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POLITICAL HISTORY. OF SLAVERY.
A Political History Of Slavery: BY WI WI
by Whitelaw Reid. Two volumes. SVo.'
Net. $3.50. BY mall $500. New York:
CT Putnam's Sons: - s,o-.o. ,,
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
tuly to the close of the Reconstruction
period in the United States.
There is an Introduction by WhltelaW
Reid, which tells of MI: Smiths career
and which gives quite an extended crltl-
cism OF these two very instructive vol
umeS.
Mr.. Reid says: This Political History
is written with the fullness of knowledge
that comes from having seen many of the
events from the inside as they occurred S
Of the entire range of the subjects. and
from access, to much unpublished infor-
nation. in the papers of President Hayes
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 the actors.
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; tt Horace
Greeley first among public educat tors, to
Chase and Seward, Stanton and WeAes,
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 1. the author says: IF there
is one thing clearly established, it is that
slavery was deprecated by the men who
formed the Constitution; who, recogniz-
ing that such an institution was inconsis-
tent with Christian civilization, nconsIS-
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
was in no sense dependent upon sectional
lines. It's ultimate extinction was gener-
ally confidently expected: enlanclpatlon
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 it's
sinfulness or from economic and social
policies. The resistance OF those who
of it's destructive influence became as
impOtent as his or Succumbed to the VlO-
lence of political forces; while that ,hav--
ing its source in religious feelings played
third party The Society Of Friends led all
other denominations in the employment
the public prints as to whether VIM
Lloyd Garrison. Benjamin Iundy or Chas:
slavery. though there were not wanting
outspoken utteranees in the P.'esby terrain,
Baptist and Methodist cl.:rches at an
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 abilitiOnlsm,
and thereupon controversy sprang up in
Osborne was entitled to be styled the first
Apostle Of Emancipation. Geo: w: Julian.
the writer who challened 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, a Friend, who was born in New
Jersey about 1920 Then follows an ac-
count OF his early life and career. exceed
sentiments. when about: 26 years of age
he visited North Carolina, where he
sought to arouse the consciences of slave
sidera e ao ON 'f the Keeping Of
After his death in 1772, his journal,
which was published, had wide circula-
ton. 1t shows that his life was given to
the work of emancipation. He travelled
strating and counseling.
The author dscgs a5f With Painstakng
Omnibus Bin; .,o Repeal Of the he. Missouri
coin and in their discussion exhibits a
wealth of information and breadth Ct
many years study and contact with the
leading men Of those stirring times.
Vol. II opens with a. chapter on 1.-THE
Outbreak Of the War; in which he says:
treated with scant respect. They become
the dupes of Knaves, the instrument OF
oppression; they imperil governments and
invite disorders to enter in; they are the
Mr. Buchanan was brought face to face
with men resolute in purpose to disrupt
the Union and overthrow the government,
he construed the fundamental law to be
ecutive. Imagine Andrew Jackson, the
executive head of the government in
W No. d men nj Of Gopgress
welcomed at the White House? Would
they have buliied him
CIVIL WAR TIMES.
,16 Givil war tc Times IL 4s BY DANIEL Wat
8 vo. PIP: 421. $3.50 Indianapolis: 6obbs-
Merrill Co.
The war of '61-5 will never cease-at
least in the present generation, to be a
sorbins 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 tmmi-
nent deadly breach; its long and dread
full marches; it's Gettysburg and Chicka-
maugas: BECAUSE the finale of that con-
aict profoundly influenced the civilizations
Of the world; because it's echoes still re-
vertebrate in all the various activities Of
American life.
because of these things the authors
volume is interesting. It can be read
dents of the great strife which has hith-
erto remained unwritten, is brought forth
by Mr.. Howe.
One Of the most interesting chapters
Iation of the Confederacy toward the NE
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-
bated in the Confederate Senate. a3S the
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.
tiers in the book. The style is clear. unin~
volved and natural, and the author has
written instructiyely.