IN AMERICA: A HISTORY OF THE COLONIAL AND REPUBLICAN Governments of the United States of America, FROM THE YEAR 1607 TO THE YEAR 1869. TO WHICH ARE ADDED CONSTITUTIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, PLATFORMS, RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS OF LETTERS. ELECTION RETURNS, AND STATISTICS. ALSO, A BRIEF HISTORY OF ALL THE EXISTING REPUBLICS IN THE WORLD. By R. GUY MCCLELLAN, (Author of The Golden State, etc.) Tenth Edition. PHILADELPHIA: J. M. STODDART & CO. LONDON: TRUBNER & COMPANY. 1879. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by R. GUY MCCLELLAN, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the District of California. Entered according to Act of Parliament, in the year 1868, by R. GUY MCCLELLAN, at Stationers' Hall, London, England. INTRODUCTION. My object in writing this book, is to present to the public, in a condensed form, a history of the development of a great and free country from dependent British Colonies; to illustrate the positions of political parties and prominent public individuals, and to exhibit their tendencies either toward liberty or oppression; to inspire in the hearts of its readers love and gratitude for the fearless defenders of Human Freedom, who, in council and upon the field, have erected and maintained American Freedom and American Nationality as a safe refuge for the oppressed of monarchical governments: above all, to draw around the altar of my adopted and beloved country my fellow-citizens, from which they may behold the monuments erected for their liberty and security. R. G. M'C. SAN FRANCISCo, March, 1869 |