Excerpt from Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln, Before the Honourable Council, and Both Branches of the Legislature, May 30, 1829 Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: It was the Declaration of the Framers of our Republican form of Government, that the Legislature ought frequently to assemble for the redress of grievances, for correcting, strengthening, and confirming the Laws, and for making new, Laws as the common good may require. The performance of these duties requires enlarged and comprehensive views of the great interests of the Commonwealth, and is the highest service which can be rendered by public agents. Whatever may improve the condition of the people is within the scope of Legislative action. 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.