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Excerpt from The Life and Speeches of Thomas Williams, Vol. 2: Orator, Statesman and Jurist 1806-1872; A Founder of the Whig and Republican Parties
And yet I may be allowed to say, that on no past occasion have I felt the weight of a temporary infirmity more strongly, than in view of the stirring exhibition which I witnessed on Thursday last. As I cast my eye over the mustering squadrons of that bannered host, my heart beat exultingly at the evidence it furnished of the thorough awakening of the North. I thought I saw in it the omen, as well as the instrument of a great dcliv crance - and the exclamation rose involuntarily to my lips, Thank God! There is a North! Yes! The granite hills of Maine have just proclaimed it in the roll Of twice ten thousand thunders, and the hills and valleys of Pennsylvania are about to echo back with a redoubled peal, the joyful shout - There is a North. The years of our captivity are numbered. Our long and weary pilgrimage is about to terminate. Mount Pisgah is before us. In ten days more we scale its summit, and the prom ised land, which has so long fled before us, is at our feet. 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.
