The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19

rns CONFEDERATE CAUSE AND
CONDUCT IN THE WAR BIZ
TWEEN TILT, STATES. i. n. Jen-
Rims, OF Richmond, publisher. s1b0.
This book contains the reports or
the history committee OF the Grand
Gimp or Confederate Veterans and
other Confederate papers, by Hunter
Mcclure. NJ. d.. LII. ID, late medical
director OF Jnckson's Corpa, Army OF
Northern Virginia, and Hon. George l..
Christian, of Richmond. Va. The Rev
James Power Smith. ID. d., the last
SURVIVOR OF the staff OF stonewall jack
lon. has written tho introduction.
In the first report made by DR.. Hun
ter Mcguire as chairman OF the history
committee. he proves that slavery was
not the cause Of the war; that North
trn writers have attempted To misrep-
resent the South and It's carac. He
makes trenehant criticism OH the
writings Of Mr.. John Tiske and or
"Our Country BY Cooper, Estill &
Lemon. and declares that all the South
1sks is that the truth be stated.
Reports subsequently made by Judge
christian. MS acting chairman and
chairman. establish. by Northern testl-
niony, the right OF secession. and that
the North was the aggressor In bring
ing on the war; draws the contrast
IN the way the war was conducted by
lederals and Confederates: turns on.
inc treatment and exchange OF prison
PTS, and touches upon the parts played
ty North Carolina and Virginia during
the war.
In the report OF the history commit
tee OF the United Confederate Vet
frnns. made to the reunion OF veterans
Neld In Richmond May 80 10 June 8,
loo7. by Judge Christian. tho questions
OF responsibility MS to the causes Of
the War between the States, as to
which side was the agsressor. ns to
which side had legal right to act.
and which conducted the conflict ac-
cording to the rules .of civilized war
!a!e, and as to what relation slaves
pore to the Confederate cause, are
taken up and thoroughly discussed.
Or j. P. Smith, in Ills admirable In
PRODUCTION. writes in regard to these
reports that: This work OF defense
Tor the South. begun with such ability
ny DR. Mcclure. was devolved upon
Judge George L. Christian. an honored
soldier OF the Confedcracy, lawyer
OF notable ability at the Richmond bar
writer of clearness. courage and
strength. Through seven years. from
1900 to 1907, he gave patient and faith.
j
most elaborate preparation OF the five
papers included In this volume. Be.
ginning In 1900 with the right OF seces
sion. as shown upon the testimony Of
Northern statesmen and other authors
Judge Christian discusses In 1901 the
war as conducted by the Federal ant
Confederate armies, again upon TIL,
testimony OF Northern witnesses. Ii
1902 he reviews the treatment OF pris
onars OF war and the history OF tn.
exchange OF prisoners. In 1907 h
reverts to the serious question Of wher
the responsibility rested for bringing
Oh the sectional strife.with all it's los
or life and wealth and all the unhap
piness 1t spread over the broad land
One who went himself to battle s
promptly and then suffered 30 much i
all the years since, has had the tideiit.
to truth and the courage OF heart to d
his duty in the defense OF his peopl
and of the generations to come.
.,ro these official reports from tn
history committee OF tho Grand Cam
or Virginia are added two papers Q
similar force and value from the pc
of Dr. Mcclure. One Is the magnif
cent address on Stonewall Jackson. de
livered at the Virginia Military Inst
tute in 1897. With this also Is tn
paper of DR.. Mcclure on the Wound
ing and Dealt, OF Stonewall jackson
which has preserved for all time tn
story OF which the author was himsel
n part and witness, such narrntlH
us the great surgeon and friend coul
himself give to the world.
.'The book before you is not merei
far preservation on library shelSe
,,ut mat. being read, the children an
youths Of all tho country may kno'
that their sires and grandsires hay
left them examples OF unself1sh oeVe
tion to righteous cause and a her
tage Of imperishable honor"
THE TRUE PATRICK HENRY =
George Morgan. Publishers j.
Lippincott & Company, Crow
Svo. Price, CLOTH 81.
ST Sebastian, Patrick Henry. an
Edgar Allan Poe. are they not apphl
emily a most homogeneous trio? and y
we think Of all three as struck throus
with an arrow-St. Sebastian In Il
warm and quivering flesh and bloc
Henry and Poe In that equally Wit
thing to sensitive nature. the rep,
taton. 1t was Jefferson who shot Il
arrow at Henry as 1t was Griswold W.
did the like hur o Poe. Blu In Henry
case certainly, the shot that was d
signed to kill has done more to G
tablish his fame upon a firm and 81
during footing than loud chorus
indiscrimnating praise could ha
done in the beginning. Jefferson
surs SO slyly. SO subtly depreciati,
have, an extraordinary degree. stin,
lated research into the obscurest co
ners OF the great orators life, a
under its Influence, his fame, viii
suffered for time a partial eclip
shines as brightly to-d day as 1t did o
hundred years ago. when lie had OF
recently been consigned to the gra,
Had Wlrt's florid and tricked- out b
graphy remained the only one the OF
tor would have continued a mere fig,
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