been done, by the decision which is now before us. That decision has made this small district a fulcrum from whence the most disastrous consequences will ensue. If it is not, like that of Archimedes, competent to move the earth, it is in the hands of the federal judges, at least competent to subvert and destroy the state governments. ALGERNON SIDNEY. JOHN TAYLOR, PROPHET OF SECESSION-WM. E. DODD 214 JOHN TAYLOR CORRESPONDENCE 253 PRICE $1.00 ADDRESS WM. E. DODD, EDITOR, ASHLAND, VA. RICHMOND, VA. 1908 HISTORICAL PAPERS OF RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE JUNE, 1908. THE Preface HE Branch Papers for this year embrace numbers 3 and 4 and complete volume II. For reasons not neces sary to be stated here no "Papers" were published in 1907. In 1909 a complete edition of the available letters of Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina, for whom Randolph-Macon College was in part named, will be printed. These will fill a volume of some 300 pages. In addition, two or three short Virginia biographies (Thomas R. Dew, William C. Rives and John A. Broadnax) will be included. The price of the 1909 volume will be $2.00 net. If libraries or others desire copies it would be well to send in subscriptions at an early date. As to the contents of the double number before us, a word ought to be said: For the verified transcripts of the Taylor letters |