Address of George Thompson, (M. P.) Of England, to the Legislature and Citizens of Vermont: Delivered in Representatives' Hall, October 22, 1864

Excerpt from Address of George Thompson, (M. P.) Of England, to the Legislature and Citizens of Delivered in Representatives' Hall, October 22, 1864I had looked into your natural history I had found that you, like other states in the Union, were not deficient in snakes, that you had black snakes, white snakes, green snakes, ring snakes, striped snakes, ribbed snakes and rattle snakes but I was rejoiced to find in all my researches into the natural history of the Green Mountain State, that yoh had no such a reptile among you as a copperhead. (applause) I discovered, however, to my deep regret,-that you had something which is perhaps equivalent to that, - a Right Rev. Bishop who has defended slavery from the Bible. (applause)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.