The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-20
SOUTHERN
LITEKATUR
THEIR CONTINUED AND ESTABLISH.
ED SUCCESS.
OVER 1900 SOLD IN THREE WEEKS,
AND CONT Il 4 ST.
AN ESSAY On THE AMERICAN CRISIS
BY T. W. MAC MAHON"


The great success Of this remarkably bril-
liant work is without parallel in the history
of Southern publications. 1t appeared on
Chris tmaS eve. and we have already sold over
fur thousand copies Of ii, while the demand is
largely on the increase. Those WI have read
it, high and low, are loudtand ulf( loaliflsd in
their praises Of it. Whoever wishes to pe.
rinse dsiish tfui book. characterized nv P 90.
MUS and beauty, should procure Cause and
Contrast.
Read what the newspaper press says of 1t !:
From The Richmond Examiner.
"The philosophical design of this work aud
its tine literary execution not only recon-
mend 1t 10 the favor OF the many readers il
will doubtless secure. but promise it a place
in the standard literature of the South. The
author treats all the subjects growing out of
the slavery dispute with an acuteness of
analysis and grace of style that give a
wonderful freshness TO subjects which have
been hackneyed by other writer's, and has
produced in the whole 4 popular and grace
full exposition of Southern political philoso.
ply
From the Richmond Fig.
"The author lays his foundations deep and
broad-g!ving rapid and lucid history OF
slavery, asst existed from very remote ages
to the present time-Showing that il CON
stituted an in tee rel element In the progress
and greatness OF the most remarkable gov
ernmsnts that ever existed His history of
races and omparisOn OF their capacities for
pIOk COS dHu Gil plic viii s1iAo every tolIl-
gent reader as being as able in deductions rs
it Is remarkable in research and varied learn.
ing. He conveys in q small CONF pass the Pc
culinr traits OF the negro race, physical,
moral, and mental, and makes apparent the
impossible gulf which God has placed be-
tween him and the white man forever pro.
venting the equality OF the two races-the
negro doomed to inferiority throughout all
ages past, present and future.
1.-THE authors style is easy and graceful,
combining many beauties of composition,
and yet it is vigorous and sufficiently con-
to please, and less obnoxious to a Just critic
cisn. We rise from the perusal OF his book
with more enlightened, warmer aud
more genial love for our Sou thern brothers,
their happy homes, their sunny cline, and
their wise institutions"
From tbs Richmond Dispatch.
awe have read with great pleasure this able
aud brilliant vindicatiOn of the Southern
cause. Although the object has been often
discussed, the authors style and mode of
treatment give 1t new attractions. = he his
torical statement in the concluding pages, OF
the conduct OF the North, since the beginning
Of the section al troubles, and especially OF the
Federal Adm inistration, towards the South,
is mastery. 1t is a simple record of facts,
and less ornate than any other part of the
publication; but he must be q man Of ice
whose blood that unvarnished story does not
cause 10 boil in every VEIN"
From the Petersburg Express
all the points on which. it has been assai lied
to show the physiological and intellectual
inferiority OF the negro to the Caucasian
race and the elevating influences upon the
former Of q state of servitude to expose the
real authorship and nature Of the war into
which the two sections of the late Union
have been plunged, and thus lay the foun.
dalton for its correct histOry-thsse are the
objects of the publication before US, and the
writer has by the very clever manner in
which he has performed his labors, rendered
valuable service not only to the cause of
Southern literature. but to the cause of truth
and justice. His statements are lucid-his
logic no less vigorous than accurate-his re-
Elections judicious, and his style pleasing"
From the Richmond Enquirer.
The work In question is not q vindicatio
of Southern political life or philosophy; it is
an exposition of both, however, in their pub
lie, moral, aud rational aspects. But the
author has taken a WIDE and comprehensive
view of the subject, handling it so as to rem
der his theme deserving the warmest conside.
rations OF accomplished scholars, yet cloth
ing it with such poetic charms as to make Its
per usal o felicity to the humbIest reader.
From the Charleston Courier.
West l. Johnston, the enterprising Rich
mond pu blishers, have just issued Mr.. Mac
Mahon's long expressed work, "Cause and
Contrast" From rapid survey Of Its pages
am inclined to regard it as one of the most
remarkable books contributed to Southern
literature. The diction is splendid The
hook traats of the present crisis and gets ont