The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-05-08
BILL ARP REVIEWS A BOOK
y A Glance at Current History ,"
He Reads it to His Family.

A Glance at Current History -
He Reads it to His Family.
1t is only little book-a very little
book--that the author has sent to me
but pcrusal of it's RACES has i'm.
pressed me profoundly and has prove,
real comfort in my old age. have
read most of it aloIl to my wife and
daughters and it has comfortcd them
and established them more iilmlv in
the faith, if that were possible. This
book is only GXS and contains 100
pages III large rrint--very large so
'nat the veterans might read it without
glasses or strain Of the optic nerve.
us modest title is " A Glance at Cur
rent History" by Colonel John Cus-
sons, OF Glen Allen, Va. 1t is the
work OF retired Confederate veteran.
who Is known and loved by all Virgin.
lans and who was grand commander of
the grand camp of Virginia Confcd
crate veterans and the i.tlma,e friend
OF General Maury, DR.. Hunter Mcguire.
Illzhugh Lee and Joseph T.. Johnston,
ms book was written with no selfish
motive, neither for profit or fame. nor
with any desire of elimination, but
rather to heal the breach and at the
same time preserve the truth of history
and hand 1t down to our children
lhere Is not a line of malice or revcnrc
Wilhln It's pages, but high-toned, dig
mined, conservative appeal to his com
rades to uphold the government that
Is now nation and at the same time
defend the South from any taint upon
her honor. 1t is beautifully written in
thoughts that breathe and words that
burn and no man, North or South. can
question statement contained within
IT. l wish thatI was millionaire.
would place copy of tins book in the
home OF every family in the South and
IN the hands of every young man, and
1 would make il little Textbook of
history in every public school. There
are only six chapters, each not more
than ten minutes long, but there is not
wasted sentence nor paragraph too
much.
Inc last chapter Is defense of the
American Indian, for the author was
long frontlersman and lived among
them and mingled with them for mapy
years, and as General Maury said of
him, He has more thoroughly studied
the Indian character than any man
now living" The first chapter is dc.
voted TO review of United States
history recently written and published
by Professor Goodwin Smith, an Eng
llshman, who was for yeals professor
OF history in Cornell university and is
now doctor of canon law in Toronto.
Canada. This history is published
both in London and New York, and is
amazingly popular both in England
and the North. 1t IS intensely yeno-
nous against the South, and especially
against Virginia. Now listen for a
lew moments at some Of his historical
utterances taken verbatim from his
Dook. Listen and wonder that such q
book could find patrons anywhere:
South Carolina got her start by com
b'nlng buccaneering with slave owning
ana making her ports a shelter for
pirates and corsairs such as CAPTAIN
Kidd and Blackboard.
" Georgia was the refuge of the
pauper and bankrupt. Her first settlers
were good for nothings who had failed
in tradc-a shftlcss and lazy set--bu,
later on some better elements came in
--Highlanders, Moravians and pei.
secuted Protestants of Sazburg.
The first settlers of Virginia were
an unpromising lot-lackeys, beggars
broken down gentlemen and tapster.
out of job. TO this crew of vaga
bonds were afterwards added iailbirds
English convicts were offered thci
choice between the gallows and Vir
ginia, and some were wise enough 1.
choose the gallows. Even their plac
of settlement--Jamestown-has lon
been desolatlon. They were nc
such colOnists as the Puritans. The
made the Indians work for them, whit
| the Puritalis worked for themsclvc.
: Many of them were kidnapped from th
streets of London and all we're of d,
PRAYED character. Afterwards cam
African slavery, the bane of Viroini
and her ultimate rum. AS were I'll
people 80 we're their leaders. A chi,
fomentor of the quarrel with Englar
/, was Patrick Henry, a man who hf
| tried many ways of earning liyir
and had failed in all. A BANKRUPT
twentythrse, he, lounyed in idleness [
ho found he could live by his tongu
iJames Madison was well meant,