Excerpt from Sketches of the Life of Martin Van Buren, President of the United StatesGreat injustice has has i done to Mr. Van Buren's politi cal and private character by the reiterated but refuted slan ders propagated against him - reiterated by demagogues and charlatans for political effect. Therefore I am happy to learn that you are about to do him justice in a permanent form, that the rising generation and posterity may form a a preper knowledge of the truth - be able to form a correct Opinion of him, and to render to his character that meed Of justice which his virtues so well deserve.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.