Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-13
THE DUTY OF MAINTAINING
Il WHOLESOME SEC7IONALLSN
BY BISHOP WARREN 4. GAMBLER

tlemen undertaking to read some of the
tales of Uncle Remus They were pur-
suing with a keen scent the trail, but
they were not catching all they were sf-
ter. One of them asked me to read one
OF the tales to them, and while do not
set up for giving readings could not
well decline to accede to the request At
once they caught the "Old South" spirit,
and enjoyed it with all their Irish enthu-
siasm. And so We made a might with
Uncle Remus." They would have cared
nothing for a southern book that feehly
initiated the lines of Tom Moore. Uncle
Remus" has pointed all our writer's to
the direction in which our unworked
treasures are hid. In our own traditions
will be found the things the outside
world cares most to know. There seems
to be no sufficient reason for our not
celebrating in song and story Kings
Mountain and Cowpens while New Eng
land dwells reverently on Lexington and
Concord
We have also our own contribution to
make to the political and religious life
of the nation, and none should ask us to
apologize for what we bring to the COM
mon stock of the republic in these
precious things.
The South from the first has stood for
a strict construction of the Constitution.
and 1T is well she has thus stood Some
other sections have been more inclined to
pursue profitable policies rather than
stand by fixed principles They dote ON
being practical and progressive; but
II we go after them who will be left to
assert and maintain the fundamental
principles Of our government? And IL
all sections get too practical and too
progressive what a scrambling we
shall have for pork barrels, in our an
preparation bills and what a scuffling FOR
the protection of all our variant Inter
ests" in our revenue measuresi II 9TH
er sections are going to stand for new
nationalism," we will do well to stand
for ''old nationalism," or our constitution
may be subverted and a surreptitious
revolution be wrought without opposition.
The country needs US very much in the
present emergency.
The prevalent type of religion in the
South is that which is somewhat loosely
called evangelical" It has worked very
well. There are In the South more
church members in proportion to popula-
ton than there are in any other part of
the Republic In the South the saloon has
been outlawed as no where else in our
country. The laws of marriage and d.
vorce are also better. In view OF all these
facts it would seem the part of brotherli-
ness towards other sections, as well as
the part of duty to ourselves. to preserve
our own type of religion. While in other
sections all sorts of rationalizing is en-
feebling faith and deranging conduct,
we may very well walk In the ..old
paths" They are not so picturesque, per-
haps, but they are more safe. We need
neither new nationalism'' nor new the
ology." Our country expects and re-
quires US to be conservative. Thereby
we shall be also preservative of many
good things which for the welfare Of the
nation should be preserved.
We will not be bitter towards our
|neighbors and brothers Of other sections.
We will simply be self-respectful. asking
only that they spend little less energy
on reforming us into their own image
and likeness than sometimes has been
put forth by them to this end.