Download or read book The New Monthly Magazine, 1861, Vol. 123 (Classic Reprint) written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Monthly Magazine, 1861, Vol. 123 Tamra are so man points of interest to attract the attention to what were once the Unite States of North America, and there are so many social, political, and religious problems involved in its progress, its dis ruption, and its future destiny, that we shall extend our discussion from Virginia, on this occasion, to the States generally. The manner in which the country was colonised, the peculiarities of the original European ia habitants, and of the emigrant population since superadded, the rupture with the mother country, the war that ensued, the form of government adopted when first independence was declared, the features of the country, the progress of population, the revenue, the vast and commerce, the manners and customs, the social life, the variety of surface, soil, and climate, the moral character of American progress, education and literature, religion, and the influence of slavery as an institution in the Southern States, have all to be con sidered before we can arrive at any definite ideas as to the causes of the rapid advancement and prosperity of the United States, before we can form even an approximative opinion as to the dangers of the existing crisis, and still more so before we can thoroughly understand and ap preciate in all its bearings the duty of England and America in relation to each other. 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.