The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-11


publican government which we enjoy
The South Has Made History And
VIII Have II Justly Written.
The people of the South have made
history which teaches moral and civic
virtues by example, and they are
greatly concerned in the true nara
ton OF their deeds and the fair state
ments oi their motives, In beginning |
10 discharge this duty as TO their own
recent history, the Southern people |
were startled BY the discovery that
the youth OF the country were threat.
ened with perpetuation Of sectional
strife through the evil influences OF
sectional literature, History books
were eomplacently presented for
adoption by school boards, although
infested with sectional unfairness.
Statements were pointed in such
books which were but half truths,
while truths were so adulterated with
errors az to be no longer true and
pure, while paragraph were adroitly
constructed so as to carry concealed
the deadly dagger Of misrepresenta-
tion. 1t was evident that duty deman-
ded resistance to this corruption OF
a literature pretending to be historical
truth, and il is gratifying to know
that the efforts to strike down the
pernicious evil has been rewarded by
considerable success, but the strict
exclusion OF al unfair publications
must be vigorously enforced, and the
books themselves must be consigned
TO the flames Of patriotic indignation.
The South Has Achieved Prosperity
And VIII Preserve it.
The Southern people OF 1861 did
not linger long at the tomb OF the
! Confederaey Their brave soldiers
garlanded the ideal sepulchre with
( their own chivalric glory and com
mitted the Confederate movement to
the memory OF what il was, and what
1 its defenders did to sustain II The
South would not live in the past
alone. Its people gazed awhile sadly
on the rich and radiant glow OF the
setting sun, but they firmly faced
the duties Of the coming days. The
severity of the new conditions were
appalling, but in battling bravely with
their obstacles this heavily burdened
gallant people are achieving well
deserved success, Out Of extreme
desolations the hopeful southland
citizenry has risen majestically by
their owr splendid achievements with
out capital except credit good as
gold and a land that responded to the
enterprise Of its owners They had 4
genius for honesty in business and
fidelity to the laws of true trade
which so directed their financing that
they have never in all history pro-
duced financial panic Their energy
is clasping with its glad hand the
present opportunities, and with hon
orable thrifts they will preserve their
prosperity
The Southern states have their own
problems which they desire TO solve
for the common good II is true also
that there are other questions not ex-
clusively Southern in which the peo.
pie of the South are concerned equ,
ally with all citizens; such, Tor in
stance, as the general questions oi
the Just relations between the states
and between any state and the Gen
eral Government But even this prob
lem was male local as to the south
ern states and became acutely see
tional in the years between 1850 ant
1861 when the circumstances thai
African slavery had become an in
stitution was used to create danger
Gus Southern problem After many
unsuccessful expedients, the states II
the South fled for refuge to Secession
and that being denied they were fore
ed to tight; and having failed in that
they surrendered without and settle
ment by negotiations or war. Hence
the old disturbing presence IN oul
country OF people OF African de
scent became more serious than eyel
because the problem was loaded iron
1865 with new and insupportable con
ditions, These negroes in the south
ern states were merely turned loose
with nothing but the power to vot'
and hold office without qualifications
They were not offered homes any
where except in the South, and the,
fell as load on the Southern people
But the South assumed the burden
and the assertion Is here made tina
, no body OF people in any age Of tn
world has treated this negro rae
with real kindness except the peopl
of the Southern states All nation
have enslaved them, and not one ha
: trained them into that physical, in
, telligent, moral manhood which
the indisputable qualification Of
valuable population, For exampl
consider the negroes in Africa unde
European race. The Southern state
G h,,,a o1,ar e;v millions of this race 1