The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-02-01

A ReIIct OF the Confedernte States

eXpenseS9 -whtoh may De nOVeEenougt
to merit paragraph. 1t is an offshoot
present Icircunfhs stances. IS slightly
unique.
Among the grand things promised by
the Confederacy was literature pure,
ly southernE and conforming strictly
to the chivaIrfo- and patriarchal institu'
Hons of, the people owhose genius il
|'shotild 'embody. The southern news
papers furnished such literature fol
the older generation; but there ,was
should INSPIRE The young tConfederacy
with suitable notions OF their dignity
and, relations tothe rest of mankind =
The school booksf there were the pro-
ducts of "Yankee" authors and
printers, and being full of heresies
based on fallacies such as are found In
the Declaration Of iIndepe denee, were
ric taste but habiet TO operate 1nischieY.
onsly on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. the Tc
meet This imperious want of the
rising Ic6nfedsfa6y,- series of school
books, called Jthe9ut Palmetto Series,'
was printed in England and shipped
with otheraid and comfort ( across the
ocean. Some OF these ngld Gppfs9er'
ate School books were captured on Their
way through the blockade: We have
before us one OF them, picked up by
Prof. White, State Superiptepdent ol
Schools, stS book SthH n Boston SIAst
Summer. is headed "Palmetto Sc
ries,nI and STYLED ~ e a rGeogFfPhy for
Hhhsfs"-audi d itd proved 5t6 be for
beginners in more senses than was
K.sJ. !stewaf III tfwhosvdr that may be. ]
and bears the Richmond imprint Of J.
w. dRandoIph;i n ands its title- page is
laiufhed With the palmetto coat 6fatfhs.
The general scope and character OF
the work are not peculiar. We find
however, what is to be found no where
etse I'M fReS world t-of letters. 2The
history of The Confederate States,
1.-The sProductionsEQ of thea Con federate
States, ,"-"The Flora of the Confederate
States, 1.-THE Scenery of the Confeder-
ate 81 ates, - H-4'SThe Fauna ofthe Confed
crate States, '--and g The Manu- facturers
of the Confederate States.p Before max
ing any choice extracts from these
chapters, we observe' that consider
able sPaeeis devoted to the cities of the
ConfederateY States. The title of the
but three times more space is devoted
TO the Cities of the "Confederacy" than
of all the rest of the world. The au-
thor remarks that the city of Baltimore
outranks them all in commercial inn
portance,-a fact that ad Units Of no de-
,fiial, but One that suggests the spPPosi-
ion that Bsltim9Es was 5s sSns'aeTed atnnoai as
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS edSby aparagraph di-
rectly following, stating that "a portion
of theLegislature of Maryland was ar
rested and imprisoned by the Eederal
G6Sefnmsnf aof 1.-The .Nortberht States
when in the act of seeding from the
niFsS .hffeI Sis1 History OF thsI oonfsde crate
10 Soma
four pages, begins with the history OF
Virginia, perusing which we find TINT
"when Virginia adopted the Federal
Constitution of 1.-The United States in
i7S8, the Commissioners OF the State
were directed 10 annex the condition
and reservation OF. the right 70 kYithss
draw from the Federation ut will, and
that HIn the exercise of this. right Viz
ginia witiidre* from the United States
In the year 1851; and refused to- allow
the troops from the Northern States 10
pass through her, territory to subjugate
the other States which had already ser
ceded! Sheswas then formally received
srepresented in Montgomery, Ala, and
became thepfincipals seat of the war ot
Southern Independence" Slightly. :
The history of the, Confederate States
proper is Comprised in two comPrehen-
siye paragraphs, which we quote entire.
"In 1862 the Governme mt of the Con federate
States was duly established at Richmond Va
undeF n constitution which had been adopt
"a by the several States, with the Inaugural
tion OF Jefferson Davis as It's nrst President
for q term OF six years, when however o, .f ne
Hnin percii;I Aiexafd der Ii! Stephens as Vice
President. Every effort that human ingehui-
ty could eontrive, OF ,s se o,,T la,
S6nIdt taecofnpIISlI was made by the Northern
Government to capture the capital aud other
6NHN
am6SEisantti om4H6Pnisatidn s 81 the SS So,nfederacy
!RRut by the constant, evident and acknowl-
edged aid OF the God OF Battles and KING oI
Nations, these efforts have all failed and at
iyns( EXPENSE of suffering and blood the PeQ-
ple OF the Southern Sthtes have fought their
ownway 70 Pi,,, 81 tbe eIsai nations OF the
world. May that God who. has ETacaousiy
blessed their efforts, keep them in HIS most
holy faith and fear; and long SECURE tn1 them
fhs' s'blessines of peace and pf6fperitylH1rli
UtFhis end the history, thus cnfiodsly
mixed up with the geography, and
among the questions reviewing 1t we
find it asked, "who aided the South ~
and the answer is, of course, "The God
of Battles and the King Of Nations,p
though some might think 1t was Eng
land and France. ET !,
are treated Of sepafate from the Con
federate StatesI andlwe note that Vir-
0inia is described as embracing four
disffiets 4thef fourth being tsaH that
part OF the State westward of the Allie
@hany mountainsjn nevertheless, while
Petersburg, and IypehpmEg come in
for. handsome notices, Mheellng Is
naysEg mentioned onceI This IS GER
tainIv n ukind, to say the least of 1t.
Then CONES a,chapter on the; 0nfted
sfatss yihitsh oonclI Ides thusi { lI
fuSiS lSe wear 2S8k tho Federal Government
of these States elected by secuonaMi IN ad
ss,, ntei 10 sntiueate the Southern States by
n1ilitary occupation. These occaAonsd the
nation on SThe Confederate States OF Amert-
ca as an independent Government.
one more feature of this work de-
serves notice, and that Is its plousIty.,
so to speak. This feature IS conhneq
tp,thoses portions treating OF
end of one chapter the aht thor asks rs
It proper for religious people to assoei-
as Will hftheifl lfeil lowin en- l2'i4iN Who can
saw Then again "Should the pres
enceof1 religion mahez IisoeheerftIl and
happy, orgIoomy ?'' Wouldn't that de-
-pani On whethsr its IpEeseafel WAS
or NOT And here iollows 2
tlre in the eujoymeneof his creatures?3
Perhaps wirz or ,Winder could answer
ftiat.i THEN again IN the case already
referred tor where Bthe author asks,
isSVho aided the South2" he also!de-
sires TO be Informed s'Who is the king
oF9ations? iJYes can anstEeft that
sSThe cod of Battles, OF course apd, y
\ ed .iSTho Is the God of iBattl tlesIm we
should ,unhesitat tipgly. answer, .'The
King or sNations,n, or ~ Pressed tor
an6ther answer should say the neutral
sovereign that aided the South. = 5s,s,i4s
In the 1--WE xignettes FepEesent1ng the
,difeFens Eaces, found in all school geo;
by 4 toierably executed portrait of Gen
Lee Singularly enough. the maps IN
terspersed in the book don't showstht
4 Confederate States. Like others theJ