New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-07
THE LIFE OF FRANZ LIEBER.

T. w. Hollis delivered q lecture upon III,
life and works OF Franz Leber before the German sea
tito Society at No. III East Twenty-thrdst last
evening" Among those present were DR.. A, Jacob, E.
steiger Professor H. Amends, L. Russ, IT, and Dr. z
II. Hoeber.
Mr.. Hollis began with q sketch of Lieber's life rvDg
brief accounts ot service Ia the Waterloo Osmpag
his imprisonment account OF supposed Revolutionary
designs, his adventurous career III Greece MS aeqasat
ance with Medium in Rome, and finally his emgfauoa,
first TO LONDON ana then 10 the United states Afryns
In 1927 eber proceeded to Boston where he made TIC
acquaintance OF Judge Story Charles SUMNER william
ii. Prescott, Greenleat and Others HIS hrst lnponsa
literary venture the publication or inc tnce1opdds
ADisgisa1la, work whIoh estaDlished aA
repstauon as a writer and scholar. Ia
1913 he was elected 10 the chair OF history
aud political economy In South Carolina College, Coun
ba, s. c. Here he remained for twenty years dufins
which time works which gave hin the mel
rank as a publclst which he afterward msntalneL
Residence in the south could not but be extremely o
tasteful however to so ardent lover OF liberty IS W
eber aud In 1866 he could endure II 10 LONGER and re-
signed his position year later he was called 70 Ine
GUAR of history and political science III Columbia lo
I Dlgcs "I he 1eId nnsn his Gesth II Is7a
During the he necessarily active with hn pen
on the Union side, being founder and president OF Ls
can law OF warm his famous General Order No 100
Al the time OF mis- death he was Umpire between tne
United states and Mexico. IN.
Liebers personal characteristics habits anu AIS arg
acquaintance with Of influence IN THIS cosnry AM
I,ieber's principal works. These are :" Polues
Etnics" On Civil Liberty and selEGoyernnsnl
and " Hermeneutlcs'' helerenSS vas ,t usst
Dr. LlDDers extreme freo lrauo Puo"s" $500
which the lecturer criticised as slowlng hAfv s
mndedness and prejudice, even In so DDefal ssaoa
as Lieber Fortunately ms fame rests on lar nSDSs
works The Political Ethics Is the best DooA y az
it, KIND and of Itself gives Leber rgnt 70 rsa ~.
(;rotus and MonLesquleu SnOrtslglted orues VA 49,
ofren nreIsrIed the book on "Cvii Liberty puI t.o
"EIhcs Is more profound anu OF greater orls.aDy
MI Hobs then explained Le0ers theory Oh .ae n q
OF Government with some detail, laying pArean ss
ON his striking division OF states INTO aAss''n ~
ond hamarcniss and his vindicAuon OF PJi
nordIaI rights and political liberalism ID se1. as
The book On civil Liberty aud seidOyerhiISs' has sv
tans DR. Ieber's system OF politics proper NJ ~.
the difference between Anglican ana Wna ne am q
loan liberty meaning by the latter Tue Ism
NAPOLEON H. founded on universal sunrase. snsS
efs on Institutional Liberty the value Oh ro
Institutions in free country, are lu Vi n,ls! Of
fouud and valuable thoughts. The " ,sss .,us
princpes of Interpretation and CONSTRUCTION,
its pubcatlon been embodied IN the coinoy ,d dosr
his country though at the time the rules ia'N
were new and entirely unknown. u,oh.r a, test
Mir. Hollis concluded after quoting an umoei rsbos
monials from Chancellor Kent. stofy' F'es'''"
ave President A. ID. White and others