The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

by WhltelaW Reid. Two volumes. $40.
Net: $3.50. BY mail, $500. New York:
"A Political History of Slavery" by
VIM. Henry Smith, is an elaborated story
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 WhitelaW
Reid. which tells of Mr.. Smiths career
and which gives quite an extended criti-
cism of these two very instructive VOL
urnes.
Mr.. Reid says: This Political History
that comes from having seen many Of the
events from the inside as they occurred,
from a 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 held 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 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
rsas% t mSttu thi merafe
Chase and Seward, Stanton and Welles,
first among Legislators and cabinet min
listers: and finally to the peer, if not the
superior OF tnem all. ana certainly the
most capable politician Of the list, Alora-
ham Lincoln
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 Constitution; who. recognize
ing that such an institution was inconsis-
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 name SO repulsive to free
dom. We must conclude that they were
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
was in no 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-
biton 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 Mr.. Jefferson condemned it because
of it's destructive influence became as
impotent as his, or succumbed to the vio
lence of political forces; while that hav-
ing its source in religious feelings played
d.
third party. The Society of Friends led all
other denominations in the employment
the public pHints as to whether VIM.
Lloyd Garrison. Ben amin Lundy or Chas:
slavery. though there We're not wanting
outspOken utterances in the Presbyterian
Baptist and Methodist ct..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 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
looked the claims Of another whose career
was strikingly like that OF Lundy-John
Jersey about 1920. Then follows an ac-
count Of his early life and career, exceed
ingly interesting and OF his anti-slavery
he visited North Carolina, where he
sought to arouse the consciences Of slave
holders and wrote an essay entitled Con
After his death in 1772, his Journal
which was published, had a wide circula
ton. It shows that his life was given to
the work of emancipation: He travelled
strating and counseling.
The author discusses with painstaking
detail the Free Soil Mov:ement,"'. The
9oppomiae he Gr the OF n
coin 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 1.-The
Outbreak of the War. in which he says:
I'm the history of nations weak rulers are
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
real enemies to human progress. When
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
as impotent as he was in fact as the ex
ecutive. Imagine Andrew Jackson. the
executive head Of the government in
lS60-61. 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 TIMES.
Civil War Times. BY Daniel Walt
Howe. author of the Puritan Republic.
vo. PIP: 421. $3.50 Indianapolis: Dobbs-
Merrill Co.
The war Of '61-5 will never cease-at
least in the present generation. to be a
perennial and never failing topic OF alb
sorhinS interest. This is so, because it
those giants still survive it's vicissitudes;
its 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 its echoes still re-
vertebrate in all the various activities OF
American life.
Because OF these things the author 9
volume is interesting. 1t can be read
With pTo H. BY rs any one and many ej
erto remained unwritten, is brought forth
by Mr.. Howe
One Of the most interesting chapters
In the volume is one dealing with the ere 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-
bated ir the Confederate Senate. and the
bill authorizing 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
"cause,'' draft order was issued to force
faderate 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.
There are other very interesting chap
ters in the book The style is clear. unin-
volved and natural. and the author has
written instructively.
HISTORY OF THE COMMUNE OF 1871.
History of the Commune of 1871
Translated from the French of Lissagaray
by Eleanor Marx Aveling. New York
International Publishing Co.
History of the Commune of 1871"
translated from the French of LISA garay
by Eleanor Marx Aveling, is a we'll writ
ten volume of history. dealing with one OF