Excerpt from The Black Book, Vol. 2 of 2: Or a Continuation of Travels in the United States But since I have been led out of my course. It has been meanly said of me (by none but the missionaries those state liars) that I was upon an electioneering expes dition; sometimes, it was said, for Mr. Adams, and some times for general Jackson. Now, every one who knows me knows that I have too much independence not to avow what I would dare undertake. I have many warm friends on both sides, and hope I shall never do any thing to forfeit the good Opinion of either. My Opinion has of ten been asked of both men, and by both parties, I have always given it freely, just as] have now; and when either have'been slandered, so far as I knew it to be such, I have vindicated them; that being my peculiar pursuits, I mean to Oppose vice of all sorts. After various fruit less attempts, by both parties, to win me to their side, to the exclusion of the other, the general request was, well, Mrs. R. Promise, at least, you will do us no harm; this request I have sacredly complied with. 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.