Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-03-23
from The Louisville Examine.
Structures on AbOlillOniSm.

$500 ~ SE@R ~ ~
YER Tour hundred pages, II few days ago,
The Jack Of which, in shining gold let
tiers, were the words "STRlcrUREs ON
ABoLlTIoGlsM." This is u very f~ascina-
ing title, and in truth it is a tide that We
nave not power 10 resist. So we pitched
INTO the book, and found it to be pretty
well printed; in addition 10 which it has
all those external graces which "books
mat ate books ought 10 have.
Inc first queer thing that struck us in
looking into The book, is that it was en-.
tered Tin tho clerks Office of the Dis.
tTict Court ofthe U. States, for the North.
ern District Of New York." in the year
l843-that ii was printed in Cincinnati
and thai II was published in Louisville,
BY "W. S. Brown" 1919. So our o p
Is fresh and sweet from the press. Who
is "W. s. Brown" Of our fair city 7 lie
is not quite as celebrated in the book
published line, as Harper, or Carey, or
Cadet, or Longman, or Miller, or Galig.
noni for, soolh to say, though we have
the happiness of knowing a very large
portion Of the men and women, boys,
girls, and dogs in the city of Louisville,
we never before heard of the publisher
OF this book. Mr.. Brown" being rath.
er a green hand at the bellows" will
pardon us for Offering him q bit of advice,
namely, that, hereafter, when he wishes
to knock emancipation into a cooked hat
with a book, he can get it printed on
terms quite as favorable in this city as in
Cincinnati.
The author of the book is "Josiah
Priest" Who is "Josioh PRIEST" ofthe
Northern District Of New York? Al
though not 10 know Mr.. Josiah Priest
may argue ones self unknown, yet WE
must plead guilty to precisely that much
ignorance. Josiah will please TO take no.
lice that we have looked into his book,
in which, as Popys said of Evelyn's book
on Solitude, we do no, find "nuch ex-
cess of good mater" We are sorry foy
il, but candor comnels us 10 say TO JOSH
ali that his book considered with refer.
ence 10 its literary qualities, TO lis style
its logic, or its leaning, is not exactly the
foremost book ia all the world. WheJh
cr It bs considered rs an essay on 1ihl!!t
cal criticism a sloshing diatribe agains
pestilenl mancipaionisls, a genealogical
romance, or an effort TO Pickwickianiz
the scriptures, il fails 10 reach that pitcl
of absolute perfection which lis eXcellcn
author designed ii should hold in. the nd
mira!ion Of all the generations betweer
Ibis and that day on which the heaven
shall melt with ~iervent heat.
There is nothing unmixed in this worl
unless it is the absurdi,y of some men,
Every pleasure is attended with som
'feang. and in every %honey-pot there
sure 10 Turk a portion of wormwood.-
Steamboats, are good travelling convey
%ances, but they sometimes blow up an
knock passengers INTO chaos, Boot
keep ones feet comfortable, but occasion
ally they produce corns. Rain reyiyei
the parchcd earth, but sometimes il pour
down so long that it browns the farmer
crops. Books are very pleasant com
panions, but somehow it will happen Iho
we sometimes get hold of one that is a,
awful bore. We hope Mr.. Josiah Prizes
will not think we mean him OF his de
Iightful book any harm, when we sa,
that the book
A books a book although there's nothing III
is not the greatest bore we even saw i
print, bat Of all the books we ever saw
combines absurdity and Stiffness in III
most abundant proportions. Whether
5 more silly than absurd, or wholher
is more absurd than silly, We have NJ
vet been able TO decide. The glarin
and un%surpassable siIlness Of some pog.
induced us 10 believe that it was onI
the %siIliest book in tho world, and Just
we were about to adopt that conclusion
and TO stick 10 i, through thick and thiI
we were sure to light on a concatenaJiC
of the most unsurpassed absurdities, en-
then u opinion would change until W
read a liule further on and were force
again 10 pronounce in favor Of the pr
eminence oilhe Stiffness. As soon as "
make up our mind on this iEterestir
point, we shall take great pleasure in il
forming Josiah by cpislie of the res2I
provided he in the meantime informs
what part Of this dark earth he irradiatC
with his corPoreal presence.
There has been much discussion
relation to the diversilies Of human colo
and the influence of physical causes
+, the production Of these diversilies. Phi
!, losophers like Prichard and Lawrenc
, have lobored long and learnedly TO pro-
the unity Of the race and to account (
the blackness Of the negro. But un
= Mr.. Josiah Priest took this subject
II hand, it was somewhat dark, langle
S and perplexod. He solves the whole my
terry with infinite case, thus showing !!
unaided genius is superior 10 ell the lear
= ing and science in the world. Listen
how Josiah accounts for the blackness
the negro: He says that Proyiden
"superintcnded the formation" OF LA
h and Japhe;h, the SOM Of Noah, sin Il
g womb of their mother" in a "supernt
,., ...z - ..ol:N,r thpn1 INST uyh0t