, 1880-10-02
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.
United States History US Taught in
tho Schools of the South,
Admiration oi English ArIslocracy, and DcnuncIa.
lion Of Dutch, Irish, and Nuoers."
"We Arc Sow inst What We Vero Thtn,"-i. l.,
Sttesslonisls, Rebels, and Traitors.
Tho Thing Is Not Over Yet, and We Shall
at Last Triumph"

spttlal Correspondence At The Ehttnoo 7ttbant
CLEtELASD, o., Sept. GA few days
sfncD TILE TnfHuSE ctntallcA nj, editorial
pointing ont tic extreme ttangur of intr,,st-
Ing tic nlTnfrs Of tito Nation To tho Solid
South 50 long rs tho people of TINT region
continued tU teacl, their children the lessons
they now do In their sclloUts. 4 trner thing
never was written, md. having spent some
time recently In TINT portion Ut onr common
country. desire 10 Md my contribution To-
ward enliEhcning tic people Ut the North III
regard to tic kind of lessUls that nfr Mt urcs-
Cit being taught tl1e rising generation III tint
bcntElitctl Itgtnli. 0ps1nlsts of butl, parties
hnvg consoetl themselves Will tic assertion
TINT as soon as the present generation shall
pnss from the SCENE of nctivity. thero may be
some hope for better times in the Soutl,. To
a certain extent this Is undoubtedly true, but
It will not be tr,lu In case the present xenGra-
t[on cNn prevent 1t. They nro doing ail I'll
their power to
KEEr ui' THE FHE1.tSos or THE WAR,
and 10 IIlsti1l the belief tllat what was lost
must be rugainr(l. Tiny do moi, by my
means, ncccpt the Inevitable. and look for.
ward to the future for Il brighter ard IL better
type of life. They nre like old ,ucn In their
Outage. aild constantly bcin0nN what might
llAve been.
There ls, perhaps, no ono thing that Is
guarded 81 carefully, and with sncl, II degree
Of jealousy, rs the kind OF scl,ool-hooks that
arc plnced In the laMls Ut their children.
There Is decided feeling Hgnnst tic free
school system, which hns done 50 much to-
ward cnlfghtening tho Nation; astl tho op-
rnsiti0n nrisus vrry largely from the fnct
tliat, 10 those free schools, the "niegers"
can have MI eaual opportunity with the
whites to prepare themselves for successful
citizenship Tho greatest degree of watch
fulness Is exercised over such textbooks rs
trent of geography and history. III many Of
tho bAck counties they ,lse oil tho subject OF
geography book iii The "Paln,etto SerIcs,"
called
IA GEOGRArI1y FOR rE0INSEns.
BY the Rev. X. j. Stewart. Illustrated with
Maps nnd Engravtngs. Richmond, W.: j.
W. Randolph. 1sfI." On tho first rage Is
picture af tile scal Of South Carolina. l OBJ
talned T. couy OF this buok, and NOW retufu 1t
Us curiosity. l,e!ow nrc g!vrn liberal eX-
t1rsv t1ns1s frS 5 thd It. 70 sfte tn he n h! tas a nc
youth arc obthin!tlC;, anl from tts II cnsl !,u
Judged whether It will takc. more than the
time necessary for tle paSSing, AWAY u the
nrSsent generation brfore the Soatt3 WY be
Government l questioned tho teacher or
lte school III regard to the accuracy Of tho
book, and lle sait! tllnt It was satisfactorily to
his pupils AMI to thnr pnrG,tts, md, wlli!u l,e
knew 1t was not "auiso UP to the tliMrs." llo
still thought It
ANSWERED THE PURPOSE vEny WE'LL.
makg the first Qnotation from pngc 10 of tho
book:
",When y,rGglnta n,lopted tho Federal Consti-
tMtion q ths Gniel sa.es, II, Ilas tue Co'i.tn!s-
eeff Or III s stt w'Te ffe @ t. anox ~ to
r T., 'ti t,,,, tW rern ~ IT. III VII: ,,,
vln,n witi7fir"w frntn thn jrnjtrt Slut'ss IL Ia
Tnnr , n ntsn r,,rt,sc ~" y ettea H. irs III .aS
t St,rttrr,, T.. ,,sa th"., @ t,., I'll, ~,
~ ~ n;,,n :" ush anun ur
sna..i, H. .,e ~. ,.,,s,s, nEs ~ nli alreY
sMtthern contsiur,cy. i,on IeTas@ repscsent" T. IN IL
seat 81 lie war Of h,utIern @ lnsIepcu1rtIsn" 'p"'
From mrs II tha fnllnw,n. ts intrn.
"rho t,rst uolljsIon nj tho Wnr for 1nicncns,
cuccut Ito southnrn iiatns Incurred ut rh,,rns-
ton ~ ths slr!ng Of lr,l a,i1 VIA ucc,I4one,l hy
Nortieri, States attempting 10 scz'.. pr,ylst"p,
ind ose.!py the forts il Charleston liart"r, aa
to nrtjtupt,h
f,or ,a,o,,,,rr t,,o ,,u,,, ,,,,, .,o Was 81,
,n,nn T., III ni'oy,, ru "u, un .G ~ ~
|''o ''',s' ,s,.n,, "".'v, ~, vu,'e ,a,1,, @ n,
4ssllL!+s a NkA1"locs l'EssoS
on pagcs ~ -3:
,." IN lst. The Government Of ihe Co1fc.!cratu
sncr W saS'tss4 %e ha u bea %n ~ e.
fcrson i)nvs ~ TX rt u Trasfnnt ~ ,nr, NJ na r
slx xycnts-AIcxa,llrrlI. Ii. Atcvers i,ng The apcti-
nxl as Vice. .prestlent Evory effort thut human
nEGniity could eontrlyc, nr i,nnie'lso resources
oI1 ~ Hey a,n E1se na a.Gnss ,; ~ m 80, soa a a
f.nm".","',t - ~ ,.,r io H. E,. ~ & NnrtHern
nnortn ,o. ~ a1iH raE !ao ~ nab,a VIZ! ntner
Ill., "s'vS. " IT, w., w. hs " ne po!!tcat Or
"t y 4 te 0 c0ssani. o evn tnie'.S''ey an ytnow,,