About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

1 Appeal for the Union 1850

handle is hein.trials/adeb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY A- PIHILADELPH[IA WHIG. PREFACE. THE following tract, composed of a series of articles, communicated to, and originally published in, the Philadelphia Eveni?g Journal, needs no commendation for such readers as think calmly and soberly, and desire, in the present crisis of national politics, to do what is right. It is a temperate appeal to reason and patriotic intelligence. Whoever reads one page will be tempted onward by the best sort of persuasion-that which appeals to no prejudice or passion and does not contradict by words of unkindness any strong preconceived opinion. It is not the wail of a: technical politician, but of a citizen of Philadelphia, mature in years and conservative in principle, who, when he has devoted himself to the public service, has done so most unselfishly. He feels all he writes to be true. The author of this pamphlet is by education and early association a member of the Society of Friends, and has no sentiment in common with propa. gandists of slavery or the fierce fanaticism of technical Abolition. He stands, and has always stobd, on the good old Pennsylvanian plat- form, and looking thcnmce on the contests of the day, sees no escape from civil discord. and agitation but in the election to the Presidency of a Pennsylvania statesman who has proclaimed that the great aim of his administration will be to put an en4 to slavery agitation. Let every- lover of peace read and meditate on what is thus written.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most