The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-17


 from The London Weekly the follow ing bit of condensed islander:
 stnl. history .4e1ls us that it is the privileged and powerful who are the most cruel~.'fn the American civil war the Southern women wore personal saesd oas of baH the sones 1f their n they took scalps for trophies. when they reckoned on taking Washington they proposed to darken the air with gfbbeted carcssses of dogs and caitiffs. institations that are safe only in law and forever in danger from justice sei- ttable order.
 Is it not almost incredible that what | Is considered reputable English journal will at this late day repeat the infamous allegations made forty four years ago? And the paper that quotes these faisehoods does not very much better the case.
 "The author of this bit of history" comments The Standard, '1s pr. W. Robertson Nicoll. distinguished scholar. an influential editor, and an eminent Christian gentleman. When challenged for his authority, he re- ferred to an article from the pen of James Russell Lowell published in The North American Review in 1865. When we consider that Lowell was one of the most famous scholars of his day. decorated with honorary degrees by both the great universities of Eng land; that he was also famous as statesman. being for four years am bassador at the court of Madrid. and and further that he was a contem- porary of the incidents which he re- lates, and not far from where they are alleged to have taken place. We must admit that Dr. NicoIl had no mean authority; more reputable than that which underlies most history"
 The Standard cannot relieve it's English contemporary of the sin of wanton perversion of facts. The au- thor of the statements it quotes may be learned man and a prominent editor. but whether he is "a Christian gentleman" is matter about which there will be wide differences of opin- ion. Good Christians and perfect gen. tlemen are not In the habit of induIg- ing in such wanton abuse of a whole people as this London Weekly resorts 10 as an indictment of the South and Southern people.
 We have often wondered" com ments The Charlotte Observer. "at the extreme rancor displayed k\regard to civil war matters by many people up North-a rancor probably less rare than similar sentiments here South. It might be supposed that the victors would prove more forgiving than the vanquished. Not even after Northern bloodlust had been gratified with such victims as Mrs. Surratt and Captain Wirz. and not even after the horrible nightmare called reconstruction" had been inflicted upon a helpless South. did hatred greatly abate. In the past two decades, however. as evidenced by virginias recent gift of Robert E. Lee statue to the Capitol rotunda without objection except from few surviving fanatics. feeling has become very different People full of indus trial life and surrounded by new i'm migration from abroad could not keep venom alive forever. The country is heartily one again. It will soon look upon its civil war as England looks upon the wars of the roses. the Crom- weIIian era. and other conflicts. within her borders"
 The Weekly cannot clear it's skirts by quoting what James Russell Lowell wrote as history forty-four years ago,