Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Two Americas, Great Britain, and the Holy Alliance AN apprehension has been expressed, by some worthy men, that. Although Great, Britain publicly disclaims the views of the Holy Alliance, she holds a secret concert with them in the designs which they menace against Republican institutions, and against North and South America; and that she is particularly hostile to North America, from an apprehension of the growth of our naval power. 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.