CIVILIZED AMERICA. BY THOMAS COLLEY GRATTAN, LATE HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSUL FOR THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE; THE NEW YORK AND BOSTON HISTORICAL AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS; " ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL I. LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET, 1859. [The Author reserves the right of Translation.] ADVERTISEMENT. PROVING a title, whether in Law or Literature, is sometimes a difficult process. I feel that the name I have given to this book may be considered rather ambiguous, according to the rules of logical evidence; and it requires a few words of explanation. The Work relates exclusively to but a portion of those vast countries comprised in the general appellation of AMERICA. Yet the dominant influence of the UNITED STATES justifies me in conceding to them the designation recognized by most European nations; and in spite of any demur on the part of Spain, or until Columbia, Alleghania, or some other of the proposed alterations, is adopted, the great federal Union must retain the name originally, though perhaps unadvisedly, given to the whole continent. It is next necessary to explain what portion of the Union I consider entitled to be called Civilized, and in 495220 |