The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-07-10
From the New York Times.
Bancroft on Slavery.

snies just pu iished by The Harpers, is a
hook which has ben sometime eager
waited by the H. rary world. Ni h se,-
sral of its articles. we venture to edlct,
he adm rers of tie historian will he
PREVIOUSLY disappo ned. Y here is in
he voume one essay W nth, ia on veiw.
" the rest, whch no hsto cal .choi an
20 man Interested in tn moras OF politics
(an re I'd without the proioundest IN crest.
Ne refer to thu article who depi.,s e
duence o. Slavery in undermining the
Ioman Empire. T, those who have
|pnetimes, perhap. unreasonabls. doubted
Mr.. Bsncroft's sense Of the evil OF chat.
l-slavery to our own political progress,
I'D who have feared for lis boldness ia
kpressing his convictions, we comnend
p<se chapters. They are clear, down light
Pd explicit; and gathering together tue
pot OF modern investigations in X man
(Gory. lose OF Medium and Arnol /, they
we presented what, SO far az We know,
other narratives have done, b ldy
awn, consistent sketch Of Roman Slavery
ID its consequences Mr. Bancroft has
drawn the parallel. but il is paten on
ery page. One feels, with $ me m,li
wing exceptions. that lie is reading
, history and the doom OF America.
avery. He shows US in the timq OF he
scchi. the Gland relormers in Italy.
= man Republic upheld BY three clas-
.-the opuient arIstocracy; the slave
ders; the poor free laborers and the
yes.
'Philonthr Ply" says Mr.. b "when il.
lteinpia.' slaveho ding community.
have its first sympalhies excil,d for
slaves. but ii Is q narrow benevo en- e
ch stops there. Tie needy free man Is
worse condition
he attempts Of the rtfurmers 10 i'm
We the condition OF the free laborers
ed; they became more degraded ihan
y the Stale b. came siied betwe n
tiers an saws, bondage con,nHed to
gh more sever iy on the 81 YES, IN ST.
foreign birth. IN il at length under
guild nee OF leader who appea ied TO
reiiSious superstition rs we'll as TO
lave oil liberty, they burst forth in o
nF'ul revolution. The Roman State
shaken TO its base. and the mot hight.
l,roci;ies which history records were
pit'ed. 1.-The outrage Mr. B well
sks. (which men commit when they
regain their freedom. furnish the
lgest argument against the condition
can render human nature capable OF
cfimts." These aid he succeeding
AXIS were put down, for the weak and
xed foreigner was pltted AGAINST he
yet vigorous and warilke Roman.
y then he | allan. as now the Anglo
''des my" everywhere 10 govern
sak. But The v eak and The oppressed
terrible revenge; or rather the laws
moral world rked out their ma
results. S aver, threw the power
ands Of the S n in'o the hand, of
i crushed the fr middlins classes
need 'utury AMI idleness. and 50
q the energies oflhe governing class.
diminished the relative numbers OF
ave-ownsrs and ari>tocracy-for. in
ords Of the essay. rs avery tends to
Oh the equency Of marriage amr ny
=. IN Stae where emanc patton
idden. the slave popul ,,ion wi / per-
u gain in relative numbers"
he time OF Caesar. II e peculiar in.
pn" Of Rome had come to have lull
The slaves numbered some three
both the masters and free laborers.
ave trade extended TO every sea.
mmerce and wars kept he mark Is
The code Of slavery was somewi al
At Of our Southern States, except
Rome the slave could be instruct-
d genius or accomplis were
at the market. as now are piety and
1t the block in New Orleans.
vas no efficient protection to the
Of Roman slave-girI. the family
. we're never protected. and no
testimony could be received, ex-
pn the rack. On the remote plan
they were completely at the mer
heir masters. and probably crurl-
70 committed commonly, Of whica
thern States only see occasion i
.. Slaves filed all the mechan-
~. and even became he instruct
men OF science Of the State. The
lried much. as they would now If
ere thoroughly tt med. A com
rer Was worth from @75 to 500:
Ict0r % 600; a grammarian 64,-
peautiful actress even as much as
per annum; and physician was
6lued ct e2. 400.
prepared the way for the furth-
msntof Rome. BY introducin, an
~ luxury, and every WHARF de-
II morals AZ xiolssing M saac.