Assuming that you're referring to the Unsigned Southern Press review of 1852, i think the writer was using first person point of view plural.
In the review, the writer keep using the word 'we' such in : "we doubt Mrs. stowe would recognize the cogency of this argument"
hope this helps
B the British promise them land
1 Germany lost land, the Ottoman Empire was dissolved and Russia lost some land. 2 Ottoman Empire and Germany. Well the Ottoman empire was destroyed and Germany was forced to give it up.