The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-08-06
MR., srEpHENs's BOOK.


s,enhens took up the pen. IL Is hoS "
his nature to yield. What the ioioo ~ Il
arms could not accotnpllsh' the pow II
Of reason might yet achieve. The INNS 4
oo,,o to the fescue of the SOLDIER e.
He saw, what an overpowereo an' ~. 0
heorteued people could not see'-'ha' q
49, cold was not wholly lost, the DEBATE =
by no means closed. v
He had a double work to do. ne n"o T
tov,udicate himself in the eyes VI as
,onrtrvmen. who doubted his noeii.s
their cause, and he had to vindica.e
,hat cause in the eyes of the worm,
which had been taught to pei'ese 'na
however great the provocatioii' nv
toaerate struggle had no SHADOW VI 'o
a.;tu,ional justification. This was io.
,,aht task, With what measure Vi
snoeess Mr.. stephens has met IN MS az
tempt to perform it, the ieaue rar
Judge by reading the criticism =, Pc
hans the ablest weekly ne"spaps
,'sintod IN England. 1t will be iouho
m the first page of the present. hur''e'
of The Native Virginlan' ,oa
no the praise which this fair-minueo
narons foreigner accords MI.
stephens's work, we have il1'ie ~ 'a
,rhat Mr.. Stephens now has the conn
- ona the esteem OF his confedera.e
countrymen, is a matter OF iao''
stands higher this day in their eyes
- 10 over stood. That the cause VI
state Rights has taken new rool ~ Wv ~
No,tbern mind and that Mr.. otepiien'
hoot has been the occasion, Is "iso
ter nj fact, For the space OH year
Mr.. Stephens's arguments wer1 ",,H,
-a,olv assailed and defended in leauii'
organ of Northern thought the Mum ~,
rshfe: and it is but simple tru'h 70 90
thot while the assailants were aiiioS
,nyor;ablv worsted, the defenders un
willing at first to use the whoie a. nv
ofMr' stephens and to take the pos
-. ,h;ch he had carefully seiecte
vere al last forced to do poth' anu W.
:, manner not altogether strange
The history of discussions, oVer'n.e
their antagonists and at the same VI u.
~ or;soners themselves---prls
DeCdHO PiiS
ners of the truth.
This is the great intellectual Vio' -
At which Mr.. Stephens aimed. =
couse was either just or unjust ~
., v,as founded in truth and must Nv
LET endure and .reassert ITSELF nc
over often trampled down. 40 p''
49, tr,tb of Mr.. Jeferson's discoV'
and to establish in the cohVic''on'
-neh the fact, viz. that goVerhiien
.ssoc;ated independent States, nav
central authority vested Win u
e,o,ea mowers only, is OF all gofs
,no,ts the best, Mr.. Stephens mas
voted the entire strength Oh MS uoN
mo wears, And he has done, as We
,ieye. more than he knows. ANU
struggle against Capitalization Is y
oo-,e. and the battle cries, every
viii he drawn from Mr.. stephS
hoot We uray that that struggle
be bioodless. We iear tla' !" w." -.
,rhe book is worthy OF It's matt
rbe CODY before us, in half call II
ho,dsome addition to the libra
The size of type, the style Oh p'n
ao,vn to the minutest partie'
were of Mr., Stephens's own cnoe
,rbe mechanical execution does
toMr.J r. Jones, the pupllshei
frontispiece, we have really .,
tul steel engraving of MI. o'ep,
residence, ''Liberty Hall" near
fordyille, Georgia. A more III
country residence could scarcely
sired. In the cool and shaded Pc
seen group of gentlemen cohv'
and there we hope the master
house though now in feeble heai'
gather about him for many ~
come the numerous guests Wne
tbither to share his unstinted nos
ty and to learn wisdom from MS