The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-05-15
Bill Arp on Rooseyelt'S Remarks
About Davis.
BILL SAYS THEY WERE WR0'G.
That Roosevelt Should Hasten to Take
Ample Amends For the Mistake He
Has Made.

know about what time President
Roosevelt is going to retract what he
: wrote about President Davis 1t has
now been proven by the official records
at Jackson, Miss, that Mr.. Davis neye:
was governor, nor was he ever mem
Der of the legislature of that State, ami
in a public address made after the act
of reputation, he declared he was op-
posed to it and the debt ought to be
paid, and this amateur historian de-
nounces him in his book as an arch
traitor and rcpudiator. Mr.. Davis
fought in Mexico for the honor OF the
flag: won the victory at Bue2a Vista;
was desperately wounded and fer five
years walked with crutches; married
General Taylor's daughter for his first
wife and didn't run away with her,
either; was secretary OF war under
Franklin Pierce, remoieled the curri-
culum at West Point and it stands as
he framed it: was member OF the
United States Senate when his tSat,
seeded and. like Genera, Lee. he went
with E;s people lie did not seek the
presidency CT the confedaracy and in
sisted that another be chosen. Now all
this has long since been estaoHshea
and Il Mr.. Roosevelt did not know Ii
he could have knoya it. lie certainly
knows It Low, and if he is a gentleman
he will retract it and apologize to MIS-
Davis and tne family and to the SAINT
cd shade of Miss Winnie and to the
necnle of the South. He called him an
arch traitor and arch repudiator anu
comnared him to Benedict Arnold anu
that slanderous libel is in print IN
hook Of so-called history and has pois-
oned the minds of all the FOOLS rama
tics and idiots who have read 1t. Whea
is he going to retract:
The international Cyclopedia, edit
ed by distinguished professors OF Co
lumbia university and Dartmouth COZ
lege. says of Mr.. DAVIS. "Ee was d
ripe scholar, vigorous writer, spieN-
did orator. a brave soldier, true gen
tleman a sturdy champion. proud
true patriot, a lover of liberty. Chris
tian bero-this is the Jefferson DAVIS
that history will cherish. Generai
Lee was his bosom friend and coah-
don't and vet this so-called historian
this rough rider and bear hunte:
praises Lee while he defames Ms
friend, a man infinitely his superior III
everay moral attitude and every noole
emotion. But maybe he Will retrac'
AMI apologize, though Tom MooE'
says:
"But faith, fanatic faith, once wedde'
fast
To some dear falsehocd hugs it to thu
last"
He had better rectract, for some OF OIL
old soldiers are very mad about IL
They are talking about suing him ioi
slander and gaTnisheeing the govern
ment for his salary. Killing bears !;
the wilderness won't save him no. VII
that little brush we had in Cuba. Tha
is perhaps the biggest little war vi
have ever had and every small po.it:
Office Jumps up and says We are al
brethren now. We fit and f3ut and bic;
together at San Jauan and Sa2tas
and then We crossed tEe wee C:can
whip out some niggers a1d We W.
soon all be on the pension roll. +.
old veteran said to mo. That liti
Spanish war reminde me of the fellow
who was drowned at Johnston. a.
when he knocked a. the gate st. Pee
didn't recognize him and refused to Il
him in. Why. my Gear Sir said he.
am one of the Johnstown sufferers.
was drowned in that flood So tn
coed saint reiented aid let him in. II
wandered aboIt heaven. boxing at tn
beautiful thin and ate" whii'
came across az old maa and said
.GoaG morning. Old gentleman; glad t
see YOU. Been here long time, rec
kon?' The old man said nothing. :
ar one Of the JohnSt0W1 sufferers.
was drowned in that great flood. II
old man did not reply, bIt turned as
walked slowly away. So the felloS
went to st. Peter and asked W. tAa
old man was. He would not speak Il
me-. said he, though told him | wa:
in tie great food at Johnston. Ana
ST. Peter replied, That old man. sir. i:
Noah and he had food of his oTi
to think about. "
And now we read that all the hor
rors of our civil war are being repeat
ed in the Philippines. In our war i
was the white yankees who made wa
hell for us, but now they are making
II hell for the negroes in the Philip
Pines. We were trying to smothe
what our people suffered, but the.