New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-15
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Essays On ,nbor n Of Tides Of Jesus Essays on lmprson.
ssst for Debt &C. vol 2no. PIP. 2S' Boston: pub
W. bsve here most compact and torc!ble ar
r. tho facts and considerations which forbid
.hs ~ local slaughter of human beings-the best
.o.t bv far that has ever appeared on the subject
s;mne. lucid, cogent and affecting. Every
,.o,os,ion urged against the continuance of the
rslIo,ys is fortified by abundant citations offacts,
.oconnts Of executions, &c. &c. till it would
.ooo ;mnossibe that any one should read and re-
aeot on this book without deep loathing for the
.ode Of blood and an amazed pity for the infatu-
.,;on of its advocates. If any man can read these
Essays and not be convinced that Legal Kill
INN has melted to four murders for every one it
has prevented, he must, it seems to us, be seeled
.r,;nst the force of evidence and the fear of she'd
ding innocent blood.
We hope this book will be widely circulated,
,bongh the author, being poor, publishes his book
himself and goes about to sell 1t she can, which
will retard its dissemination We are sure book
seller who shall first procure some copies for this
City and LET the public know it, must sell them
rapidy. The facts here industriously collected
the recorded opinions Of BEccARGA, BLACKSTONE,
MosTEsoU1EU, FRANKLIN, RUSH, SMoLLETT, La
FAyErrE, CLAIMING, EDWARD LIVINGSTON,
OCoyNELL &c. &c.-are alone worth double the
cost of the volume. To the more general reader
this work must be more interesting than the fresh
est novel can be-so various and thrilling are its
incidental portraitures of the Human Heart and
Lie-of our Criminal Laws and their hardly y more
criminal victims Let it be widely disseminated
TheAppendix gives tables of all capital offences
BY the laws of the several States and the code Of
Moses, respectively, and must be valuable to law
yers and others.
nF" Sixteen Lectures on the Causes, Prnci-
pies and Results Of the British Relormation, by
JOHN HENRY HOPKINS, Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Vermont"
have Just been published in handsome duodeci-
mo Of 357 pages by Saxton & Miles. In the pre-
sent position of the Church, we need but an
nounce this work to ensure it host Of readers.
D' THE AMERICAN THEMIs, No 9, just issued,
opens with powerful essay on Intellectual
Ptoperty-International Copyright which takes
the true and lofty ground Of the absolute natural
right of every man to the productions of his own
brain as well as of his hand; consequently, that
the night of property OF an author in his book
1sioald be unlimited eitker in time or space, but
be enduring and universally regarded. How can
an honest man deny this How can he asset
that when Alison or Prescott has devoted twenty
years to writing history, any man may honestly
print the authors book in avowed opposition to
him, and fill the market with it at the cost of pa
per and printing Say what you will of 1t, we
can consider this International Copyright question
in no other light than that of contest between
honesty and robbery.
Art. II. is discussion of JOHN DuER of the
Constitutional Doctrine on the Domestic Slave
Trade Mr. Duer maintains that our Federal
Constitution does not recognize Slavery except in
thecase of fugitives from the Slave to the Free
Setes-consequently, slavery on the high seas is
unprotected by our Constitution. Slaves who
choose 10 assert their liberty while in transit from
ndthere is no legal right to rcpress them.-Thls
article is written with great power, and will be
regarded with deep interest.
Justice BRoNsoNs Opinion adverseto the Con-
aitu!iOnality of the Voluntary provisions of our
AaGeneral Bankrupt Law is inserted in full with
many pages of Law Reports, Miscellanies, &c =
This an interesting number.
G5 Ell DORADO, by J. A. VAN HEUyEI, is a
work just issued by Winchaster-not a romance
but curious and veritable account of the region
Of the lower Amazon and Oronoco rivers, with
accounts of the circumstances which gave rise
hthe AVlth Century to belief in the existence
o. rlch and splendid city in that region-and
dsience of Sir Walter Raleigh's veracity as
narrator. A Map of the region is given.
g GIBBONS ROME, No. V. commencing Vol.
H. has just been issued by the Harpers. Gih-
con is certainly among the most fascinating OF
aslorlans, and the whole of his great work IN tins
iom costs but Sd
irRoirsOr Ante Communion Psalms for the Sundays and
"a Mhoildals OF the Episcopal Church.
These Psalms are metr;cal Versions or Para
pafases pl of the Introits of King Edward the
sSlhs Prayer Book There is but little poetry
III ths collection, the chief merit of which rests
Va the religious sentiment it contains and It's
saaptat'on to the days it designs TO Celebrate
Lindsay & Bakerton, Philadelphia.
IHE HEART, BY HuGn SMirH.-This is an ex-
celcnt religious work, designed to illustrate and
EDUCATE our religious sympathies and affections
Als written in a plain, clear and forcible style,
sad cannot but do good. Harper & Brothers.
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