The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-08-27

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manifested q Kfrai desire 10 hear
What the other lsas 70 say of iis mo.
tises and conduct lathe great sirug
gle. This haslel e lie production
Of numerous histories and narra.
tiscs on che Northern side. but utt
I'll recently no authentic or reals
merisorious history had appeared on
the side Of the South. The de-.
mand for such a work was keenly
Iclt, and there was a very gcaeral
feeling Of satisfaction experienced
throughout the country, when,
three years ago, Il was announced
that the lion. A. II. STEPHENS, the
Vice President of the late Southern
Confederacy, was about to issue a
history Of "1he Var Between he
The promise then made is
now fulfilled IN the second and con-
GLIDING volume ofhis great history,
which lies before us.
Mr.. Stephens was for many
years a prominent actor in the
scenes of legislation, which imme-
preceded the war, and knows
much of the secret history of those
events which precipitatcd
great struggle upon us. The
of his mind, his habits, of
thought, and splendid powers of
analysis, together with his great
honesty and trutlfulness as a states
man, rendered him in the eyes of
he whole country the proper his
.orian of the events in which he
lcted SO conspicuous a part. The
-ndomitable energy which, in the
midst Of failing health, he brougtto
preparation of this work was
remarkable, and has resulted in the
production of the best history of the
var, we have yet seen, and the only
history Of real merit that
las yet appeared.
The history of the earlier days of
the Confederate Government, and
particularly that portion of its exis-
fence at Montgomery, as q "Provis-
onal Government" is given to the
world for the first time in these pa
yes. Mr.. STEPHENS took part in the
Provisional Congress, as a delegate
Georgia, and was entrusted
with many important duties. His
staten cnts concerning these affairs
ire of great value. His narrative of
the Conference between President
Lincoln and the Confederate Com
missioners at Hampton Roads, is the
and mo t valuable yet given
to he public. MIR. Stephens was
Inc principal negotiator on the
side in these proceedings,
n the history of which the people
If the whole country are SO deeply
Interested. The vexed question of
The non-exchange of Prisoners Of
War is laid bare before the reader,
md the peace movements in the
South are thoroughly explained.
The present volume is a nara
lion Of the events of the War, and is
rs graphic and entertaining as a ro-
nance, while possessing all the high
or qualities Of & veracious history.
It will be certain to find its way in
to the library of every man who de-
sires to hear both sides Of the ques-
ton, and future generations will re-
gard it as the principal authority on
the Southern side. 1t is for sale by
subscription only, and agents are
wanted in every county.
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