The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-06
Nav l1ylORK q AND NEW,

trated.S Extra Ducnfam. Nel. eo.ou. Till
adelphia: J.. B. Lippineott Company.
New York Old and New" by Rufus
Rockwell Wilson, is a publication IN TWO
volumes and one ofVery great interest 10
the struggle upon the high seas between
Spain Holland and England for the mas
terry of the main. gives very interesting
sketch. Of the; settlement Of A ms ei
tablishment of Dutch colonial dependen-
cies is one of the worlds greatest nara
tives of endurance, fortitude and tireless
dangers which would have overawed a
less hardy race. After recounting the
growth Of political institutions, and the
under various Dutch governors; the au-
thor brings us to the Iron Rule of Peter
Stuyvesant, who declared in the; presence
of welcoming and Joyful people tnat ne
dren.' He soon taught the colonists the
meaning of his remark that he would
rule them as a father his children, by
dictatorial methods which brooked no 20, op-
disposition to enforce a system OF gov
eminent upon the sturdy burghers, Whlch
was utterly contrary to that Whlcn they
had been accustomed to living under IN
the representative towns Of Holland Ana
even after. a representative form OF gov
eminent was wrung from the ehome al-
exercised the right to preside over the the
town assemblies. He also assumed the
right that he still had authority to make
ordinances and issue proclamatlons blnd-
ing upon the city even after chaIter
had been given the people wherein the
rights of the governor were clearly linn
tied and fixed by the king-or High
neSSeS. ..,,
THE charter of 1858 marked. the visible
beginning Of representative government
on Manhattan Island, and the men 10
whose heroic labors it was Que desery "!
and will ever hold an honorable place IN
it's history.
There were no idlers in the New Am
sterdam of Stuyvesant's time, YET inc
Dutch were a pleasure loving people, ana
found leisure for an abundance OF homels
and hearty sports
THE fight for a free press; is 10, one er Of
volume and tells the old, old story OF
censorship, incarceration of editors VINO
dared tell the truth, and finally the trl-
'4l A piece of Of History which is not very
we'll known is told by the author IN clear
and attractive narratiye-it is the story
of the Great Negro Plot in 1741.
Negro slaves formed a large portion
of the towns population. Slave .importa-
ton into the towr began some 1lm Inn pr nc?
to 1923 and apears to have reached ell
max about l746 when a census en:s1 ,, OF the
thousand thereafter the natural in
crease Of the slaves and the importation
of indentured white servants assured a
supply Of labor for the needs Of the col
ony." The author then, after sketching
the decline of slavery in the colony tells
that in the course Of tine r tne W Th the
aggressive attitude Of the slaves and pc.
gan to enact such drastic laws against
them which shows that they lived IN con-
slant dread Of an uprising.
SLAVES were prohibited from gathering
on the Sabbath in groups. of more than
four They We're forbidden 1snr n TO fafr cf
suns swords or CLUBS under ZIP Penaa5 S, in % u
was visited by the same penalty. and the
slave who appeared on the street after
nightfall anywhere south Of the Collect
in it was liable to forty lashes at the
whipping post. Finally it was decreed
that a dead slave should be buried with
twelve slaves were permitted to attend
the funeral.
If these restrictions led to uprfsings
among the blacks they were punished
with unsparing hand The e,1,uo foll9 Nn5,ra
| Plot" of 1741, which caused a pan1c;
among the inhabitants and was attended
| by blood shed and torture of the most ex-
cruciating kind
The transition of New Amsterdam into
| the New York City of the Revolutionary
period is followed by the author very
| closely. not only with an easy and grace
full flow of language, but is. deliberately il,
Illustrated by pictures of the scenes ana
These two volumes are intensely in
| teresting, and from a historical viewpoint
| the author has done much for the truth.
THE TRUE ABRAHAM LINCOLN:.
| The True Abraham Lincoln: BY VII
decorated; net. 81. Philadelphia: J. B
| Lippincott Company,
There are few rare characters II
| l.. +lo IF u-ho lives in
| interest with each succeeding generation
! and which CLEAN brighter as time passes
! instead Of fading with the general Wrecf
| of men and things, by which they were
| environed. -
These characters are unique and orig.
inal and bear striking analogies to eacf
| other-the most important of which is
| their self dedication to truth:
! They may be called the guide posts Of
+ civilization, and may be named as, Christ
Socrates, Luther and LINCOLN: It is abo I1
written under the title, THE True Abra'
| ham Lincoln.
The story of Lincoln is always absorb
ing and full Of human Interest The VOL " D.
| would stock a library OF large dimensions
we have. however, read none Of then
! which surpass in arrangement OF literary
! detail, Mr. Curtis publication. DE NOR
! profound influence on western thought
that it's literature fails to throw mucf
light upon many of the eminent careers
| of distinguished statesmen and soldiers.
| Mr.. Curtis. however, writes in natura
! manner about a natural man, and does
| not fail to remind us that Mr. Lincoln
| had faults as youth, and as man.
These faults. however, serve as a strlk-
| ing contrast to the sublimity OF his char-
acter which had been attained before
| his assassination.
of them appear for the first time in q
| published biography Of the Great E1nanci-
| pators life.
Lincoln, the Leader of the Springfield
traces his intellectual development. from
that of the average pioneer, upWard ano
onward until he became pleader OF such
striking power and force as to easily sur
pass in the logical presentation OF ms
eases men who had been trained in in
situations of higher education: 49,
1.-The occasion upon which Lincoln ols-
played unusual power as an orator was
the Bloomington Convention Tor the OF
ganization of the Republican party carry
in 1856. Never was an audience more
The Convention. which was composed of
former members Of all political parties;
had adopted the name Republlcan, hau
taken extreme grounds against slavery
cation; but it contained many discord-
ant. enyious and hostile elements. Those
who had watched the proceedings were
anxious and apprehenslve, Of dlssentlon
and Jealousy. ana LlncO1i!' VIII hiS ocu 49,.
political perceptions, realized the danger,
nerhaos more keenly than any other man
in the assembly. He saw, before him a
.grol1p of earnest: jealous, sincere men;
willing to make tremendous sacr1h tI
and undertake Titanic tasks. but at the
same time most Of them chung to their
own own theories and advocated their indi-
vidual methods with tenaeity that
promised to defeat their common purpose.
therefore. when he arose in response to
the unanimous demand for speech from
the great orator of Springfield his soul
was flooded with a desire and purpose