Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-11
ROCK OF ERRORS.
c.c,'s Work, Entitled "a History
' of;hc United States"
nh or ClLrNAIES And LlDELS
Abundant in niunders than In
yer ,.larratiers About slavery,
.,. Revolution, and Late Wan

r.,,lpuon. and Late Wan
...- ~ 20 DiSDr'ch'
,r, cared frst in an English
.... Volumes. 4 limited num-
-aao % the United States
, from the bookstores at
.. .emmeudatory notices IN
..,. ..d 60 the printing and
.. ar American edition by
.... Johnston & Co., OF Rich.
... tv1 volumes are embraced
.....I5 tor $50. II Isl hand
volume of Isl pages, well
.... .cuL But Il has one serious
.....r, index worth the name.
.-vaa NAV wish to examine spe-
..l. VII find himself cropping
c.hod ~ writing what he
history departs radically from
..a.- ot the two centuries
tr close. lie gives ia no
..ut Ms own. The result -
..uher Of his statements will
.. D.. unsupported by any re-
..t..rty.
-. patient reading and exami-
whole work OF Isl pages has
-- than Z13 historical errors
.-Du. There may bs more.
... Boz pointed ont If II be
Some oi these errors are the
.r. e--ucss and Inattcntlon.
f..N M
.I ae nuG prepOssesslou. We
.. O. know mucn as 60 the
ana career. but the book shows
le- De was an Englishmau;
.. theory. q mOnarchIst APP
... 4. e1iutist type IN politics,
'phy, a pos!tiyist, and IN
...-tc.
..-..- And SUBMISSIONS.
the atr0cious murder Of
..... settlers on the 81. Johns
n. ty tho iuhuman Spanish
Pep. says Melendez was half
ma cunts every fact which
...c 20 this dark transaction
l.e Virginia settlers with
lefulouce slguailv con-
ftr patience and modera-
.. Char IS l.. in the matter OF
..r. Vet the COlonIsts were
he euppresScs all mention
l.l.rue IN uarrating the set
MARYLAND Yet ClavbOrus's
l., treatment are the key
.--.I. 81 tts carly life Of Mary
...ulces Miles Standish as q
-.. .-~g hlm OF having attacked
.-.. 0: natives, killed several,
prisoner In cold blood
SD reliable authority proves
.rrc.lp less IN MS denuuclatlOn
..., OF the Puritan set
..ysr admits their high
...r jauutless faith, Their
the face of horrors
;hsu death itself He SAYS
.. we're treated in New England
-..cb-r cruelty far exceeding
aI,i in England lpage Al.
....- without excuse. Between
ll e. than 1888 Quakers came
. n England from persecu-
rrs, lIrnings. nutllatlCns,
... imprisonment ii loath-
.I. hunger, and wIotched-
....t of them were fined and
-L1cume save their religion.
. -8I that the colonies OF
.... and Rhode Island were
ara-Chy.' He saws page l0iJ
.-t carolina was pcopled chiefly
.rm inw, justice, and order IL
provinces
Flru>oUs ERRORS.
.. .... la comes 90 the eau es and
..riutionary War his erro-
....- become 40 numerous and
, volume instead Of brief
.. b.. needed 70 detail them.
.. bis so-Cailed history, the
f.- people OF the colonies
. .. ana continued Tories 10
.. isle j. distinctly negatiyed
Llrrovne. who wrote TO
...-.r. in England in III:
.ulk of the country ID
..tt the Congress lu prlnci-
- GrrEs statement that a
..t t.-agl Iuir.cuers were the only
I.-rei INDEPENDENCE Is fatty
t.I Pos facts. and especially by
.st tha FIRST declaration Of indie
.as 10 Mecklenburg county,
-gr LATE WAR.
..- uas down to the war be-
... ..t..s' h-ls far more aOund-
.... -. -.4n "a facts. lie adopts the
..r.t General Pettigrew's Dl-
-rshIrg and says they fal-
... .l.. va, before o charge ID
-. Re acgults Forrest per
..-.. Fort Pillow, but SAYS hIs men
.f negro troops III cold blood
laI surrendered Ill. 32il.
r. truth IN the charge.
stupid fiction about Barbara
..I General NtOnewall Jackson,
ll.. and even quotes WHIT
-..H. H.. Zsl.) HIS Ccogra-
..... ..p1s o. lis sO-called history.
. Csahominv river ruls a
.. la.t north of Richmond and
.'. the James several miles be-
".a. does be mean by several "
... .t,r marched with 1000 men
, r.a Hapian aud the Rappahau-
t... junction" aud that ms
crossed the Rapidan about
... ..a- from fredericksburg :!
.re..EDrT3 HIMSELF.
.... worst errors of the work ars
....- calumules and hbeiS
-.. ..att-meu and leaders in
gums, Washington, Ia Fayette,
--au. Jefferson, Madison,
... ....s.. Jefferson Davis-ln short,
.t auy prominence except
'..uI,ou and John G. Calhoun,
latte. the cases of SltpprtSSO
.. .r-l % discredit Mr.. Greg's
1888. DO pours out contempt
..... ..l the Declaration OF indie
... .. u Euglsn Monarchlst aud
....t Dee expected 10 do. And he
..tHr % owe 90 hls readers the
t.at declaration, although he
. ..r. A History Of the United
IrrA FOR MoRMoN1sN.
..uter headed The Mormons
ought 10 exclude this work
decent family IN our land and
.. fog Il ~ "a laboTed plea for
. Iul pOiv9amy, apd a con
.... I'D tie people and Govern
Juted States. 1t puts John
t.. 'lme category with Buddha.
'.e Laptsts aud primitive Me
the more eXtravagapt and less
.eutHy SecS" and as stand
NIrmons. II utters q covert
.....-. tie geuoalogy aud family OF
'..-.. car Divine Lord III. note,
crEE IuE CONTRARY.
... praised th.s book as a "vln-
.. tla south" las no such thing.
worry contrary. II repudIates all
greatest men: all of her most
principles; al OF her soundest
-o doctrines. Furthermore, on
"a slavery, IL omits and snp-
. .ae facts of history which con
'. True vndlcatlOn of the honor
I.., of tine southern people. 10
-eeault Of the supposed origin !