The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19

pei!ou u problems; OF fierce sectional and
raclal hatreds, and one OF the most interest
ing ing epochs in the history OF the United
States for the historical student and
writer. The questions which arose in that
Time OF chaOs were the results Of two and
One-halt centuries OF human slavery. Re
construction had to do with three elements
OF the southern population, who had resided
side by side for centuries, but who had been
as distinct socially and otherwise during
the 18th, 18TH and 10th centuries as though
they had been inhabitants of different coun-
tries. :Ihe problem was one for Democracy
to solve. out of the very depths of ignor-
ance, illiteracy and depravity. ..Lincoln's
Plan OF Reconstruction by Charles II. Nc
Carthy, Phi. D. (Pa.) is therefore book
with the policy of the Great Emancpa-
ton respecting this condition:
BILE 81 me f1 ma TINS va tp;
subject Of reconstruction discoses many.
hitherto obscure incidents in Lincoln's pol
ICY OF tf;H;ft9msttuGtien prior to the
light upon all the great actors and events
OF that Nstirring and critical period in our
In writing of Tennessee the author says
In no part of the late Confederate states
was the slave interest more feeble than in
the thirty counties comprising East. Ten
nessee," and he gives a graphic description
of the stout resistance put up by. the people
OF that section of the state to the secession
cause: Many prominent men OF that part
and thrown into jails, but these Outrages
did not stamp out. loyalty for the Union.
co president Re LINCOLN in wit TSf5ing letter to
things said But my distress is that our
friends in East Tennessee are being hanged
and driven to despair, and even now, l fear,
are thinking Of taking rebel arms for the
sake of personal protection. In this we
lose the most valuable stake we have in the
Then follows detailed description of the
outrages perpetrated unon the loyal Union
people of this section by the Confederate
and failed
ned by the president as a necessary step to
the permanent safety OF this Union senti-
ment but the genius of Gen. Grant fur
tory at Fort Donelson, and tireless move
ments afterwards when he caused the evac-
uation Of Nashville by the Confederate
troops.
:. Andrew johnson was then appointed mil
itary governor of the state, and thus was
lnstituted Lincoln's plan OF reconstruction,
succinct and interesting manner. Each
Southern state is then taken up, and the
plans plans and policy of the war president dis
BILE as a book of reference. .:..-@~
, J., In Mt treating of the plans adopted by Mr..
Lincoln for the reconstruction of the state
verses: however, We're not allowed to inter
rupt the comprehensive policy of the presi-
dent. and early in 1864 preparations were
This movement like those in Tennessee and
louisiana, was based upon the Amnesty and
Representation sco 1l1 Proclamation of Dec; 8,
| taken the president was already moulding
the diverse elements into a power that
would ultimately undermine Confederate in
| mer; July 81, 1868, he had written Gen. s.
| A. Hurlbut: Il understand that Senator
Lebastian. of Arkansas, thinks Of Offering
| to resume his place in the Senate. OF
course the Senate and not 1 would decide
whether to admit or respect him. Still, I
should 81 feel great interest in the question.
| very greatest national Importance; and it
| may be otherwise so presented as. to be of
memo no more than han temporary personal conse-
nation applies to Arkansas.
! think 1 shall not retract or repudiate it.
Those who shall have tasted actual freedom
! slaves again. 4
In a chapter entitled ''Culmination of the
presidential Plan" the author. says: able
the South even those who were a part of
I the Lost Cause are almost unanimous in
| regarding the assassination of President
LINCOLN as. one of the greatest calamities
! tnat Defell their section OF the Union. In
/ deed the writer has heard a distinguished
editor ascribe to Jefferson Davis himself the
opinion that next to the failure of the Con
was the %severest blow inflicted on Southern
! interests. Many Of the evils experienced by
their states during the early years of Con
/
ayolded had the wise policy of President
Lincoln been carried out
=. -... JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. ..-.
- James Russell Lowell; a biography. BY
Horace r. Scudder. With portraits and IL
distractions vols: Crown Svo. $3.50
n n9it,,, Boston $ ;. and New York: Houghton,
! :; This is work which does not lose it's
interest from the first sentence which opens
| the introduction to- Lowell's ancestry to
| which hot
| him cheerful and he passed away in the
| middle Of the bright summer
g. :: In writing of Lowell's school days. Mr.
Mr.. Wells that Lowell received that severe
drilling in Latin, which was one OF the
traditions of English scholarship, trans
heard a, recitation with the book in his
left hand and rattan in his, right. and if
10Y made false af quality Or did not
the rattan on his head ~, -
The practical freedom of college life
brought With it little more sense Of per-
he was boyish and. froicsome., There was
enough Of the boy left in him in his senior
year to require the fine of a dollar for cut
s seats In IN the recitation room
appetite for books which was carried with
MN to Harvard, whose we'll filed library
vi was riv eagerly g sought BY the young poet who
!, After taking his degree he commenced
the study of The law, and gave it up in
two weeks. Then commenced that strug-
gle with his conflicting passions, which was
destined to exert marked influence upon
the subsequent career of the man whom
Charles Dudley Warner considered as the
nrst OF American poets. Again he took up
the study of the law. Again he renounced
1t, in a fit of dependency and here the
a aan reprodnces some OF the letters writ
owh h G1We ELL tH b fre1a in which is
storm tossed ship without sails or rudder.
He then began to throw out lines In the
direction of self-support through litera-
ture.'' #,.s. .5 -, 80 q >s,e5ss
Going to Boston one day he heard Web.
ster IN court with celebrated case. He
was again moved by, Websters oratory to
Obtained degree from Harvard.
He was never able to overcome his re-
pugnance to- the law and soon commenced
IN earnest upon that career in letters
which, ultimately brought him distinction
as well as golden returns. szs ~
He threw himself into the ranks Of the
aDoiltlOn1sts and wrote several letters
against slavery, which he forwarded to
friend at New York, who was editing the
. 3, Journal Then followed the
which appeared in the Boston Courier" in
June. 1876. The remaining four in the
STANDARD, to which publication he had be-
though he did not sign his name to- any Of
the numbers, in either paper, his author
ship was an open secret. . -
bis pen. As 8 Tennyson threw into his his
Arthurian romance a moral sense, SO
Lowell also moralist in his poetic an
prehension made parable of his tale and
in the broadcast Interpretation of democracy
sang Of the dwelling Of all ranks in COM
mon divine humanity
Literature, freedom and nature ap-
pealed to the young enthusiast. the vision
he saw stirred him in the quiet of Elm
wood to eAger impetuous delivery and his
natural voice was singing one.
In speech delivered in that memorable
Hayes-Mlden campaign. he said Just be-
fore election politicians become tenderly
aware of the existence Of the people. They
recognize their long lost brother, and rush