The rest of the quote runs, “And I say, farther, that there is a smouldering flame gathering at the bottom of the social edifice, which, if it be not speedily met and extinguished, will upheave the social edifice from its base, and overthrow all the institutions of the country.”
From “Dr. Chalmers’ Lecture,” Witness, June 19th, 1844
West Port Experiment 
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