The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-28
Letters to the Editor.
Misnorner.


 Editor he Advertiser:
 A candidate for high office in Ala bamay gentleman who knows the welgna 4L 9hrc words s sp9bKs psbar eloi dsy saving:
 We should teach our children ana our children's children that the war between the States was not a war or for the rights guaranteed us under the constitution"
 The differentiation is perplexing. Civ Il War" that is not .'rebelllon, aens IS an an interchange of motives and ends in action. There are only two ciasslnca- tions of war, towit, the war or Iac- iished political community. and the war between recognized and eEfaDlisn- ed political communities that are in- dependent of each other In normal
 We give away our Southern argu- ment, when we reduce It to pnraseolo,, gy that applies only to monarehical Washington's civil war fixed glorious ly in the American system the CIVIC principle, that people may cnange The states that organized the Confed. eraey were not bound, as Moses and the Israelites were bound to show cause to Pharaoh We had the he, new w AmeriSan n,,e siaa and needed no more. Whether state secession was a valid right, was a sub ordinate question. we were o,0vVtVVV States and pnid the expense, from the beginning. We had young men. the best riders and shooters on earth, in ample supply to maintain our will. Our percapita wealth was twice or thrice the per capita wealth of the North. In fine. the Southern Confed- eracy was at once hxed n the tne Iront rank of nations, capable of self-main-
 Civil war" is a misnomer. in the case. If we .repudiate tho impsaeh- nent of rebellion" because Washing toms rebellion placed the American civic system upon plane that had no room for the phrase 1T. our situation in saddlfng upon our literature that un- worthy denomination Of our conduct, "civil war" Certainly there was not sciyl war where tneSrS was ng of onr o1 original organization as an American community. How can the careless phrase be made consistent with the conclusions of the above exhortatIon- our rights under the constitution7 As to fact, we were not fighting for any kind of rights under the constitu- security of the Constitution of the. Confederate States: We were conquer ed, though not subdued;
 self-respeet requires that that MT; n ,1.Snr H.en, of his name with Tom Smith. We ara not permitted by wise laws to pass under assumed individual names. 1eL us see to 1t that the renaissance of Confederate history, now so hopefully present, shall not be chilled by care fess denominations of pivotal original
 No "states' engaged in the war of iS6l-65. There were only two bellig- erents Each had a flag. each head, the two headquarters, there were none; There was a Northern Confederacy Of nullifying States and a Southern con federaS- of seeding States. These were the belligerents only; Some day our mental courage Gip rise to the Aursiiua
 twenty Unsanitary Nuisances. Editor The Advertisers:
 As do most of our citizens, l take an active interest in the growth of Mont romery. and in the 100,000-in- 1910 O movement. Let us pause, however. f2r A sober glance at one great nNenacc 10 the health and, therefore to the growth of the city I refer to the number or unsanitary open closets having no con nection with the eity's sewers: and [" a clause in the city charter which ex- presslv permits such menaces to health to exist. Tn one-half block just SIX squares from the center Of the city there are twenty 0f these unsanttary that at this season are busy transferr- ing the germs of infectious diseases to our homes. Let us get together ana have our city charter so amended that the continuance of these death deal ing nuisances will be rendered impos- sIble. or. as the alternative, let us proceed to enlarge our city of the dead for the accommodation of 100000 in 1910. Ctlzeh'
 June 27.