Excerpt from The Scottish Secession of 1843: Being an Examination of the Principles, and Narrative of the Contest Which Led to That Remarkable Event It is not the wish or purpose of the author to revive those feelings of bitterness which, blessed be God, are now passing away. Ou the contrary, his object is rather to accelerate their removal in the case of those good men from whom he has the misfortune to differ, by shewing, even though he should fail in gaining their conviction, that those who hold the sentiments which he maintains have what they consider solid ground for the opinions which' they entertain, and that therefore they may venture to claim the credit of being conscientious, though it may be erring, men. The fact that the bit terness of former feeling has been greatly modified, he considers as an encouragement towards the publication, as it leads him to cherish the hope that the time has now arrived when men are in circumstances calmly to consider facts and arguments which, at one period, would not have been listened to with patience. 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.