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prevent the circulation Of Abolition paper Al A..
South. But for this and similar etfaaoos Of nal
charity We must refer the impatient inquirer n
the volume itself
The counsels Of the Deity in regard to the de.-
tiny Of the Africans are described with prsci-
sion and minutenss, which might perhaps forever
settle the agitation of the question, II DR.. Adam,
would condescend to point out the sources Of HE
information. But We have no space for this topic,
and must bring oar remarks to q close.
| We take leave of the work, not without feel.
ing Of surprise, that any man, with repataass
to lose, should have ventured to come before TIA
public with such trivial performance on so grs,s
a subject. His views appear to have been wholly
cireumscibed by the horizon Of personal hncies.
His pretended arguments are washed away in q
watery gush of sentimentality. With no eIpsn-
sion Of thought, he limits himself to the Office sf
q narrow special plesder, but destitute Of To
acuteness and skill essential to success, he be-
comes lost in clouds Of verbisge. His tender
smpathies with the delights OF human bondase
have emasculated his intellect, with rush of
emotion, so that " his soul made him like TIE
chariots of Amminadib," he launches out into
assertions, whose psthos cannot conceal their ~
dicrous charac and under the disguise of q
soft, siken candor, extenuates the most detes.a.
BILE crimes, that have been engendered under the
system Of Slavery. With the one-sided facts,
which DR.. Adams so profusey sets forth, skilfal
advocate might have made out plausible case
against the freedom Of the lsboring classes, and
caused 1.-The worse to appear the better reason"
But the author has not approached to success in
this. We cannot, however, deny him the posses-
sion Of religious zeal to give fatal stab to the
cause of industrial freedom. According to the
principles of bis book, the working men Of the
country might well wish'to exchange places with
the slaves Of the Snutb. Luckily his prin-
ciples sre not sustained nor the conclusions
which he would found upon them. His lame
and iupotent attempt to reconcile the moral
sense of freemen with the enfornties Of
Slavery, will soon be forgotten. Ii viii
cause tie stakeholder to laugh in his sleeve
at such sn exhibition of'credulous simplicity;
while the healthy sentiment of the North will re-
volt st such recreant treachery TO freedom In .
professed Christian teacher.
HISTORY OF LOUISIANA BY cHARtrs GAYAssr sva.
The Spanish domination in Louisiana, extending
from 1863 to its cesson to the United States in 1909,
forms the subject of the present volume II is the
ozsl TO the previous work of the accomplished author.
Mkting Of the same history, during the period Of
French colonial rule, and together with that work
presents complete history OF the ancient colony Of
Louisiana. Like the preceding volume 1t has been
prepared from contemporary documents and furnishes
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progress of the Southwest in the earlier epochs Of t
history The work gives proof Of extensive research
is written In an attractive stye-and will doubtless
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