The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-09-24
POLITICAL FACTS FOR rae PEOPLE

'OLIIlCAL FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE
Olmsted's Seaboard Slave States. One vol
ume, l2mo; cloth; illustrated price $l.25
postage "a cents.
from bfrs H. B. SOlce IN the I1dspsndsnt february y
Mr.. Olmsted's book is the most thorough f.
3ose of the economical view of this subject which
las ever appeared himself a practical farmer
laving visited and surveyed the farming OF ths
I'D World, he set out upon a tour to explore the
arming of the New. His style is simple, natural.
md graphic and he is go far from being carried
way by his feelings, that one sometimes wonders
Il the calmnes5 with which be will relate The
uost astounding facts He never hesitates K
Omit merit or give praise when il Is due. Tht
'ook is very thorough and accurate in its details
nd is written in style so lively, and with s.
ouch dramatic incident as TO hold the attention
Ike work of fiction. a friend Of ours, gen
leman Of high literary cultHre, confessed 10 hsv-
ag been beguiled to sitting more than the frs
lalf of the night to read it.
)lmsted's Journey through Texas. One
volume, limo; cloth; price SI.25 postage
"a cents.
A History Of the Slavery Question, from
1887 to the Present Day, as exhibited by Of
cial Public Documents; the Debates Yeas anC
Nays, and Acts Of Congress Presidents Mes
sages and ProClamstions: the Laws of the
Kansas Legislature the Proceedings of the
Topeka Convention; the Report of the late
Committee of the House of Representatives, &c
Price so cents; cloth IS postage 10 cents.
This work affords thorough and impartial
lew of the whole subject, especially in its bear
ngs upon RdnSIS-every important document
being given complete, in its official forrn-anG
Constitutes an invaluable storehouse Of facts for
ne use of the people, and Of politicians OF every
'srty.
The Duty of the American Scholar to Pol
itics and the Times. An Grafton delivered b.
George w. Curtis, on Tuesday August 5, 1856
before the Literary Societies of Wesleyan Uni
versity, Middletown, Conn. Price IS cents
postage free.
The Political Essays of Parke Goodwin.
Esq. ConteHts.-Our Parties and Politics the
Vestiges of Despotism Our Foreign Influence
and Policy; Annexation; America for Amer
icans;" Should we fear the Pope The Great
Question; Northern or Southern, which Kan
sas must be Free. Price $l.26; postage is
cents.
The North and the South. A Statistical
View of the Condition of the Free and Slave
States. By Henry Chase and Charles ". San.
born. Compiled from Official Documents
l2mo; bound in cloth; price so cents post
age 10 cents.
If any one wishes to know what Slavery has
lone for the South, and Freedom for the North,
ct them read this mastery work. Let him study
hese figures. Place copy of these statistics il
he hands of every voter, and, our word for it,
Republicanism will sweep the entire North ir
$50, as clean as it has swept New England in
1856. Men of the South, we beg you to loob
;almly and dispassonately at this array offgures,
md see what they portend.
The able editor of the Epe1ing TFdnseript, Bos-
Ton, thus speaks of this work
This little book contains a vast amount OF
Information respecting the comparative condition
Of the slaveholding and non-slaveholding States
IS to territory, population, industry wealth, sdu-
;ation, intelligence, religion, moral advancement
and general progress. The work must have cost
great deal of laborious research and it certain
~ presents arguments in favor of Freedom Oh
every page. 1t contains just the kind ofinforma-
ton that should be more generally known in all
sections of the country. We hope there will be
public demand for thousands of copies"
All orders should be addressed to
L. CLEPHANE,
Secretary Republican Association,
Washington, d. c.