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BOOK NOTES Recollections of Mississippi and Mississippians. By Reuben Davis. Introduction by William C. McCain. Preface and Index by Laura D. S. Harrell. ( University and College Press of Mississippi, 1972. Pp. ix, 456. $8.95.) The Reform Impulse, 1825-1850. Edited by Walter Hugins. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1972. Pp. ix, 260. $9.95. ) The Age of Jackson. Edited by Robert V. Remini. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1972. Pp. xxviii, 243. $9.95. ) Agitation for Freedom: The Abolitionist Movement. Edited by Donald G. Mathews. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1972. Pp. 193. $6.95, cloth; $3.50, paper. ) The Nature of Jacksonian America. Edited by Douglas T. Miller. ( New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1972. Pp. 152. $6.95, cloth; $3.50, paper. ) Dialogue in American History. By Lorman Ratner. (New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1972. Pp. xiv, 224.) Slavery in the United States of America. By Louis Filler. ( New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1972. Pp. vi, 165.) The Democrats in American Politics: A Short History. By William Nisbet Chambers. (New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1972. Pp. x, 206.) The Republican Party: A Short History. By Franklin L. Burdette. ( New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1972. Pp. 214.) Main Problems in American History. Edited by Howard H. Quint, Milton Cantor, and Dean Albertson. (Homewood, 111.: Dorsey Press, 1972. Pp. xi, 406; xi, 417. $5.50 per volume.) Words That Made American History. Edited by Richard N. Current, John A. Garraty and Julius Weinberg. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company , 1972. Vol. I. Pp. xiv, 518. Vol. II. Pp. xv, 605.) New Perspectives on the American Past. Edited by Stanley N. Katz and Stanley I. Kutler. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. Vol. I. Pp. xii, 446. Vol. II. Pp. xii, 489) The Growth of American Politics. Volume 1, through Reconstruction. Edited by Frank Otto Gatell, Paul Goodman, and Allen Weinstein. 189 190CIVIL WAR history ( New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. Pp. xvi, 544. ) Volume II, Since the Civil War. Pp. xvi, 569. $12.50 each, cloth; $3.95, paper.) Voices of the American Past: Readings in American History. Edited by Morton Borden. (Lexington; Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1972. Pp. 372. $4.95.) Problems in American History. Volume 1. Through Reconstruction. Edited by Richard W. Leopold, Arthur S. Link, and Stanley Coben. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1972. Pp. xvii, 551. $5.95.) Builders of American Institutions: Readings in American History. Vol. 1. Seventeenth Century through Reconstruction. Edited by Frank Freidel , Norman Pollack, and Robert Cruden. (Chicago: Rand McNaIIy, 1972. Pp. 359. $4.50.) Retracing Our Steps: Studies in Documents from the American Past. Vol. 1. (through Reconstruction). Edited by Myron A. Marty and H. Theodore Finkelston. (San Francisco: Canfield Press, 1972. Pp. xii, 403. $4.95. ) Interpretations of American History: Patterns and Perspectives. Vol. 1, to 1877; Vol. 2, since 1865. Edited by Gerald N. Grob and George Äthan Billias. ( New York: The Free Press, 1972. Pp. xii, 530; xii, 529. $4.95 per volume. ) A penetrating, timely study of an Indiana lawyer's opposition to the Civil War—and' his struggle for freedom of speech— Milligans Fight Against Lincoln By DARWIN KELLEY, Ph.D. The most vocal of Lincoln's Union enemies was Lambdin P. Milligan, a prominent, Huntington, Indiana, lawyer. Basing his convictions on the Constitution, Milligan held that since the original thirteen colonies as sovereign states had voluntarily united together, they could ipso facto withdraw or secede from the union. As the war intensified, Milligan continued his invective -laden speeches against it and Lincoln's administration. Opponents branded him a traitor. The military seized him and took him to Indianapolis. There he was tried for treason, found guilty, and sentenced to die on the gallows. Lincoln intended to stay the execution. His successor refused to take action. Edward Stanton, however, had the sentence reduced to life imprisonment. Eventually the. case was appealed to the Supreme Court, resulting in the landmark decision that held no person not in the military service could be tried by military court martial while the civil courts were open. Milligan was freed and pursued his career. EXPOSITION PRESS, INC., Jericho, N.Y. 11753 $5...