The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13


ing cruelties Of the Revolution were again
being enacted in Paris and elsewhere
throughout the country
The events which led up to the war
with Germany are thus described by the
author:
Bismarck prepared the war. Napoleon
III. wanted 1t: the great bourgeoise looked
on; They might might have stopped it by an
himself with grimace. He saw in this
war our certain ruin; he knew our terrible
inferiority in everything; he could have
united the Left, the tiers parti; the jour-
nalists have made palpable to them the
folly of the attack, and supported by this
strength of opinion have said to the
Tuileries: to Paris if needs be. ''War is
son."
Poor France! Who will save thee:
The humble, the poor, those who for six
years contended for thee with the Empire
while the upper classes sell the nation
for few hours of rest, and the liberals
seek to feather their nests under the
empire, handful of men. without arms.
powerful despot. On the one hand young
men who form the bourgeoise have gone
over to the people, faithful children Of
1888. resolved to continue the, work Of
ingmen unite for the study and conquest
of the rights of labor. In vain the en-
pire attempts to split their forces, to Sc
duce the wOrkingmen.'
The author then follows up with & de-
scriptiOn OF the terrific political struggle
between the contending factions which
finally burst forth in all the horrors of thu
Paris. Marseilles, Toulouse and Narbon
| we're soon to be converted into veritable
human slaughter houses in this fratricdal
struggle which for madness and UNI
checked violence finds few counterparts
in the history of the human family
Many new events-that is events which
| have hitherto been obscure to the student
of that period peri are brought forward by the
author, in his work which considered
either from literary or historical view
| point is an achievement of no inconsid-
cradle merit
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| Houghton, MifI1in & CO.
Beecher in 1854, and was close and lntl-
mate friend Of his from that time, forward.
He attended DR.. Beechers church in
Brooklyn. and is thus wen quahhesd S TO
great preacher. The book is therefore
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Beecher as it is a sketch of his iife and
chara cter as he appeared to DR.. Abbott.
The career of Beecher as an anti.slavery'
reformer before and during the civil war
period. he tells in five chapters, full Of
historical matter Of the utmost value. or
especial Importance is the chapter on Mr..
Beecher's anti-slavery campaign in Eng
land in 1868. He reached London in the
autumn of that year from season on the
continent. his Intention being to rest be-
fore sailing for New York. But fate or
dered otherwise. At that time the SYM
pathy of the English people, more espe-
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| es, was overwhelmingly in favor Of the
| South, and the man who dared to speak
| in behalf of the American cause was
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! indignity. This sympathy for the South
and hatred of the North had, at the time
| Of Mr.. Beecher's arrival, assumed alarm
| ing proportions. and rumors were af1oat
| to the effect that the British government,
| in all probab ility would be forced by pub
| lie sentiment 70 intervene in the struggle
| then going forward in America in behalf
| Of the South. Such was the state of feel
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! The Americans residing in London were.
of course, greatly alarmed over such a
prospect. and after much trouble, per-
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| tour through England, speaking in behalf
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| Confereracy who were then seduously fan
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speeches and publications. Any other man
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| mobs, blood-red placards. insults, boot
! ings and all the other annoyances which
! the British public consider perfectly legit-
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| ised his friends to prosecute the campaign
| from being heard.