The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21
uvss n,cvuocb,. recollection.

One OF the most valuable contributions 70 the
inside history OF the United States during tho
last ATTY years 10 embodied 10 the volume pub
llSAet by the SGdbnsrs and entitled Men ard
Asdsu az Of Hdt a Century, by llCoH MCCUL-
LoCH. who. 10 will DO remembered. was Seo-
Rotary 0 the Treasury In the Administration
OF Presidents Lincoln. johnson and Arthur.
MANY OF the persons and incidents to which
reference is made were 30 far mo ed In point
Of time that the writer OF this book vas able.
when he penned II in 1887, to speak OF them
from the viewpoint Of the historian. The PRIV
lege has been turned IN account OF not u few
eminent Americans the writer speaks with
fToelom but at the same time with inuaTtiality.
and he Ia probably right In thinking that his
opinions " III be ultimately n they are not now,
IN acoord with tloss ois majority OF our citizens
The impartial tenor OF theauthor's comments
may DO eXemi lihsd by noting what he has to
say about the Rebellion. He r~etrains from
sieaking % tho Civil Wal as reasonable on tho
part OF the Southern States and from descrtb-
Inc those who were engaged on the side OF tho
Confedsrsoy as traitors. Organized febellion,
- he reminds u, Ii not treason. but attempted
revolution. lie points out that sucoeasiul 70
bsuioD AGAINST oppression. whether real or
supposed, 10 always and everywhere honored.
II ought not, Therefore. 70 be desisnstsd as
treason merely by reason OF its fAIluV. Trea-
son. In a word. can DO committed by indiy!d-
uas. but not by communities. Neither does
Mr.. McCuloch stint the expression OF his sd-
miration fo- the spirit and constance disT LAY Cd
By the southern people In the prosecution OF
their uprising, BY no people under the sun,
he says, were thoy sIoelled IN bravery and In
devotion TO what theJ considered their rights.
Hy pppa rare thAy Syar a1uallAI In thu SYaaJ-
fast chesrtulness with which they endured rro-
trncted hardships and privations. | may
60 further; No people defeated In a
cause which they had at heart ever
behaved better than they did when the
war was over. One hardly knows VIII ch
most 10 euogize, the good temper with which
most n the { onfederates accepted their ai,ua-
ton. humliating IA II was, or the msgnanimity
OF the Union Government In the exercise Of
Its authority" Mr.. MoCulloch does not hesi-
tate 20 aVow the belief that, costly as the war
wus. the countr., considered ~ 4 whole. was
the gamer by It. The conts~t put
an end 10 slavery. which had been. and would
have been forever, al apple Of discord betwean
the sections. 1t ccmentod the Union With the
blood Of ls enemies no less than with that OF
its friends. II ended With eng ende rinR re-
ciprocal respect on tho part OF those who had
been actively engaged In IL. Ths antasonistio
spirit Riterward developed was mainly the
work Of men whose fsoes had not been seen
upon the battlefield.
With regard TO the tariff the conclusion
reached by our author after hfty years
Of study and experience Is that what
was needed by our manufacturers ito say
nothing about our farmers, whose wants are
painfully pressing and will become
more and more needed as their productive
power Increases. was wider markets for their
manufactured goods. the very markets OF which
have been TO a large extent deprived by
the measures that have been thought necessary
TO secure for them the control Of the markets
home, Inactive as most OF our mills are
10 should be remembers that these words