Pinckney, Henry L.:

$225 · Offered by William Reese Company

"THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE." AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE TWO LITERARY SOCIETIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH-CAROLINA. Composed by Congressman Pinckney and sent from Washington to be read, the address covers the progress of science and the arts in contemporary America. Pinckney also turns his attention to political topics, including Texan independence:"While we weep over the scene of the Alamo, may we not rejoice at the brilliant victory of San Jacinto, and the consequent capture of a tyrant whose deeds of blood have disgraced humanity! And may we not trust that the period is near at hand, when the people of Texas shall indeed be our brethren, and when the chorus of freedom shall reverberate from the Hudson to the Sabine, and from the banks of the Colorado to the heights of Bunker."

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