We have witnessed Spain lose possession of all her colonies in South America, Mexico, and her West Indies possessions and the Philippine Islands; the slave trade, conceded to New England, ended only in 1808; imprisonment for debt was in existence when I was young in some of the States—in short, such has been the progress of liberty during this closing century that it has turned the world upside down, and to all oppressors from any cause the spirit of liberty cries:
"By all ye will or whisper,
By all ye leave or do,
The silent sullen people
Shall weigh your God and you."
APPENDIX.
Some Statistics of the War.
| Total enlistment in the United States army | 2,778,304 |
| Total enlistment in the Confederate States army | 600,000 |
FIRST.