The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-07-29

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sne.cb,. ,ettars and othar m.mnrsnd. and
nv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ,he.o do,. ,-,th a. n,,o,, -,
i,lustrativo or critical comment a. .bouId d,s.
close tho biovra nbar,s ;ndgman, uron NJ. ar
iect's conduct md assist tbs raadar n ,orr an
Intelligent opinion for bimeo,f Whatev.rm.y
be said of this hind ~ hiogronbic.l wr;,in .
from n literary noin, NJ via,v Tho dn,vror,s
stored I'm in these youme. will bo regarJad
with peculiar satisfnotion bv thu future bis.
torian Of tho cawssa and nr.,Im,n,rv nova
mania NJ our civi, war For On. nronor o,r,-
prebension n, that contsst and ~ IN. nr.,non NJ
evonta which foreran n tho mo,or,.,s horo
amassed and iudicIouslv classified will nrova n,
inestimaba value. 7, NAV indood ho douh,ed
whether Mr.. Curtis notwithstand,nr bis ho.
lief that he has escancd tho infaction h.. not
suffered IN some degree from that tendencv n
excessive admiration 10 which boura nhors a rs
peculiarlv Liable. II mav for instnnc. ha NJ.
nrmed with confidence that not a anglia vol.
informed person In tho 1Jnited stntos viii, ha.
fore reading Mr.. CurtIs's book concur in the
authors opinion that James buchanan wos n
great man and wa do mot boliav. TINT INV
reader will and enough To sustain that Gattar.
ing estimate in tbsse bulkv volume. nm tho
other hand be will unouestion.h,v ard n groot
denI calculated IN dismal tho currant imnr.s'
sion that james Buchanan was disinRenu.
Gus and disloyal man. who. at time Of su-
prsme Peril to the nation. virtually betrayed
the high trust reposed In him by noglecting to
take obvious and indispensable precautions
for the maintenance OF the Federal authority
In the dtsaftectod States. 1t will seem, ner-
haps to some persons that Mr.. Curtis
has indicated Mr.. Buohanan's character mt
the expense OF his intellect, but II will appear
upon close scrutiny. that much Of the inde-
cision and remissness with which tho President
was charged proceeded from constitutional
theories. shared by all tho members OF his
Cabinet and by almost all the leaders OF the
Northern Democracy-theories which. what
ever may be their historical and legal warrant
proved. when reduced to practice, to be aome-
what wire-drnwn and scarcely tenable. 80
much at least may DO aysrred with regard to
the distinction between the coercion Of a State
and the enforcement Of Federal authority upon
the individuals who collectively composed the
State. Neither the leaders of the snti.sl
agitation, which had given the Republican
party Its vital energy nor the chief promoters
OF secession. had any relish for such nice dis
ordinations and time was to show that they
alone understood tho situation, and were lovi.
cal and president In their respective pro-
grammes OF action,
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