The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-16
HENRY WARD BEECHER.

HENRY WARD BEECHER. =
Henry Ward Beecher. BY Lyman Alb
bott. s1.75. Boston and New York:
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. ~.
DR.; Abbott made the ACQUAINTANCE Of
mate friend OF his from that time forward.
He attended DR.. Beecher's church in
Brooklyn, and is thus we'll qualified to
great preacher. The book is therefore
not so much a history of the life of
Beecher as it is sketch of his life and
character as ne appeared to DR.. Abbott.
reformer before and during the civil war
period, ne tells in five chapters, full of
historical matter of the utmost value. OF
especial Importance is the chapter on Mr.
land in 1868: He reached London in the
autumn OF that year from a season on the
continent his intention being to rest be-
fore ;oei sailing dlh for New York. But fate Or
pathy of the English people, more espe-
cially the aristocratic and moneyed class
es, was overwhelmingly in favor of the
South, and the man who dared to speak
in behalf Of the American cause was
sure to invite every species Of insult and
indignity.'' This sympathy for the South
and hatred of the North had, at the time
of Mr.. Beechers arrival, assumed alarm
l1lS VI otO1 luis, anu iuulOIS were dlOdL
to the effect that the British government,
in all probability would be forced by pub
lie sentiment to intervene in the struggle
then going forward in America in behalf
OF the South. Such was the state Of feel
ing when DR.. Beecher reached England.
The Americans residing in London were,
of course, greatly alarmed over such a
prospect ros;oG -, and after much trouble, per-
tour through England, speaking in behalf
of the Federal cause. BY this they Hoped
to counteract the work of agents of the
Confereracy who were then seduously fan
ming the flame Of British enmity by their
speeches and publications. Any other man
would have weakened, but having prom
ised his friends to prosecute the campaign
he stuck to it courageouAy in spite of
mobs, blOod-red p1acards, insults, hOOt-
ings and all the other annoyances which
the British public consider perfectly legit-
innate to prevent an unpopular speaker
from being heard.
TWO ON THEIR TRAVELS.
1.-TWO on Their Travels" by Ethel Col
gTuhoun' $3.50. New York. A. S. Barnes &
1.-TWO on Their Travels" by Ethel Col
Quhoun with Photographic illustrations
by the writer is a very interesting booS
of travel :.
The writer describes the out-of the way
places which she visited with style en-
tlrely natural, and yet which exhibits a
style of treatment quite unique. In the
chapter called "A voyage of misery and
happy ending she writes: eff the food
sal male demand for whiskey led to the
production Of bottle bearing wonder
Houses Of Parliament =" The commercial
stared thoughtfully at the label: Then ad.
slew Glasgow accent: 'Whaur-r did ye
find yon bottle?" The delicate Scots
9ny wag fear Ia1sar lost wS was f the
days later. was invited by Andrew to
share 3. rather less poisonous drink I'm
earthe ID from fen1ied someWhsre hSns ye
he'd e as 1 much i as guild fornr men. He the en-
related how, feeling thirsty in the mid
die of the night he had got up and drunk
what he believed to be about half bot
the water bottle full and the whisky bot
tie empty! IT THOUGHT it was vary guild
water-r"' he remarked.
The writer describes in a very interest
the Philippines the straits settlement,
Japan, China, and other countries in the
East ~ 49,, ~ sft.<:; Ssts
The Illustrations are, many OF them in
colors and are very elaborate.
A POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
A Political History of Slavery. BY Will
liam Henry Smith. With an introduction
by Whitelaw Reid. Two volumes. syo.
G. P. Putnam's Sons.
"a Political History of Slavery by
VIM. Henry Smith, is an elaborated story
of the controversy over the slavery ques-
tion from the early days of the 18th cen
fury to the close of the Reconstruction
period in the United States.
There is an introduction by Whitelaw
Reid, which tells of Mr.. Smiths career
and which gives quite an extended criti
cism of these two very instructive vol
umes.
Mr.. Reid says: ''This Political History
is written with the fullness of knowledge
that comes from having seen many of the
events from the inside as they occurred,
from lifelong familiarity with and study
Of the entire range of the subjects. and
from access to much unpublished infor-
nation, in the papers of President Hayes
and Governor Brough, in the records of
the state office held during a critical part
of the period, and in constant personal
communication with some OF the actors. "
Again: LAS time goes on fuller justice
will be done, in the history of the move
ments by which free people enlarged the
bounds of freedom, to communities and
to leading men that relied upon typical
Anglo-Saxon means for the correction of
wrongs and the better development of
Anglo-Saxon institutions; to Hora ce
Greeley first among public educators, to
Chase and Seward, Stanton and Welles,
first among legislators and cabinet II min in
superior of them ALL and certainly the
most capable politician of the list. Abra-
ham Lincoln i ~
In Chapter I, the author says: If there
is one thing clearly established, 1t is that
slavery was deprecated by the men who
formed the Constitution; who, recognize
ing that such an institution was inconsis-
tent with Christian civilization, inconsis-
tent with the great principles Of civil lib
erty for which the colonies had contended,
and which constitute the basis of our Re
public. refrained from inserting In that
great charter name so repulsive to free
dom. We must conclude that they were
percipient witnesses to the public senti-
ment of that day. There was no state
free from the faint of slavery and the
feeling that it was injurious to society
was in no sense dependent upon sectional
lines. Its ultimate extinction was gener-
ally confidently expected: emancipation
was to be the rule. This came early north
to suppose that if there had been no inhi-
bition of the African slave trade, emanci-
patton would have followed in Delaware.
Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky and
Tennessee =
Opposition to the institution Of slavery
arose from religious convictions as to it's
sinfulness or from economic and social
with Mr., Jefferson condemned it because
of it's destructive influence became as
i1npotent as his, or succumbed to the vio-
lence of politicals forces; while that hav-
ing it's source in religious feelings played
an important part in the creation of a
third party The Society Of Friends led all
other denominations in the employment
the public prints as to whether VIM.
Lloyd Garrison, Benjamin Lundyt or Chas.