The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
Dr.. j. William Jones Scaling Criticism
Of The Work.
KILLED WITH Host iFSURD ERRORS
The inaccurate and Misleading State
ments Pointed -Supcrintcndcnt
IoN, of the Public schools. Not
Vet Ready 10 Talk.

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I''.''' '"''''''''' Oh ''' ''''''
Tolerate Veterans ana Grand Camp, Z.
". of Virinia. as suitable To- he used in
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H'e"'' some el"im mat i"e "''N
fcrrcd 90 is not partisan and prcjuiiced
as claimed but as comprehensive
chronicle or tAe facts of our countys
history as any other that can bee secured
Tor this purpose.
Others are inclined t0 think mat the
hook is moi ga .,iiall. emo for the public
schools in the e,nfh and consequently
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REV. pt. 'oNta. 'Ei''i'M
The following extracts from Rev Dr.
John William Jones criticism or Barnes
History of the United states are at
tachod:
"Chiicsbur. ky., Aug ~ lo'o'
J.. ". Mahood. Secretary Is. j.. Lee
Camp. SONS of Confederate veterans.
My Dear Sir.-You have asked me TO
Else you my objections TO the use OF
Barnes "Bricf History Of the United
States" in our schools. / have not time
wing / haze none of my books Of refer
cnco with me- and have only succeeded
iu BORROWING. "a COPY OF Barnes History
Of the revised edition OF 1850, bat believe
there have been 40 uHie:al changes i'm
the book since. ] al,o you only the fol-
lowing objections OBJ the book, hastily jot-
ted down. but hold myself prepared to
show before any fair tribunal that these
are only "A few of the objections and
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1ruth of history h,th in what IL states
and i'm what ID omitr 90 rter,v Unfair
10 the South I'm ifs Colonial Revolution
arv and civil History and So ,ttcrlv
false ana misleading I'm fts account Of
th. causes. conduct and results of me
great "Nar between tic States" that
our school boards saoull refi,se to adopt
A.. our teachers should decline 10 teaeb
a. ANA ,s,.rte eb,,,ld rel,,.. al,soi,,,.i,.
10 allow their children TO study H. Whv
OR State Board PASSED over Six ar eight
histories hv Soufnorn authors and r,ut
U4rnas, i.f,, +h, r.t D. a. ,,,,et,.r,.
bav. mower hean eff. ~, e,l,.o IA ~.
ann, local a.h..i l,s,f .ho,,fd I,sttot,
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am to these three, / confess ,,,.self ~
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ff Do IN l.f. fIII. ion
10 Barnes
SUM w 4HA OBJECTIONS.
L. IL is written from q Northern
STANDPOINT uy d Northern man, and with
al OF the pfeJudices and atupendOus ig-
horahce OF concelied Yankee. and
thoush the pill is sklilfuily sugarcoatcd.
so that gdllible Southern school boards
ana teachers may the more readily swai-
10" TO the whole tone and spirit of the
DooN 'A''4ss ne" instant me North ana
Sou,b and 80 ,tt,,i,. fai.l ..I 'i'e
its treatment of Colonial. Revolutionary,
AM Civl History
IL treats the slavery question as
thc South brought the negroes from
@lIlta, ana was alone responsible for the
crime OF slavery utterly Ignoring the
patent historic facts that after the first
twenty, who were brought on the Dutch
slap TO jamestown, AN the other ne
erocs We're brought over either in Old
England or New England ships-that slas
very existed an through the North until
81 was found that 10 would not nav i'm
that climate and among "a ulauufactur-
Ing people. and that instead OF omanclpat-
tng their negroes, the people of the
North sold them 10 the South and nut
their money iu their pockets before they
discovered The guilt of savory"-that In
the convention of 1851 the slave trade was
"'o"'' i"i 81 period oi twenty years boy
the votes or NcW England (whOso ships
were then monopollng The trade against
the votes, the arsumenis. and the earn
est protest OF Virginia, Maryland Della