The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-25
A yindieatisn q the ss1th.

A vindicatisn q the South.
An unfair and offensive paragraph In
the article on American Literature. In
the ninth edition OF tho Encyclopedia
Britannica, drew from Mr.. Thaddeus 4.
Oglesby. q dozen years ago, an impassioned
vindication OF the South. Tho paragraph.
apparently. has disappeared from the en-
cyclopedia. perhaps on account OF Mr..
Oglebys's attack, and In its place We ind
phrases that can only hatter Southern
sensitivenees. His articles Mr.. OGlesby
now reprints. together With other pieces.
as Some Truths Of History: Vindi-
cation Of the South CHE Byrd Print
ing Company. Atlanta). Mr.. Ogiesby
might have taken q hint from Mr.. Web
ster. and held that the South needed
no encomium. In that case We should
have lost his vigorous and eloquent ex-
position Of the literary and other glories
Of the South and many facts which viii
be new and startling to Northerners.
Tho same vigorous, aggressive tone
charaotsrtses Mr.. Oglesby's other essays.
In tho Lees Of Virginia he defends that
family from the imputation that Il was
connected With Major-Gen. Charles Lee. .
hlunder that nobody nowadays. We should
imagine, could dream Of making. In
The Stacking Of Jefferson Davis he puts
the responsibility for the act on Gen. Nelson
A. Miles. In stephens vs.. Roosevelt
he takes up hotly ono Of the Presidents
careless, II picturesque, utteranoes. The
articles on the Spanish american War.
on Alexander H. Stephens and on Georgia
and the Constitution will excite the readers
admiration for the easy flow Of rhetoric.
and will probably meet with thorough
acquiescence Mr. Ogelsby's In an interest
ing manifestation Of Southern spirit and
eloquenoe.
Presideat Eiist "a Schools and Strikes.
President Eliot Of Harvard University
had occasion last fall TO address within
one week three separate conventions Of
New England schoolteachers. He seems
to have given each q portion Of single
address which now appears as More Money
for the Public Schools Doubleday, Page
Company. In speaking to the Connecticut
teachers he was In a pessimistic mood, and
pointed out the ways In which the public
schools had failed to do what was expected
of them. The next day he was in a more
cheerful mood. and he told the New Hamp-
shire teachers Of all the good the public
schools were doing. A few days later he
ventured to tell the Rhode Island teachers
what the public schools should do in the
near future.
The call for more money can hardly
be unexpected from the now venerable
head Of Harvard. He takes rather gloomy
view Of the nation; the Legislatures. and even
Congress. are now viewed with less respect
than when he was young: so are the courts
Of law. so is the Church. The only hope
left for the masses is in the public schools.
and for them all the money that can be
obtained Is needed. We wonder II the
public schools, or even the universities are
looked upon with as much respect now as
they were when President Eliot was young.
They are doubtless better in many ways.
but Is not the sentiment Of respect the
thing that has gomez
There were many other things besides
the schools that President Eliot talked
about to the teachers. and these are by no
means the least interesting in his book.
Connecticut regarding strikes: THAT Ia
Dor strikes should occur more and more
frequently and be more and more wide-
spread has been another serious disap-
pointment In regard to the outcome OF
pODukAI cduCottOu. nc Whoic ChSt<tu
half OF the United States has been forcibly
reminded this summer Of the stupidity.
wastefulness and inefectiveness Of strikes.
considered a. remedies for social or in
dustrial wrongs. 1t should be observed,
however, concerning this disappointment
that it results in large measure from q
difficulty which accounts for a good many
troubles In the United States. namely the
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large numbers Of foreigners. The man.
ayers. leaders and promoters Of strikes
arc frequently foreigners, or persons whose
parents came TO this country from Europe,
and large proportion Of the men who en-.
gage in them are Of foreign birth
The labor union Is itself q secret organ
ixation which avoids responsibility before
the law by refusing to be incorporated:
and, as we have all seen lately. the
strike Il often resorted TO for reasons not
made public, or at least not made public
till after the strike has taken place
'1o distrust publicity is to distrust the
intelligence and ethical sense of the people.
the only safe foundations for free instttu.
tons. 1t seems ss II democratic schools
ought to have brought forward in . hum
dred years generations OF workmen and
employers tnAt WOulu noiu uIInly IN AL
their Affairs to the fundamental moral ideas
on which the republic rests but this suo-
cess popular education has not achieved
verify. a. Franklin said Experience
keeps q dear school; but fools will learn
in no other. and scarce In that II Ii clear
that American common schools have not
succeeded In preventing that sort Of fool
from abounding.'
In spite Of . strain Of Nothingism
and q naturally exaggerated opinion Of
what schools can do. President Eliot has
never shown Q lack Of horse sense. He
writes and talks good Engliah. too, and
though his sonorous voice cannot b heard
in print, his talk on the public schools b
we'll worth reading.
EsaY IN Sang.
In People You Know Or. H. RusselD
Mr.. George AIDE provides US with . series
Of short essays written in what he Gala the
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