The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
How to Study History.

During the past week Hon. Kemp p.
Battle. of the University, delivered an
address before several of the clubs In
Raleigh that delighted all who heard il.
At our request, DR.. Battle has furnished
the following gist of his talk that will be
read with interest by all:
TO the Editor: The lecture was totally
extempore and informal and / ransack
my memory for the substance OF part OF
my talk, at your request. ur..
! started by saying that in my opinion
the most interesting way of studying his
tory is TO regard every past fact as a
problem to be solved, a riddle TO be ex-
planned. We should endeavor TO look
through the eyes OF the people OF that
day and study their conduct in4 the
light of what was going on in. the old
country as well as the new. I then pro-
ceeded to give examples.
| /. The "Culpepper Rebellion" as it was
called. Chalmers, a strong Tory. has
blackened his name, and Hawks followed
Chalmers bIindly. The truth is that Cul-'
pepper never acted as Governor. he was
/ collector of duties. The navigation laws
OF England bore hard OH our people. the
General Assembly refused to obey them
and Culpepper obyed tho Assembly. The
| drunken Miller, without authority. as
! suIned 10 act as Governor and to oppose
the Assembly, and was imprisoned. Gull
pepper was not accused Of embe2zling
funds, but Of treason, and was acquitted
because there was no government 10 rebel
! against.
North Carolinians have been charged
] with having been a turbulent people.
| II we investigate the circumstances we
Will lind that her people were justified in
their action. They ought to havo re-
! sisted.
| 2. Examine how our State was Sc tiled
The charge that 1t was by people fleeing
from crime and by the rifrar os other
lands is totally untrue.
| Investigate and we find that the settlers
were as good as any in Amortization
England direct, and through Virginia and
South Carolina. from Switzerland the
Palatinate, Moravia, the Highlands 81 |
/ Lowlands of Scotland, North ireland and
other places
| .. The settlements were at first made
/ at the mouth of rivers and gradually
+ 1ourneyel up the valleys. After some
years the inhabitants of Pennsylgania
and Virginia, unable to cross the noun
taIns for fear of the French and Indians.
sought the cheap lands of our State.
rake for example the Neuse river valley.
| Counties are created for the inhabitants
| and naturally we find one at an early
period in the country around the mouth of
the Neuse. But why was it called Cra-
ven? Because he was a Lord Proprietor:
| that is one of the owners OF Carolina
| why was he proprietor? Why did
charles II reward him so literally? Study
| ms history. The aunt of Charles, the
beautiful Elizabeth, married the eleetor
| OF the Palatinate. The Professionals of
| bohemia did not wish that the Roman
Catnollc Emperor of Austria should rule
| over them. They elected Elizabeth's
husband, Frederick, King of Bohemia
Inc emperor was too strong for him He
| 1857 Doth Bohemia and the Palatinate
| Many Engiishmen fought for him and his
| queen. Among them was William, Lord
/ craven. SO well did Elizabeth like him
] that. after her husbands death, she is
| thought 10 have married him And, as
| he always adhered to the Stuart cause.
Charles ii gave him high office aud one
eighth part OF the lands from the Virginia
line to the middle OF Florida, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. In fact, however.
Spain cut off part of the land at the south
and France that beyond the Mississippi
river.
/ Then the people travelled up the Neuse
river and in about forty years another
county was created. It's name is John.
ston, after Governor Gabriel Johnston.
who died In 1852. And then. after Tryon
came in, the settlers higher up the Neuse
needed another county aud Wake em-
! erged.
Wake vas the maiden name Of Tryon 5