The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-11-19
POLITICAL FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE
Olmsted's SeaboaId Slave States. One vol

FOLIIICAL tACIS FOR THE PEOPLE
Olmsted's SeaboaId Slave States. One vol.
ume, limo; cloth; illustrated price SI.25
postage % cents.
From Mrs. H B. Sso1oe, ia The Independent Fs5y.a-g y
Mr.. Olmsted's book is the most thorough "a
pose of the economical view of this subject which
has ever appeared himself a practical farmer
having visited and surveyed the farming of tb,
Old World, he set out upon d tour TO explore tn.
farming OF the New. His style is simple, natural
and graphic and he is so far from being carriec
away by his feelings, that one sometimes wonder
at the calmness with which he will relate tn,
most astounding facts, He never hesitates Z
admit merit, or give praise when it is due Tn
DOCK is very thorough and accurate in its details
and Is written in a style so lively, and with g.
much dramatic incident, as to hold the attentio,
like work of fiction. A friend of ours. a gen
tleman of high literary culture, confessed TO hay
ing been beguiled to sitting more than the lirs
half of the night to read b.
Olmsted's Journey Though Texas. On,
volume, limo; cloth : price $l.25; postage
"a cents
A History of the Slavery Question, from
1877 to the Present Day, as exhibited by Off
cial Public Documents the Debates, Yeas an,
Nays, and Acts of Congress; Presidents Mes
sages and Proclamatiens; the Laws Of tn,
Topeka Convention; tde Report of the late
Committee of the House'of Representatives, SC
Price 90 cents; cloth as postage 10 cents
This work affords thorough and Impartial
view of the whole subject especially in its bear
ings upon hdnsas-every important documen,
being given complete, in its official forrn-anc
constitutes an invaluable storehouse of facts fo
the use Of the people, and of politicians of ever,
party.
The Duty of the American Scholar to Pol.
itics and the Times. Al Grafton delivered b,
George w. Curtis, on Tuesday, August 3, 1856
before the Literary Societies of Wesleyan Uni
versity, Middletown, Conn, Price IS cents
postage freG.
The Political Essays Of Parke Goodwin.
Esq. CoHtents.-Our Parties and Politics the
Vestiges Of Despotism; Our Foreign Influence
and Policy; Annexation; America for Amer
leans " Should we fear the Pope? The Great
Question; Northern or Southern, which Kan.
sas must be Free. Price Sl.25; postage Il
cents.
The North and the South. A Statistical
View OF the Condition Of the Free and Slave
States By Henry Chas. and Charles w. San
born. Compiled from, Official Documents
limo; bound in cloth price so cents post
age 10 cents.
If any one wishes to knew what Slavery has
done for the South, and Freedom for the North
let them read this mastery work. Let him study
these figures. Place a copy of these statistics il
the hands of every voter, and, our word for it,
Republicanism will sweep the entire North in
1860, as clean as it has swept New England in
1856. Men of the South, we beg you to look
calmly and dispassonately at this array offgures,
and see what they portend
The able editor of the E6eniad TraaScript. Bos-
ton, thus speaks of this work:
"This little book contas ms a vast amount OF
information respecting the comparative condition
Of the slaveholding and non-slaveholding States.
as to territory, population, Industry, wealth edu-
cation, intelligence, religion, moral advancement.
and general progress. Thu work must have cost
great deal of laborious rSsearch, and il certain
" presents arguments in favor of Freedom on
every page. 1t contains just the kind of informa
ton that should be more generally known in all
sections of the country. We hope there will be
= public demand for thousands OF copiesn
All orders should be addressed to
L. CLEPHANE,
Secretary Republican Association,
Washington, D. c.