Russell's Magazine, Vol. 6

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Excerpt from Russell's Magazine, Vol. 6: October, 1859-March, 1860 The author of Life and Liberty in America is as fair, perhaps, as can be expected. But as his conn trymen are noted all over Europe for being more accustomed to dog matize than examine, it should not be surprising if our travelling Doc tor of Laws is not altogether free from the national failing. To mis apprehend and misrepresent an argument is a natural consequence of this supercilions humour. We will furnish an example. Dr. Mackay professes to give an account of a pro-slavery answer he had met with to an English Review. The Westminster Review, as he tells us, cited, among other objections to slavery, that it demoralizes the slave owner far more than the slave, and that slavery was to be condemned for the same reason that induced Parliament to pass a law against cruelty to animals. A pro-slavery writer, he continues, replied by saying, very true, but did the British legislature go so far in their zeal as to decree the manu mission of horses? And, as if this was a triumphant answer toall objections, the pro-slavery writer, he says, leaves the Reviewer with no farther reply. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.