The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-15
A Valuable Forthcoming work.

Wear G JoassToE, Of this city, are about
publishing n work upon the subject Of Seces-
sion and Slavery, from the pen of r. II. Mao
aARos, Esq, whose able and eloquent letter
to Mr.. MRAaHER we transferred, not long ago.
to our columns. In view OF the wide circula-
ticn which this admirable production is likely
20 have In this country, (and we hope in Eng
land the following summary Of its con tents
will not be without In terest:
The work opens with a comparison Of the
conduct Of Cagabyses toward the Egyptians,
ss related by Eerodotus, ard that of Lincoio
towards the SOuth-tracfng our national diff
fcuities 10 the ignorant and senssiess antipa-
thy of the North 10 our domestic Institutions,
and seeks TO prove from Holy Writ, the most
recent authentic historical researches, the
sou ndest political cn0niy, science, and Eatu-
raj history, and facts that are indispu able
and irrafu table, that the Southern system CT
labor Is the most beneficial and least oblec.
ticnable the most humanitariar. ard least
oppressive; the mOrt religious, and the least
sinful Of any other that ever existed.
1t conbata the n crtheTh thesis that slave.
~ is arbitrary anc contrary TO the laws OF
nature. Commencing wi n the Eyy tians,
as gathered from tneir hiero.lyrhics snG cu-
neiiorm writings. aud passing hence in rapid
review, the history of Jews Chaldeans,
Syrians, Assyrians, Medes, Persians, 1ndttns,
Ph1nicians, Greeks, Eoruane, Gotbs, Nisi-
goths Franks Lornh ar6s, Sa IONS, Irish, Rms
ssim-n, &c, &c, it shows THAI slavery WAS
the com mon law of the world aud the char
actePistic Of slavery with all ard each, dcwn
to the sale of freedom 70 their Velkins by
Henry VIII. and Elizabeth, and the opening
of the African slave trade.
Then comes q brief chapter Qpon this sys-
ten of white slavery, neither JasiifyiDg or
coUdemning II, bat critically and ph.iosophi-
cally illustrating that it was the result OF a
'cial. economical ana hunicariaa policy.
which perished naturally with the cessation
Cf the necegsify tiet promoted it, showing
that in blood, iinsage and intellect, tnoss
slaves wer9 CT &c uai generic organism with
their lords, whose descsndants Is were the Ba-
cons. Snakspearos and New tons Of our liter
ature sud ,IeECa
Next we have a chapter, or chapters, upon
the negro race, drawn from the Writings OF
Frsnch, German, Spanish and Portuguese
natura,isie, travellers and missionaries,
showing their dagrada ton, misery and semi
beastliness; tGtir almost irreclaimable condi-
tion their worship OF beetles and other in
seo,s; their subsis eIce upon ants and snakes;
heir incspec;tv for utility Or industry wher
deprived OF the paTenta! care OF the white
raan, with racy sketch of their anatomy and
organism.
Co-aG.enciDg With .he opening CT the Afri
can slave trace, the following chapter shows
how the negro prospsrf, thrtves, is happy
useful, religious, contenteG, civilized, 6"1nes
ticate6 and afac tioDate, at the South, W nile
elsewhere he is the Ishnael of mankind, isc
lated, 1egiec teG and. perishing.
a view Of their usefuiness TO civilization
and humanity, 10 the cultivation OF the suga:
cane, rice, tobacco Snd the cotton plant, en-
sues. Here ii is shown that cotton can never
be successfully cultivated in Africa, India, Oh
China; or II so, even, that far from tnjUr.De
our own country, it would only work out ths
civilization Of the East and increase the value
CT me plsnt.
The conclusion ia devoted to the obligation!
of the North TO the SOuth-to the services
which the latter rendered The forrner-to tint
moral dissolution OF the Union by the North
years since, and TO the has-tless prag Iiaticisu
of that tyraDncai minority in disturbing III
eccfsl ard industrial institutions. The policy
OF Lincoln in p!unging tbs sse ticns iuto acivi
war, is novelty and roughly hsnoled. His
policy is shown TO be not only ia had taste
| but contrary ALEC tc good sense, religion, pr!
! lanthropy, popular freedom and pres per!ty
1 con the evils and iniq uity of war; all is sais
that can be said--its b trbsrtty, inL umanity
deyastaiions, concentrations crueitie3 ans
| miseries gracefully por trayed. From the frs
TO the lsst page OF the book, the sacred justice
OF the Southern cause is made clearly mani
fest.