The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-09
9MEssAGEs AND PAPERS
 OF THE C0NFEDERACY.s

The greatest interest has been man. ffested in a new and most remarkapla 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 compiia- 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 proclamations and of ficial papers of Jefferson Davis. the President of the Confederate States, and all of the interesting and import ant diplomatic correspondepce between the Southern States and their comn4is- sioners in foreign lands.
 This compilation, coming at 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 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 a correct and accurate history of the great war between the States, but 1t is not 100 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, Mr. 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 hy 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. Mr. Richard son decided to compile and place be- fore the public. in durable form and for the first time, a true and authentic history of that stormy and rerllous 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- 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 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 Confcderacy. and his corps of able advisers It may be tIuly said of the work that it 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- ident Stephens. Gen. Robert E. Lee and the three Secretaries of State. Robert Toombs. Robert NJ. T. Hunter and Ju- dah r. Benjamin. In regular analyt- ical index which appears in the compil- ation. numerous encyclopedia articles bearing upon the text and explanatory of politico- historical facts are insert ed. There are also included in this feature of the compilation accurate &C., counts of all the leading battles of tho war in which the armies of the North and South were engaged.
 This splendid set of books can be obtained Tn connection with a sub scription to The Daily and Sunday Ad- 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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