Excerpt from Louis Anastasius Tarascon to His Fellow Citizens of the United States of America: And Through Their Medium, to All His Other Fellow Human Beings on Earth, Not Any Where ElseIndeed, though begun only 60 years ago, a length of time as nothing in timeless eternity, (for the whole of the universe is eternal, and nothing but forms change, ) though begun only 60 years ago on a narrow strip of land of not much value, between the sandy shores of the Atlantic Ocean and the ridgy barriers of the Alleghany mount aims, and in spite of a jealous and warlike power always opposing her, our said nation consisting, at that time, of only thirteen weak states, with a population of less than three millions of persons, has, by her steady pursuit of the only just and Wise form of government on earth, constituting and respecting the right of liberty of the mind.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.