The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

A POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
anEy s Htory ct Sa an BY
by Whitelaw Reid. Two volumes: Svo.
Net $3.50 By mail, $500. New York:
| G. P. Putnan''s Sons.
"a Political History of Slavery by
! VIM. Henry Smith, is an elaborated story
fon 5 fr9m ' the early days Of the 18TH cen
! tury to the close Of the Reconstruction
period in the United States.
| There is an introduction by WhitelaW
Reid, which tells of Mr.. Smiths career
ard which gives quite an extended crl1i-
cism of these two very Instructive VOL
| umeS.
Mr. Reid says: ''This Political History
| is written with the fuhness Of knowledge
| that comes from having seen many Of the
| from a lifelong familiarity with and study
OF the enflre range Of the subjects, and
from access, to much unpublished lnfor-
and Governor Brough, in the records OF
! the state office neld during a 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
rnents by which free people enlarged the
| bounds of freedom, to communities and
Anglo Saxon means for the correction OF
! wrongs and the better development OF
AngloSaxon institutions; - to Horace
Greeley first among public educators, to
|
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 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 a name so repulsive to free
dom. We must conclude that they were
percipient witnesses to the public sen Hi
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: 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
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,;
ff of bose %ho
with Mr.. Jefferson condemned it because
Of it's destructive influence became as
impotent as his. or succumbed to the VIC
!ence of political forces; while that hay,
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.
LLOYD Garrison, Benjamin Lundy or Chas:
! of moral influence for the eradication of
slavery. though there. were not wanting
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 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
! looked the claims of another whose career
was strikingly like that OF Lundy-John
Woollr:an, a Friend, who was born in New
Jersey about 1920. Then. follows an ac-
count Of his early life and career. exceed
| ingly interesting and Of his anti-slavery
sentiments. when about 26 years of age
| he visited North Carolina, where he
sought to arouse the coHsciences Of slave
holders and wrote an essay entitled Con
sidera tons on the Keeping of Negroes y
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-
styating and counseling.
detail the Free Soil Moyement.",. ''The
Omnibus Bil" .. rkepeal of the Missouri
coln;" and in their discussion exhibits a
| wealth of information and breadth It
knowledge. which could only result from,
many years study and contact with the
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
a.2en Of Knae the 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
he construed the fundamental law to be
ecutive. Imagine Andrew Jackson. the
| executive head of the government in
lsso-61: Would members Of Congress en-
| gage. in the work OF disuniOn have been
welcomed at the White House? Would
they have buliied him
| Civil War Times. By Daniel Walt
Howe, author of the Puritan Republic.
s s;5 Pr: 421. $3.50. Indianapolis: Dob9s-
1
leash Ese IN ehe Of sS e 6e
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 its vic;ssitudes
! its hair breadth escapes. and the immi
nent deadly breach: its long and dread
| full marches: it's Gettysburg and Chicka-
| roaugas; because the finale Of that con-
| Aict 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 authors
volume is interesting. It can be read
| with prof: by any 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-
| lation Of the Confederacy toward the NE
| grH Soldier The author tells u.s.. that
nearly every Important Confederate COM
| lnander favored the enlistment Of black
| soldiers: that the matter was finally de-
bated ir the Confederate Senate. Gu the
bill autllo! i1ins the enlistment Of Negro
5ofo Tod INV ,,,t