The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-07-02

I Brooklyn, and is thus we'll qualified to
give an outline of the character of the
! great preacher. The book is therefore
Beecher as it is a sketch Of his life and
| character as he appeared to DR.. Abbott.
The career of Beecher as an anti-slave1y
reformer before and during the civil war
historical matter of the utmost value. OF
especial Importance is the chapter on Mr..
! Beecher's anti-slavery campaign in Eng
continent. his intention being to rest be-
fore sailing 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
ing proportions, and rumors We're at1oat
to the effect that the British government,
! in all probability would be forced by pub
Tic 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. and after much trouble, per-
suaded DR.. Beecher to make a lecturing
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
ised his friends to prosecute the campaign
he stuck to it courageouAy in spite of
mobs. blood-red placards insults boot
ings and all the other annoyances which
P1,ifiSh oot1 1ooit
innate to prevent an unpopular speaker
from being heard.
A POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
A Political History Of Slavery. By Will
by Whitelaw Reid. Two volumes. $40.
Net. $3.50. BY mail, $780, New York:
e. P. Putnam's Sons.
"A Political History of Slavery by
VIM. Henry Smith, is an elaborated story
OF the controversy over the slavery ques-
.. ton. from the early days of the 18th CEN
tuly 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 a lifelong familiarity with and study
of the entire range of the subjects, and
from access to much unpublished infor-
nation, III the papers of President Hayes
| and Governor Brough, in the records of
the state Office held during critical part
of the period, and in constant personal
communicati ton with some of the actors"
Again: LAS time goes on fuller justice
will be done, in the history of the move
ments by which "a 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 Horace
Chase and Seward. Stanton and Welles,
first among legislators and cabinet min
isters and d. finally to the peer, if not the
most capable politician of the list, Abra-
ham Lincoln
In Chapter I. the author says: IF there
is one thing clearly established, it is that
slavery was deprecated by the men who
formed the Constitutions: who, recognize
ing that such an institution was inconsis-
tent with Christian civilization. inconsis-
tent with the great principles of civil lib
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
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 dependent upon sectional
ally confidently expected: emancipation
was to be the rule. This came early north
Of Maryland, and it is not unreasonable
to suppose that if there had been no inhi-
bition of the African slave trade. enamel
patton would have followed in Delaware
Maryland. North Carolina, Kentucky and
Tennessee
Opposition to the institution of slavery
ioin RI q
sinfulness or from economic and social
policies. The resistance of those who
with Mr.. Jefferson condemned it because
of it's destructive influence became as
impotent as his or succumbed to the vio-
lence of political forces; while that hav
ing it's source in religious feelings played
an part in the f SFsatSn ,e Of
other denominations in the employment
the public prints as to whether VIM
Lloyd Garrison. Benjamin Lundy or Chas:
slavery. though there were not wanting
outspOken utterances in the Presbyterian,
Baptist and Methodist churches at an
early day, especially in Ohio, Kentucky
and Tennessee
Some years ago one who had been
ery contest endeavored to show the un-
faithfulness of current history in dealing
with the genesis Of modern abilitionlsm,
and thereupon controversy sprang up IN
Osborne was entitled to be styled the first
Apostle of Emancipation. Geo: w: Julian:
the writer who challened "the truth Of
history" clearly established the claims OF
Osborne to be mentioned before either
Lundv or Garrison, but strangely over
looked the claims of another whose career
was strilzing2y like that OF. Lundy-1ohn
WoOlman, Friend, who was born IN New
Jersey about 1920. Then follows an ac-
count of his early life and career. exceed
ingly interesting and of his anti -slavery
sentiments when about 26 years aof age
he visited North Carolina, where ne
sought to arouse the cOnsciences OF slave
holders and wrote an essay entitled con.
siderations on the Keeping of Negroes
After his death in 1772, his Journal
which was published. had wide circula-
ton. It shows that his life was given to
the work of emancipation. He Travelled
from colony to colony, preaching remon-
strating and counseling.
The author discusses with painstaking
detail the "Free Soil Movement "The
Omnibus Bill, Repeal Of the MISSOURI
Compromise" "The Nomination of Lin
coin" and in their discussion exhibits q
! wealth of information and breadth OF
| knowledge. which could only result from
! many years study and contact with the
! leading men Of those stirring times.
Vol. II opens with a chapter on Ihe
| Outbreak of the War; in which he says:
! I'm the history of nations weak rulers are
/ treated with scant respect. Inev pecome
| the dupes of Knaves, the Instrument OF
oppression; they imperil governments ano
/ invite disorders to enter in; they are the
real enemies to- human progress. Wnen
Mr.. Buchanan was brought face to race
with men resolute in purpose to dlsrupt