ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by ABBEY & ABBOT, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York. JOHN A. GRAY, PRINTER & STEREOTYPER, 16 and 18 Jacob St. PREFACE. THIS book scarcely needs a preface. In my trip, I have kept my eyes and ears open, and have recorded all I have seen, heard and thought, which, it has appeared to me, would interest the community, or would throw light upon that question which now agitates our country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Saint Lawrence to the Gulf. I am an American citizen, and it is my prerogative to speak frankly and freely. I love our country, our whole country, and therefore I will not allow any earnestness of utterance to interfere with the spirit of conciliation and kindness. FARMINGTON, MAINE. JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. |