The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-24
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day, Mr.. Tillman, of South Carolina,
made an observation which will give
grievous offence to New England,
and doubtless provoke crushing re-
ioinder from the Senators from that
section. Mr.. Tillman, according to
Washington dispatch, "spoke OF
the achievements of the South Caro-
lima troops IL the Revolutionary war,
and said that the battles fought IN
his State we're more important than
those fought in Massachusetts," "We
don't want Massachusetts to bag all
of the glory" he added, ''for as our
illustrious Rear Admiral Schley has
said of later triumph of our arms,
there is glory enough for all"
It is regretable that Mr.. Tillman
has been led into this indiscreet ut
terance. Upon the best Massachu-
setts authority it can be asserted
that the Revolutionary war was
waged solely and exclusively by the
descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers,
despite all >tatements to the contrary.
George Washington, the great SOL
dier of the Revolution, was not, as
some ill-informed persons assert, a
Virginian of the cavalier type, but q
pure bloodee son of "Praise-God-
Barebones" sire. Thomas Jefferson
was of undiluted Puritan ancestry,
and the Declaration of Independence
was rehash of the expressions OF
Boston ea-party patriots. Massa-
chusetts troops alone and unassisted
fought Burgoyne to standstill and
compelled him to surrender. The
capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown,
Va, was triumph of New England
valor and generalship, the French
allies of the Revolutionists being
merely spectators, who were permit
ted to be present to see how. Massa-
chusetts could humble "Perfdious
Albion"
The battles in the South were all
fought by New England warriors,
the natives coming upon the field
after the victories we're won to con-
gratulate the legions from Boston
upon their invincible courage. Some
historians who have not availed them
selves of the only reliable sources of
information have rashly asserted
that John Paul Jones, the dashing
sea- fighter, was born in Scotland.
Of course, this cannot be the fact.
Jones's ancestors came over on the
Mayfower, and the naval hero was
born under the shadow of the Sacred
Goldfish. In the second war with
ENGLAND Massachusetts maintained
her supremacy. That cultured Bos-
tonian, Andrew Jackson, was in COM
mand of the New England troops
which won the famous battle at New
| Orleans, while the glorious achieve
ments of our navy on the great lakes
and elsewhere must be fairly attribu-
ted to New England.
Mr.. Tillman's friends will be sur
prlsed to find that he is not conVers-
ant with history as it is written in
Boston. After the Senators from
that part of the country have fin
ished with him he will be wiser and
a sadder man. He will learn that
every great and good man who has
had a hand in the making of this Re-
public was New Englander: South
Carolinians, Virginians and Penn
sylvanians may have made feeble
efforts to be useful, but their labors
we're, of course, in vain. When Mr..
Hoar turns his batteries upon Mr..
Tillman the latter will discover just
how insignificant and trivial part
everybody except the Pilgrim Faith
ers played in the development of the
United States. 1t is impossible not
to feel sorry for the South Carolina
Senator, for his motives were good,
even if his discretion was below pal
and his knowledge of American his
tory sadly inadequate.
job Couldn't Have Stood 1t.
If he'd had itching piles. They