The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-14
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preceding century of our countrys his
tory"
The real Democrats should treasure
that, and use it effectively this Presiden-
tial year. The New York Evening Post,
severely Republican. calls it Deadly am
munitions present to the enemy. Let
it be used To show how far off from
real craftsmanship Roosevelt is, quote
from the Washington correspondent OF
the Boston Herald, not a Democrat. He
wrote of the President:
He does not possess the faintest con-
ception OF the great principles of civil
liberty which are at the basis of govern
ment here and in England, and which
have made the individual free citizen.
For example, he does not know what
due process of law means, and would
determine charges against a citizen after
the fashion of the Gar of Russia. He
does not know what free speech signi-
fies, and holds that those who oppose
any of the jingo policies with which he
is enamored are traitors, and he believes
that they ought to be suppressed"
l thank the correspondent for that de-
liverance, and it is true and wholesome
OF all the Presidents, Teddy has proba-
bly, the least wisdom and judgment, and
yet he has written many books.
l read with interest a correction of an
error made by the brilliant Virginian,
John S. Wise. In an article in the New
York Review of Reviews he undertook
to show how very greatly General James
Lcngstreet was Indebted TO the Virgin
ians for his fame and success. That inn
pulsive and erratc politician wrote:
The brigade the division, the corps,
which bought his fame with their blood
were in great part Virginians, and the
roster of his dead soldiers is like a roll
call OF those Virginia aristocrats, whose
dominancy he deprecated in after years,
apparently forgetful of what he owed to
them
Like all other Virginia writer's upon
the events Of the war when Boosting 81
the proves and deeds of their own
troops, he undertakes the actual per-
formances of the gallant soldiers from
other States. Capt. w. r. Bond, of
Scotland Neck, Halifax county, North
Carolina, who is exceedingly we'll versed
in the history OF the war and the great
part played by the splendid Army of
Northern Virginia. in a short article in
the Charlotte Observer, puts a fly i'll
Wise's dumping that may cause him to
wish he had written otherwise. Capt
Bond gives very conclusive figures. He
examines the official losses in several
heavy battles, and I copy what he gives
as the result:
Il have just made what I think q care
full search of those referring to second
Manassas, the Maryland campaign,
Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, and find
that the loss in killed and wounded of
General Longstreet's infantry regiments
at second Manassas was 4,641, at Sharps-
burg G,196; Fredericksburg, 1,787; Get
tysburg, AIS; total, 1889. The loss in
his Virginia regiments for the first
named was 1856; second, $50; third, SO;
fourth, 1864; total, soil Three dead
VMginians may have weighed more than
IA Confederates from other States. but
then come to think of it, outside of his
tory and magazine articles, gas is not
supposed to have much weight
Crime in North Carolina and in the
United States steadily increases. 1t is
far more aggravated than in Great Brit
tain. The amount of lawlessness, bru-
tality, roguery and crime generally In
this country is staggering to philanthro-
pists and puts to shame the braggarts
who blow over improved conditions,
great prosperity and ameliorated condi
tons. 1t is a fact that in no county. or
town or city is human life safe and the
homes secure against marauders, thieves
and murderers. Take Chicago, about the