The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-19
,iect auch historical undermining. Tho beau

" reject such historical undermining. Tho beau
tifu1> story OF FIoRA MCDONALD, n Scotch lady,
who saved the Chovalcr's life, and ended her days
in North Carolina, is now onvelopod in > highland
mist Dut, worse than au-greatest Of heresies-
tho Yankees, having conquered tho South, arc now
beginning to mako war upon hor past history; and,
by way Of commencement, they naturally attack
the very cornerstone Of Virginia-no less than
tho existence Of PocAHoNrAs. Captain SMITH,
tho grentest Of all the John Smiths, they say was
not . reliable gentleman, and invented the whole
story Of PowuAvAr and PocAHoNTAs. a Mr..
CHARLES DIANE, q Massachusetts, antiquary, in q
rccont article in the North american Recieeo, is
guilty of this sacrilegious profanity. OF course,
tho entire press Of tho North at takes up the
cry. determined to rob tho Old Dominion Of the
very first Of her f. F. VS.. Wo knew, when we
first saw this announcement that Mr. DEAN.
would sscatch itn from our Virginia friends. The
Richmond Whig, Of the 18th, in speaking Of the
subject, says: .s.l
Such is Now Englands envy and jealousy to-
wards tho South and all that is Southern, that she
cannot bear to contemplate anything that stamps
lustre upon our sAtistory or adds to our influence
and prosperity, 1t would rob US, it could Of all
once and rospectability, and degrade US into .
nero Territorial dependency. upon tho Govern
their attention to George Washington, and il they
shall not be able to establish that no such man
eycr existed they will probably undertake to prove
that he was Of Yankoc birth and lineage.
This is very mild rebuke, and by no means, We
tako it, the last word thnt will be said on this sEb
ject. We have, Of course. nothing to say on 80
purely Virginian theme. Our friends along the
James are abundantiy able to take caro- Of thona-
selves, and OF Pocahontas too. -,
We. will now conclude our long catalogue oi
doubts by saying that we doubt nothing. Wo be-
Ieve in the she-wolf, King ALFRnD's pancakes and
| tho beautiful PocAHoNTAs; and We certain that
children learned more Of Greek and Roman his
tory in HERoDoTUs L1v1, RoLIn and GOLDSMITH
than they have learned, or ever will learn in ME-
Bum and ARNOLD, THRLwALL and GRoTB. The
old facts or what were considered, having been
| unsettled, what remains there now to teach the
inqui1inE young uind2 What kind OF menta
training you expect, when you tell child Inai
| the whole world is mistaken In observing Christ
mas on the 25th Of December; that CHB1sr was moi
born that day, etc., and that it is uinisterng tt
| superstition either to burn fre-crackers or ea
mince-pie that day Is it not better to let The
child lean on certainties7 Doubt and childhood
as We have said, are incompatibles. Let him be
ieve these things implicitly, and vcll for him il
in after life, he is permitted to retain the ;stth
his childhood. Doubt and error viii assert tisei
sway soon enough; but it is best. whom they d.
comc that the youth should be clad in the psnopl,
Of faith, and thus not necessitate instant un
| questioning surrender Of the citadel.