Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-01


History OF the United states.
Holmes George F.. virginia--Eiistory OF
the United states.
Howison. r. r.. virsinia-History of the
Jones, J. William, MISUNDERSTOOD His
tory Of the United states.
Lee, Mrs. Susan p, Virginia-History or
the United States.
Lee, Mrs. Susan r, Virginia-Brief
History OF the United States.
Shlnn. Josiah H.. Arkansas-History or
the American People.
Stephens. A. H.. Georgia-Hlstory OF the
United States.
For Supplementary Reading: Sydnor.
Mrs. Ann E., Tennessee-The Civil War.
the above list II as complete as your
committee have been able to make IL.
Possibly. there may be ot.er works OF
merit which have not been brought to
Believing that the cause or truthful
history Is promoted by having the rio-
ject viewed from many standpoints, anr
considered by many minds, your con<1it-
tee renew the former invitations to COM
petent authors to ~ pare additional text
books for the use OF the schools.
THEY WILL COOPERATE.
III. We recommend thai this association
shall take the proper steps TO cooperate
with the Confederate Memorial Associa-
ton, when the same shall be organized,
for collecting historical material, and Tor
les preservation and publication.
To this end we recommend that each
State or division be organized by the APP
pointment of division and camp his
torians, and that the Confederate Me-
mortal Association, when the same shall
have been formed. establish the office or
historian, and charge the historian with
the duty OF collecting, collating, exhibit
Ing, and publishing ouch historical intor-
nation relating TO the Southern states,
or to the civil war, as may be valuS)le
TO the general reader. or useful as ma
terial for future writer's OF history. Ana
we recommend that the several division
and camp historians Of the United Con-
federate Veteran Association shall CO.
operate with the historian OF the
Memorial Association by collecting
and transmitting 10 the said MS
torian for preservation and exhibit or
publication, valuable historical material
". We recommend all our comrades
everywhere to cooperate in general
orn history and southern literature. we
invoke the people TO give popular sup
port TO the establishment and mainte-
nance Of the agencies for promoting au-
thorship.
We recommend the establishment OF
historical and literary socie lies, historical
and literary publications, ana pubic IL
braries. We suggest that our comrades
contribute to the war-literature by pub
fishing articles descriptive Of the incl
dents In which they participated. we
invite competent authors 10 prepare works
for the schools and for the general read
er, based on southern literature. phe
speeches and writings OF southern men,
from Jefferson to Patrick Henry 10 the
orators and writers OF the present day,
will furnish our boys with material for
defamation and recitation inferior 10 no
literature Of the world.
We recommend the establishment OF
publishing companies, and all otner APP
planes that will render publications.
cheaper and more convenient. .
v Your committee have thought II
proper to suggest list of books when
may be useful for public or private IL
braries in furnishing, Information on
While not undertaking TO endorse every
thing contained in these books or 10
express an opinion on controverted points
which some of them discuss, we shoulI
be glad to see them upon the shelves OF
public and private libraries, where they
can be accessible to our people. We at
tach list Of these books as an appendix
to this report. 1t viii be seen that
recommend as worthy of reference IS the
great publication by the government OF
the United States of all official papers re-
lating to the war. the same being pub
iishe3 with a noble fairness, presentins
the regrets and dispatches OF Confedes
rate officers i'm connection with those OF
the United States army. ana ACCOMPANYING
the volumes with accurate maps ana
drawings.
THE MODEL AND THE MOTTO.
VI; Participating in the e3 thus tb
me ndlnr that southern pens shall vindi-
cn.e southern history. and recognizing
the, growing sentiment thronshiG ,s. o Inf
truthful record, your committee believe
that they can see In the signs OF the times
a coming corps OF vigorous southern MS
torians. we expect from them elOluence.
,,atrfaffqtta nhflOG0nlN wisdom.
Trus ting Into their hands the yindlcation
of the South and of the Confederate sol
der. we commend to them model ana
The model Is. the CONFEDERATE SOL
DER. The motto IS. Let Him Live IN
History, AS HE HAS IN WAR, AND AS
HE HAS IN PEACE; , -,
After the Confederate, soldier had
fought the war to the end. and has dis
PLAYED fidelity, courage. and skill when
have never been surpassed, he yielded
when further resistance would have oeen
folly and crime. When admiration for
his valor and confidence In his honor
led his antagonists 10 offer honorable
terms he accepted them in the same mag
fered. He surrendered as the brave sur,
render. His surrender meant pea.e and
Cancellation Ho obeyed the order 10
ground arms" His tears and his musket
fell together to the ground The war was
He had fought with honor; he sur
rendered with honor. and he has abided
the issue with honor, lie returnea 70
NAMED in the Union az n friend. Win nc
humble apologies, no uunlanly serVility,
no petty spirit. no sullen reacnery; ne
is cheerful. frank citizen or the Unlteu
states accepting the present. trusting the
future, and proud Of the past. -.
is n new South But this New South
is the Legitimate offspring or the ga
t. q Galvanized CORPSE,
worked into life by batteries without.
It is a healthy expansion or forces rom
within. The New South Is the work or
the Confederate so d er, as the Old south
was the work Of his father The Con-
Tolerate soldier loves both.
The New South. I'm material development
will rise above the Old South. We SHAH
have a denser population. larger cities
more stately buildings, more ample reve-
nues, more widely-diffused Intelligence,
richer men. weather. corporations put
we shall never have higher soclaI orosr'
nobler sentiments, purer aspirations,
grander mel or more devoted or ttuer
women than the men and the women Oh
the Old South. -, Att. .,a
he laments the Old South as parent that
has nassed away He turns to the New
South as 10 his child, and with arec-
tomato solicitude he devoted his HE 10
He knows the South Is a part. of the
United States. He sees that its pest IN
terests demand peace and conciilatlOn.
In the language of the eloquent Geor
gian, HE is I'm the house OF ms IathelS'
and he has come TO stay He IS pa,
triot by nature; n has never ceased 10
be a patriot.
He must love some country. and he has
no other country to love. He sees the
stars and Stripes float over the land. ne
xszes upon that flag. and counts its stars
Who placed them there? He traces the
thirteen States that represent the original
States, and all the glorious history OF the
PevoIntion passes before his mind. lie
looks AT the brilliant constellation
,baf onswers TO the States formed