Download or read book Speech of Mr. Shields, of Illinois, on the Territorial Question: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 5, 1850 (Classic Reprint) written by James Shields and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Shields, of Illinois, on the Territorial Question: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 5, 1850 Sir, in saying this, I do not wish to be understood a rule for the' government of others in similar cases. Prescribe a rule In this particular case for my own that is, to obey constitutiona uctidns, or resign. 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.