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'oea Ou' ncePenaent legamisi, hostile 10 the 0reus
family, with whom be never bal sny rela,iops vA,.
ever. He engaged eonscentiOusly ia thu uves,;s,,,
of an obscure historical question con.srpiny
persons that were objects Of his trason., J.,o,,.
The insnuation that be did this for Iou,. pAil,0..
Government or to back Joinvlle. or N ;.,,,a a.
CLAIMS Of Mr. Williams, whose existence wa. 49,,
TO him until the publication ia Putnam's Maea me-.
this insinuaon deserves the most severe reprehea..
The sheer at the twenty years ,2ent in this l.Aov
Besuehesne, deserves only eonteapt ia view Of tho a.,
that he wrote history and not story pjctaa :.
among adyenturers and eoniryed from k.chen so.,,,
Not satisfied with this Mr. Hansoe under the so-.,
Of assumed cOmmiseraiion, attempts 10 t,r0;,A a.
character Of one who is surrounded BY a h,lo xA;..
friends and oes alike hold sacred not on &C ,oau. a.
the elevation OF her birth, bat for nor SUFFERING. a.
abyss separates our opinions from tho,, Of A.
Duchess OF Angoulene. Though We pity Der oerrssn.
msiortunes, we shall not SANDER the French rsvo,
tion Robesperre, or the Convention nor she'd te,,. ~
condemnation at the sentence Of IOuis'XVI SIN
less shall we sscribe the downfall of the Re,or,to,-
as does the symFathiser with Mr.. waliams-.O Il,
fact Lat, in vain was the cry of legitimacy raised "a
support what was Legitimate The Dacaes. A.
Angouleme one of those ated, traQical inlyiln.ts,
OF whom but few are commemorated in history,
Bourbon AntigODe-always manifested olsutio,
and lirmness Of character sufficient to rend to.pe.e.
all the schemes and plots OF her uncle. on whom .hs
even exercised a commanding influence Coal the
Duchess have known in the slightest manner Is. Der
brother was alive, or among the Indians Of ApereA
no power, no considerations on earth could hte Cor
hidden the fulfment Of her sistery duties togari
him She would have reeo ynized him before God ,,l
man. Not for throne, not for sny political av,f,bll
tics whatever, would she have abandoned hin, Sal,
would have tenderly nursca the idiot and cherished
the recovered brother at lIolyrood aud in the Tae
ries. Tie statements on this point alone as brOafh
forward by Mr. Hanson, give to the whole BOOK the
ndelible character Of gross misrepresentation, il no
of imposture.
TIE CONFLICT OF ACFs. By EDwARo BErcssR i2us. az
So Boston, PHILIPS simpson Co. n
The most significant work in theology which has a. J
peared of late, is the elaborate attempt of she Ret
Edward Beecher to reconcile the doctrine Of orgai
sin with the justice and mercy Of the Creator or.
other words to solve the problem Of the existence
evil considered in It's most spiriuai and couprehea
aspect IN many respects, this volume s one Of lie I
most culous and at the some time one of the most sur
gestiye productions Of modern American THEOLOGY &
The author was bred a Calginst of tie stdc.oi4
New ENGLAND school Under the tuition of his e,lE
ebratcd fther he was literally reared at tue feet
Gomael learned in all the questions of dogn,ie ~
tholoxy, and zeaOusly resoluto in their defense al
the Of his early studies we do not discoyers
his peace Of mind wss invaded by any intrusive doul
But soon after entering upon the ministry OF the Col
pei he brought into more or less Immediate n,s
couse with thinkers and phanthropi,ts who rejees9
the idea of original sin, on account of is Incompatible
ity with the goodness of the Deity Established as "a
pastor of prominent Orthodox Church in Boso,t
at time when the celebrated Unitarian divine, D-f
Claiming, was in the plenitude Of bis fame, IL Wa
natural that Bis mind should experience the indaenS
OF his position. lie was surrounded by mra Of eq1t
force OF character and purity of lie, who tss4
they vindicated tie Divine nature from unInsrl
Obloquy by boldly denying the doctrine Of herejlIsq
corruption which he had been accustomed to rsceisl
as tie basis Of the plan of salvation lie could Il
call in question their religious sincerity or nOol
worth. lie found in them tho traces Of dehunl
sense Of honor, true seBsblity to the distinctions
right and wrong a warm anil expansive beneyolsass,
with which be could not but sympathizc, and pus
and elevated religious sentiment, whose genuiusasH
he could not doubt, however erroneous he might rsex
its foundation Such an environment could not flh
act upon his habtual mode of thought and feeling
new impulse was given TO bic mind The subjsde
theology assumed an unexpected aspect. The sse;,
was aided by bis own reflections. He gradually VI
came aware of the conflict which had been gols =
through every oge of the Church between tho iksef
original human deprayity, and the demands Of ho''
and justice in regard to the character oil God rm
this time his studies lay in one direction wi
Gle object occupied his thoughts. He fell hns
hound TO discover the method of reconeling tn %
herent deprayity of man with the natural iusn@
God. under pain of losing his Christian faith ms
immortal hopes Bafled In every attempt 70 "'
the difficulty on current principles Of belief 10 W.
length reduced to state of spiritual degsstanoan'
wretcIednes. On the one hand, he could ner
aside the facts Of human deprayity which s'a'ea ma
in the face They were confirmed by experience ~
observation. They were felt in the depths OF oA's
tian CONSEQUENCES and were illustrated BY the 49,
course of history. Even those who argued sp's
them On theoretical considerations were forced sn1
nit, in greatmeasure their practical existence, III
the other hand, the inevitable subsection Oh ne~as
ated beings to the cleaving curse Of origl'a' ao
clearly az war with the attributes, not only OF 1871
but Of Justice, in the Divine character our ~
perceptions Of honor and right compel Us pNI
against the infection Of punishment on beings 80
preorJoined to sin By the necessary eona'u0'
their birth -
In this dilemma, DR. Beecher has recourse
modiGed form Of the acient theory Of metempye/
or the identity Of the soul, under different "eSA
existence. Or the suppostion, that man va :,
ally born in another state Of being conie n,
nure from the hands of his Creator 80 'i'e," -