Excerpt from English Serfdom and American Slavery: Or, Ourselves as Others See UsRecognizing with apparent sincerity the existence Of those ties which trade and commerce would rivet more closely every succeeding year but for an impertinent interference in the domestic affairs Of the great republic, why is it that they assail their transatlantic brethren with the combined power of money and abuse?The motive is indubitable. They have everything to gain and nothing to lose from the example of Russia, and every thing to lose and nothing to gain from the example of the United States. The principles upon which the constitution of the model republic is based, are not confined to the west ern continent. They are wielding a silent but irresistible in¿uence upon the masses of the Old world, who are awaken ing to the grand idea that absolute power is vested in the people alone. To save their rotten institutions from crumb ling beneath the tread Of the Goddess of Liberty, her great exemplar must be destroyed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.