The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-20
.nlsrony. Al noANoKE co1LEen.


IS still being discussed, as II should
be discussed until il has been banishcd
from the schools of this country. and par
ticularly from the schools OF the south
We printed several days ago a state
ment by tho Faculty OF Roanoke Col
leGe. testifying to the good faith Of Pres
idcnt Morchcad, OF that institution. So
far as we know. DR.. Morehead has not
been attacked; we think very highly
of him, and he has been doing a great
work at this College. objection has
been to the use OF such a textbook in
that College, and the only criticism OF
the College authorities was as 10 their
failure to throw the book out when
their attention was called 10 its. char
acter. II has now been discontinued.
we arc told and history hereafter is
70 be taught at this College by tho
topical method with Elson, we sup
nose. on the Side FOR parallel rcading.
Why Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves
''Uncle Toms Cabin" should not he used
In the same way also we do not under
stand We have not made thorough
examination OF the book but a cursory
expedition into It's marvellous contents
gives some idea Of what 1t is.
In the chapter on ANDREW Johnson
md Reconstruction,' behold these
statements: III It be granted that tho
Southern people were sincere in war
ring against the Union. how could they
l,n
10 deHounce the cause in which their
fathers and brethren had died as a false
one? Time alone can bring such
changes. Time and such books as
Elson's History. taught to Southern
youth in Southern colleges.
The government OF millions 81 hit
rrate freedmen ignorant, lazy ana often
riSious, required special legislation: but
such legislation, instead OF being hu-
name, was in some cases harsh and un
inst and this threw chill over tile ris
Ing sympathy of the North, ana gave
color 10 the harsh measures of Con
sress that Mere soon enacted" Gave
color that is to say. excuse or justin
cation, for The enactment OF The Four
( tcenth Amendment 10 the Constitution.
the suppression OF The only intelligent
and responsible vote in the South. the
division Of the South into iive military
districts, and the use OF the bayonct
for the conquest OF opinion
q THIS about John Brown: .'T, ,oughout
the South he was denounced as the
blacklist OF Villains while many al the
North pronounced him saint ana a
martyr. Emerson was led TO say ii;
is not said who led him> that Brown
death made the Gallows glorious like
4 the cross. ... And yet we must pity
rather than blame John Brown. b. tho
technical letter OF the law dit is no,
explained what ''thc technical letter
OF the Law is except The letter itself)
he was criminai by the motives and
tnients OF. his hcs1, he was not Ills
supreme self-command his heroic colir-
age, his readiness 10 sacrifice his home
his family, his life. for a cause. mus
elicit our admiration" Elsons admi.
ration. of course and by the teaching
hof his history, finally the admiration
Of the Southern youth FOR criminn
under the law. and who. by reason o.
his thievng and bloody deeds. has beer
canonized for his crimes
Next TO Grant stands sherman ant
then Sheridan /. Sheridan posscssc,
the power above all men in the war
except ;stoncwall jackson. 10 infus,
tic fire Of his own soul into an army.
"Sheridans famous raid down the Val
Icy began OF October s. He dcstroyc,
everything that an enemy might use
lie spared the dwellings. but he buinc,
TWO thousand il-fllletl barns ana scv
enty mills filled with wheat and fou,
and drove before him four ihousan,
head Of cattle"
This about William Tcrumseh sber
man the Great Incendiary: IA
Orangehurg n slight battle was fought
and another before Columbia, tie enc
my being led by General Wade Hamp
ton Columbia surrendered on Feb
ruary II. Hampton cscap ping after set
ting nre TO nye hundred bales OF cot
ton The fye soon spread, and larg,
par; OF the town was consumed
Hampton fortunately left Behind hi,
true story OF the Burning Of Co
liiInbia," which proves that Columbii
was actually and Deliberately set o,
fire BY sherman's army. and that tn
fire. which was Spread according
to this vcracious chronicler Of histors
TO be taught TO Southern youth. s.