, 1866-12-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

the Rebellion. Ry WlI1lAa Dr. InAs Lorr. ayo.
pp.l l.lD Cloth, Price Ea-;5. Chicago: Church &
a handsome anG carefully prepared vol.
'Einc devoted 10 the heroes Of Wisconsin, 4
State than Which none Is more worthy Of
such q memorial as this book purports TO be,
and ina good degree Il. The war fur the
cause Of loyalty Mt once to country and to
mankind, IL TO theso Northwestern Statcs
what the war Of the Revolution mA. - *L1
old Thirteen, II was tho crisis that deter
-nsfura s1sc ps1uc,pies and feelings which arc
tcneetoFth 10 tmpcl aud guide the great
States In tho centre of the continent.
Every life Is born Of lnbor aud palm, Tie
Colonies were population fail nI capacity.
The Revolution mado them people full Of
power. because 1t gave them unity OF u!a
and = living principle, which k2s come down
to us embodied in the Declaration Of Indc-
feudence.
ofsomewllat similar circumstances. Here were
immense natural resources suddenly dcvel-
opcd by the most vigorous and cu.trprlstng
men from all Clristeudom. The war las
brought out the character OF the recent plo-
neer, and q race Is found whose high destiny
has been moulded BY the pcrlls through
which it has so bravcly marched. Wiston-
sin, especially, must, from the necessity Of
lis position. be State Of decided character; :;
because It comprises region OF
great natural rcsources. and It's
citizens src men Of positive ideas. II
Illinois, fFoui her position and facilities, be
destined to reproduce New York and Penn
sylvautn In the interior, Wisconsin, like
some Of her ncIghboring States, may be set
over against New England. II Is ip the
same latitu ie, of nearly equal extent. and Of
analogous capacities. Each has great ply ST.
cal resources, but both are to be great and
influential chiefly by the vigor Of their sons
and the strength Of their convictions.
Before the war, the spirit of Wisconsin,
like that OF the whole Northwest, WAS thc
spirit Of the age, She belicrel In the rights
Of man quite as intensely as the Bay State
Of Abolition fame. But there WAS a posi-.
buity of doubt Us to whether, rs IL. New
England, there we're loyalty enough to the
of her loyalty TO mankind. The war
has cleared away tho doubt, aud
Wisconsin is most loyal mem
bcr Of the Union, which il itself most
loyal 10 humanity. The memories Of the
war will feed the zeal and form the opinions
OF her sous for many generations; nor could
there be richer and purrr nurture for an in.
Gant State II the story Of Troy gaze great
hess 10 Greece, it were certainly high ambi.
ton to tell the story Of the greatest Of re,
bellIous to the people Of Wisconsin, and to
leave with rostcrity the material for many
uiads.
The book Is large one: and yet on many
points tho record might have been
more complete. II VAS necessarily
composed rapidly, and from somewhat
crude materials; tu: an a5.:ious State
could not we'll have waited longer and per.
'hape moro study could not have given Us =
more living history. Unlike Mrs. Fros,'s
book, that Of the Wisconsin historian Is col.
ored by the sentiments and cIrcuIa6tAucts ol
The author. We think book Of annals
ought to be passionlcss--. The qualities OF The
] nnEnlist are un1cmittinS industry, to deeper
research and exhaust the material; 1igii
! Quaker integrity, 10 givc va1idity mud nseful
| ncss. and keen perception of rcsemblances
| aud ditIefcnces-ast tho naturalist would 81,
| 10 rightly compile and classify. But
| there be personal colorfn4, 1t should be thor
| oughly representative; and few men as,
more completely lmbued with the religion
and political conSsctlons which carried tn,
war against treason and slavery than 1Is
Love.
He gives uk few pages On the carly hi.
tory aud growth fihc State. 1t was organ
ized as territory only twenty -6se yeass ,an
as State less than thirteen yearz, bcEor
South Carolina seeded nut It was AlrcAa
In 1850 larger community thau the chief {
! s.roesfnp}.u Ahrnh hahn J.{nrnlu pas n1rns 4
in the vigor Of manhood when, as Captain /
tho Black Hawk wat, he passed over h
territory of Wisconsin, and found II PRINT
val forest, the abode Of the wild beast An
the red nan. He was still In the rigor (
! manhood when, at his call, that State Sc,
more than nlncty -threo thousaud men 10 Ii
field.
Next come chapters on slAvery, as the caus
| Of the war, on State rights - its prctext, O
the inclp,cncy Of the rebellion, On tho uprl.
ipe of tho people, On the enthusiasm wit
which Wisconsin, speaking through hi
prcst, tho hustinEs snd the prlplt, thre
hcrxcif Into thc cause Of the nation 40
mankind. Then follow nearly thousau
nspcs, devoted to the war itself. The matt,
/. 90 erouped that tha history il ehronolog
, | cal, following the great events aud maxim
the impoytfnt hattlcs wny.marks to Il
memory: and yet In every one Of the b
hundred conflicts Of the war, the reg
mepts Of the State are systematically trace
nrd no hesu belonging 10 any OF the seEent
three military organizations Of Wisconsin
| kuos,ncly omitted. The book thus partak
: of tho nature Of general history Of Il
! sttueklc; while M1. Love does not fsl1