Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-15

towm VI ~ which the neghboring WHITES
| shortly dlspossessed them .,,ad the
| MANY. many such cases MAJ nj men
| time to 1.-The COS, wnen, 10, in Vir-
| @,nia came about through the pVsIorist
| terference OF the northern "pyirsinian'
| In consequence OF which a., gaye The
manumitting his slaves, ~ ~ the the sentiment
renresented by the destroyeIs y, Loot
ncace and so felt that he mus a. he
susnend his purpose lest ne sn NOV State
| come an ally Of the enemies 81 attuation
| mis- is the exact truth or the s'1 tuai-a,s
With respect TO that matter; MT; ris nhii.
u,r,tinoe teach US the opposite. Cui 49,,
dren. Taught by him. would neitn aSs,,,,ntion
It nor readily believe X io,, 0Sf taken AIKEN from
rs 'nat ,n IS,rnIn,a 10 say nothing OK ms
| xn3 more objectionable "Critical fedt,onia
| e enoueh 10 Danish from southern sc"o Else
Mr.. Fiske's history ana e'ei'
that he asMfTT eT wfESTs PROPOSED. ,,o,,s
w. a,,"te indifferently from other noonS
| than the history, as We are Issse's un-
gagged in proving MI ,o r''" Southern
fitness atoSsys e ss il the North is content to
| foiIovr him we. therefore. turn agaln 70
! he Critical Period Of American hi satis
| He is speaking Of the suecess,,ssee- Do
nations Of the Constitution OF liS'. fhsss
Ssn s1eokIng OF amendments onerea
b,y fassacl,isetts. he says: 1T was hot
,n,ended that the ratification shoulu ue
Conditional" Pages 396-7-S he IS teiliIS IN
| of the triumph of Madison anu nn"i ~,
IN securing Virginia's ratification ny a
| na-rou, majority of SO against a. He
| zoos on TO use these words, Anehu
nsnents were offered after the example on
| Massachusetts," We appear, I,oii n.'
| statement. to have acteu altei '"''
ample. A.. ho,b States
oftor ratifying the Constitution, did re-
| commend certain notable amehunie,' -.
| Not one word is there to indicate any an,
different action at all. we nece 20, IN
| suppose that here, too, ~ was no IL
| tended that the ratification should ts
| conditional" Would any uninIorineuh az a
| unsuspicious reader imagine tnat &c
the Msssac husetts act %d is e The '~ body of
| me virginia act of ratification the lol LOW
| inc emphatic declaration we, lhe ueis,
! ,ms of the people Of Virginia, 90, IN
| The name and behalf OF the peopie
Virginia, declare ana n1ane ,h nc Constitu-
| tion being derived from the peop.e oL
| The United States. may be resuiheu Wy
| them whatsoever the same shall De per-
verted TO their injury or oppression, an re-
| that every power not granted therSpy
mains with them, and at their WILL &C.
Mr. Fiske evidently did not think TINS
worth mentioning. The effect OF the polnit
| of view upon the historic perception ID
| simply wonderful ~. 1,or,, ratifca-
ton. page 3A, he says that HamlitSo.n on,
| fighting over the question Wnelner Nc"
| York could ratify the CONSTITUTION coiiui
| tionally- himself Win tm al al,
| vice of Madison. The question was, Coul9
n state once adopt the Constitution ana
| then withdraw from the Union II not
satshed? "MadisOn,,s, reply .H ne s such
was asp pron nal,ld a'i never be done There
! co,1ld he no such thing as
sion" How much of this he intendis
to give as direct quotation IRON IL, nIsu g.
! sons lips does not appear. lie leaves II II
! to be inferred that Mr.; MADISON maze al
| these statements, and that New YORK
| attached no form OF condition. NJ
| The reader must determine Wnetner MI
Fiske's Interpretation of Madison,s let
| ter Hamiiton's Works, Vol. ID IS talI or
| correct. If we interpret him in the llshl
| ~ the fact that with Marshall ana MICH
| olas he had procured the passage OF tne
Virginia resolution we have quoted, ana
| the additional fact that he is the reputed
| author of the RESOLUTIONS OF S, we
| will find how singularly at variance II all
| is with Mr.. Fskes estimation or Madl-
| II is enough to say, further, that Mr.
| Fiske writing Virginia history. makes
| no allusion to the Virginia resolution.
| Joining the Union. in language which the
concurrent debate elliott. Vol. Ill, PIP.
| S25 69s) proves to have been understood
| as condition Of right 10 withdraw. MT.
| Nicholas used the words, the condition
| is part of the compact" Yet this resolu-
tion passed and was law untli 1879; 80,
With respect to New York, the UNI
trained reader would necessarily infer
| that the failure Of the condition IN mat
state was complete, while from tne sdIHe
Eliott's Debates, Nol. L., PIP. ZI-5zsl, We
than that Of the Virginia resolution; TO
some minds even more emphatic.
DID WE FIGHT FOR SLAVERY
We return to the most offensive
doctrine of the books that we con-
denim. the charge that the southern sol
der fought for slave properly. III tnlS
charge be Just, let the truth be taught.
III is false Tho answer TO IL is on every
page OF our history. and the books that
make II should not be used in our schools.
We all remember how many Nirginians
of 1851 knowing that the bloodthlTst OF
Naseby and Marston Moor was unsiakeu !;
VET weary of the blOOd-feud that had
antedated the Revolutions; tired of sec
tional strife recurring with every ques-
ton of general interest; simply weary OF
quarreling; convinced by the election OF
lincoln that the quarrel never would
end-went into the war in hope or con-
duering peace and before going gave their
negroes leave to be free If they chose. The
attitude Of one or two prominent hgnttf
with respect TO slave property VIII De
sufficient for our purpose.
The campaigns of Stonewall Jackson, by
Colonel G. +. II. Henderson, OF the Brl-
| fish Staff College. Cambcrley, England,
| should be read by every man, woman,
and child in the South. IT would help
| the northern people to a knowledge OF
| the truth.
LEE AND JACKSON.
! On page 1OS, Volume l., of that great
book we find the following extract from
/ -
'In this enlightened age wrote the
| future General-in-Chief OF the Confede-
rate army, there are few, | believe, but
| will acknowledge that slavery as an In
| stitution is moral and political evil.
1t is useless to expstiate on its disad,
| vantages / think IL IS a greater evil
| to the white than to the colored race,
| and while my feelings are strongly In
terested in the latter my sympathles are
more deeply engaged for the former. The
! blacks are immeasurably better of here
! than in Africa-morally, socially, and
physically The painful discipline they
are undergoing is necessary for their in
! strlIction as a race, and, j nope, Will
prepare them for better things. How
| long their subsection may be necessary
| is known and ordered by merclful Provi-
| dence. Their emancipation will sooner re-
| suit from the mild and melting influence
| OF Christianity than from the storms and
| contests OF fiery controversy This infiu-
ence, though slow. is sure. The doctrines
and miracles of our Saviour have required
| nearly two thousand years to convert
but small part OF the human race, and
even among Christian nations what gross
errors still exist While We see the
course OF the final abolition Of slavery
| is still onward. and we give II the aid oil
| our prayers and all justihable means In
our power, we must leave the progress
! as well as the result in His hands, who
sees the end and who chooses to work
by slow things, and with whom a tn lc,l