, 1879-06-28

do1nand honost elections, nnd who nro pro
parod to tnafntain the Nation by tho exorois,
Of oil necessary National authority.
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SOUTHERN s0H00LBooKs,
Inc acknowledged teat Of q good text
book fa that It shall furnish youth will, com
prehensive information ID to the subicc
which 1t fronts, and that 1t shall represent
tho best idens and latost dscovcrios Of those
who are rcoognizod as exports iu tho know1
edge OF that subject, without reference te
my particular locality or the yiovs of any
porson or oliqno. In ono of his rooeni
speeches, sonator BLAINE charged that tho
scl,oolbools tn tho South did not answe,
such purpose, but that they were CON.
piled with tho view Of clarifying ono aeo.
tion Of tho country md vjllifying tho othor,
aud therefore instilling into tho minds ot
tho Southern youth hatrod of their Gov
ornmoat and thotr country. Tho Southern
Drigadlers furiously denounced Senator
BLAINE for making this charge, md denied
ita truth, claiming that no such book had
ever boon published.
| TT tho last issso OF Uarnr,s |Kteklv, Nr.
ounTis, its editor, Inns done good service by
confirming Senator D1A1sr's charge, nnd giy-
ing aketola Of q Textbook now used in thu
| Southern schools oallod "Tho Southern
Students Handbook Of Selections for noatl.
Ing and Oratory.' Tho index of tlis book
gives tho nn1nes Of the huthors md tho
States whore they reside. They aro all
Southern authors, residing in Southern
ssates. Not Northern man or Northern
State can bo found III thia liat, and not oven
Southern orator who has ever mado ,,so Of
his eloquence to defend his Government. OF
tho long list Of Southern orators. scnrcely
one is known outside tho limits Nof
his stato. In d handbook Of oratory
QUO would naturally expect to find extracts
from tho notable speeches Of famous Amor.
icans like WEDsTEit, adams, mud EVERETT
which havo passed into tho literature Of the
counsry and become STANDARD. Not oyon
HENRY onAr, southornor, Is represented
in this collection. He was too patriotic. Flo
Ind spoken too frequently md oloquontly In
dofenso OF his Government and his flA,,
The Southern Drigadiors in Congress- aud
tho Southern stump-spenlters aud tlrc-oatine
editors who have over and over again spoken
plept;fnllv ronroaonto,1 rts~o ,,,iat,. % ~ a4o
shadow n onn1ooy for s,,o,, ,,a+ssa,. ~ ~
themes trcated by these spoakers wero of a
general character; but sven these aro South.
gont1,orn amct;nns ,na h;sa,s o..., Moaao
batrcd oooinat tho 1Tnion 49, ~sln ".,"a1sl
fro,, n U1,,o,,, H., 1v-,., oN
SON wifi fa,rlv illustrate t,,o ,ta.aa.a =. v' "'
ont;ra 1,,o1, H. ..,... "0S'A "a '"o
"They ren,eaontad. mo,co,,r lin n,,,,,.,a. =.
government, Of local freedom. ani ~ t,n
risht of people to decide .or own political asso.
e'u,tons. @ 10 1aom was htsuck down these ancient
ttonx sose, tso,s - 1,s.on n 'uo somun!ty Q! na'
prove tin p,ca OF tho tmporla, and ,rrrsnon.,.
eeneih'lzatson that tstnmphcd. We hnYo no com.
ptathts 10 maxa; bas when startled Liberty IN other
sso ~ atnt ." a.t , '"f sSapathy Of aft
lie slain, but uot d,shonoraa' 1s''1' champions
SO far as tho purposes of n text.boo,r oro
concerned, roader Of thia kind in about =.
valuable as natural history wou1d In t,,o.
described only tho snakes, po1icops bnz-
yards, catfish, alligatora, and ot1,cr vorn;n
TINT inhabit Southern swamna md havo,,a
or work on history tint conflned ,tae,f r.
narratives of youdottns. duo1s, bn1l5o7irn
negro-lashing, bowie-knifo strrava 1;ata r.
Southern heroes who hayo died with .ho;r
boots on, and other .eplaodca ~ so,,,box.,
ltfe. But tho animus Of this md othor H.
tlrctl publications IL ita most contamat;,,,. 1t
feature. It is intended to ipf,sa Yont1orn
children in their schools with A hatrcd ~ !