The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-22

A POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
:. A Political History OF Slavery. BY VII
by Whitelaw Reid. Two volumes. svo:
/ Net. $3.50. BY mail, $500. New York:
G, ?. Putnan:,s Sons: r ~,
"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
fury to the close Of the Reconstruction
There is an introduction b. 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,
Of the en nfo rahge Of the subjec1s. ana
from access to much unpublished infcr-
nation. in the papers Of President Hayes
the state office neld during critical part
of the period. and in constant personal
communication with some of the actors"
Again: LAS time goes on fuller justice
me 1 IS py 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
Anglo-saxon institutions; - to Horace
Greeley first among public educators. to
Chase and Seward, Stanton and Welles,
first among legislators and cabinet min
listers. and finally to the peer. if not the
superior of them ALL and certainly 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
t@,, 1r,In If o}xviJ
erty for which the colonies had commended,
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
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
arose from religious convictions as to it's
sinfulnesS or from economic and social
policies The resistance Of those who
with Mr. Jefferson condemned 15.H it because
impOtent as his. or Succumbed to the VIC
lence Of political forces; while that hay
ing it's source in religious feelings played
an important part in the creation Of a
third party. The Society Of Friends led all
otter denominations in the employment
tie public prints as to whether VIM.
Lloyd Garrison, Benjamin Lundy or Chas.
OF moral influence for the eradication of
outspoken utterances in the Presbyterian,
Baptist and Methodist cl:.rches at an
early day, especially in Ohio, Kentucky
and Tennessee
Some years ago one who had been
conspicuous as leuder in the antislav-
cry contest endeavored to show the un-
faithfulness of current history in dealing
with the genesis of modern abilitionism,
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
e6eap
Lundy or Garrison, but strangely over
looked the claims Of another whose career
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-slayery
he visited North Carolina. where he
sought to arouse the consciences of slave
holders and wrote an essay entitled Con-
siderations on the Keeping of Negroes -
which was published, had a wide circula-
ton. 1t shows that his life was given to
the work of emancipation. He Travelled
from colony to colony. preaching re1non-
strating and counseling.
The author discusses with painstaking
! detail the Free Soil Movement" THE
Omnibus Bi Repsa Of the Missouri ;
coln.' and in their discussion exhibits a
| wealth Of information and breadth Ct
knowledge. which could only result fro7,
many years study and contact with the
leading men of those stirring, times.
Vol. II opens with a chapter on THE
Outbreak of the War" in which he says:
In the history of nations weak rulers are
treated with scant respect. They become
the dupes Of Knaves. the instrument OF
oppression; they imperil governments and
invite disorders to enter in; they are the
real enemies to human progress When
with men resolute III purpose to disrupt
the Union and overthrow the government
he construed the fundamental law to be
as lmpotent as he was in fact as the ex-
executive head Of the government in
1s6O-61: Would members Of Congress en-
| gageT in the work Of disunion have been
welcomed at the White House? Would
they have buliied him
Civil war Times By Daniel Walt
4s Fl r0f Tndanapos Hi Bo5Ss
The war of 1915 will never cease-at
| least in the present generation, to be a
! perennial and never failing topic OF alb
! sorhirg interest This is so. because it
was war Of giants; because many OF
| those giants still survive it's vicissitudes
| it's hair breadth escapes, and the immi-
| nent deadly breach: it's long and dread
| full marches; its Gettysburg and Chicka-
| maugas; because the finale Of that con-
aict profoundly, influenced the civilizations
| of the world; because it's echoes still re-
| American life.
Because of these things the authors
| volume is interesting. 1t can be read
| with prof: by any one and many Incl
! dents Of the great strife which has hith-
erto remained unwritten. is brought forth
One OF the most interesting chapters
In the volume is one dealing with the re-
! iation of the Confederacy toward the NE
| grH Soldier" The author tells U.S. that
nearly every important Confederate COM
mander favored the enlistment Of black
soldiers: that the matter was finally de-
bill authorizing the enlistment of Negro
soldiers was defeated by but one vote
that of Senator Hunter. That when the
desperate circumstances Of the COnfed-
eracy became so visible that the leaders
saw the doom of Richmond and the
cause" draft order was issued to force
the black soldier to fight under the Con-
lederate flag, but that before it could be
made effective, the fall Of Richmond. and
the flight Of Jefferson Davis was at hand.
This chapter is especially interesting at
under it's banner.
There are other very interesting chap
tiers in the book. The style is clear. urin>