The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05
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sTHE souTHERNERs. BY Cyrus Town
a send Brady. Charles Scribner's Sons,
publishers. New York. $780, 5Si
.,.'The 6outherners'' can hardly hope for for
5. ,no ore than perfunctory hearing at the
I he misses it by that inch which is MS.
38 GOOD a. q mile. The Yankee is, not born.
II Il would seem. who can write ncceptably
AZ 81 the South for Southern readers. Mr..
+, Brady, the son Of q Union soldier, mar
/. ried q Carolinian. and he fancies th INA
\ this book, like his children. must be "ty-
Il pioal 81 On United People" He asks, IN
u his preface, can he talk to his children.
& about the war without being false TO
{ the principles for which my father fought.
which are my own; and, on the other
B hand, without giving offence or bitter q !
other side? Can T be entirely fair? Can
" /. can anyone, to-day write OF the Blue
and the Gray so that they shall both APP
Il prove ~ 39 And, after q careful reading
n Of the book the answer Is no TO both
~ the questions. 8f, II & i,5Itt Az s5 IA. &
N lT.t
n and his premises are typical OF the at
a@ titude OF the new North Ho does not
j8 want to give offence or bitterness to the
u South, but he viii not admit that the
principles for which his father fought,
which are his own. can 20 :,
" Does Mr. Brady expect us. the children
5$ OF Confederate fathers, and Of Con fed
s33 crate mothers, to compromise the prin-s
81 ciples ofi our parents which are our aprln-s
ciples, too? The irritant which brought
on the rupture between the North and
4 South, slavery, was swept away by the
a war, d but the eternal principle OF self
government, which was the inspiration Of
~ our Con Tolerate fathers, and which they
IS fought so desperately to maintain, Is ono
& that no war can crush out Of our tena-
5gcious Saxon hearts. 1t was beaten down
Il and overridden by sincere but misguided
NJ N orthern men, but their children will be
81 rallying yet to restore 1t, led by the same
IN conservative democracy of the South
which held forfit in the sixties. The dis
~ regard and violation which the infatuated
4 leaders ot the North showed for the Con-
Va stitution,S and for the rights Of the States
IA ana the right OF the people, under that
Z great compact, both before, during and
81 tsYter the war, has bred the END OF cor
n Eruption" that LINCOLN foresaW, ana the
B prevalent Indifference or contempt Tor
X personal Integrity, civil government, and,
g In fact religion itself. In view Of these
and their accompanying profound con-
sf(yictlons held by tho former citizens OF
q the Confederate States, and by their
american sons can Mr.l Brady, or any
Sody else, sit back in the complacencya OF
victory and the easy affluence of the sue
ST. cessful side, and ask us, MS we struggle
with our domestic and political difficult
siS ties, to cast aside the very faith that has
4 kustained our people through all the hor-
Isl rors Of the war, the desperation Of the
unspeakable Reconstruction" and the
pinching deprivation Of this very day; 70
receive with approval a story Of the war
a in which, while tho author has Written
N kindly and with much praise of South
a drn valor, he everywhere dlscredits the
cause for which the Southerners, fought:
III. 33....Tho southerners" Is an initiating book
q afrront. THE fsoutherners are-wlom
All Southern men serving In the army
W ana navy Of the enemy! The hero. Boyt
sss Peyton, eldest son of a Mobile family O.
virginia origin, Is at home on leave from
the United States Navy, when the wa
s f1an's picture Of "hot Southern blood
ana masculine and feminine heroics AM
GA-hysit cries. The!ailero dramatically obey
orders recalling him to Washington. Colo
,8 fpel Peyton according to rule) disowns NJ
son. His family turn from him. hi
"A sweetheart scorns him, &C., sc. Boy
81 Peyton forthwith becomes a stern office
and a man OF Iron virtues in the navy Q
1.-THE United States The war goes on. !
s35 ,we are to believe the novelists, every o.
ficer In the Confederacy kept up an nc
tive correspondence with some passionat
II Girl at home who finally breaks his hear
5 with a message that she loves tho othe
F fellow, and he thereupon leads q gloriou
US and unsuccessful charge and bathes III
colors In his dying blood, while Mary
letter Is clutched tightly In his conyulsiV
SIS hand, That is what happens TO Bob Dnl
hriro ior.n CyhiNlkamallIa
#iThere Is something almost amusing J
III the way tho Northern authors case Of
8 tho reYerses that came to their arm:
Everybody on both sides was q hero q
as CHI ckamauga, according TO Mr.. Brady
but no has to juggle good many adjet
live and work oyer q good many scr
fences In order TO put q rosa-tnt upo
4 the defeat of Rosecrnnz, who rode off IL
A field, haIf-led, stunned with defeat. h
head hanging, his mon IN utter demoral
81 cation save for the gallant teilGWs NV
were held in hand by General Thoma
q Hthe Rock OF Chckamauga." who hel
Ss back Bragg's advance and saved T.
Union army from annihilation, His thrill
Il Ing description OF Earrnguts naval "
TX tory at Mobile Bay Is the second OF u
IS authors two battle pletu !r o lhe "a "a
# great Yirglnjap," he calls btm) was
f Southerner, and that Farragut. the hel
OF the naval battle. WIS q Southern
,G (born In Tenessee) and that nearly eve
~ Union officer mentioned in the book WI
AZ Southern man fighting against his pc
A pie; and that the hero. BOYD Peyton.
spariicular carried off all the prlzes,, !
#gl Guiding Mary. Mr.. Brady determined
$sf cali bis novel "The SoQthcrners. ~
differences between these and the re
b 6outberners Is the difference belWeen &c
saEferal Thomas, the soldier OF FORUM
Whose unsuccessful application for q III
t}s.commIssjop In the Confederate army is
y matter nj record, and the great COME
crates who fought him. taking despera
q odds, disadyaptagepus equipment, pro
& lematical succesH. defeat. poverty wrec
ed careers and desolate homes rather tn
WI sacrifice tho fruits Of their fathers stru
giles at Hunpymede and IN the Reyolptil
by thai far will Mr.. Bradys book mi
A pleasing the Southern people,
4S. aThe S0utherners," otherwise, Is In n
I3radys usual simple and manly style
writing. and rapkE We'll, SO far as lite
@ ary quality s concerned With .'rbe CT
w 81 Honor anTils tapiberon Touch" II
VS. Lenzollerp,,' Woven With the SHIP" a
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