The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-07

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" - So.
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 Const itutiOn; who, recognize
ing that such an ms titution was inconslS-
tent with Christian civilization. inconsis-
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
great charter a name SO repulsive to free
dom. We must conclude that they We're
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
| lines. It's ultimate extinction was gener-
ally confidently expected: emancipation
was to be the rlle. 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
Opposition to the institution of slavery
arose from religious convictions as to it's
sinfulness or from economic and social
policies. The resistance Of those who
with MI. Jefferson condemned it because
of it's destructive influence became as
impotent as his or succumbed to the vo-
lence of political forces: while that hav
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 public. prints as to whether VIM.
Of moral influence for the eradication of
slavery, though there were not wanting
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 leader in the anti-slav-
cry contest endeavored to show the un-
| faithfuness of current history in dealing
| with the genesis of modern abilitiopism,
and thereupOn controversy Sprang up IN
; Apostle Of Emancipation. Geo. w. Julian
! the writer who challened 1.-The truth of
| history" clearly established the claims Of
| Osborne to be mentioned before either
! looked the claims of another whose career
| was st1ilingly like that or Lundy-John
Woolman. Friend, who was born in New
Jersey about 1920. Then, follows an ac-
4 count of his early life and career. exceed
! ingly interesting and of his anti-slavery
sentiments. When about 2G years of age
| he visited North Carolina, where he
| sought to arouse the consciences of slave
| holders and wrote an essay entitled Con-
| sideration on the Keeping of Negroes. >"
| After his death in 1772, his Journal
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
| detail the Free Soil Movement THE
| Omnibus Bill "Repeal of the Missouri
| Compromise. THE Nomination of Lin
! coln.'' and in their discussion exhibits a
wealth of information and breadth of
| knowledge. which could only result from
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
oppression; they imperl governments and
| invite disorders to enter in; they are the
! real enemies to human progress. When
| Mr.. Buchanan was brought face to face
| with men resolute i'll 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-
ecutive. Imagine Andrew Jackson. the
! executive head of the government in
| 1S60-61. Would members of Congress en-
gagged 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: Dobbs-
! The war of 'e1-5 will never cease-at
least in the present generation. to be a
perennial and never failing topic OF alb
sorhirs interest This is SO, because it
those giants still survive it's vicissitudes;
it's hair breadth escapes, and the immi-
nent deadly breach; its long and dread
full marches; it's Gettysburg and Chicka-
maugas: because the finale of that con-
| f1ict profoundly influenced the civilizations
of the world; because it's echoes still re-
| American life = =
| because OF these things the author
! volume is interesting. It. can he read
! with prof: by any one and many Incl
| erto remained unwritten, is brought forth
: by Mr.. Howe.
!. One, of the most interesting chapters
s in the volume. is one dealing with the re-
-; gro Soldier" The author tells u.s. that
! nearly every important Confederate com
mander favored the enlistment Of o., ,I black q
bated il: the Confederate Senate, and the
! bill author izing the enlistment of Negro
soldiers, was defeated by but one vote
| desperate circumstances of the Confed-
eracy became so visible that the leaders
saw the doom of Richmond and the
F; '.cause..''ta draft order was, issued to force
+: the black soldier to fight under the Con-
tolerate flag, but that before it could be
made effective, the. fall Of Richmond, and
| the flight Of Jefferson Davis was at hand.
4 This chapter is especially interesting at
| under its banner. - ..F1az~ e.. I y
J There are other very interesting chap
| ters in the book. The style is clear. unin-
volved and natural. and the author has
! written instructively. - Z
HISTORY OF, THE COAIMUNE OF 1871.
= History Of the Commune of 1871.
! Translated from the French of LISA garay
by Eleanor Marx Aveling, New York.
International Publishing Co. H
! History Of the Commune of 1871
| translated from the French of Lissagaray
| by Eleanor Marx Aveling. is a well writ
ten volume Of history. dealing with one OF
! those political commissions which have SO
frequently shook France to its foundar
| lions. - 2sEf "a z ~
/ The translator has performed the diff
/ cult art of preserving the peculiar cpl
! grammatic and pointed style of all French
| prose. and of which Lissagaray appears
/ to be a master A585z s.%5 & ~ 4
The descriptive art of the author never
4 lags from the opening to the closing
i chapter of this book of .extraordinary
Happenings. s8 ~ %$.
The Commune of 1871 was the culmina-
ton of French weakness and imbeci1ity-
| the elimination of criminal tOrpor that
rested upon those in authority. and which
| followed swiftly upon the heels of the
prostration of the French by the wonder
3ful armies under that prince of military