6 Introduction. 



nals, gains a far more valuable property in the histor- 

 ical development of its subjects. The beginning of an 

 enterprise, its difficulties, embarrassments, and results, 

 are traced in their connection with each other. 



To this volume the lover of truth, wherever he may 

 reside, can turn for a calm, clear, and absolute vindi- 

 cation of the Southern people in regard to the moral 

 and religious welfare of the African race. In this 

 respect the volume is not only a perpetuation of a 

 record well known to many, but it will enable the 

 present generation to defend the memory of their 

 fathers, which has often been wantonly assailed. 



W. P. Harbison. 



Nashville, Term., November, 1882. 



