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of serfs and slaves, were without spark OF love
for their country; they had no interest In NAM
tanning the existing order OF society, ana were
ready; at any moment to join the invaders mus
when Alsric appeared before Rome, more than
forty thousand slaves gathered beneath his banners
The progress. of slavery is further traced in TINS
volume, through the most important medieval ma.
tons, afording new ard impressive illustrations OF
the universal law of history. In discussing the
subject, however, the author by no means adopts
an abstract, scholastic method; bis arguments ars
urged with imprisoned Forces he not only addresses
the intellect but constantly invokes the sense of
justice; and applies the deductions of historical
research to the solution of social and political prob
lens of the present day. The analogy between
slavery in the past, and slavery in the United
States is earnestly insisted Oh, and the conclusion
maintained that "savery always cOrrupts the
STAKEHOLDER and the whole communicable the
ethnic peculiarties of the ensaved race what they
may" The following paragraphs VIII give our
readers On idea OF the tone of eloquent expostula-
ton which pervades the volume, though not OF the
extensive erudition, by which it is sustained;
History shows slavery to have been always most
uxurart in those nations where society was most ais
organized Just ss noxous animals and plans nuitipiy
In putrefaction and roteDness FACES reveal 10 us
far the disorder has already penetrated Southern me-
and it would progress even more rapidly were MOTOR
the purifying and healing influences feeble tney
now bel coming from the North.
The civilized Christian world follows with ever-ln-
creasng interest the stages OF the pohtie struggle
In the American -sympathizing deeply with
those who though they cannot hope 10 effect an im,
mediate cure yet GEEK arrest the growth OF the fatal
disorder =,
Saver, is fatal to society as are the southern ana
tropical swamps TO human life And as material Gull
ture drains the Marshes clears the forests and renders
the coil productive and the air healthy: 30 in hike man
ner will moral ald social culture yet make the nstltu
tons of this Republic rich and refagent-unbhghted
by the presence Of a slave!
The source of many if not of all, the political aud
admns rave disorders in these States, Ia TO be found
in the struggles occasioned by the arrogant ana ever
lasting encroachments on liberty and on the Union, by
the militant worshppers Of slavery To cure these dis
orders the grOwh OF the disease-its expansion over
vet unneced Territores-must be stopped: such must
be the first step in sanitary direction; and the para
mount duty Of seif-preservatoD now commands It's
adopton. This whole question Of slavery too, must
be forced back to where left by the immortal ex-
Founders of Southern instinct and Intuition on slavery
those noble patriots Henry Laurens, Was lington,
Jefferson Mason, Randolph aud host Of other great
names-now foresworn by their political descendants
the anatcal uphoders of slavery pervert and degrade
all that humanity, morality civilization and history
have recognized AS sacred.
The slaye.orators and socaled statesmen avouch
"that no one 10 TIE South believe, Ill popular sovereign
ty" This unbelief is natural enough; for popular
sovereignty can only exist in intelligent, orderly and
aborious communities. II exists In the Free States
and here freemen practically believe IN and uphold IT.
But an ignorsl and d. graded population of olgarchs
oppressors and savebreeders never were capable Of
exercising popular sovereignty, and consequently no
where could they have faith in 1t: barbarlans
generally mstrust civilization. Universal suffrage is
not failure in the villages and townships Of the Free
States though il does fail on slave plantations, or
an org so-caled free population drilled aud led by
oGgarchs.
have their luminous and their gloomy epochs. lgno'
rant and debased masses throw shadow over univer-
sal suffrage and sef-gOvernmeDt; and only genuine
Freedom goes hand in hand with reason, knowledge,
and morality. These, too, mutually reproduce each
other. 1t is, therefore, easy to be understood how
Freedom disappears from the Slave South, and ID no
more cherished or believed in.
MANY consider the American institution Of selfgOv.
eminent a new experiment; and European services
and American slave ogarchs utter fearful torebodings
that the experiment is already failure. Bui the
prophecy only expresses their desires For this So
called experiment is but the natural progressive devel
opment of man. and for this reason proves itself every
day and more successful III the Free States. The
Kingdoms and nations Of the Old w orld are now dill
igently studying this experiment of Freedom and try
ing to appropriate its benecent results. Agents of
European Governments uninterruptedy investigate the
system of free communal schools, the manufactures
the inventions, the mutt arous industrial and agrcu
tural progress of the Free States. But no government
sends messengers to study out the condition Of slave
plantations slave huts slave pens for they know
well that by the action OF segoyernment and univer
sal suffrage qualitative and quantitative knowledge is
more generally spread, and has reached far higher
grade in the American Free States than among all the
militant oligsrchs and knighterrants OF slavery the
world over.
Apart from the interest which clings to the gen.
eral subject of this work. it is rich in curious de.
tails of history ethnolOgy, and even philology,
which cannot fail to attract the attention of intel
ligent readers, and to amply reward them for its
peru,al, however widely they may dissent from the
reasoning of the author.
what in common politics Is called party" "an exped
had the slightest influence upon convictions
having furnished than occasion
sacrifice to principle leaves OF my existence now
ticket the tendencies and actions OF that organization satisfying
my convictions But excepting some few personal friends the
leaders of party whether this city the State rne Unon
are scarcely known to me even by name
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Jahn the selected from the best commenta-
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Forbiger, Ladewig, and Bryce; frequent references
are made to the standard authorities on Latin grammar
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Ramshorn; while an admirable selection of illustrative
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