Excerpt from Address of Hon.: Allen G. Thurman Delivered Before the Maryland Agricultural and Mechanical Association Without further preface, I propose, my hearers, to offer for your consideration some reflections that have no claim to originality, but which may, nevertheless, bear frequent repetition, and to state some facts in relation to our own country that seem to me to be worthy of your attention. 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.