Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Horace Mann, of Mass., On the Subject of Slavery in the Territories, and the Consequences of the Threatened Dissolution of the Union: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 15, 1850 Now, I admit this principle in its fullest extent and without hesitation. That country is equally free to all the peo le of the United States. The government can sel the lands not alread covered by valid titles; and any citizen who wil compl with its terms can buy them. The people of each of the United States can go there and establish their domicil. The laws of Congress make no dis crimination between them. The Constitution makes no such discrimination. The law of nature and of nations makes none. The North has no privilege over the South, and the South has none over the North. If the North has any greater right there than the South, the equality is destroyed. If the South has any greater right there than the North, the equality is equally destroyed. 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.

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