The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-27

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POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
A Political History OF Slavery. ny WI
liam Henry Smith. With an INTRODUCTION
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
of the controversy over the slavery. ques-
ton. from the early days of the 18TH cen
tury to the close Of the Reconstruction
period in the United States.
There is an introduction by Wnltela"
Reid, which tells of Mr.. Smiths career
and which gives quite an extended crltl-
cism of these two very instructive VOL
umes. 49,
Mr.. Reid says: 'This Political History
is written with the fullness of knowledge
That comes from having seen many or the
events from the inside as they occurred
of the entire range OF the subjects: and
from access to much unpublished lntor-
nation in the papers of President hayes
and Governor Brough. in the records OF
Of the period, and in constant personal
communication with some of the actors
Again: LAS time goes on fuller justice
nents 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
Anglo-Saxon institutions; to Horace
Greeley first among public educators: to
| Chase and Seward, Stanton and Welles'
first among legislators and cabinet min
listers. and finally to the peer. II not the
| superior of them ALL and certainly the
most capable politician of the list Aora-
| ham Lincoln
In Chapter I, the author says: IF there
is one thins clearly esta blished 1t is tn ina!
slavery was deprecated by the men who
| formed the Constitution; who. recogn!z-
ing that such an institution was inconsis-
tent with Christian civilization, inconSis-
| tent with the great principles OF civil I'D
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 repulslve TO Tree.
dom. We must conclude, that they were
percipient witnesses to the public sentl-
ment of that day. There was no state
free from the faint of slavery and the
was in no sense dependent upon sectiona
lines Its ultimate extinction was gener'
ally confidently expected: emancipation
was to be the rule. This came early NORTH
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 ant
| Tennessee
"Opposition to the institution Of slavery
arose from religious convictions as to its
| sinfulness or from economic AMI socia
policies. The resistance OF those VINO
with Mr.; Jefferson condemned 1t because
impotent as his, or succumbed to the VIC
| lence of political forces; while that hav:
ing it's source in religious feelings played
PsSt o in the f frsnds d
other denominations in the employment
tie public prints as to whether VIM
Lloyd Garrison. Benjamin Lundy or Chas
slavery, though there were not wanting
| OutspOken utterances in the Presbyterian
Baptist and Methodist ck-rches at ar
early day. especially in Ohio, Kentuck!
| and Tennessee
Some years ago one who had beer
conspicuous as a leader in the anti-slav'
cry contest endeavored to show the un.
faithfulness OF current history IN dealms
and thereupon a controversy sprang up II
Osborne was entitled to be styled the frs
Apostle Of Emancipation. Geo; w; Julian
the writer who challened 1.-The truth o.
history" clearly established the claims O.
Osborne to be mentioned before eithel
Lundy or Garrison, but strangely over
looked the claims OF another whose career
was strilSingly like that OF Lundy-J9h1
| Woolman, a Friend who was born in New
| Jersey about 1920. Then follows an &C
count of his early life and career, exceed
Sentiments when about 2c years of ag'
he visited North Carolina, where HI
sought to arouse the consclences OF slave
| holders and wrote an essay entitled Con
|
After his death in 1772, his journal
| which was published, had wide circula
ton. 1t shows that his life was given tt
the work of emancipation. He Travelled
from colony to colony. preaching remon
strating and counseling.
The author discusses with painstakinl
detail the Free r Soil Moxem S ,;,;. Ih.
hs Of ths Of In
coln.'' and in their discussion exhibits. {
wealth of information and breadth {!
| knowledge. which could only result from
many years study and contact with tn
leading men Of those stirring times.
Outbreak Of the War in which he says
In the history of nations weak rulers arr
the dupes Of Knaves, the instrument O
! oppression; they imperil governments ant
! invite disorders to enter in; they are thu
real enemies to human progress. Whe1
with men resolute III purpose to disrup
the Union and overthrow the government
he construed the fundamental law to b.
eeutive fa ag ne Mndrew 5aeKson tn
executive head of the government il
1S6O-61. Would members of Congress en-
| gage. in the work of disunion have beer
| they have buliied him
| CIVIL, WAR TIMES.
Civil war I III e. By PANEL an, Wa
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$40: PIP: 421. $3.50. indianapolis: DobDs.
The war Of '61-5 will never cease-a
least in the present generation. to be {
| perennial and never failing topic of alb
/ sorhins interest. This is so. because il
| was war of giants; because many OF
those giants still survive it's vicissitudes
it's hair breadth escapes. and the immi
! nent deadly breach': it's, long and dread
| rul marches; it's Gettysburg and Chicka
maugas; because the finale of that con
| of the world: because it's echoes still re.
vertebrate in all the various activities o.
| American life.
! Because OF these things the author:
| volume is interesting. It can be reae
| with prof: by any one and many Incl
dents of the great strife which has hith
erto remained unwritten. is brought fOrtf
| by Mr.. Howe. =
! One Of the most interesting chapter:
| In the volume is one dealing with the re.
! ation of the Confederacy toward the me.
gr, Soldier The author tells us. tina
nearly every important Confederate com.
soldiers: that the matter was finally de.
bated ir the Confederate Senate. a.. the
bill author izins the enlistment of Negro
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
| saw the doom of Richmond ana the
cause a draft order was issued to force
the black soldier to fight under the Con
| laderate flag. but that before It could be
| made effective, the fall of Richmond, anC
the flight Of Jefferson Davis was at hand
This chapter is especially interesting al