Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Marsh, of Vermont, on the Bill for Establishing the Smithsonian Institution: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. States, April 22, 1846 In a case where there is room for so great diversity of opinion as in this, ' there can be no hope of the adoption of any plan not conceived in a, spirit of' compromise; and on this, as on another larger question, however widely' apart we may be at first, we shall probably find-ourselves in the end obliged to settle down upon the parallel of The bill is reported by the special, committee as a compromise, and probably no one of the gentlemen con; cerned in. Its preparation is quite satisfied with its provisions; no one believes it tube the best plan that could be devised; but they felt the necessity of de ferring to each other, as well as to the probable opinion of Congress, and, were nearly unanimous in thinking it more likely to., harmonize'discordant views than any other plan suggested. It was in this belief, and in con sideration of the importance and the duty of early action, that I, as a mem ber of that committee, assented to the report, regarding the scheme how ever, not merely as a necessary compromise, but as rather an experiment which admitted and which I trusted would hereafter receive, great changes. In its conditions, than as a complete working model. Fig. 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.