The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01

and Trinble s men were engaged IN tho
ofs ha IF ths an dSt aay Ss g. o1i s
losses the y rst two dSso o1s'iT IL the
two days BATTLES 3as were greater than az
j il our friends from North Carolina
would 1, adopt the Language q her gallant
alleady quoted. and say Of Gettys-
II was indeed. field Of honor. as
STATES Ms As 1 viz IL p6aa Norah 'hs s
esas sypss 3 T Sefs GssDss
Virginia would have Just cause Of com
have come from this committee On this
po.nt; But when her claim is set forth IN
the inv,dious {and. wo think. unjust
but our duty to appeal to the record and
to set Virginia right from that record,
apd this is all we have tried to do.
Tn Lhickarnauga i,.a.t,r.
Az to Ctickamauga: We have already
protracted this report. too far to warrant
w in investigating the ground OIL which
Virginia was at Chickamauga, too. along
With North Carolina. and represented W
much larger number OF troops. Wo
ID their duty on this aeld. as well ~
we claim for Virginia. and all that was
claimed claimed, for North Carolina. until very
Delated claim. that We have read the
full and detailed report OF this great
battle. written by tho commanding gen-
eral. a native Of North Carolina. and
meritoriols services rendered 6y the few
North Carolina regiments there.
AS to Appomattox: The writer had
been permanently disabled by wounds
not n speak pc. sonaily 81 What occurred
surroundings there-the. scattered condi-
ton Of the different commands, the DO.
TO that. everlt--we should think It dlitl-
Cult. IL not impossible, to decide, with
any degree OF certainty. what troops
were really entitled 70 the honor claimed
We. do know, however. that this honor
Is claimed BY troops from several of the
Southern States; and we have heard It
1ss M5 great a. ona ~ op
from Virginia. We cannot prolong this
report. to discuss the merits OF these SOW
eral claims dlscussioA which would.
tirely unsatisfactory.
Every Southern State. g
In the army OF Virginia near
~. every Southern State wassrepresented.
The Confederate seci etary of war said
OF that army in. his report OF November
| 3, 1854, that 1t was one IN which every
oon aas e. genefaship ZIP had s BEEN dis
| played" And this. again, we believe,
is .Ae worlds yerdlcls Is not this gioiy
enough to give US all q share? Let US
then not be ehvious and jealous Of each
other, where nil did their part SO we'll.
Virginia makes no z boast OF tho part
oorne by her In that tgrea tssn ",
history She only CLAIMS Set thy, she aa
has, therefore, no I. apologies to make.
eithor for, what she did. or may have
tailed to do. 1t is true. thgt sho was
abs to oopt
the right of isecession, or Of the Justice of
the Copfederate scause, hui. only because
of her devotion to tho union OF our fa-
o osns and HGa Z zhs aaS m fosnds
ton. But when she did cagt her lot with
her Southern sisters, she boro her part
with courage and devotion never sur
uncertain way. ms the address issued
and signed by every member Of the Con-
teuerafe Congress- In. February. 1864. not
written by Vilglhian, she is thus re-
TERED to; X.
No Sign of Repentance.
I'm Virginia. the model Of all that
Ing patriotism ln' although the tempest Of
desoiauon has swept over her fair do
main, no sign of repentance for her sep-
aratlonE from the North can be- found.
cestrnl relics dest. Dyed; her people inl-
pover.shed; her territory made the battles
ground for the rude shocks OF contend
ing hosts. and then divided with hires
| .lng pu.aaltes, mockinEiy claiming juris.
dlctlon and authority, the Old Dominion
still stands with proud crest and defiant
MEN. ready to trample beneath her heel
ns4 per and sig yrs end
the proudest motto that ever olazed on
a nation shield or warriors arms.
on such testimony as this, Virginia can
her Southern sisters in tho wealth OF
$40 " produced by the war. and this
| equality is al Hhe asks. or would hayo.
| She dsdains to pluck one laurel from d
sisters brow.
School Books.
We have but littlesto add since our last
| report about the books used In our schools,
far as we know. We have received from
the publishers the Amsrlean BHok Com n
H Ehs u Ths w saseh Is we wten:
in its statements. as far US we are capa-
Ct }adg NJ wen vory Eend a spehoS bs
fIss' book Nj is. therefore. written from :
southern point q tb yeT tb at WE nl1R
References to the late war Us strongly as
It can or should be. stated to our chill
.srho Southern people, maintained that
the Constitut- was simply a CONTACT Is,
a 1e ssdestasst States. 10. withont sayi. 8
whether they we're right or Wrong, In 80
maintaining. Again ut SECTION al9. he
says says, "rhe South thought" 60. We III nk
We know what the opinions OF the author
are on these, important questions, a.d
tit of these opinions wherever. they are
based on such we'll asneItainud facts as
1 are here referred TO.
S.enpn tones to Literature.
! The volumes with this title have been
brought to our attention by Captain Car
ter r. Bishop. OF Petersburg, i member
Of the committcel and mt our request no
has prepared the following, 1t would seem,
: we'll merited criticism. which we .espect-
/ fully commend tn, the serious cons dera-
ton OF the Board OF Education OF the
Captain Bishops paper II as followsi !,