Conservatism, Conscription, To Whom It May Concern (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Equality of the States, A Convention of the People, Party Conservatism, Conscription, To Whom It May ConcernA word more, before I sit down. Sir, did you ever ask yourself the question, what troops they would be, and in what age, who first would enter this town, sword in hand, perhaps to burn it to the ground, per haps only to lay it under contribution, of a few millions paid in the market-place? We are at profound peace with all the outer world, and such an event - though time will assuredly bringit forth - you will say now seems remote. But suppose we were surrounded with threatening ene mies, why might it not happen to-day Very well - faction is turned loose among us, the worst enemy, and our frame of government is threat ened.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. 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.