Excerpt from Proceedings of a Public Meeting of the Citizens of Providence: Held in the Beneficent Congregational Church, March 7, 1854, to Protest Against Slavery in Nebraska; With the Addresses of the Speakers In this manner the spirit of the Constitution has been lost sight Of or dis regarded, and the barriers in the way of the extension Of slavery, and the increase of the slave power, have been removed as fast as the necessities or the wishes of the Southern States demanded. Another measure is now proposed to further the interests of the slave holding power, by removing another barrier ia the way of the extension of slavery. 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.