The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-10
~MEsSAGEs AND PAPERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACf.'

The greatest interest has been man ffested in a new and most remarkiois publication, compiled from the orlginai onlcial papers of the Confederate states which papers were captured at Hicn- rnond at the close of the war. ana are now Tn inc archives of the Federal Gov ernment at Washington. This compiia- fIon. complete in two volumes Is the work of the Hon. James D. Richardson, late Representative from tennessee The compilation is entitled Messages ana Papers of the Confederacy. and e,nbraces all of the annlal. special and veto messages prcclamations and or dcia1 papers of Jefferson Davis. the presideut of the Confederate States, and all of the interesting and import ant diplomatic correspondence between the southern States and their comms- sfoners in foreign lands.
 This compilation, coming at time when All sectional bitterness engen- dered by the Civil War has sube3ded, and when the participants tnF 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.
 1t may be too early yet to write without partisan coloring q correct
 
 between the States. but 1t Is not too early to present to the American peo- ple a perfect compilation Of the au- theutic sources of the history of those eventful times. Entertaining this de- sire. Mir Richardson a few years ago complied. by authority of Congress. the Messages and Papers of the Presf- dsnts," which comprised the State pa- pers of all the Presidents from Wash inxtoa to Mckinley. Later he con ceived the idea of publishing another work as 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 the permission of Congress, the official papers of President Davis. entitled Messages and Papers of the Confed- eracy. including the interesting and iu1- portant diplomatic correspondence. The work. which In its very nature neees- sarily stands without predecessor. com petitor or possible successor, Is admit fedly the greatest. most exhaustively compIete and only authentic history of the war between the States, contain. ing. as 1t does. the State papers. offi- cial utterances and other authentic i'm formation from the great fountainhead. the President of the Confederaey. and his corps of able advisers. It may be tiuly 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 sbounds, MT. 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 M. T. Hunter and Ju- dah F. Benjamin. Tn 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 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- vertiser. If you arc interested fill the blank below and send to The Adverti- ser Company, Montgomery. Ala.
 Messages and Papers of the Confed- eracy."
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