The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-18
SMESSAGEs AND PAPERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACY.~

The greatest interest has been man. ifested in a new and most remarkable publication compiled from the original official papers of the Confederate States, which papers were captured at Rich mond at the close of the war. and are now in the archives of the Federal Gov ernment at Washington. This compila- ton. complete in two volumes, is the
 work of the Hon. James D. Richardson, late Representative from Tennessee.
 The compilation is entitled Messages
 and Papers of the Confederacy," and
 embraces all of the annual. special and
 veto messages. proclamatfons and of-
 ficiaI papers of Jefferson Davis, the
 President of the Confederate States,
 and all of the interesting and import ant diplomatic correspondence between
 the Southern States and their comnAis-
 sioners in foreign lands.
 This compilation. coming at a time
 when all sectional bitterness engen-
 dered by the Civil War has subsided,
 and when the participants in the bloody conflict which arrayed brother against brother and filled the land with pride the reunited country as their own, will be appreciated and read with interest by the people of all sections | of our country.
 It may be too early yet to write | without partisan coloring correct ana accurate history oI tne BESdI war | between the States. but it Is not too early to present to the American peo- pie a perfect compilation of the au- | thentic sources of the history of those eventful times. Entertaining this de- sire, MT. Richardson a few years ago compiled, by authority of Congress, the Messages and Papers Of the Presi- dents," which comprised the State pa- pers of all the Presidents from Wash ingtoa to Mckinley. Later he con ceived the idea of publishing another | work as a companion piece to his first great effort. Realizing the deep inter- est manifested by the people every where in reading the history of our country, written by the Presidents themselves. and noting especially the attention attracted by the papers of President Lincoln as he detailed the events of that fearful struggle. the war between the States, Mir. Richard | son decided to compile and place be- fore the public. in durable form and | for the first time. true and authentic | history of that stormy and perilous period" from a Southern standpoint.
 He has. therefore, now compiled. with
 the permission of Congress, the official | papers of President Davis, entitled Messages and Papers of the Confed- l eracy. including the interesting and im- | portant diplomatic correspondence. The work, which in its very nature neces- | Sarlly SJanOS WlLnOut pESucCSSSOT, cOIl- | petitor or possible successor. Is admit
 tedly the greatest, most exhaustively | complete and only authentic history of
 the war between the States, contain ing, as 1t does, the State papers, off,
 cial utterances and other authentic in
 formation from the great fountainhead.
 the President of the Confederacy. and his corps of able advisers. It may be | truly said of the work that 1t Is the | sole occupation of a new field. In ad-
 dition to the rich illustrations with
 which the work abounds. Mir Richardson
 has prepared and inserted biographical 1 sketches of President Davis, Vice Pres
 ident Stephens, Gen. Robert E. Lee and
 the three Secretaries of State, Robert Toombs, Robert M. T. Hunter and Ju- dah T. Benjamin. In regular analyt- ical index which appears in the compil- | bearing upon the text and explanatory | of politico historical facts are insert
 ed There are also included in this feature of the compilation accurate ac-
 counts of all the leading battles of the | war in which the armies of the North and South were engaged.
 This splendid set of books can be | obtained in connection with a sub 1 scription to The Daily and Sunday Ad- 1 vertiser. If you are interested fill the blank below and send to The Adverti-
 ser Company, Montgomery, Ala
 Please inform me Low to obtain | Messages and Papers of the Confed- | eracy."
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