Excerpt from Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln, Before the Honourable Council, and Both Branches of the Legislature, May 30, 1829 But the question recurs, by whom shall the pro posed Rail Roads in Massachusetts be accomplish ed? The Commissioners have recommended, that it be done at the charge and on account of the State, and-to this Legislature was referred, by your Pre decessors, the' responsibility of adopting or reject ing the proposition, of assuming or aiding in the task, or 1efus1ng the sanction of the Government to it altogether. 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.