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A POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
A Political History Of Slavery. ~ WI
liam Henry Smith: With an introductloh
Net $3.50 By mail. $500. New York:
G. P, Putnaus Sons.
"a Political History Of Slavery. by
VIM; Henry Smith, is an celebrates stors
ton. 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 Nhiteia"
Reid, which tells Of MIR. Smiths career
and which gives quite an extendea CRU TIL
cisnn Of these two very instructive VOL
umeS.
Mr.. Reid SAYS: '"Tnis 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from access to much unpublished lntor-
mt in the n6g Of in the reeord Of
the state Office neld during critical part
of the period. and in constant persona!
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
wrongs and the better development of
Anglo Saxon institutions; Horace
Greeley first among public educa tors; to
Chase and Seward. Stanton and Welles,
isters, and finally to the peer, if not the
superior of them all, and certainly the
most capable politician of the list Aora-
ham Lincoln.
In Chapter I, the author says: If there
is one thing clearly established, it is that
formed the Cons itution: who. recogniz-
ing that such an institution was lncons!s-
Nl1r icti ~
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
dom. We must conclude that they were
percipient witnesses to the public sentl-
1ment of that day. There was no state
free. from the faint of slavery and the
1Hasii "a no e 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.
roEg fro 1rlo re19ious eon1ietion= 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 VIC
lence Of political forces: while that nav
ing its 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 p9blic prints as to W het er YIN
OF moral influence for the eradication of
slavery. though there were not wanting
outspoken utterances in the Presbyterian.
Baptist and Methodist clutches at an
early day, especially in Ohio. Kentucky
and TenneSSee.'
Some years ago one who had been
conspicuous as a leader in the anti
faithfulness of current history in dealing
with the genesis Of modern abilitionism,
and thereupOn a controversy sprang up in
apostie Of Em a 10 Geo w. Julian
the writer who challened the truth of
history" clearly established the claims Of
Osborne to be mentioned before either
t6s m p h0ss
was strikingly like that OF Lundy-John
Woolman. a Friend, who was born in New
Jersey about 1920 Then follows an ae-
count of his early life and career. exceed
ingy 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
siderations on the Keeping of Negroes y
After his death in 1772 his Journal,
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 remon-
strating and counseling.
The author discusses with painstaking
dstai the Eree Soil OF qhg Thf
Compromise. THE Nomination of Lin
coln,' and in their discussion exhibits
wealth of information and breadth Ct
I'm 0n1 Yncn1t
many years study and contact with the
leading men of those stirring times.
VOL II opens o. With chapte ter on 3 1.-The
}he sorH of wax res
treated with scant respect. They become
the dupes of Knaves. the instrument of
oppression2 they imperil governments and
invite disorders to enter in; they are the
Mr.. Buchanan was brought face to face
with men resolute il, purpose~to disrupt
he construed the fundamental law to be
| as impotent as he was in fact as the ex-
ecutive. Imagine Andrew Jackson, the
executive head of the government in
gagea in the work OF disunion have been
welcomed at the White House? Would
they have buliied him
CIVIL WAR TINES
Civil War Times. BY Daniel Walt
Howe. author of the Puritan Republic.
$40: PIP: 421. $3.50. Indianapolis: Dobos-
The war of 'e1-5 will never cease-at
least in the present generation. to be a
perennial and never failing topic of alb
sorhinG interest. This is so. because it
| was war of giants: because many OF
those giants still survive it's .vicissitudes;
its hair breadth escapes. and the immi-
nent deadly breach; its long and dread
full marches: its Gettysburg and Chicka-
maugas; because the finale of that con-
fict profoundly influenced the civilizations
| OF the world; because its echoes still re-
vertebrate in all the various activities OF
American life.
kecause 81 these things the authers
with, profit by any one and many Incl
dents Of the great strife which has hith-
erto remained unwritten, is brought forth
by Mr.. Howe.
One Of the most interesting chapters
In the volume is one dealing with the re-
gro Soldier The author tells us, that
nearly every important Confederate COM
mander favored the enlistment of black
soldiers: that the matter was finally de-
| bill author izing 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
':cause.' draft order was issued to force
the black soldier to fight under the Con-
federate 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.
m IA oo ther er +j! r. enag
| volved and natural, and the author has
written instructively.
HISTORY OF THE COMMUNE Of 1921