, 1869-08-16

CoosafFRuTe lMeFea, and stopping the
leaks in the revenue, as the Increased IN
como abundautly proves.
NEW BOOKS.
LIFE OF 2FFERSON DAVIS; with secret his
nfJ J, Of ths R soathern coaieaeIscy, gataeIed
CURIOUS and extraordinary Information Of the
principal Southern ch2EacterY in the 1ate Tar, IN
connection VIA President Davis, and IN FelA-
ficn to the raf1ous intrQueS Of hlA Rdmlnl1tt1-
tion+ ~ EDWARD 4 POLLARD, authpr Of 1.-THE
Lott Cause" Sc, ets Satlons1 Publish. 1sl .
St Louis, Mo- Atiauta7 Ga 1863.
Whatever may hare been the record Of Ar. Pol
,ard during the waz-and Of that Fety 1lttle L.
KnoTn-hls record shce the war ts saGcient1J
clear 80 literary nan In the South has thrust
himself before the people 70 frequently aud SO
coasp1cuou5ly as he. From the day Lint Grans's
tgtumphal forces entered tue gates Of nichnoud
he has been the evl genius Of the attempted
Southern Coniederxcy. he had apparently not q
rrlend among the leAde11 Of the rebellion. He
dlst1u6ted ererJ political move upon tho board.
lie saw distinctly Why every military movement
failed. Through the Bpecsaeles which he wore,
he saw treachcsJ IN cFety political gathering, In
hecily In ever! military council, Qn1tbess Tor po-
sltion III every prominent man. With IN egot1sm
which approaches the sublime, he declares Ii the
Whole splI1t ana purpose OF thls LOOK. u ~as the
man 10 hsre guided the fortunes Of the ColfeAeT-
ACy.' Haa hg eoln6ela haFe prevailed, ofuef
would nave cone out OF chaos anu FlcfofJ OUT OF
defeat lie Is not only Jeremiah weeping over
the rMna. tut he Ia sors Of literary
Nemesis, polutlng with relentless drgel at
the havoc which hay resulted from not taking him
into the councils and investing him with the
scept1e- EreEJ page Of thta Look may be Sd nmed
up IL tie xor1H, "N,d not tel 5en ao9" Why
this nan, lighted with hueh prtscetca and prophetic
faculties, WIS nut placed at The head vi anatts, OF
at iea4t Ulaue the hidden oracle Of consultation Il
Is Difficult 10 Sec That he Vas LOT 60 1 evidently
the h!dden As,sl1e Of shla b,ok- Htne st1s tae-
s17ro. ... -.. -..
In his literary character ar. Pollard shares
foUe Of the general characteristics Of the people
u the South. VIZ, impuslFenrsa, nIejudce, ego
tt,1n and borahast- These 9uzliaes Of eouzac
weaken his poWess Of convincing otaera. lie Il
ton htuted and Iasctbie 70 BIC authentic Ills
prejudice Is 70 outstanding aud sharply denned
that 1t bcuays Itself, and scorc Of years hsuce
wll h4sle bis work absolutely wor1aless IN hla'
to!cal polIt OF s1cV. He lacfs the cool head, tue
careful discriminating Judgment and the perfect
lmpattlaliiy which alone make history standard
and trust Torth5. ue not only shsrea vita some
Others stro1p conviction that the leaders OF tile
rebellion made {as4l errors and were obstinate
in purnutn1 thase errors to tnp1 destruction but
he has pessonA auimo.,ty a1a,ust
almost ever p.outneut Southern man.
Yha. he set4 forth IS t,re
fuctH ,n nre to1,Dd tn rece.ye at laast until they
are eontr.dtctet,. hnt when hc p,es,,ynes In ans.
~. .rs ,,ot.,' ,he nno,,vns ~ mar pnt +, uro.
no,,cc, r,on tr,r n,nrs. ~ nnt,fnrss FIR rars,,n
,,,,,,e ha i. m, on1r ,,t,4r ro,,r,csi na,t,,an
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no' oaeo1et' te.noaa' sneu!. nua "e .uus 'a.s ~
lhe 'ef' 0rst and most laporsaat province OF tae
,rorr 1efor, rp exclusively in literary st, IL ipF
nolH ..S D..h ~ - nah ~ co,,na1i ~, Ia
ever, aod mere masa ~ rrr ~. .S,,
pulstyeness and passion Of Ills nature gives strength
md an,rt n hls men. and hs sometimes p,les uu
sentence after sentence IN the genuine classical
yeiD and works bis Bnb1eCfA up 10 CLIMAX superb
IL. He ls aE4y plausible, sometimes 6ophIstical :
Int e,the, in this dlrctlon or apotber there ts A.
- - sa ,sha. h ,.,tas H., sasrn1ona
"ats I'auancs u VIVA us n1tsea. ~
Of passing eselts are always g1apmc #ola-p'e-
an' 1Ino's ,,.. u ~ u,s ~ ptsn.r"nd
o01s' 80 Nn - .,- os N 1.ava',
during lis closing oars Las hA5o!} oeeo e4eeneo
In It's terseness Of telling and ylyIdness Of color.
inns. whaleyer NAV be thourht OF the an,uus Of
the BOOK or Of the distorted media through which
he looked at the rebellion aud the prime movers In
II. there are yery tew readers VITO viii not be
charmed xtth ia etyle ami tntarfs,tad with sucn
facts "a he br1aps 10 light concerning the secret
h,e,n,v nj ,be Dax IL ab bnn,n,etras,nn
In tha shn-+ .,ara a, onr command "a ca, onty
c,ra tfe ya,ter n genera, ,dea Of the cnn,en,a nf
this somewhat notable book. Ar. Pollard at thc
no.r thot ~. al,rt,on a, ~ r,1coin .rss m, ,te
csn.c Int the srs1,l n, secession I Ths ranse Eas
1o1s rs,,ots 49, h,, ~ h-+h IN email hrf
nararfr, .,jrra ~ o-1u,or7o,,c no,f,c,,n, uho
~ 1saan S,.snno,n, ~. IN no,.tral nmhI,,,n nnd
suw w honc ~ a,atn 7Sino n fhe snrf.ro evcent
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