The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-12-18
AIiErfllullfalls.
Literary Hen of Modern Times.
TIE GRE-ITPUBLILIST OF Nt
DIR. LLEBER.

Literary EIcn Of Modern Times.
TIE GREAT PUBLICIST OF MODERN TINES
DIR. LLEBER
Mr.. Editor Confer fayoruron the friends
of the College, by~pabishing the following
elaborate cri,ique from the Pennsylvania En-
quircr, upon the literary and phiiesophic at.
tanments of the distinguished Lieber; it is a
graceful aud eloqneat tribute 10 Acknowledged
worth, and deserves place in the columns o
every paper in the State. The article Is SO
long, that forbear trespsssmg upon your kind
ness. but will eneleavour TO offer u few original
remarks in your next issue: -
Yours, -. JUSTICE;
In recent notice ia the 1agnirer, !. OF Shep
pard's work npon the Constitution OF the Uni
ted States, it was mentioned as a subject oi
wonder that our yoang men generally are So
deplorably ignorant oil what may be called
written politics This lack of information is
particularly inexcusabe in country which
claims as citizen, the most eminent Of 1tiug
writers upon this comprehensive theme.
No one can estimate the benefit which would
result TO the intellectual wealth Of the United
States if all our citizens could be made to ''read
marx, learn aud =inwardiy digest" three great
works-the Manual Of Political Ethics, tn.
Manual Of Legal and Political LIermeneutic>,
i. and the profound Yet transparent treatise on
ECigil Liberty aud Self Government. .-r;.
The greatest legal authorities Of which onr
country could ever boast, have expressed their
admiration Of the writings Of l.ieher in the
strongest terms Respecting the Manual 0!
Political Ethics, the-lale Judge Story remarks
at is excellent, ,'abouuding in elevated>mori,ls,
sound common sense, Statesman. .lIke views
and enlarged philosophy, l.Hrommend il coN-
s,an0y TO all my friends, and especially 10
Young men, rs leading them III the right track
twill commend itself more and more TO all
sound thinkers and TO all honest iuqairers.-
The second book, entitled The State, con.
tains by far the fullest and most correct devel
opc,nent Of the true theory Of what constitutes
a State that tsiye ever seen. The distinctions
between what is the Government, between the
rights and powers of the State, and the equal!
important rights and powers Of the individual S
who Compose the State; between sovereignty
as belonging to the State and Supreme Power,
are discussed with great ability, force, and
clear6ess. rejoice too, to find III the work,
brought out with great strength "i reasoning
the important trn,li. i would say in Republican
Government, the fundamental truth, that the
majority are not everything and the minority
nothing; that the people may not do what the.
please; but that their power is limited to what
is Just to all composing society. fhe work
abounds with profound views of Government
which are illustrated with various learning,
An authority of equal eminence thus speaks
Of the same great work - = -
"Dr. Francis Lieber, in his Manual of Po-
litical Ethics 2 vols. Boston. 1888, has shown
with great force and by the most striking and
apposite illustrations, the original connections
between right aad morality, and the reason and
necessity Of the application Of the principles OF
ethics to the science Of politics and the admin
istration of government. The work is excel
lent in its doctrines, and is enriched with various
and profound erndilions. Chancellor ksafs
Commentaries, Ed. 1854; s..
The same author styles Lieber's Legal and
Political, Hermeneutcs ga treatise replete
with accurate logic, and clear and sound princi
pies of Interpretation, applicable to the duties
Of the law-giver and the science of jurispru,
dence." ] Com. 52l.
In Rev. Etran. 494 occurs the following
opinion of the same work -
"L'anteur donne sou travail une exten'
sion, qui en- augmente l'interet; il s'ehorce
d'etablir des principes propres conc'lIer les
antimonies apparentes des lois emanees dune
meme source. ii va meme plus lon; il in
digne des regles judcienses pour eviter les
antiquities qui obigent d'avoir recours Their
mencutique."
Judge Story bears evidence to the value Of
this work alsO:-
81 am exceedingly pleased with it. Legal
and Political Hermeneutics) 1t is iuIl OF
excellent hints and principles and guiding rules
and what is very important, written III a clear
compact style, with great force OF illustra,
ton and accurancy Of statement, and witha
in a spirit (without which all other qualities
are of little avail) of candor and without
craftsmanship" See Judge Storys Life and
Letters for the bove and preceding quotation
ofhis opinions.
Lcber's distinction between Interpretation