The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-05-27

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THoMAs II. BENTON. NeO York: D.
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FRANK E. FosrER.
This work is to be completed in fifteen
volumes, 8 vo., double columns, abost
500 pages each. 1t is'compiled says the
Sapdusky Register, from GALES aud
SEAroN's Auna's of Congress; from
their Register Of Debates, and from the
Official Reported Debates, by JOHN G.
R1vEs. 1t will be a comprehensive and
complete summary of the Debates during
a period of seventy years. These De-
bates, as reported in detail, fill over one
hundred yolumes,-many of them quar-
tos-and are SO volumirous and costly
that but few can afford to purchase them,
and even when purchased, to read them.
So much that is unimportant is mingled
with the material, that the labor of
searching out desired information from
the confused mass, is irksone and dis
couraging. Col. BENTON has performed
this task for the American public. Eli
minatiHg all oumbfous and irrelevant
matter from the Debates, he presents all
that was said upon every important point
in discussion. He has thus brought
within the popular reach, what would
otherwise have been beyond its means o
attainment-ta history of the working
of the government from it's foundation F"
down to the year 1856. To make this
compendium more available he has not
only preserved the precise chronological
order of debates, but to each volume is
attached an alphabetical index, in which
the subjects of discussion are arranged
under their appropriate heads, thus max
ing it an easy matter to turn to what
ever may be the subject of investigation.
In fact the work may be called = die
tionary of Debates" SO perfect is its
analytical index. As a hand book fol-
reference, it is invaluable.
To execute such a task, is a labor
Of one of our greatest statesmen;
none but one possessing the quail
i~catiens of personal experience, intimate
acquaintance with the practical workings
IF the government, and the Political his
.ory of the country, could do it full
Since the death Of ADAMS,
CLAY, WEBSTER and CALHOUN, Mr.. BEN
has been left a solitary landmark
If the Past, the last survivor of the
earlier Titans in Congress. To him, this
gathering together of "the old records"
las been a labor of love as we'll as Of
The objection which is some
lines urged against Mr.. BENToN's pre- :
ious work, the Thirty Years. View I
not apply to this abridgemeut of
In the former it was but /
atural that what purported to be a his :
DRY, mainly of the personal observations :
f the writer, should be tinged with his j
wn peculiar views and perhaps, preju- a
ices; but in the Debates, the case is {
iferent. The infringement consists IN
exclusion of debates upon bills of t :
merely local, private or temporary char
eter of the daily routine OF business,
UGH as the morning pr esentation of pc
Sc; personal discussions of a.,
phemeral interest the yeas and nays, :
he main points, and other omissions of I
matter. Being thus re-
.uced within a reasonable compass, the !
rice of the work is brought within the ]
means of all. ]
The first volume will be ready for {
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theirs are to follow during the present
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WHEATLAND NEAR LANCASTER, !
November IL, 1856.
Ny DEAR SIR, t
It affords me'pleasSre q
o become a subscriber to Col. Benton's
Abrid cement of the Debates Of Congress, !
rom 1879 to 1856. From the long ex- t
erience of the Colonel in public affairs, t
is commanding ability, aud his accurate 1
nd extensive knowledge of our political /
istory, we may expect that this work \
It'll add to his own fames and prove
ighly valuable to his country. I
Yours very respectfully; J
JAMES BUCHANAN. :