Address Delivered Before The New England Association Of The Soldiers Of The War Of 1812 PDF Download

Excerpt from Address Delivered Before the New England Association of the Soldiers of the War of 1812: At the Dissolution of Their Association, October, 1879 Nations, like individuals, have generally a natural growth. Cer tain epochs in their history will be marked by some new develop ment. In this respect our country forms no exception. Passing over our Colonial pupilage, we had a long and painful Struggle with our mother country, till we wrung from her an acknowledgment of our independence. But the treaty was general in its character, and somewhat ambiguous in some of its provisions. Great Britain, in her natural haughtiness, and smarting under the loss of her colonies, was disposed to put her own construction upon the treaty, and to carry out its provisions in a manner most promotive of her inclina tion and interest. 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.