[PDF] Despotism In America Or An Inquiry Into The Nature And Results Of The Slave Holding System In The United States eBook

Author : Richard Hildreth
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 2024-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368740822

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

Author : Richard Hildreth
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 20,21 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230380216

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION. It has been said, and is often repeated, that the United States of America are trying a great social experiment, upon the result of which hangs the future fate not of America only, but to a certain extent, of all mankind. The consequences likely to flow from the success or failure of this -experiment, are doubtless exaggerated; for those universal laws which regulate the feelings and the actions of men, will ultimately produce their necessary effects, in spite of narrow systems of policy and morals, founded upon the success or failure of any single experiment. But whatever we may think of its probable consequences, however fancy may magnify, or reason may diminish them, the experiment itself, is a great one. It is in fact far more complicated and more critical, and therefore greater and more interesting, than it is commonly represented. The American experiment is usually described, as purely an experiment of democracy; an attempt to establish a perfect equality of political rights; an essay towards the equal distribution among all the members of the community, of freedom, property, knowledge, social advantages, and those other good things which make up the mass of human happiness. And this experiment--as we are assured by every writer, native, or foreign, who has touched upon the subject, owing to the peculiar circumstances of the country, is carried on to the greatest possible advantage, not being compelled to encounter a multitude of hostile influences, by which such an undertaking, any where else, would be most vigorously opposed. This is not a true representation of the case. If in certain parts of the American Union, the experiment of Democracy be steadily and quietly pursued, and with an influence and a feeling in its...

Author : Richard Hildreth
Publisher : Lovenstein Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 16,54 MB
Release : 2008-07
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ISBN : 1409714896

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Richard Hildreth
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 26,70 MB
Release : 2019-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780530203164

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Author : Richard Hildreth
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Page : 192 pages
File Size : 30,6 MB
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781333043308

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Excerpt from Despotism in America: Or an Inquiry Into the Nature and Results of the Slave-Holding System in the United States The consequences likely to ow from the success or failure Of this experiment, are doubtless exaggerated; for those universal laws which regulate the feelings and the actions Of men, will ultimately produce their necessary effects, in Spite of narrow systems Of policy and morals, founded upon the success or failure Of any single experiment. 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."