Excerpt from An Address to the Whites: Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, on the 26th of Mar, 1826 She will become not a great, but a faithful ally of the United States. In time of peace she will plead the common liberties of America In time of her intrepid sons will sacrifice their lives in your defence. And because she will be useful to you in coming time, she asks you to (assist her in her present struggles. She asks not for greatness; she seeks not wealth; she pleads on ly for assistance to become respectable as a nation, to enlighten and ennoble her sons, and to ornament her daughters with mod esty and virtue. She pleads for this assistance, too, because on her destiny hangs that of many nations. If she complete her civilization - then may we hope that all our nations will - then, indeed, may true patriots be encouraged in their efforts to make this world of the West, one continuous abode of enlightened, free, and happy people. 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.