Excerpt from Biography of General Lewis Cass: Including a Voice From a Friend Two events occurred this year in Michigan, which gave a new aspect to her hopes and promises of prosperity. One was, the privilege of electing a delegate to Congress the other, was the sale of public lands within the territory. No one exerted himself with more zeal to effect these improve ments than the governor, as he was convinced that the introduction of the elective franchise among the people, would elevate their political charac ter; and that, by the sale of the public land, the population and prosperity of the country would be rapidly advanced. 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.