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

adds Others. We quote the language as
follows: am
tinuance of ths,snme policy as marked
out I'm our first report. and more com-
plete organization OF subcommittee TIL, FIJI
each state to press active work. Inc
nolicv should be maintained. which Is
now beginning to bear fruit, that poncy
being TO begin at the foundation by stimu.
work OF formulating history many minds'
TO reach the educational insutu.Ionsh,
and the youth Of the country ihto"gn
our southern universities. ms mode
n Indicating the South, than relying
upon the employment OF one or ino.e
writer's to act as sp pc har a' Of history
| Your committee, therefore. renew ana re-
iterate their recommendations maze HI
| the first report made at Birm ngham.
The report then makes the ionowsns
| additional recommendations. wnich your
committee herewith quote ana renew
Your committee also recommend tnat
| each and every camp III this organlzatloii
make 1t an immediate duty 10 nave pr.
| pared before all the members cross over
| the river a correct roll OF every COM
| ponv raised In every country. giving
names or original roll: those kiiieo IN oaI-
| tie. ard in what battle those wounued'
| those who died from wounds ana DISEASES,
| aud those who got through the war; that
| State organizations urge TINS uu,y o'i
| their respective Legislatures through en-
| Cieat committees 20 lay VIC .,s -
| tions of this committee before their re-
| spective State Legislatures, and ask APP
| propriations TO carry them into erect.
Your committee with pleasure recon,
mend the Confederate veteran, puosisntu
! by Comrade S. A. Cunningham, at Nash
vile. Tenn, which has virtually become
| the organ OF this great association. III Is
| doing valuable work In clearing up hluuen
| facts OF history connected win the tredt
| struggle. 1t would be fortunate event
| " a larger subscription-list would enable
it's publishers to enlarge its pages anu
make II the medium of more EXTENDED
publications connected with the war anu
| the causes leading to the war.
AVOID UNKIND PUBLICATIONS.
1--WE cannot too strongly urge upon our
people the great importance OF AVOIDING,
as far as possible the purchasing ana
disseminating of books and literature
which are unkind and unfair 70 the Soutl y,
which belttle our achievements, lnpusn
our motives and malign the characters
Il our iustrious leaders. An example Oh
this kind Of literature is the Encycc-
paedla Britannica. which, while worK
OF exceptional merit In many particulars,
abounds Ia such a distortion OF hlstoflca.
facts in reference to the South as could
have emanated only from Ignorance OF
malgnity. A yet more hagrant eNaniple
OF this kind Is a reprint IN part OF lh9t
encyclopaedia. known as the X. >. rene
reprint now being advertised IN SOUTH
ern newspaper .
ut is with much pleasure that your
committee can report the GROWING ihtelcS'
in having the history OF the South pro
perly. truthfully, and impartially written.
we believe there are southern authors
now preparing histories ana as your
committee was directed and empow -teu
70 add 10 the list of histories Tor our
southern schools. your committee now
recommends that the History of the
United States by Mrs. Susan +. Lee, OF
Lexington, Va, be added TO said lists,
as filing the requirements or histories
that should be used in our schools. III mas
| been brought to the attention Of your
| committee that the Grand Camp or VIZ
| ginia has asked that the United Confede-
| rate Veterans Association take steps III
having history OF the Confederate war
| its causes, character, and consequences,
published. Now, your committee endorse
the idea that such history should De
written, = invite any party VINO ue-
sires to undertake the task, 10 90 So
| and let each history. as 1t Is written
| stand or fall on its own merit Your com
| mittee find IL impossible to examine manu-
| scrips and pass on the merits OF ue
merits OF any particular author, put as III
| the past as to school histories, throw
| open the field to authors or the history
of the Confederate war, its courses, cha-
| racter and consequences.
DIR. CURRY'S EXCELLENT BOOK
I'VE would call especial attention to a
| recent work o. DR.. j. l.. NJ Curry; en-
| titled '"The South, Constitution, and the
| Resulting Union 1t is one of the best
| books that has been written or psb-
| lished since the war. Ii Is catholic, broad
| and patriotic, and at the same tlIne'
clear terse, and condensed, presenting
only those salient points or American
history with which every cltlZen OF lnls
great republic should be familiar Win,
out doing injustice 10 any section OF
\ the country, il does immortal honor 10
! the genius of our soldlery and the pa
| triotism OF our people, and we recon-,
mend It's general use in the famllles anu
| schools of the South"
Alter reviewing the two reports. and
| especially considering the reconmehda-
| tions above recited. your committee tufL-
of the results that have been accom-
/ plished We are gratihed TO ma that
! important public movements nave lol-
lowed closely upon these recommenda,
| tions, and are apparently connected
with them. While we cannot designate
all of them rs results OF your commit
tees suggestions, yet we may sSi ny
! same convictions OF thought and the
same sentiments which found expression
| in the recommendations of your commit
tee, and in the resolutions OF thls associa-
| tion
CHAIR OF HISTORY ESTABLISHED
| / The resolution Of thi association, re-
commencing to the Legislatures OF the
several Southern States TO establish IN
one Of the State colleges or universities
| The Chair of American History met
prompt response from the State OF Ten
| nessee. The Tennessee Division OF the
| limited Confederate Veterans; the Daugh-
! tiers of the American Revolution; me
| Historical Society, and the two represen-
! tative educational organizations the
State Teachers Association and the PUB
lie School Officers Association, at once
took the matter in hand. Each Of these
examinations passed resolutions or en-
dorsement, and appointed committees 70
petition the Legislature; various locdi
| ganiza tons co-operated with the move
mont; among them, the several coniede,
rate camps. ana the County teachers
associations. one O. the nrst DIS IN, insi -
ducel into the Legislature was Din 10
| create the Chair Of American History.
| The Joint Committee of Education OF the
| Legislature made an able report, stIopS-
ly urging the establishments Oh me cIialI,
and closing with the following recon-
That an additional appropriation Of
5000 per annum be appropriated 10
The Peabody Normal College, which shall
be used as follows: 5000 for the general
expenses of the college. and 5000 tor the
| support of the Chair of American HIS
tory. to be applied TO the salary OF the oe-
| or original investigation, the accumuia-
ton and care of historical material, the
purchase OF manuscripts ana DOOR; saIu
chair to be devoted to the history or the
United States and OF the American Con-
tinent. and TO give especial Afternoon 10
the history " Tennessee" l.,
Accordance with this recommendation, ana
the chair was established at the Peabody
Normal College, which Is the literary de-
partment of the University OF NashVllle.
The first Chair of American History. in
any Southern State was thus established
i'm the first cha stered Institution OF learn
ing west OF the Al eghany moan'a,eSas-; o.
This chair was organized June, 1870, 10
be devoted 10 the following obJects;
az The instruction OF students In tne
history Of Tennessee IN the history ' OF