The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-11-22

Tue long, lCClVe ana persistent nOSC1l-
ity of the Northern Abolitionists, both
in and out of Congress, against South
ern slavery, until the final triumph of
their cause in the election of Presi-
dent Lincoln and, on the other hand,
the corresponding antagonism and
violence with which the advocate of
slavery resisted these efforts, and vim
dcated its preservation and extension
up to the period of secession. So ex-
cited were the parties, that, had they
intended to furnish material to in
flame the passions of the one against
the other, they could not have more
effectually succeeded than they did by
their mutual ordinations and recrim-
nations. The struggle continued
without intermission for more than o
quarter of a century, except within
the brief interval between the passage
of the Compromise measures of 1850
and the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise in 1854, during which the
hostile feelings of the parties were
greatly allayed, and hopes were en-
tertained that the strife might finally
subside. These peaceful prospects,
it will appear, were soon blasted by
the repeal Of this compromise, and
the struggle was then renewed with
more bitterness than ever, until the
final catastrophe. Many grievous
errors were committed by both par
ties from the beginning, but the most
fatal of them all was the secession of
the cotton States.
''The authorities cited in the work
will show that Mr.. Buchanan never
failed, upon all suitable occasions, to
warn his countrymen of the approach
ing danger, and to advise them of the
proper means to avert it. Both be-
fore and after he became President,
he was an earnest advocate of COM
promise between the parties to save
the Union, but Congress disregarded
his recommendations Even after he
had, in his messages, exposed the
dangerous condition of public affairs,
and when it had become morally GER
tain that all his efforts to avoid the
civil war would be frustrated Eby agen-
cies far beyond his control, they per-
sistently refused to pass any measures
enabling him or his successors to exc
cute the laws against armed resistance,
or to defend the country against ap-
preaching rebellion.
'"The book concludes by notice Of
the successful domestic and foreign
policy of the Administration. In the
portion of it concerning our relations
with the Mexican Republic, a history
of the origin and nature of the Mon
roe doctrine is appropriately included.
1T has been the author intention,
in the following pages, to verify every
statement of fact by documentary
or other authentic reference, and thus
save the reader, as far as may be pos
sible, from reliance OH individual
memory. From the use of private
correspondence he has resolutely alb
stained. J. B."
''WHEATLAND, September. 1865.
The following heads of subjects
treated of in the book, will give some
further idea Of its contents and cha
racter:
CHAPTER 1.-the rise and pro-
gress of anti-slavery agitation The
higher law Anti-slavery societies
Their formation and proceedings ;
Their effect destructive of State eman-
cipation : The case in Virginia EN-
ployment Of the post-offices to circu-
late incendiary publications and pic
lures among the slaves Message of
General Jackson to prohibit this by
law His recommendation defeated
The pulpit, the press, and other
agencies Abolition petitions The
rise of an extreme Southern pro-
slavery party The fugitive slave law
OF 1898, and the case of Prigg VS..
Pennsylvania, and its pernicious eff
fects The South threatens secession;
The course Of MI Buchanan as Sena-
tor; The Wilmot proviso and it's con-
sequences The Union in serious
! danger at the meeting of Con oress In