The social principle: The true source of national permanence. An oration, delivered before the Erosophic Society of the University of Alabama, at its twelfth anniversary, December 13, 1842

by William Gilmore Simms

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1843

About the author

William Gilmore Simms (April 17, 1806 – June 11, 1870) was a poet, novelist and historian from the American South whose novels achieved great prominence during the 19th century, with Edgar Allan Poe pronouncing him the best novelist America had ever produced. In recent decades, though, Simms' novels have fallen out of favor, although he is still known among literary scholars as a major force in antebellum Southern literature. He is also remembered for his strong support of slavery and for his opposition to Uncle Tom's Cabin, in response to which he wrote reviews and a novel.