The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

POLITICAL HISTORY. OF SLAVERY.
liam Henry Smith. With an Introduction
by Whitelaw Red. Two volumes. Svo
Net. $3.50. BY mall $500 New YORK:
"A Political History of Slavery" by
VIM. Henry smith. is an elaborated story
of the controversy over the slavery ques-
fury to the close Of the Reconstruction
period in the United States.
There is an introduction By Wh1telaw
Reid, which tells of Mr.. Smiths career
and which gives quite an EXTENDED CRU
cism OF these two very instructive VOL
umeS.
Mr.. Reid says: "This Political History
is written with the fullness of knowledge
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 u 1nRupSaeq Hnves
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 f1 the afIofS
will be done. in the history of the move
ments by which free people enlarged the
S eanf men That to 2eed npon typfca
Anglo Saxon means for the correction OF
wrongs and the better development OF
Anglo Saxon institutions; to Hora &c
Greeley first amons 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 certalnly the
most capable politician of the list Abra-
ham Lincoln
is one thing clearly established, it is that
slavery Was deprecated by the men VINO
formed the Constitution; who. recognize
ing that such an institution was inconsis-
1x,ith hriC
tent with the great principles OF clvll nd
erty for which the colonies had cOntended,
and which constitute the basis Of our Re
public. refrained from inserting in that
great charter a 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
feeling that it was Injurious to society
was in no sense dependent upon sectional
lines Its ultimate extinction was gener-
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. 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 its
sinfulness or from economic ana 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 vlo-
lence of political 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
otter denominations i'll the employment NJ n
lloyd P9 Garris o benjamin. Lundy or chas:
of moral influence for the eradication of
slavery, though there were not wanting
outspoken utterances in the Presbyterian.
early day. especially in Ohio Kentucky
and Tennessee
some years ago one who had been
conspicuous as a leader in the anti-slav-
cry contest endeavored to show the un-
faithfulness of current history in dealing
with the genesis Of modern abilitionism,
apd thereupon controversy sprang up IN
Osborne was entitled to be styled the first
the writer who challened 1.-The truth of
history" clearly established the claims Of
Osborne to be mentioned before either
Lundy or Garrison: but strangely over
was strikingly like that OF Lundy-John
Woolman, Friend. who was born in New
Jersey aPGut 172o Then na faileWs sn
ingly interesting and Of his anti-slavery
sentiments. When about 26 years of age
he visited North Carolina, where he
sought to arouse the consciences of slave
holders and wrote an essay entitled Con- !;
After his death in 1772, his Journal,
which was published had "a wide o Gireua A.
the work of emancipation. He Travelled
from colony to colony. preaching remon-
stcating and counseling.
The author discusses with painstakine
detail the Free Soil Movement 1.-The
Omnibus Bill" "Repeal of the Missouri
coin" and in their discussion exhibits a
knoWiedg Sc WITCH co1id onfy result from
! many years study and contact with the
leading men of those stirring times. .,o,,
Vol. II opens with chapter on The
In the v history r of nations weak rulers are
treated with scant respect. They become
the dupes of Knaves, the instrument OF
oppression; they imperil governments and
as1te 70 tR 5Rsy aFS
| Mr.. Buchanan was brought face to face
with men resolute III purpose to disrupt
he construed the fundamental law to be
| as in1potent as he was in fact as the ex-
ecutive Imagine Andrew Jackson. the
! executive head of the government in
gage: in the work OF disunion have been
they have buliied him
CIVIL WAR TIMES.
Civil War Times. BY Daniel Wait
Howe. author Of the Puritan Republic.
$40. Pr 421. $3.50. Indianapolis: Dob5s-
Merrill Co.
RE war of '61-5 will never cease-a,
least in the present generation to be a
perennial and never failing topic Of alb
sorbins. interest. This is So because it
was a war Of giants: because many OF
those giants still survive its vicissitudes
it's hair breadth escapes, and the imnli-
neTt deadly BREACH: its long and dread
ful marches; it's gettysburg and Chicka-
naugaS; because the finale OF that con-
fict profoundly Influenced the viliza atoms
Of the world; because it's echoes still re-
vertebrate in all the various activities OF
American life.
Because of these things the author S
| volume is interesting. It can be read
with prof: by any one and MANY incl
dents OF the great strife which has l1ith-
erto remained unwritten. is brought forth
by Mr.. Howe.
One Of the most interesting chapters
in the volume is one dealing with the re-
gr> Soldier" The author tells US. that
nearly every Important Confederate. com
mander favored the. enlistment Of black
soldiers: that the maj tier was finally de-
| bated ir the Confederate Senate. Gu the
| bill autllc, i1ins 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 ana the
cause" draft order was issued to force
the black soldier to fight under the Con-
,sderate 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 its banner.
There are other very interesting chap
in fhn I,on T1o t4ylo &c min