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Excerpt from The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster, Hitherto Uncollected Volume Two, Vol. 14 of 18: Speeches in Congress and Diplomatic Papers Mr. Webster said, that he did not propose at present to go into any discussion, or to advance any general propositions, of which different gentlemen might be expected to adopt different views, and espouse different sides. The object of the Resolutions is sufficiently obvious, and the importance of the subject to which they point cannot be denied. They relate immediately to the cause of the present war. I may say, sir, without exposing myself to contradiction, he continued, that if the decree of April, 1811, had been published, at the time it purports to be dated, the war in which we are now engaged, would not have taken place. To whom it is to be imputed, that it was not so published, is the discovery sought by these Resolutions. 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.