D. APPLETON AND CO., 200 BROADWAY.

PHILADELPHIA:

GEO. S. APPLETON, 164 CHESNUT ST.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

TO THE

Hon. James Buchanan,

OF PENNSYLVANIA:

With

a

just appreciation of his great talents and extensive attainments; of his services as a statesman of his energies and

integrity qualities

as

as

a citizen, and of his inestimable

a man, this volume is inscribed, With considerations of the

Highest respect, by

The Author.