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| ALEXANDER III. STEPHENs' III II, Int
| and Men often change WIN t, Vol.
pr;ncinlcs never In two voumcS' >'''
n National Publishing Company
or all the statesmen of the s"o' ',,oa -.
STEPHENS has done most Since ''' .,,
the war to secure to posterl1! 'o','.' - W.,
concerning the causes which leu W ,n"'
,,.as,ro,,s contest and to inform the publlc
,,,;,,a or tho world rs to the righteousness
.. ~ .,'. ,ror an The part Of the South. Per.
-. 80 other man could have performed
.isis ,,;ous duty so well. We can find no
words too strong to express our idea as to
t,,e value of his iabors in this behalf. The
southern people owe him debt of grail
tude which can never be repaid. His heart
was in the work. Otherwise it would never
have been so thoroughly done. Witness bis
DEDICATION.
ETo the memory OF those whose ives III
the late war between the States were sacli-
feed, either in battle, in hospital, III prison,
or elsewherc-in defence OF the sovereign
Right of Local Sclf-Goycrnmcnt on the
part Of the Peoples of the several States Oh
the Federal Union and in defence oil liloSc
PrincipIes upon which that Union was
established, and on which alone il, or any
other Union of the States, can he man.
tanned consistently with the preservation oi
Constitutional Liberty throughout lle
Countrv-thiS Volume is most Solchlii!
and sacredly dedicated! While others are
to-day Strewing flowers upon Their graves
this oblation, with like purpose ana hlh-
drcd emotions, is thus contributed y! the
Author to the same hallowed shrine.
" Liberty Hall. CramfordriHe, Ca, 18th
April. 1870"
II is not strange that Mr.. STEPHENS should
have dedicated this volume to the Coincide
rate soldiers. His investigations hau tho-
roughly informed him rs to the relative
strength of the northern and the southern
armies. as is evidenced by the following
paragraph:
"Onc of the most Strikin" features in 1t
WAS the great disparity between ihe mum
her of the forces on the opposite sides.
From its beginning to IT. end, near, II not
quite. two millions more FcderalS were
brought into the field than the entire iorcc
of the ConfcdcrateS. The Fedora! RECORDS
show that they had from first 10 la>' over
> COG. 900 men in the service, while the Con-
fcderates. all told in like manner, could not
have much. if any, exceeded 60O,oOo. NO
proplc on earth ever maintained the great
riuht of sclt.govcrnmcnt so long rs tn" Con-
fcCieratrs did in this contest, with >ucil sac
rifce of blood and treasure, against Shch
ODDS.
This volume is illustrated with excellent
portraits of Generals BEAUREGARD. LEE,
JOHNSTON, and GRANT, and Mes>rS. LIN
COLIN. DouGLAs, DAVIS, TooMBs, and STE
pUESs. 1t contains also Il fac Stnule oil MI.
L1ScoLS's celebrated letter 10 Mr.. STEPHENS
of date December 81, 1860. For the intor-
nation of any--i' any such there hc--Who
suppose that Mr.. LINCOLN cmanclpatcu the
negroes for their own good, ana not Is Il
mere war measure. we reproduce this let
Ter in full:
"For your o,rn Eyes only.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, December -, loOV.
"Hon. A. II. Stephens
"Mv Dear Sir: Your obliging answer TO
nv short note i just received, ana Tor
which please accept my thanks. FULLY ap-
prcciatc the present peril the country Is III,
and the weight OF responsibility OIL me. ID"
the people of the South really entertain
fears that Republican administrative
would, directly or indjr,ctiy, interfere WITH
the slaves. or with them about their slaves:
If they do, i wish TO assure you, rs once Il
friend, and still, hope, not amy al enemy.
that there is no cause for such fears. The
South would be in no more danger in This
respect than it was in the days OF Washing
ton. | suppose, however, this does moi
meet the case. You think slavery Is right
and ought to he extended, while we think
it is acy0ng and oughtto hc restricted. That
suppose, is the rub. II certainly Is the
only substantial difference between us. :,
"Iours, very truly. a. LINCOLN"
This volume is full Of Interesting docu-
mcntS. The Appendices are worth the price
of the book. We would that this valuable
work could be sold by the hundreds .oi
thousands'of copies.