The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-12-16
ELLIS HISTORY!

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u u lot the Book for The Publie
Schools.
A REPLY TO YRAHK 0. HILL.
IL psfssss II The Dssk NJ yustiAel b.
Yssts.
County Treasurer, Frank O. Hin. &C.
cuples i've columns Of space in last
weeks Rsthdrum Post In answering .
quarter column editorial which appeared
In Q recent issue Of the PREss condemn.
Ing Ellis school history. Mr.. Hill avoids
the main point which we made against
The MISREPRESENTATION oft for what
It did not say. aud for the errors 1t con.
tanned. rather than for what it did say
and proceeds to make mxny quotations
from the book. which be compares with
the statements In other histories. He
u also very careful TO quote the Dor.
tons that will sustain his defense Of the
book. For instance he quotes para
graph 10. page 3O5. - follows:
The fate OF the north and the south
hung In the balance, and no drawer fight
Ing was ever witnessed. The soldiers on
both sides were veterans, their leaders
were Of1cen Of military genius, and
every man seemed TO understand the
m0mentus issue At stake"
II Mr.. Hill had quoted all that was
said, he would have sustained our state
ment Of the partially shown BY Ellis,
and We refer the reader to his account
Of the whole battle. which appears fur
ther on In this article, In sustaining our
position.
In his article Mr.. Hill justiHes the
rebellion In the following language:
@How. my friend. can you teach that
rebellion 10 great crime and justify the
Revolutionary WARP The American col.
onies were as much part of Great
Britain ~ the southern states were a
part OF the union. Our Declaration OF
Independence was In fact an ordinance
Of secession from the authority Of Great
Britain. Our fathers succeeded, and
nothing succeeds like success'"
The circumstances which brought
about the two wan were very different
The revolution was justified BY acts OF
tyranny and oppression the most cruel.
while the south had no such grievance
and seeded on the ground Of state
sovereignty, which. carried TO the ex.
IRENE point. meant that II states could
sccede from the union, counties could
secede from states, townships from coun
ties and school districts from townships
thus putting an end TO government ant
substituting anarchy: but this 10 d.
verging from the point at issue.
Mr.. Hill lays great stress on wha
Grant says OF the south, the Assassina
ton Of Lincoln and the bravery Of tn
southern soldiers. No one disputes hi
statements on these points, and we an
not criticising the x 1th, neither woult
1
We say one word against The bravery o
her soldiers or the ability Of her officers
bu; history should deal In facts, an,
In our previous article. as well as THU
We endeaso' !" prove 'na' Eliis scno ~
history should mol oe usen IN 'he Puo''
Schools on account OF !" ores''y' am
bisuoas statements errots' ana gencfs
tone In FAVOR OF the sou'h.
In giving an account OF tne oattie o
Gettysburg. In wnich tne UNION troop
displayed ~ much bravery ana o'sc'
pline As did those OF the coniedera'
army. the pre>udiee OF Inc sa'oot T" .
apparent that any one reading tne nc
count Is impressed Win 'ts uhtAfnes
Mr.. I'M quotes paragraph OF 'n's'
support OF his posiuon' which aoes DC
give q clear idea OF 'ne "ho,e' ne "a.
nothing about The historys very one
mention Of the engagement 'na' wa
closed BY a magn'hcient charge unoe
General Hancock, who drove the cot
sn,.r.,.s hack To their own lines. tn
-.n.n, e,h,,r, ~ tho divisions Of al,
' .s 80 -. -..,,,.d ,r
bons ana Hayes ~n'c" 'e""''S~ -"
complete rout and the capture
! ,vo thousand OF Pettigrews troop
a. -. ,-,,4h, ~ meption. thu vi
NV o'"s - 90. en-,
) tory OF the union uoops Ast VII,
days hard fighting. which left Lee
armv in n demoralIzed condition, Is n,
-, g., ~. c,ow,nv language whic
sec"'"eu y" W. $500. .ss 49,, :,
. charactertfcs the menuoh Oh u'e sou'
! cru troops; the fact that this defe'
- AZ. h,nd. ~ tho enemy finds
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