Excerpt from Slavery in California and New Mexico: Speech of Mr. Orin Fowler, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, March 11, 1850, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, on the President's Message Communicating the Constitution of California To the support of these gr eat principles of liberty and equality for all men, the signers of that declaration, representing the thirteen United States, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, mutually pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. This pledge was made by the Representatives of all the States. To maintain and establish these principles of liberty and equality for all men in this nation, the war of the Revolution was waged, and its blood and treasure expended. 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.