The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

A POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY
A Political History Of Slavery. By WI
liam Henry Smith. With an introduction
BY Whitelaw Reid: Two " ~ VOLUMES VINES S syo
G. p. Putnam's Sons.
IA 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
period in the. United States t;as nv wn,+e,av
There is s., an ,o,1 ntr of H1 nitbs career
and which gives quite an extended crttl
cism of these two very instructive vol
umes.
Mr.. Reid saws: This Political History
| is written with the fullness of knowledge
events from the inside as they occurred
from lifelong familiarity with and study
of the entire range of the subjects. and
nation in the papers of President Hayes
and Governor Brough, in the records OF
the state Office neld during critical part
of the period. and in constant personal
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 Horac
t Chase and se 1 Station ana Weiles
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 thai
slavery was deprecated by the men VINO
f6a t s5ch an sttuton Was nconsis
tent with Christian civilization. 1nconSls-
tent with the great principles Of civil lib
erty for which the colonies had contended
and which constitute the basis OF our he
public refrained from inserting in thai
great charter name so repulslVe to tree.
dom. We must conclude that they were
Of that aS f f. f5e @ nc
free from the faint Of slavery and the
feeling that it was injurious to society
was in no sense dependent upon sectional
lines. It's ultimate extinction was gener-
ally confidently expected: emanclpatloI
was to be the rule. This came early north
of Maryland. and it is not unreasonab pie
% that if the EaR Rad trads
patton would have followed in Delaware
Maryland. North Carolina, Kentucky anc
Tennessee.
Opposition to the institution of slavery
arose from religious convictions as to Its
sinfulness or from economic ana ana soc &c ia
with Mr.. Jefferson condemned it because
| of it's destructive influence became as
mpotent as his. or succumbed to the VIC
lence of political forces: while that haV.
ing it's source in religious feelings played
an important part in the creation OF q
third party. The Society of Friends led al
otter denominations in the employment
the public prints as to whether VIM
Lloyd Garrison, Benjamin Lundy or Chas
Of moral influence for the eradication, OF
slavery though there were not wanting
outspOSen utteranceS in the Presbyterian
Baptist and Methodist cE~rches at ar
early day, especially in Ohio, Kentucky
and Tennessee
Some years ago one who had beer
eonspe4ous as le,dsr in in the an IT. an
| faithfulness of current history in dealing
with the genesis of modern abilitionism
and thereupOn a controversy sprang up IN
Osborne was entitled to be styled the first
Apostle OF Emancipation. Geo: w. Julian
history clearly established the claims Of
Osborne to be mentioned before either
| Lundy or Garrison. but strangely over
ooked tbs aamS Of t anh s4 Thoss
Woolman. Friend, who was born in New
Jersey about 1870. Then follows an &C
count of his early life and career, exceed
| ingly interesting and of his anti-slaverS
sentiments. when about Is years of agt
| he visited North Carolina, where he
! sought to arouse the consciences of slave
o and o wr9 ehe 81
After his death in 1772. his journal
| which was published. had wide circula
! ton. It shows that his life was given tt
| the work of emancipation. He Travelled
from colony to colony. preaching remon
stratng and counseling-
! The author discusses with painsta Xxi,
detail the Din Free Soil of 4Sa M,ss ht
! Compromise The Nomination Of Lin
coin" and in their discussion exhibits {
! wealth of information and breadth q
many GEARS stEdy and Contact With tn
! leading men of those stirring times.
! VOL II opens with chapter on 1.-THE
| Outbreak of the War; in which he says
In the history of nations weak rulers are
| the dupes of Knaves, the instrument O.
| oppression: they imperil governments ant
invite disorders to enter IN they are t tn
Mr.. Buchanan was brought face to face
! with men resolute III purpose to disrup
| the Union and overthrow the government
| he construed the fundamental law to b.
as potent as he vas in fact as the
Isl: Would members Of Cbngress, en-
V Welcomed al at the White House? Woult
| they have buliied him
CIVIL WAR TIMES.
| Civil War Times. BY Daniel Wa!
Howe - author IT, of the Puritan Republic publ!
'1'I The e. war var of CTS will never cease-a
least in the present generation: to be
! sorhing interest. This is so. because i
! was a war Of giants; because many o.
| those giants still survive its vicissitudes
nent deadly breach" its long and dread
full marches: it's Gettysburg and Chicka
| maugas; because the finale of that con
lict profoundly influenced the civilization:
of the world; because it's echoes still re
vertebrate in all the various activities O.
| American life.
Because OF these things the author:
ero bv ant one and can an 1e
dents Of the great strife which has hith
| erto remained unwritten. Is brought fortl
One Of the most interesting chapters
| In the volume is one dealing with the re-
! Iation of the Confederacy toward the me
gro Soldier The author tells us, tina
nearly every important Confederate com
mander favored the enlistment Of blacl
| soldiers: that the matter was finally de-
bated il The FED Seaate o tn
soldiers, was, defeated by but one vote
that of Senator Hunter. That when tn
| desperate circumstances of the Confed
eracy became so visible that the Leaders
saw the doom of Richmond and tn
the Slack soldier to hight under the Con
| federate flag. but that before it could b.
made effective. the fall of Richmond. ant
| the flight Of Jefferson Davis was at hand
This chapter is especially interesting a
! under its banner.
! There are other very Interesting chap
! ters in the book. The style is clear: unin
! yolved and natural. and the author hal
written instructiyely. +
! HISTORY OF THE COMMUNE OF 1871
! History of the Commune of 1871
| Translated from the French of Lissagara,
| nv = Eleanor Mary Avelng New York