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CANNIBALS ALL; OR, Slaves without MasteTe.
by George FitZhSgh, Of Port Royal, Caro-
lire, Va. Richmond, Va: A. Morris, pub
Usher. 1857.
Few philosophical works of the day are at
tracing more of the attention Of the thinking
portion Of the politicians-or, rather, the so
cial philosophers of the land-than this last
from the bold pen Of Mr.. tzhugh, who, as
an author, is already the American Carlyle
While few subscribe to his theories in all their
length and breadth, perhaps fewer fail to be
struck as much with the force as with the
boldness Of many Of his novel positions 1t
is evident to US that he has already laid the
foundation for a school of social philosophy in
this country, which is destined to have many
thousand highly educated avowed disciples at
the South, and almost as many secret adher-
ents at the North, where no man, looking to
popular favor, can dare to express his belief
in it. In this work his aim is to show that the
politico- social system Of the South is more
beneficial to the laborer than that of the
North. Or, in other words, that labor at the
North is practically the slave of capital and
skill, and is worse paid in the aggregate than
slave labor at the South, which may no. be
turned adrift anprovided for or becoming
pro6tless through sickness, accident, old age
fluctuations in trade, &C., &c that at the
North capital and skill are ceaselessly and sue
cessfully striving to appropriate to itself as
much as possible of the profits of unskilled
labor; while at the South it is emphatically y
the interest Of capital (as we'll as the resul. of
| the influence Of its social position towards
slave labor to protect and provide for and
thus to increase its physical capacities by all
| means at its command
The work is well written, and certainly
points out many defects in the status of North
| ern society and tendencies of Northern insti-
tutions, customs and tones Of thought, which
have already become serious problems indeed,
in the minds of thousands who know too much
of the past history Of the human race to be-
Iieve in the possible successful existence of an
Eutopia, or in the capability of society to ex
ist proftably, without law to compel all to re-
spect the rights of all.
The book to which We refer above is for sale
Dy francR 1Sylor, anu enoulu Do reau Dy al
who desire to hear all sides Of the great social
problems of tne age ere coming to conclusions
PAST MERIDIAN. By Mrs. L. Ii. Sigourney
Hartford, CT z. A Brown. (For sale il
| this city by Franck Taylor
Although the authoress, in her felicitou,
preface, says her book " is for those who have
| achieved more than half Iife's Journey" We
think the ante-meridians will End it worth
their while TO peruse its genial pages, and
learn how to grow old satisfactorily and enjoy
| ably.
From Taylor & Maury we have the Edin
| burgh Review for January, being No. OF
Volume NLVI. Of this sterling magazine.
The opening article is a complimentary notice
| of our American historians Prescott and Mot
| ley of whose works, the 90 History Of Philip
IL. of SPAIN" and the 90 History Of the Rise
of tho Dutch Republic" the Review says
g they do honor to American literature, and
they would do honor to the literature Of any
country in the world" The succeeding arti
Gle upon Human Longevity" is alone worth
| the price of the Review.
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