, 1880-09-30
TEACHING rREAsoN TO SOUTHERN


4 postul- cnr,i corrcspoNlcnt "wants to know
II TttE TutuuSu llnB atipted at tho bud things
taught III ujarkburjls Eputharu School Ills
tory" Indeed, It Inns mot muro thnn merely
glaucctt Mt this infamous book, .No will Klyo a
few ,noro rro,u tho ntcst ctlltton-that Of 1886
and premise them by remnrklng TINT tho atl-
vurtlsement ot this history shows that It Il OIL
chilly approved and recommended by tho sonatc
md Iiu,lsc Of tho Vlrglnla Legislature and by
tho ynr!oua County Commissioners Of SCHOOLS.
1t js also commended by Judgo Carmichael, OF
Muryln1l{j by tho baltimore EpscDpal 1felhodiat,
tho initilnore Gazette, ptu md 1t wna N,sopsot,
p0,t uHed In minority Of tho pttblio schools OF
Maryland" rs lpng Mgo ns Its fifth edition.
Its populnrity III tho South among Democrats
mas hu ylusscd from tho fact that II bus roaohct1
!ts eleventh clifton. It Ia Il hook OF tn paRes,
Of which over 100 pnges aro devoted to tho Wnr
ut Secession ind reconstruction. Tho mental
pululu1n upun which tho minds OF Southern
you'll, nro fed may bo judged by few moro
kpccIn,cus from, this history,
On pn4o asn,. IL tlcscribcs john nrown rs VA
Northern fni,nttc and notctt Kausas assaatn."
I'nXo ;a4 aayA OF Allrahatn LINCOLN that he wns
II sectional caudttlntc," mud ~ large portluu
or tho Southern peun!n regartcd his election,
rt,tlcr tho circumstances us Il vrt,ta cotnmonce-
mcut of hosttlttlos. Thoy asserted that for years
they htd boon prevented by mol, violenco from,
enjoying their constitutional rights IN tho North
[nnenniMs TINT of enrry!ng slaves Into freq
Htntcs1; that tho spirit Of Aiolitonsm would
nn,s, ,,tl,,cr tho conton,l,lco and by nouns or
Fetrrul powor, osatlnlg ttp aggressive; aud thnt
It wus ti,no fur then, to abandon GoycrlI.nont
which hul ful'cn into tho hantls Of their lyowcd
eucu,i,s" TlncnnIu9 tho ltuputl3cans, who on.
rnscd extending slavery over Kansns and
Nebruskn1.
pnge }o5, describing Tho Leave linking Of south-
rr, Convrcssnc,,, suys: "So,no on l,ItltIiur fare-
well hurled .lc,nca at thoir political enemies,
who Ind driven them to thts lAat resort ot
no,or,''
l1,uo :ls1 snyY nf Calhoun. "fIo was In nycry
scnsa Of tta TORN Il statesuan, ttta was tho
fathcr of tho pctri,,o Of nt,llcutIon, secession,
md slnvcry o.tnus!ou.1 it was TIM chief aim Of
lin nolt.c,t tIfo In stronrthon Tim ,.nwer nj tho
south IN tho Government. SO TINT she m,uht ho
cuubic,l to rcslst tho cucronchn,ents Of tho
Nofth ,Ipou her rluhts''
~ tI,n ronnnt ~ f1,o .Misen,ri f.or,nrotrfsc
paro :!sa anys: NJ ,hls on.mnromlsa tho so,,ths
nr,rrs Ind hmp rrcll,fIctl from rnrrvipv their
slave nrt,pprty tnto tho 1crrltortcs north of
IN. m hnrtb tatIt,,de, Ar thjz urnb,hltion wIla
c1curly u,constltu ttonal. It seemed but rIuht
Ibnt II should ho ronoulntf" rAnvth,uu waa rOn.
aduro,l t,ncot,vtit,1tIonn That nr,hthtt: ajuyory
IN frrn ,rarrItor,ts.}
| rnun :as snya. mMr f,uchouon ,ya. uhot In
| n,ttIrully formed n Xtnto-riyhtn l1ct,,,u,rnt
i1n hoa ni,vur. ,,rnr..aai e., ,ntn f., TIN rtuht
nf nnst,sst,n: mn, now. ,yhrn fnr tho nrst linn
IN Inn hfntorv ,f lin cm1.try II wns cxorniaud.
In ,nn,o NJ, n.tcmnt Il, nroyunt If 1,v furoo.s.
or Ictr Dnyis. n, bIs election to 10 President
rf I'm Cn Yrn,rv n soys ins. .,Tho r,nrlt
| ,vhirh cntid .rn,nmnuI s,,rb " m rxnrrssrnn NJ
nonl,lnr rrnt.,,co ,n,,,t hnvo t,ccn t,onsntr,,,
nns il, ,yrs ,n cy.rnn,rst vct rc.uI,,,n Il, ~,
,cfensn az Tho rsuhta ~ s srrt,nr." iYha r,,,nt
nf srrcssfnn nut, s,r stnyrry cxtrfson intn kan.
snas Nci,rassm. ro,m1,do' 1ttnh. I,utoin' Mnm.
sn,,n Nt.,v Mnxtoc srsr"uo N",.,i" nt,,1
i sN''~f AF~' ~F~~f ~'F"'NNfs' .tHsl