Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-04-26
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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW

HI EDINBURGH REVIEW
: the exponent Of the Whir party in Great Britain,
having from its commencement advocated Freedom
and tbe rights Of the people When The war, &Ppa-
reutfy of determination, was waged against France by |
British Tory rulers, and during which occurred the
second great struggle Of England with our o"n couu-
| try. this Review Arst uufarled the tag Of resistance.
and made, By its unanswerable and eloquent apP'als
ia behalf Of inal;en&ble rights, the BALI OF Rrttt-h
legislation and eren the throne itself 10 tremble, The
grapiic and stirring deiinoations Of those events, pre-
scented in the. pages I'll taat die0 gnished journal, eX
hs9tt the - + portrafeIes s. t1o'e peF insnoa aay> 10
| becoming 50 apparent, that at length the leaders Of the
Tory parry, at whom the thuniera OF It's e!oquene"
were especially directed, found it too powerful an In.
strunent to PERSISTED by ordinary means, ana hence
theq established the Quarterly, y or as it is tistin
guished amnng the American Reprints,
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW,
whereby to countsract Sfst influence which its power
sul rival esprted against their measures. The two
! great political parties thas made strenuous efnrts
through their reepecttFeS organs. for the rrDmaigatoB
OF their antagoaist5cai principles, and during 4 bong
series o. years. these tey leading Periodicals hare con
tentratei the laborE, the talent, aut the influence of
the adhrrenta Of the Wing and Tory parties o. Great
! britain !
Men Of the highest Efcearv rank. as well a. dignf-
! tnriex, civil ami acc.egiastic. have contributed 10 The
pages Of these work.. among tIsr might Ia mentioned
some Of the must resV5ririrnt names 8n the scroll ri
! fame. Among the ftgIlar contributors 20 The London
Quarterly Review we're SntfFEY. SForT, LocSiisE1 its
present editor.b ArPeRLEs. FERGrsoS, W0EBsw SR1E
LORD MANOR, Fts. N!bMhS, (Shose article on Oriental
! literature have beA 20 highly e~steeuei,} and that
wonderful woman Of Science, Mes, SoHEsvLIR, with
many others scarcely less celebrated. Then again in
| the EftBhHgh teg5egU, II il enough to mention the
| fouo~irg names, any one Of which would Of ITSELF in
! sure Il high degree Of reaawn 20 any work with which
It might he a,>ocjate3-Se refer . 1EFyEEY. MATER,
| BRoUGuAu, MACINTOSH and MACArtAT; the first Of whora
during his long cuuneAion "sth the Review actually
wrote, or the average, one third Of the articles that
Srace4 lis brilliant pages, whsle the universally ad-
mtrcl essays - tbs last. republishci SO extensively
in oar own aEi the parent country, leave . il no
manner Of doubt a. 10 their great intrinsic uettt-
THE wEsTAeNsETER REVIEW.
This abIe JoGrnai was established under the patron
age ana support u The Ultra liberals, 10 styled in the
British House Ct Commons. amoGc wEoa RoEHrCE,
MILLS, BrwHING. PROFESSOR LpsG Of the Lpn5pn Uui-
ycrsity. Miss MAK1NE4r, and other whose asaes need
not be quoted, eonspicunusly figured 1t "as for some
wears under the editorial supervision 81 Jeremy Beth
| am. from which fact il obtained the sDJfi3uf of the
mouth piece of BeutAafntzm- This work has ever
been especially devoted 70 tke great topics which inter
est the mass Of people its pages Law. been rib. i will
be ~rrmembered. with . series oil powerful articles. tea
| ding 70 the reduction Of Tory and exclusive privileges,
| hereditary rights, Siagly per"E.tiSCs, &c. TIE as
| founding developments made Il lew years since, re
specting the wreteaei and, ill then, anhesra Of hor-
rors Of some branches 81 the mining population Of
England, first appeared il its fases. Not only have
t it, articles ever been directed against the af6refneH-
| toned abuses; the work las also maintained an anre-
leuting crusade against tie alliance OF Church and
State, thus virtually seeking 10 abolish Che taFl5a.
! TuEutarv kFiIgBoilE OF England. and EEauHlaHIy 10 re-
move the still e"isting remnants Of Journalism, which
continue to afiiet the Brit.sl nation. i is mas recently
become the medium through which Cabicn pronai.
gates his Free ale doctrines, which VIII give L in
/ creased inteFcsf 10 the numerous @dGnlrerS, hcIs and
| elsewhere. of att grest Erfof!ner. II many u.rtieu-
lars, the Westminster Revlsw esFausss Il political
faith closely allied to that of our own country; anA
therefore We may, without any extraordinary effort q
charity. be induced 10 cherish 1t rs an exotic WORTHY
O. being e~ugTaf.ed into our more genial sill. 1t has
recently been united with the foreign QaartegIv Re |
| yInY- she mora attractive features of live viva Eaps.s-s
being now combined in the Westminster. and thus
adding greats To lis value As 4 literary periodical
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW
Is 4 work of more recent origin than Those already
! described-bat is. nevertheless, destined 10 occupy a
place in the Republic OF Letters. |
The grest ecclesiastical movement in Scotland led 70 |
its establishment. There Was ne Journal in the I'M
| TED KINGDOM, which appeared 10 meet the necessities |
| OF this ti-Nationat Church agitation. Indeed, the
revolution caused by tie disruption induced 9 new
state Of Aiags, placicG the actors N t new position OF |.
observation; nor coGEs they give Htterance to their
new perceptions Of State and Church Foiity-tlei- new
! syInItatlics-tieir new emotions. without some or
othes organ Of thought than any extant. Hence the
spontaneous agreement Of the great master Of minds
among them, ii tie necessity Of a new outlet Of ouiu-
ion, and the immediate creation Of the NorTa Bsrrpst |
REVIEW. The basis Of this Journal is the Evangelist,
of the Nineteenth Century; nor is il to he overlooked |
as one of the striking characteristics of the times
that the grand priutipie which Robertson. Smith, and |
| many of the eminent men OF Scotland took the field A
century ago to trFite dob0a, is now ditocataf and ripf;. |
| cated in this able work, and in the same literary me- |
| trop0liS.
This Periodical is not ultra IN Is views on any onn
of the grand departments of human knowledge: at ,ha
same time it never drifts from it's moorrnes on the
shores Of pure Evangelical religion of the Rible. Nor
will it fail to compare most t~ayUfablp with every other
| contemporary in the amount of talent, cherry ard
| spirit, enlisted on its side. The names of Sir David |
| Brewster, frs. Hanna, Cunningham, Lorrimer. Can.
! dish. Gordon, Buchanan, smith, &c, are a host with
in themselves. Much foreign talent is also pledged to
adorn and enrich its pages.
H. is mt to be considered strictly a ThseEocfozl Rs,4s,g
for topics of every kind calculated to uccrpv aud ;ntar
est the we'll cultivated mind are introduced. poIiti.a1
questions, not SO much IN their party aspects As their |
general character, are considered. Literature and tho !
literary merits Of works are discussed. and discoveries
in mental pnd physical science %unfolded; the discuss. |
ion of releg Gus subjects. however. in a dispa ss,on.ta
and Christian split. form adistinct feature of tbc |
work, and will continue to occupy a prominent rlace |
in it's pages.
The lanented DR.. CHALMERS was the founder ard |
principal Z itnr Of this Review, and stace his ac,tb
has been ably con Iucsed by his st n-in-law. nr. Hama, |
BLACKWooDs' EDINBURG MAGAzINP|
is less exclusive in its character than the works al |
ready noticed; its contents NAV be considered Under |
the general heads Of classical literature, fiogro ni,s |
narratives, historical and fictitious poetry. rrifical |
analyses of new works, &c, &c. The high order If ito |
dispositions has long rendered it proudly distinyp;xbaa |
in the department of Greek and Roman arcbeo,nrr.
while its range of elegant fiction may ha said to |is
cover a mastery power and skill, unsurpassed nv anv
of its numerous contemporaries. Again, in IL kn
graphical department, and narratives of VOYAGES and |
travels, no les than in its papers on subjects rely |
scientific, this adm Fable Teri deal has ever dfsnla rea !
resources uuq uesti0nably superior 10 any similar .rr-l. |
in the world. As to its political opinions. aITilau@b |
deeply infused with fToyism, to an extent the most |
Jealous partisan coali desire; yet. so wftchjnr Is its |
rhetoric. and so consistently uniform il II IN re- ,,+;
republican %obliquity, that. however obnoxious its Ter
cts, it is impossible for the reader to fail of being /
charmed by the perusoi bf its brfllisnt pages. The
tact Of this distinguished Magazine having, far 4 series
Of years, maintained a circulation in Great Britain of |
abont 10000 copies p~rodigions and uneaualted cir.
%calation for that country, where the price is 81 so a |
rear, will alone settle the question Gifts prominent
merits. The same remark is equally apnlieahla -