This history was published in 1851, ten years before the advent of the Civil War and the scenes that led up to it.
The history of the United States should be studied for several reasons. 1. Because it is the history of our own country. 2. Because it is the history of the first civil government ever established upon the genuine basis of freedom. 3. Because it furnishes lessons upon the science of civil government, social happiness, and religious freedom of greater value than are to be found in the history of any other nation on earth. 4. Because it presents uncommon examples of the influence of religious principle. 5. Because an acquaintance with it will enable a person better to fulfill those duties which, in a free government, he may be called to discharge. 418 pages
