as the crowning act of a cunningly devised and long pursued soiieme to extend slavery over countries previously free, xnd thus perpetuate its control over our own national government. Here is the upshot of the work ; and in support of his positions, the author has accumulated a mass of facts and documentary proofs that will surprise even the best informed among us. It evinces a vast amount of labor and research. It. is a great storehouse ot.reUahle information respecting the origin, objects, and results of the war. He seizes the great hinges of the whole subject, and probes every .thing to the bottom. He is also strictly impartial ; so much so, that ncx-mnn cpuld tell, from any thing in this Review, whether he is a whig or a democrat. — xidvocate of Peace, The Friend^^ Review (Phila.) speaks of it as "a powerful exposition of the folly and iniquity of war," and thinks it '* very" desirable that^t should be extensively read by the people of the UniteaStates."
The National Era, (Washington,) styling Judge Jay " one of the best writers of the age," deems this work " the best production of his pen," and says " it ought to be circulated everywhere."