THE

HISTORY OF LIBERTY:

A PAPER READ BEFORE THE

NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

FEBRUARY 6, 1866,

BY

JOHN F. AIKEN.

WITH SELECTED NOTES.

NEW YORK:

A. S. BARNES & COMPANY.

1877,

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by

JOHN F. AIKEN.

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

ΤΟ

EMILIO CASTELAR,

OF SPAIN;

STATESMAN, SCHOLAR, AND ORATOR;

FRIEND OF AMERICA, OF LIBERTY, AND OF HUMAN PROGRESS;

THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY THE AUTHOR,

WITH THE EARNEST WISH THAT HIS ARDUOUS EFFORTS FOR THE

WELFARE OF HIS COUNTRY MAY ERELONG.

UNDER THE SMILE OF HEAVEN, BE ATTENDED WITH AN ABUNDANT

AND GLORIOUS HARVEST.