Excerpt from The 22d of February: From the Pennsylvania Inquirer of Feb, 22, 1851 Upon me, to make this my last Official com munication; to congratulate you on the glo rious events which Heaven has been pleased to produce in our favor; to offer my sentiments respecting some important subjects which ap pear to me to be intimately connected with the tranquility of the United States; to take my leave of your Excellency as a public character; and to give my final blessing to that country in whose service I have spent the prime of my life, for whose sake I have consumed so many anxious days and watchful nights, and whose happiness, being extremely dear to me, will always constitute incon siderable part of my own. Impressed with the liveliest sensibility on this pleasing occa sion, I will claim the indulgence of dilating the more copiously on the subjects. Of our mutual felicitation. When we consider the magnitude of the prize we contended for, the doubtful nature of the contest, and the favor able manner in which it has terminated, we shall find the greatest possible reason for gratitude and rejoicing. 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 techlogy 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.