The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-14
sMEssAGEs AND PAPERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACY."

The greatest interest has been man. ifested in a new and most remarkable publication, compiled from the original ofucial papers of the Confederate States, which papers were captured at Rich- l mond at the close of the war. and are uory in the archives of tho Federal Gov ernment at Washington. This compila- tion, complete in two volumes. is the work of the Hon. James D. Richardson. late Representative from Tennessee. and Papars of the Confederacy," and embraces all of the annual. special and veto messages. proclamations and of- fcial papers of Jefferson Davis. the President of the Confederate States, and all of the interesting and import | the Southern States and their comr1ls- | 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 mourning, can together claim with pride the reunited country as thoir 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 a correct | | between the States. but 1t 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. Mir. Richardson a few years ago l "Messages and Papers of the Presi- dents" which comprised the State pa- i pers of ali the Presidents from Wash ! inrtoa to Mckinley. Later he con ceiyed 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 rerilous period. from a Southern standpoint. | He has, therefore, now compiled. with l the permission of Congress, the official l Messages and Papers of the Confed- eracy, including the interesting and im- portant diplomatic correspondence. The work, which in it's very nature neces- sarily stands without predecessor, com petitor or possible successor. Is admit tedly the greatest, most exhaustively complete and only authentic history or the war between the States, contain, ing, as 1t does, the State papers. ofh- | ciaI utterances and other authentic in-
 formation from the great fountainhead
 the President of the Confcderacy, and
 his corps of able advisers. It may be
 tIuiy 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
 sketches of President Davis, Vice-Pres-
 tdent Stephens, Con. Robert E. Lee and
 inc three Secretaries of State, Robert
 I Toombs. Robert M. T. Hunter and Ju-
 dah r. Benjamin. In regular analyt-
 teal index which appears in the compil'
 ation, numerous encyclopedia articles
 II bearing upon the text and explanatory Il of poiitico- 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
 scription to The Daily and Sunday Ad-
 yertiser If you are interested i'll the
 blank balow 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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