The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26
COLD, HARD, BALD FACT.
THAT'S WHAT CANT sTERLIN0
PRICE rs AFTER.

n "ntHnnpatounto ana Trutbtul" History -
the Civil war for Southern schools Fore-
cast by n Committee OF TsXauh-ntts or
Col. }. D. simpson's BiOat viEoroua style.
DALLAS, Tex, Sept. 23.-one of tho leading
OK Confederate camps in the South is Camp
Sterling Price of Dallas. At its regular week
ly meeting on Sept. 20 the Camp received a 70
port from n special committee recently APP
pointed to look into the Southern school his
tory subject. Col. James Il. Simpson, Dr.
s. II. Stout, and Judge A. T. Watts were the
committee, and their report, written In Col.
Simpsons most vigorous style, was submitted.
1t follows:
ITO our Comrades of the United Confederate
Veterans throughout Texas:
at is apparent to Camp Sterling Price OF
Dallas that If the sell. of the living, the
honored memory of tho dead, and the truths
of history are TO be vindicatcd and maintained.
tho histories taught in our public schools
should fairly and dispassionately speak tho
truth. 1t has been well said that history. %
now written, II accepted in future years, VIII
consign tho South to infamy. If we were In
fact and in truth traitors; II we provoked and
attempted dishonorGblc, bloody, and law
lcss rebellion, our acts would be fatal to honor,
and our memories a shame and reproach to our
children. A distinguished writer as we'll
said that one OF the most singular nlustrae
lions was presented OF the power OF literature to
conceal and pcrvert the truth, TO modify and
falsify history, TO transfer odiuIn from the
fact that the reproach OF the disunion, has been
slipped from the shoulders Of the North to those
sis that notification and rebellion as terms Of
r%eproach, should attach to the South while
These he eG terms. sltboo .pfh she openly and success.
fully nullifed tho Constitution, and the flag q
E FasalMI Law, SS" ansted the sv. E1 ss : her sG anpi,sIs. and
THAT the North necessarily, fingrnnuy ana
defantly advocated and Threatened secession,
ton OF the Constitution, which was declared, to
be a covenant with death and r. league With ,iIth
sustained IAN and foSiered largely By the North.
ant az th ef{ south. l. T %n c shs b%piraSlsdi'fS i ct o shs fi fsot.
That the Puritans OF New England bought and
chandise was bought and sold. and her church
dcacons and elders. when slavcrs, loaded with
were in the habit on The next subDGlh to give
ruling pToyiaencc Ind been pleased 70 bring tS
heAthen. to enjoy the blessings Of q gospel dis
pcnsation, are also historical facts.
of Iithd d NJ? from M the " 'FodSerai SonTSctsin
frank terms, OF the right OF secession-thes
h IN tSe interest nSSs t% OF honoT. Of fc juice and No Of q truth truth.
Without recurring to the mass Of historic
ences would require Q volume and possibly
trespass upon your, patience, 1t vii suffice for
uS TO assert that tho power To w1thdraW rom
the Federal compact was never denied to the
States, nor tho power to prohibit 1t ever dele
fssion. to T i4G tG smons a osher ransc eg Sns G FisRss.
was reserved to the States. Before the danger
Sas and ., d g Pishas , aSStf thsD C zig Gonst,! By tao
no man ever dreamed OF SO offensive q solectsm
as that a sovereign State could rebel. The
rebel against itself. is a blatant absurdity.
~ q state had a right to tesede she had .
senals coded to the Federal Government for is
use during the existence of the compact; Il q
had the right to secede, it did not commit re-
oellion, and its sons and daughters were not
ITO attack a state for the exercise of that
right. to ridge its lands oyer with graveS, 70
conquered province taxes and burdens 60
nonstrops and exacting as TO cause the one
10 sink into utter insignifeance, and. anally.
with a bitterness as intense as the human
traitors and murier,rs, and insiduously Inn
menstTeSs pervsrsiSps Of truth. We here
solenlnly affirm should be no longer tolerated:
of the seventy years q It's esistenee, and 4 ga
never be forgotten-it mist not be forgotten
Slstd 1T i. M1i' %e s %RSe DER iF Il inso tie Rsss sse ?.
ing Of the North without a stain upon t tts
ton of the world. 1t is not just. 1t Is treason
20 ourselves, to our matchless Traditions, 70
our honor, that the last thirty years of national
life should riotously, boastfuuy, and maliciously
pervcrt, history, and attempt TO cast eternal
reproach upon the Southern people. To the
end that you may aid US in retstablishing the
truthfulness of history. and vindicatlng and
maintaining our honor, we most earnestly IN
vite your cooperation in placing before tho
coming generation. and especially IN the schools
Of our State, dispassionatc and truthful his
tory"
This report was unanimously adopted by tho
Camp and a resolution passed that printed
,onipS he sent IN all other camps in The state.
with the urgent request that they use their in
huence to have the State School Eoard adopt
a proper United States history TO be used in
the public schools o. Texas. .
This school history question bids fair to get
more attention throughout Texas in the imme-
date future than any other educational quesr
ton since the close OF the civil war.