Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Home-Maker, Vol. 2: April September, 1889
The change from a nationality of thir teen to one of forty-two States, and from a population of two to sixty-five millions, indicates but imperfectly the difference in other features, physical and political, be tween 1789 and the present year of grace. The period of reaction that follows upon the triumphant issue of a cause long bat tled for is generally one of depression. The main object secured, they who have been zealous up to the moment of victory feel that they may, for a while, rest upon well-won laurels. The spirit that crystal lizes purpose and effort, after the occasion for the latter is removed, appreciates but inadequately the need of molding the elements within the body-politic to suit the pursuits of the arts of peace. The period succeeding the proclamation of amity between Great Britain and the Con federation oi States was probably the most trying in the history of our country to the nerve and temper of our people. The ne cessity for unity and alertness in the war of resistance had made the several sec tions comparatively indifferent to facts that were now to be boldly obtruded upon the general attention. 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.
