New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-22
THE PRINCIPLES or LEE And JACKSoN-

| FOR INE USE Or SCHOOLS.
We have on our table New School History
of the United States of America" by j. ;.
Blackburn, Principal of Potomac Academy,
Alexandra. Virginia, and ". \. Mcdonald,
AM. Principal OF the Male High School Of
Louisville, Kentucky. 1t is published by VIII
| liam j. c. Dulany & Co., Baltimore. The copy
before Us is dated 1850, and purpOrts to be CT
! the eleventh edition revised" We may fairly
assume, therefore, that it enjoys IN extensive
circulation in the region for which it is mani
festy written, and that it sets forth the latest
yealnngs for fraternity and Cancellation. he
authors believe that theirs is the only school
history of tie United States which meets the
demands of the present OCCASION"
Their Object was not merely to furnish South
ern schools with a book in which the gallantry
| of Southern soldiers should receive its due rec
oention but to teach the young that the South
ern cause was eternaly right, and that the
Southern people are now crushed under vile
despoism. The South was beaten by a variety
of errors and accidents but nothing whatever
has been settled by the war; not slavery; not
even secession. Such a history can have no
| other tendency, of course, than to encourage
the next generation to try the Lost Cause agaIn;
aud that we do not doubt is what the teachers
all over the South WHO have distributed ten edi-
lions, and now call for on eleventh, hope and
! expect from it. Messrs. Blackburn and Nc
| Donald begin with a Jealous defence OF slavery
in colonial days, as the natural condition Of
| the African" and means of spreading the
blessings of Christianity" 1t Is true ttat there
was in some places sentimental prejudice
"against it," and Oelethorpc, in his Georgia
| plantation, prohibited slavery and rum. Under
this policy however, the colony langmshed,"
and there was no prosperity in Georgia till the
restrictions were repealed :" and the inhabitants
| "were permitted To enjoy all the rights and
privileges pertaining the citizens of the
"other colonies" Virginia was settled by gen.
tcmen the Puritan colOnists of New England,
on the contrary, belonged TO the lower classes
hated their social and official superiors''; and
provoked the severity of the English Govern
ment by their open defiance of all legitimate
authority" In the framing OF the COnsttu-
ton, the South waived her right to a full rep
| resentation of her slaves agreeing that only
three-ffths Ct them should be counted. though
none of them were allowed to vote and she
consented to enter Government III which the
North had controlling majority" only
because she expected soon to outstrip the
would have led to "civil war between South
Carolina and the General Government" if Mr..
| Clay had not carried n compromise measure,
which "was accepted by Mr.. Calhoun" The
North, however, after persuadng South Caro-
lima not to fight, soon "violated her pledge"
If General Jackson should hear this he would
turn over in his grave. The history of the
struggle for the extension Of slavery is told
LII. hut fbo of IF ebnNr,,O i,
defiance of facts, that tie North was perpetually
breaking pledges and invading Southern rights.
The Missouri Compromise was clearly uncon
"stitutionai," ana therefore it was rightly re-
peaed-as soon as the South had got all she
could out of it,
The Republican party was entirely sectional
in its principles. and had no adhcrents in the
.Save States" The assent of the South to the
exclusion Of slavery from the Northwest Terri
tory was a great mistake, since that developed
sectional antagonism." We ought to have
/ ad slavery everywhere, and then there would
have been no sectionasm. "The politicians"
"thrsting for distinction at any price," sought
"that emineDce which they HI failed to get in
"an honorable way, by appealing to the more
"selfsh and more violent passions Of the
"peOpe"; and the consequence was the cleo
ton of Abraham Lincoln, a sectional candi-
date" as President of the United States. "A
sarge portion of the Southern people regarded |
/" his election under the circumstances a vir- |
"tual commencement of hosiliries They as
I" serted that for years they had been prevented |
"by mob violence from enjoying tbei consti- |
"tutional rights in the North that the spirit |
" of abotionism would now under the cOunte- |
"nance, and by means of, Federal power, as
sumo the aggressive; aud that IT was time for |
them to abandon a Government which had |
fallen into the hands of their ayOwe enemies"
1t was alleged that the right OF secession was |
a necessary part Of the sove eighty of each |
State, and that the property, lives, and II bel ty |
4" of the citizens were Threatened by the aggrcs- |
"sive aspect of the incoming Administration" |
The authors of this schoO-bOok plainly |
intimate that the reasOnings and assumptions |
of the Southern people were entirely right. |
The Southern Senators and Representatives |
who left their seats in Congress TO take part in |
the Rebellion were driven to tins last resort |
of honor by their political enemies =; and their |
petitions, like their threats, were answered by |
looks Of animOsity."
In the narrative Of military operations the |
COnfcdcTa'es are so victorious against over
whcmng odds that the final surrender at |
App0mattox becomes incompichcnsiDIe. The |
Federal h0rdes are almost mviril6l routed 10y |
a handful Of heroes. Wade Hampton is pcrpyt- |
ually putting Sheridan 10 flight Hood regu-
larry beats Sherman. Hancock is never men
toned the battle of WILLIAMSBURG, where Ne
Cle.lan says that liancock'S behavior was 50
brilliant, AMI Fouuey sayi that Hancock entered |
sort of UNCONSCIOUS ve,iibuie," is converted |
into dlsgraceful defeat Of the Federal forces !
Roseclans WAS. thIashed at stone River; lee /
thrashed Grant all the way through the viii |
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