The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-25

-ur Irrcors being the representative Of the most
violent and hostile class. the South began to prepare
to separats herself from that Union which had ceased
tooo,s auy .ows.a ~. "s.ea !. 1870
1880. .nr wn,on hsa h.co,ns ne o.nrss.or in,,..d
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"Tbus IN. betsrossusous msss Of forsirn thoushs
ana fec,ips took possession OF the Northwest and
greatly increased the divergence Of feeling and inter
est between the two sections Of the republic
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OF Senator BurrzR Of South Carolina. then absent from
the senats. representative DRooks Of South Carolina
undertook 70 chastise sunSxR. which he did With .
small gutta.percha csns. breaking 10 over suxrxn's
head. IL was . most unfortunate ana.r. and stimu-
lated evil passions ever
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bsd been openly and boastinsiy violated By the North
srn States. and they felt Il their rishs ana duty 70
withdraw from the union.'
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"The original preference Of the North for . strong
central Government was increased. ~ I have before
80 co.. .,,..smsn,. 80, s..,. ia. .nd vhich
.,o,,.d IN IN. n.,,ons, ooysr.n.nt "A be,ug pa,,ly
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.I,,.,.x ,u. Nh. no,,,,o,.r. rrov,hs,r, ,sousb. I,
~. $500. 40 -. =, .,...,.,s.s 1900 I,
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-AaAN 81 go ekA ~leH o. IN 0Anek -hNHA
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,,or 80 n,o.n.r,,x :.
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"a general spirit Of Intolerance toward svsrythfng
not In their favor characterized shs party In power ~
1T was bitter tfor the Northsrnsrsl 10 confess that
the Southern leaders wsrs better osnsrsis and tn:
S S.s,s ssn,u,.c c' me-, , .o,a,o,, =. 20. ms .Sa so,,. ,s.s.
often defeated,
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Al the South the lkmsnoipssonl Proclamation
s.e !, : : az, y -" !, p" y, y, =
Union the Northern Administrs,ion hsd resolved TO
,rsmpio upon all law. to defy the Constitution, and
to work is viii by any ana every means nj It's com
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"Thsir tLnr's army in Pennsylvania mssnsnlmous
conduo. was In singular oonsra,, 70 inc behavior OF
ssr.r.,,y m.rssS h, h.r,srous ou,r.ss. mon N.
| innocent and defencsI.ss, and Ii. vsnton destruction
OF private property
.In taking ,e.r, Of you. nv young coun,rym.p
and countrywomen I must express the hope tina,
each one of you will realirs your responsibility to-
waia inc ~nole county. Ana espeo's.y 'nA' section
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"rhus ended tho long and srduou. struggle which
the South made for the rights which she had under
.ae oon..,u.on, n y ,n'' ,luss.o . we Moss
pixie, under IN. banner OF IN. southern ero.,
decked with Its stars have made their uniform a
symbol OF the snblime.s courage OF the soldier and
'n' wv o' u WIN
We have given enough OF these quotations
to show the purpose OF these so-called Amer
lean histories. 1t Ii to justify the lost
cause y and to that end indisputable facts
and records are perverted and falsifed.
This partisan bias is made manifest from
the very beginning, and 1t continues
throughout. Instead Of being simple narra-
tives OF facts. as such text books should be,
they are partisan pleas In defence Of the Sc
cession movement, whose animus Is be-
trayed IN the frequent expression Of mere
opinions and prejudices. They are written
to make out a case, not to instruct Ameri-
can children in the actual history Of their
country. Thus they are wholly unlike the
text books of American history in general
use in our schools, from which all mere par
tisanship, unless It DO purely American, is
carefully excluded. The offences against
historical truth and the historical spirit arc
30 constant and so fragrant that 1t would DO
a waste Of words to point them out particu.
larly, and correct the obvious rnisstatements.
OF course, the description OF tho North
erners" as a wholly distinct people naturally
hostile to the Southerners" and Jealous
Of their superior prosperity and civilization,
Is SO far away from the facts as to be ludi-
crous. 1t is amusing, too, that the Puritans
OF New England should DO held responsible
for the Northern aggressions" upon the
South because OF their hatred OF the Cava-
Tiers, by whom these histories make the
South to have been peopled In large part.
The episode of the Salem witches receives
much attention as an indication OF the spir-
it Of persecution inherited by the t. North
e%rners." At the South, rs Mrs. SNYDER
puts 1t. there was a "comminsling Of royal
blood" As a contrast to the Puritan witch
burning, Mrs. PENDLEToN LEE ~rejoices that
Virginia never was stained with the blood
Of any Christian for dissenting from her pc
culiar faith" Tho V~irginians' belief In
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