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417; law's delay, 418; law libra-
ries and profits, 419; literary law-
yers, 420; lawyers habits of study
and recreation, 421; their amuse-
ments, 422; connexion between po-
etry and law, ib.; laws in verse,
423; anecdotes of lawyers, 424;
character of Curran, ib.; his pow-
er over Lord Avonmore, 425; reli-
gious character of lawyers, 426.
Life in the New World, 528.
Literary and Scientific Chiffonniers,
526.

Martin Chuzzlewit, 261.
Malan's Rule of Faith, 268.
Michelet, Hist. de la Rep. Rom. 269.
Michelet, Int. á l'Hist. Univ., 269.
Milton's Genius, 31-75; indebted-
ness of Paradise Lost to Ramsay's
Poemata Sacra, 31; rough sketch-
es of "Paradise Lost," a tragedy,
35; the Adamus Exul of Grotius,
38; imitated by Milton, ib.; resem-
blances between the two poems,
39-59; Milton indebted to St.Avi-
tus, according to Guizot, 59; Avi-
tus' picture of Satan, 64; indebted
to Adreini, according to Voltaire
and Haley, 67; indebtedness to
other Italian poets, 68; Channing's
view of Milton, 70; his estimate of
poetry compared with Macaulay's
72; Wordsworth's view, 73; char-
acter of Milton's poetry, 74.
Mathews' Works, 307-343; early es-
says of genius, 308; characteristics

of an American author, 309; Ma-
thews' character as a writer, 311;
his 'Behemoth,' 312; 'Politicians,'
314; error in the nomenclature of
characters, ib.; Puffer Hopkins,'
318; contributions to 'Arcturus,'
ib.; extract from the 'Unrest of the
Age,' 320; defects of publishing by
periodical issues, 322; objections
to 'Puffer Hopkins,' 323; Mr. Ma-
thews fails as a humorist, 325; is
a good representative of the Ame-
rican mind, 328; compared with
Dickens, 329; fails in producing a
national work, 330; English and
American defect in humor, 331;
Norman and Saxon influence up-
on letters, 333; Goldsmith, Lamb
and Fielding, 334; Judge Long-

street, 336; American caricature,
ib.; the West, the natural source
of our national literature, 337;
American character, 339-342.
Mormon Faith and People, 525.
Mysteries of the Heaths, 527.

Niebuhr's History of Rome, 521.
Natural History of the Caucasian and
Negro Races, 525.

New Jerusalem in the U. States, 525.

O'Brien's 'Lawyer,' 370.

Prescott's Mexico, 163.

Reynolds' Trial by Jury, 251–255;
complimentary notices, 251; its
Prefatio-Introductio-De jurato-
rum origine-De judicii juratorum
natura et indole, 254.

Rome and the Romans, 269-306; rise
and fall of the Roman power, 270;
national character marked in the
individual Roman, 274; his selfish-
ness, 275; his religion subservient
to State policy, 276; formed a con-
servative element at Rome, 278;
the priesthood, 279; conflict be-
tween plebeians and patricians,
281; causes of the martial spirit of
the Romans, 282; military pre-
eminence, 284; populus and plebs,
285; noble and generous traits not
discovered in the Roman, 286; his
religion syncretistic, 287; mytho-
logical systems of Greece and
Rome, 288; agricultural life of the
Romans, 292; Roman art, 293;
Roman law, 294; absence of en-
thusiasm and ideal creation at
Rome, 296; no national literature,
297; language, 298; mission of
Rome, 300; her power, 301; pride
and corruption, ib.; breaks down
all religious systems and prepares
the way for Christianity, 304; in-
fluence of Rome upon modern ci-
vilization, 305; the Roman Catho-
lic Church, 306.

Roscoe's 'Eminent Lawyers,' 370.

System of Common Schools, 453-482;
public schools in the U. States,
456; their importance recognised,
457; causes of failure in this sys-
tem at the South, 459; conflict with
private schools, 460; school libra-
ries, 462; no sympathy manifested
at the South for the present defec-
tive system, 463; the school sys-
tem in Massachusetts, 466; in
New-York, 467; in Connecticut
and Michigan, 468; in Pennsylva-
nia, 469; in Louisiana, 470; its
success in New-Orleans, 471; ex-
tracts from reports of the direc-
tors there, 472; extracts from Judge
McCaleb's address, 476; influence
of this first Southern movement in
Mississippi-Horace Mann's Re-
port on Education in Massachu-
setts, 481.

South-Carolina, the Colonial Era of,
130-162; Carroll's Collections,
130; Simms' History, 131; History
of South-Carolina not yet written,
132; location of the colony, 133;
early difficulties, 134; war with the
Stono Indians, 135; with the Span-
iards, 136; French invasion under
le Feboure, 139; their flight, 142;
war with the Tuscaroras, 143; Ye-
massee wars, 145; Rhett's engage-
ment with the pirates, 149; Steed
Bonnet, ib.; Revolution of 1719,
150; Oglethorpe's invasion of Flo-
rida, 152; war with the Cherokees,
153; speech of Attakullakulla,159;
general peace, 160; stamp act, 161;
early participation in the revolu-
tion, 162; character of S. Carolina
during the war, ib.

Spalding's Review of D'Aubigné, 446-
452; weakness of D'Aubigné's
work on the reformation, 446;
struggle with the Catholics at
hand, 447; ability of Spalding's re-
view, ib.; unsound in his inferen-
ces, 450; fallacious in detracting

from the Reformation, 451; res-
pective influences of the Catholic
and Protestant systems upon liter-
ature, 452.

Santa Fe Expedition, 228-247; just-
ness of Kendall's strictures, 229;
his motives in joining the expedi-
tion, 230; objects of the expedition,
231; Catholic missions-the Ala-
mo-San Antonio, 232; departure
of the expedition, 233; beautiful
description of the wild horse or
stampede, 234; treachery of the
guide, 236; sufferings of the party,
237; San Miguel, 238; Mexican
suspicion justified, 239; infamy of
Capt. Lewis, 240, the tyrants Ar-
mijo and Salezer, 241; arrival at
Mexico, 242; beautiful description
of the Mexican girl, ib.; Mexican
women, 243; Mexican govern-
ment, 244; natural scenery of
Mexico-its moral and political
prospects, 246.

Talmage's Lecture on Education,
265; defects of the common schools
at the South, 266; improvements
proposed, 267.

Triumphs of Time, 526.
Texas, Annexation of, 483.

Virgil's Eneid, 263.
Victor Hugo's Burgraves, 75-95;
French drama, 75; Hugo's 'Ma-
rion de Lorme,' 76; his 'Lucréce
Borgia,' 'Le Roi s'amuse,' 'Marie
Tudor,' 'Angelo,' 78; his Hernani,
79; its plot, and extracts from it,
[translated,] 80; 'Les Burgraves,'
void of vraisemblance, 86; its plot
unfolded and various characters
examined, 94; Hugo's youth and
romance, 85; vitiated taste of the
present day, 94; led in a great
measure by the works of Hugo,
Dumas and Sue, 95.

SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW.

No. XI.

JULY, 1844.

ART. I.-Ireland in 1834. By HENRY D. INGLIS; author of Spain in 1830, etc. In 2 vols. London.

THE position occupied by the Irish people at this day, is second, in its moral and political consequences, to no other question now discussed in the civilized world. The early history of that people, though certainly, to some extent, mixed with legends and fables, is yet full of important information. Even in the rude ages, religion and learning were cherished in the Isle of Saints, and the Irish apostles went forth to teach the world and evangelize their brethren, as in more modern times the Irish patriot has been prompt to advocate with his pen, and defend with his life, those institutions of freedom which his ancestors enjoyed, but the memory of which alone was left him for admiration in the land of his nativity. Succeeding ages have done little to advance. in that land learning or religion. Years of misrule have rolled on, till they have almost blotted out even the footprints where freedom once trod. A mistaken and cruel policy has separated the people of Ireland, in all their affections, from the crown of Great Britain; and a nation, characterised by high and generous impulses, bold and chivalrous to a degree that often bordered on rashness, ever mindful of kindness, and equally tenacious of wrong, has been tortured into a relinquishment of fraternal feeling, and forced to re

gard the crown of England, as the fruitful source of its suffering: the Union, as a mockery of justice, synonimous with the usurpation of its most valued rights and privileges.

Acts of tyranny, in despotic governments, are made to bear the semblance of justice. Even in the most debased and lawless, there is an innate and living principle, which makes them seek some apology or justification for deeds of cruelty. The reign of terror in France, the most horrid page in the history of the world, boasts not one tyrant who did not seek to propitiate that public opinion, which ultimately cast him, loaded with crimes, into the sea of blood, with which that country was flooded; and the propagation of freedom was the sacrilegious, but bold pretext, by which the actors in that fearful drama sought to palliate, if not to justify, the most terrible crimes. Not so, however, with England, in her conduct towards Ireland. There never has been even an apology made to the spirit of refinement, which is at work throughout the world, for excesses that can only be defended upon the principle that "might makes right," -a principle that, in these days, finds no advocate, and one which the English people have themselves twice disclaimed; a disclaimer sealed once with the blood of a crowned king, and a second time by compelling his successor to abdicate his throne. We affirm again, that no excuse, no reason, has ever been given, for the severe and cruel conduct of the British government towards the people of Ireland. The hired press of Ministry may, indeed, at times, earn the wages of sin, in concocting a series of false and incredible statements, attempting to substantiate these, not as the circumstances which originated, but which now justify the continuance of the severity of which we complain. Even if these were to be admitted as true, is it not equally true that gross injustice is done to a people, towards whom you exercise a most arbitrary and despotic system of government, and when the effect of that misgovernment is exhibited in disaffection, and perhaps in popular outbreak, the effect is confounded with the cause, and the existence of laws justified by a reference to riots, which would never have occurred, if such laws had not been enacted. But we go further, and affirm, that there has never been, at any time, an occasion for the passage of any of the laws of which we complain, the enactment of which is a disgrace to the British government, and their operation the greatest human curse that ever

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