Excerpt from An Historical Address Before the Wisconsin Pioneer Association and the Surviving Members of the Constitutional Conventions of 1846-47: Delivered July 16, 1879 Had this plain and emphatic declaration been adopted, that all the states that adopt and accept this constitution, shall forever remain a part of the United States subject to this constitution, none would have been found bold enough and bad enough to propose the dissolution and destruction of the Union; for that would have been treason without a parallel and without even the poor excuse of an honest conviction. 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.