Excerpt from California, Territorial Governments, Etc: Remarks of Hon. Mr. Foote, of Mississippi, on the Plan of Adjusting the Questions Growing Out of Slavery, Reported From the Special Committee of the Senate; Delivered in the Senate, May 15, 16, and 20, 1850 Indeed, I think, Mr. President, that all candid men will acknowledge that the vital principle of popular sovereignty, set forth so strongly in this letter of Mr. Adams, is quite as distinctly asserted in the last of those resolutions introduced in the year 1847, by Mr. Calhoun, which, with a view of strengthening my attitude, if possible, in the estimation ofthe Senator from Florida, I will now read. It runs thus. 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.