Modern Battles of Trenton
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Modern Battles of Trenton: Being a History of New Jersey´s Politics and Legislation From the Year 1868 to the Year 1894 The story traced in these pages is that of the most important, interesting and eventful quarter century, take it all in all, in the history of New Jersey. It is one view - only my view, if you please - of the origin, the rise and the decay of a political dynasty, so to speak. Old masters pass out of sight in the earlier chapters; the new masters who forced them off the field of action pass out of sight in the closing chapters. It was not the purpose, when the work was first contemplated, to present the rounded story of an era in politics and legislation. I expected merely to lay before the reader my rather desultory observations of the spring and current and movement of public affairs during the years when I was on hand with my note-book - to describe events and chat about the men who shaped them. But the inexorable tread of events was fashioning the sequel to my story even while I was penning it; and, without anticipating it, I find myself the accidental historian of an Epoch - and of an Epoch, too, of more than passing interest to Jerseymen. Nor alone in its political phases is the quarter century epochal. It is the story of an epoch in development and progress as well. The quarter century has seen disturbing controversies set at rest, and the relations of the State to her subjects definitely settled upon lasting lines. It has seen the schools made free, a riparian policy defined and enforced, the yoke of the old monopolies that made the Commonwealth a by-word in the mouth of the nations thrown off, the corporations that defied her sovereignty brought within the reach of the tax-gatherer, her system of legislation fundamentally reconstructed, great public buildings reared - and great things begun and accomplished in all directions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
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