The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16

The great and ever generous press Of
the South is with us. and it is our duty
to organize every community into an
active body to work aloog practical
lines to accomplish practical eods. The
decree Of the people has gone forth and
another year great changes will be on.
Vigilance enternal is the price of liber-
ty! To the young men mainly re-
mains the task They have millions Of
coope .ators, bat they must take the 10
itiative and lead.
Finally, let me call your a,tention to
this burniog fact: The Veterans, Sons
of Veterans, Daughters Of the Co..
federacy. the press and the people may
urge with feryor, emphasis and constant
endeavor every noble element of earn
est effort 10 attempting to keep before
the children the memory Of our heroes
and the history of our country, bat all
this will avail nothing if the cbildreo
are exposed to the poisonous vapors
aud aspy venom of school books sucb as
now exist in the schools Our genera
ton has been spared By our fathers aad
mothers telling us of truth Of our couu-
try, but they will all be gone before
many years. and legendary history is a
relic of barbarism. unworthy our day
aud generation and the memory of our
fathers
Ours is ..the sweetest story ever
told" The lips that taught us will
5000 be silent Many Of our teachers
have already passed to their reward.
Let us raise to their memory ao educa-
ton that will make this, our Southern
laod. worthy the suffering and sacrifices
Of our ancestors and elder brothers. and
let us do all in the fear of God and the
lovo OF our fellow man. Lat I'd build
people and country through our
school rooms of which all civilized pa-
SONS will be proud. Les rs see to it
that cur twenty-five millions of dollars
annually paid TO schools is not here
after made an eogiue of destruction. in-
stead of instruction. as our people ever
Intended
I. for one, will be content to know
that DO doubt has ever engaged my at
teotion as to the 6nal success of
uoited effort, aud through all time to
come my chief qualification will be that
it has been my hooot to address you to-
uight. here 10 the home CT the head
quarters of the United Sons of Co..
federate Veterans
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cbase's
address there we're a number of short
speeches endorsing the sentiment. The
following resolutions we're then adopt
ed:
Whereas, Camp Moul.rie has noted
with qualification that at last public
sentiment throughout the South is do
:a.ing the rejection from our schools Of
the unfair aud partisan text books too
generally in use. especially on histor.
ical and Kindred subiects, whereby the
miuds of the young are warped aud
truth aud justice are perverted ; and
v hereas, at the meeting of our
camp this evening has appeared Mir.
Chase. of Msssrs. b. F. johnson T.
Co. who has represented to Us that his
house proposes to publish and introduce
Southern text books written by South
ern ausbors, aud invites our considera-
tion Of bis publications; aud
Where's, it is one Of the main OBJ
iecss of THE organization to perpetuate
the sruth of history and to encourage
movements tending TO that end: There
fore De it
Resolved. That this camp extends to
each and every honest effort, by all SIM
cere persons to advance the good cause
of true history in Southern schools, it's
hearty sympasby and approval
Tbs meeting then adjoaroed