Excerpt from Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 7: Papers of the Governors, 1845-1858 When I contemplate the Interests of our common wealth, as an independent sovereignty, and as a mem ber of the community of American states, the multi plied relations over which it exerts a supervising guardianship, and the peculiarly weighty obligations that press upon it at the present moment, I feel how imperfectly I am qualified to discharge, and even to comprehend aright, the arduous and complicated duties to which I have been called. T'o Him who watches over the destinies of states, as well as men, and whose favour is light and strength, I look upwards with humble trust, that He will over-rule any errors and give efficiency to my honest efforts for the public good. 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.