The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-23

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| v,ew. vet It Is national also. There Is
/ ~ nno ERRONEOUS statement In It; the
Illustrations are we'll executed and tho
stylc elegant, and no one can find any
fault with II from, q scholars point OF
i virginiars for It Is faithful to all Of
| ,haI CONFERENCE.-The traditions. II tells
! the old familiar story Of Captain john
| smith, md how, somewhere on the York
| River, This head was laid OH large
stone ard Indians clubs were about to
descend, when Pocahontas, the fnvorite
! daughter Of the King, sprang forth and
| Smith was In consequence sent away
safely to jamestown, and Pocahontas
| brought food for the colonists But he IS
careful ito tell his readers in a foot note
that some historians refuse to believe ms MI
incident, because Smith did not mention
| It. IN his first account of his adventures,
Those who have been thrown IN contac \.
with tho Indians who now I'VE IN OUT y
Rocky Mountain country can never asu,1l ),
even tf they arc virginans, feel sure OF
this singular story for no one could mag.
| Inc q sullnw who would be so generous. (,
Whether It would be proper N schoo!
| history to call attention to the lnisusS
OF the words Emperor ah t,, !. , n,,ss' !,
as applied to Powhatan, and princess,
! q used when one refers to Pocahontas,
is a question that should be passed upon
| h,.'n compet lent critic; but no one can oD
icct In this connection TO reading Wnat
iIhe lnte Edward Eggleston has said ABOUT
It: 5s6
an the wilderness Of America says
Mr. Eggleston, English speech was q
nIisfit; mn 1nt1lan chief, however sduald
and beggary was fortnWitn i. t W -,
into n King; the stark naked little So aw
child Pocanontas, turning herself mo
a wheel in imitation Of the boys win
whom che played at jamestown, bore IN
English the homogeneous title OF princess.
We hear OF an Indian king in New Jer-
sew who was hired to carry travellers
bagga &C., and after encountering many
In New England zone chief who was only
o. duke The early adoption into colonial
sreech OF the discriminating Indian Titles
s-perowance, sachem, sycamore ana COCK
erouse-and the application at last Of the
generic English word chief. helped 10
disspate a swarm Of erroneous notions
Micro specific terms were the result OF
RULER knowledge; the compound bark
house In which an emperor Ike Powrna-
tan dwelt as co-tenant With numerous
families Of his wifes totem, ceased to pc
( & palace and became n W1gwam. IL was
thus TINT English by degrees adjusted
itself to a new environment" Cihe
Transit of Civiliza ton page 99o
Whether Bruce's or Eggleston's YER
sion Is best with children, those VINO
know children can determine for them.
selves, but there can be no doubt that
among. adults no self-deception should %
racticed. J,jS ~
Referring to- the secession OF the Soutn,
Mr.. Bruce puts the question as follows,
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the Constitution was simply compact
or agreement between free. sovereign
and Independent States which could be
revoked by either side when circnm-
stances demanded and justified It. Such
circumstances appeared to the South TO
have arisen In the election Of Lincoln,
because tho main principle Of the Repub-
lean party was the exclusion Of slavery
I. ON the Territories. which virtually
meant tho exclusion of the Southern
ave-holders. This the Southern people
deeply resented-nrst, because they held
that the Territories were the property OF
/, all the States alike. and. therefore. OF the
Shareholder as we'll as Of the free solle e,
secondly. because the restriction OF the
| institution OF slavery to the Southern
| States signifed the permanent numerical
| superiority of the free States In Congress,
| a condition which the Southern people
| felt certain would lead In the end to the
extinction Of slavery In tho States where
| 1t still eXisted.'ItG fi45g
He has something to say OF the recent
growth OF the literary spirit In the South
(page 37s), but as pninstaking as he%.is
| he fails to note the name of William 2.
! Trent. now professor Of English lltera-
| ture in Columbia University, New York
| city, the greatest literary critic the South
has ever produced. Nevertheless, as a
! history within the limits, selected by Its
| author, Bruce'a School History Of the
United States is without a rival. And 6ir
| the language OF Lord Chesterfield,s Mr.
| Bruce deserves and Will receive from ]
virginans, at least. warm and youne
! thanks not old and cold thanks" for his
! work. S. s. 1. &.
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