Excerpt from Speech of Sam Houston, of Texas, on the Bill for the Relief of Yucatan: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 8, 1848 Mr. President: Could I have believed that the Vote would now be taken upon the bill that is before the Senate, I should not have ventured to occupy the time of this body for one moment. But having [observed that some degree of excitement has existed, and there being a reasonable probability, to my apprehension, that the debate will not Speedily close, I avail myself of the privilege to state what reasons I may have for the vote 'which I shall give upon the bill. 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.