Please retain this Circular until called for by the Agent, who will show a Sample of the Book. THE AMERICAN STATESMAN: A Political History, exhibiting the Nature, Origin, and Practical Operation of Constitutional Government in the United States; the Rise and Progress of Par ties; and the views of distinguished Statesmen on questions of Foreign and Domes tic Policy; with an Appendix, containing Explanatory Notes, Statistical Informa tion, and other useful matter. By ANDREW W. YOUNG, Author of "Science of Government," "First Lessons in Civil Government," Citizen's Manual of Government and Law," &c. THIS work embraces the whole period of our Governmental History, commencing with the brief "compact" drawn up by the "Pilgrim Fathers" before their land ing, and terminating with the legislation of 1854. It contains a description of the governments of the several colonies while subject to Great Britain, of the government of the old Confederation adopted during the War, and the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the United States. It presents the views of our ablest Statesmen, and the action of the Government on all the prominent questions of public policy which have arisen under the Constitation, and which have divided the people into parties; as the Public Debt, National Banks; Tariffs; Internal Improvements; the Public Lands; Public Defense; controversies with Foreign Nations; the famed Alien and Sedition Laws; the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-99; the acquisition of Louisiana, Florida, and other foreign territory; the Missouri and other Slavery Compromises; War Questions; Indian Policy; Controversies with Georgia and South Carolina; Nullification; the great Bank Controversy, including the Regral of the Deposits, the executive Power of Removal, and the Bank Vetoes; the Sub-Treasury; the Texas, Mexican, and Oregon Questions, &c., &c. An important feature of the work is, that on controverted questions, whether involving constitutional principles, or mere considerations of policy, the main arguments on both sides are impartially given, and submitted without comment to the jalgment of the reader. Sabjoined to the work is an Appendix, containing the Constitution of the United States; a copy of the original draft of the Declaration of Independence, slowing what parts were struck out, and what were substituted and added by Conres; the Articles of Confederation; and a statement of the Electoral votes that have been given for the different candidates for President and Vice-President, from the first election of Washington down to that of Franklin Pierce ; including the ames of all the Cabinet Officers of each Administration, &c. It is The work contains 1,018 pages, and is provided with a copious alphabetical inder, minutely and systematically arranged for convenient reference. well printed, on good paper, and very substantially bound in leather, and sold for $350 per copy. In order to effect its widest circulation, and, consequently, is most extensive usefulness, it is sold only by travelling agents, who will visit every town and neighborhood for this purpose as soon as practicable. Jul. 14, 1926, The Tuttle Co. OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORK FROM POLITICAL MEN AND PAPERS OF ALL PARTIES. Mr. Young has gathered into a single volume under this name, a complete political history of the country. Beginning with the colonial era, he has described the causes of the original separation from the mother country; the steps taken to maintain independence; the formation of the old Confederacy; its inherent weakness; the adoption of the new Constitution, and the great debates which have taken place under it, up to the passage of the Nebraska bill. His plan has been to give, in brief compass, an outline of the views of all parties on disputed points, particularly those which have exerted any influence on the political destinies of the nation; and he has succeeded in it quite well. For everybody who wishes to know something of our politics, without entering at large into political history, this work will prove a most invaluable assistant. Original documents have been given when they have been deemed necessary; and where they are not, clear and abundant references are made, so that the student may, at a moment, find everything that pertains to the action.-Putnam's Magazine. This volume is a labor of years on the part of a man every way competent to perform a task of so much importance. It is a volume of permanent value, and one that should engage the careful perusal of all who would comprehend the history of events in this nation, and especially the history of the political parties that have held power or struggled for ascendency at various times.-Rochester American. The information contained in this work has hitherto been confined to the few whose ample means and leisure have given them access to the voluminous works from which alone it could be obtained. This work brings it to the masses-the farmers, the mechanics, and the laboring classes generally; and the extensive circulation to which it appears to be destined, cannot fail to contribute materially to a higher appreciation of our republican institutions. We heartily commend it to the public favor.-Albany Atlas. It must take position in the first rank among the standard literature of our country, and become a general text book and source of reference.-Buffalo Express. The author, whose elementary treatises on Civil Government have had a very large sale in many parts of the country, has made another valuable contribution to this department of literature. To none do we more warmly commend this work than to young men, upon whom will soon devolve the administration of the government of this great and growing Republic. Were this and similar works substituted for the literary trash which finds so much favor with many of this interesting class of our citizens, the effects would in due time appear in an improved administration of our public affairs. We hope the "American Statesman" will receive the patronage it merits.—Albany Argus. This is an excellent and much needed work. It is condensed so as not to be tedious, and systematized so as to be convenient for reference. While every citizen ought, and many do, seek the information here embodied, few have either the time or the patience, or the ability to dig it out of the cumbrous archives or state papers in which it has been hidden away. Mr. Young has performed his difficult task ably and faithfully, and has produced a reliable and valuable work.-Albany Journal. As a manual containing reliable facts, speeches, votes, letters, &c., on all great measuressuch as the formation of the Constitution, the United States Bank, Tariffs, Territorial Annexations, Declarations of War, "Compromises," &c., &c., &c., this volume is invaluable. As a book of reference to the editor, the politician, and to any one who is interested in the politics of other days, we know of no volume which will compare with it.-Rochester Union. The author has performed his difficult task with that laborious care and conscientious fidelity, which those acquainted with his previous works must confidently anticipate in any new production of his pen. There are tens of thousands-nay, hundreds of thousands-of youth in our land, whose daily duties do not afford them leisure to wade through shelves of . Niles' Registers, Annual Registers, Washington's, Jefferson's, Madison's, Calhoun's, Benton's and other letters and papers, in order to gain a clear and comprehensive view of the main questions which have successively divided our statesmen and our countrymen generally. But the farmer's son by the winter fireside, the apprentice at his hours of leisure, the clerk in the duller season for business, may make himself thoroughly familiar with Mr. Young's book, and thus become better informed respecting the past political history of our country than so many as one-third of those now exercising the right of suffrage. And as the same questions, substantially, reappear from age to age, though under different auspices and often with a change of sides among those contending for the mastery, this unassuming "Statesman" will prove to most of them emphatically useful and instructive. We heartily commend it to general atten tion and perusal.-N. Y. Tribune. We have examined this volume with considerable attention, and find that the author has performed his work with much care and impartiality. Such a work has long been needed, and it is well that it has been done in a manner so free from partisan bias. We know something of the difficulty of wading through Congressional Globes and Niles' Registers for a simple political fact which we can find in this volume in a moment. The political history of our country is of the utmost importance to every citizen, and a study of the workings of our government during its existence is the safest way of becoming familiar with its powers and duties. This volume is almost indispensable to the editor, the politician, and intelligent voter for reference. The author has generally and wisely confined himself to a simple statement of the positions of public men upon political questions, and has not sought to present his own views, whatever they may be. These positions, we believe, are fairly and candidly stated by extracts from the speeches made upon both sides of each question. The work thus presents in a compact form the political history of the country since the formation of our Constitution. It is a valuable addition to any library, and especially is it valuable to those whose stock of books is small, as it is a library of political information of itself.-N. Y. Day Book. The want of a work like this has been frequently felt by all persons who wish to inform themselves upon subjects connected with our national government. The great mass of our young men, and very many of those who are in middle life, are sadly deficient in political information, and there are no means of communicating this needed instruction so readily as by a volume which can be read calmly and studied at one's leisure. We heartily commend this volume to our citizens, being well assured that it will be worth many times its cost to any one who reads it with attention.-Buffalo Courier. The following are extracts from the opinion of the Rev. Dr. Eaton and other members of the Faculty of Madison University: The great political controversies which have divided the opinions and called forth the highest abilities of our eminent statesmen are presented so faithfully and impartially, that the author's own opinions and biases, whatever they may be, do not appear on his pages. The kind and amount of political information contained in the "American Statesman" we believe cannot be elsewhere obtained in a form so accessible and trustworthy. It is information which ought to be familiar to all our citizens; indeed it may well be regarded indispensable to au enlightened and faithful discharge of their political duties, which under a government constitated as ours is, are among the most solemn and responsible. We hope, therefore, the "American Statesman" may be widely circulated throughout the land, and carefully perused by all classes of the community:-GEO. W. EATON, E. DODGE, P. B. SPEAR, E. S. GALLUP, A. M. BEEBE, JE, L. M. OSBORN, P. P. BROWN, JR. DERBY & JACKSON, Publishers, 119 Nassau street, New-York THE AMERICAN STATESMAN: A POLITICAL HISTORY EXHIBITING THE ORIGIN, NATURE AND PRACTICAL OPERATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF PARTIES; AND THE VIEWS OF DISTINGUISHED STATESMEN ON QUESTIONS OF FOREIGN WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING Explanatory Notes, Political Essays, Statistical Information, AND OTHER USEFUL MATTER. AUTHOR OF BY ANDREW W. YOUNG, "SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT," "FIRST LESSONS IN CIVIL GOVERNMENT," "CITIZEN'S NEW YORK: J. C. DERBY, 119 NASSAU STREET. 1855. |