Excerpt from The War in America: Being an Historical and Political Account of the Southern and Northern States; Showing the Origin and Cause of the Present Secession War<br><br>Although we have endeavoured to be impartial in the presentation of facts, yet we are sure neither the fanatics of the north, nor the fire-eaters of the south, will be pleased with the expositions we have made. He who does not sustain their respective destructive policies is censured; and such, no doubt, will be our inevitable fate. We are a native of Virginia. In youth our play-grounds were upon the banks of bull-run: and as we loved our country then, so we do now; and we shall continue to cherish the hope for its common weal. We trust that a new govern ment will be framed - one that will prevent the success of sectionalism, Whether in the north or in the south.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.