The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-04
Ne THE GREAT SOUTHERN BOOK.
IT'S CONTINUED AND ESTABLISHLD
SUCCESS.
OVER 5000 SOLD IN ONE WEEK
"CAUSE AND CONTRAST.
AN ESSAY ON THE AMERICAN CRISIS,
BY T. w. MAO MAHON."

The great success OF TINS re mdTkaDly OIL
liant work s without parallel in the histor
of Southern publications. 1t appeared %
Chris'mase eve, and We have already sold oys
three thousand copies u ft, while the demand h
largely on the increase. Those who have rex
it, high and low, are loud. and unquaI lied
ruse a delightful book, characterized by n
MUS and beauty, should procure Cans a.
Contrast
Read what the newspaper press says ora:
From the Examiner.
"The philosophical design of this work aai
it's line Ii .erary execution not only 9ar.
mend 1t 20 the favor OF the many rsadefsh
will doubtless secure. but prom Use II q plss
in the standard literature Of the South. TIE
author treats ali the subjects growing oata
the slavery dispute with an acuteness S
analysis and u grace Of style that gives
wonderful freshness to subjects which hsr
been hackpeyed by other writer's, ana hA
produced in the whole q popular and grace
fnl ex position Ut Southern political phiios'
ply"
From tie r lie.
"The author lays his foundations deep AMI
slavery, rs 1t existed from very remote sss
to the present time-4ho wing that 1t .coE.
stituted an In tee rel element in the progrss
and greatness Of the most remarkable gov
ernments that ever existed His history Of
races and comparison of their capacities so'
prog ress and empire will strike every intsll'
gent reader as being as able In deductionsu
it IL remarkable in research and varied ssT'
ing. He conveys In = small com pass the pt
cuIiar traits Of the negro race, physical,
moral. and mental, and makes apparent The
i'm passable gulf which God has placed h.
tween him and the white man |; forever pre-
venting the equality Of the two races-h'
negro doomed TO inferiority throughout sli
ages past; present and iu'urs'
"The authors style is easy and graceful,
combining many beauties Of com posiici,
and yet 1t is vigorous and sufficiently eeI-
dsnsed; ip short. few authors present me''
to please, and lees obnoxious TO q just crl1'
cisin. We rise from the perusai of his booI
with q more enlightened, a warmer sud
more genial love for our Southern brother,
their happy homes. their sunny cline. saa
| their wise institutions"
From tie DispascA.
eve have read with great pi easure this able
and brilliant vindicatiOn Of the Soa,hsfa
cause. Although the object has been offs
| discussed, the authors style and mode Of
| eatmeut give 1t new attractions. The hs
| torfcal statement In the conc.u pases o.
| the conduct Of the North. since the beg innilt
| of the sectional troubles. and especially OF To
| Federal Adm Illustration, towards ths Soah'
| Is mastery. 1t is simple record Of facp
and less ornate than any other part OF l~
| publication but he must be man OF ie'
| whose blood that unvarDishsd story does ha'
cause 70 boil In every vein.'
| From The Psteysbay1 Express.
ITO defend the institu tion OF slavery urs
| all the points on which II has been nssaisa
| to show the physiological and inselleeias
/ inferie -ity OF the negro TO the CHucsst
| race, and the eisyatirg influences upon -
| former Of state Of servatude; 70 expos 10
| real authorship and nature Of the wur 10"
| which the two sections Of the Iats Urios
have cen plunged, and thus lay the io's.
| da ton for IT. correct history--these are ~
| objects OF the rublicado before us, and lss
| writer has by the very clever manHsf =
which he has performed his labors. Penasre..
valuable service not only to the cause !
| Southern literature but 10 the cadse OF usa
and justice. His statements are iaeld~s'
| logic no less vigorous than accurate his N
fiections jndicious. and his style pisss.as'
| PRICE, u.