Excerpt from Speech of Hon. William Upham, of Vermont, on the Compromise Bill: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 1 and 2, 1850 Although slavery, is not smitten by an apoplexy, yet it has received a mortal wound, and will die of consumption. 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.