New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-15
OHIO
It's Place and Services in the
History of the Nation.

HISTORY OF OHIO. The Rise and Prog
ress OF an American State. BY Emilius
q. Randall and Daniel J. Ryan. evo'
vols. PIP XXI 49,: XXI. CO., xviii. 800
Nv. oil. ri, 80. Illustrated. Inc Cen
fury History Company
outside of the original thirteen
states no American commonwealth
has a history surprising, IL even rival
ling, that OF Ohio in interest. It's leg
acy Of remains from prehistoric ages is
UNIQUE and Incompatible. The mys-
ferrous works OF the Mound Builders
vie To tho reflective mind, In interest
and suggestion, with the tombs OF
Egypt and the ruins OF Mesopotamia.
with the Cyclopean walls and towers
Of Yucatan and the lost arts OF Peru,
they tell a tale OF ancient proves on
the part OF American aborigines the
full purport OF which has never yet
been compassed by the modern world.
In the days OF La Sale and his con-
tcmporaries Ohio was the scene OF dar-
ing. Of romance and Of tragedy not sur
passed elsewhere on this continent. and
al a later date IL WAS the field on which
was determined the whole political fut-
ure Of North America. II was toward
Ohio that Spotswood first cast expan-
sionist eyes, and 1t was into Ohio that
Dinwiddie sent his Ohio company 20
blaze the trail to Anglo Saxon DONNA
:ion Of this continent. In the valley OF
the beautiful river began the war
which made Great Britain supreme In
North America. and out Of which arose
the issues which led directly TO Ameri-
can independence and the establish
ment of the United States. The names
OF Gist and Washington and Pontiac
suggest the wealth Of history pertain
ing to Ohio In the Colonial and Revo-
lutionary era.
In the partitioning OF Ohio lands
among the states, and then the cession
q the lands by the states 20 the nation.
there originated our national domain,
and there arose that community OF ma
terial interest which went so far
toward creating n spirit Of national
boring territory that Jefferson drafted
that ordinance OF 1877 which ranks
with Declaration and Constitution as
one Of the three title deeds OF American
nationality. II was Ohio that estab-
lished the principles Of expansion OF the
Union, Of free soil and Of national
sovereignty. In connection with that
sta'e Il majority Of the early constitu-
tlonal problems OF the nation were pro-
pounded and solved.
Nor was It's later history unworthy
of its earlier. In Ohio was very largely
centralized the struggle for emancipa-
ton and for preservation OF the Union.
Few other states exerted a greater po-
litical influence or gave to the nation a
more distinguished and beneficent sue
cession Of statesmen and soldiers. It's
roll Of eminent commanders in the Civil
War was unique and incompatible. II
has given us twice as many Presidents
as any other state save Virginia. It's
contributions of men and women Of
OF life have been surpassed by only one
or two other states.
To tell in detail the story OF such
commonwealth is n large task, multi
farious and laborious; but 1t is one the
achievement OF which is necessary to
the annals OF the American Republic.
How we'll II has been performed the
thousands OF pages Of these five
sumptuous volumes tell with convinc-
ing eloquence. If the reader Is i'm
pressed with the magnitude OF the sub
ject, he is no less filed with admiration
at the mastery manner in which 1t has
been treated. on every page there are
evidences of painstaking and accurate
research, and every chapter breathes
a spirit of fine impartialty such as
BELTS the serious historian. Truly. IL Is
monumental work. ranking among
the published histories OF the states
much as Ohio herself ranks among her
sister commemorative.
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