The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-05

TO carry on their work successfully.
and thus make our historical depart
ment wha. 1t should be In tho future.
50 much. then. for the practical part
or our work
There comes TO me a memory-the
memory OF our DR.. j. b. Lamar Curry,
and what he said years ago. that his
tory rs IL is now written is most un-
just to the South. and history, II ac-
oepted az 1t Is written. Will oonsign
the South to infamy.
Who Is responsible for the souths
unwritten history? Surely we cannot
blame the Northern historian. His
duty is and was to record the facts
as they are given to him: and II wo
Of the South have not given him these
facts, how can we hold the historian
Of the North respons!blcp (Applause).
The fault We lind with the Northern
historian (of course there are n few
exceptions), is not SO much what he
has said against US "a what he has
omitted to say. (Applause).
Unless we. Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy, will look into this matter and
sec whore the trouble hes we will still
have this history untrue to u.s. AS
long as the book trust controls our
botrds OF education and Northern
text books continue to be used in
Southern schools to the exclusion OF
that the history OF the South VIII never
be known 20 the coming generations
tAppiause).
we cannot in the South compete
with tho North In publishing houses
Therefore, we cannot sell books at az
small a cost as they can be sold by
Northern publishers. This throws tho
responsibility upon the moneyed mon
OF the south who have not thought
IL worth while to spcnd their means
III having publ shing houses for south
ern test boo ks SO that we can compete
In prices with Northern text books.
We must not blame the manufacturers
% books at the North because he is
pushing his interests in the matter of
his books. You would do II and 1
would do IL
No. Daughters Of tho Confedcracy.
too long have we been indifferent TO
this matter only within the last fif-
teen Or twenty years have we really
awakened 10 the fact that our history
mas not been written. The !nstitu-
lions OF the South. especially the in
sttution Of slavery. about which clus-
tered civilization unique in the an
nails II history, have never been justly
presented from the Southern point of
view. Thomas Nelson page more than
any other one writer has thrown side
lights upon this institution which have
rcvolutionizcd the thought OF the
world And we are 50 greatly Indebted
to MIN.
Daughters. are the books OF Thomas
Nelson Page IN your libraries especi-
ally MIS- old south? Are those books
given TO your children to read? Are
Your children encouraged to read those
books? II not. they should be. You
cannot expect the North and you can
no; expect other nations TO know by
intuition the greatness OF the South.
An, now often the vision comes before
me 81 the passing years. and I see our
fnertncss and Indifference and see
more--thc future years filled with keen
regret and self-roproach.
am here tonight. Daughters. yes
daughters OF Confederate heroes, 10
plead with You TO urge you to a more
aggressive and progressive campaign
il collecting and preserving this his
tory. We have now living amongst
us somc who lived during. the old plan
tation days-somc who can now tell
Us from their own experiences what
that !ns:itu,iop az slavery was. and
"n3t il meant to them and 70 the ne
srees under their control! In those
days We never thought or calling them
slaves That is a word that crept in
with tho abolition crusade They we're
oar people, our negroes part OF our
very homes. There are men and women
still living who know these facts and
VINO can give them to US. but they are
fhSt passing away. just rs are the men
and women who lived during the War
Between the States Are We getting
lrou these men and women the facts
"hich only they can give us, or are
". Indifferent and not willing 10 take
time and not willing 10 take the
trouble 70 get this information? Let
me cay Tonight that II We still con-
nnue 10 let the years pass by. without
giving attention TO this subject, the
history OF TINS period will ever be un-
written.
Now YOU say What can We do?"
What can we do? Anything in the
world that We wish . DO. II there is
a power tina: is placed in any hands
II Is the power that is placed in the
hands OF the Southern woman in her
home. tApplause). That power is
great enough to direct legislative
bodies--and that, too, without demand
ing the ballot. (ApPlause) AS you
are. so IS your child and as You think,
20 Will your husband think-(laugh-
ter and applause)-that Is IL you arc
me right kind of mother and wife and
hold the confidence and love OF your
husband and children. Your children
are 10 be the future leaders OF this
land. Are you training these children
yourself or are you relegating that
power TO some one else? Something Is
radically wrong with the education Of
the present day. We are training men
and women who are not loyal 10 the
truth OF history. who are not standing
for law and order, and who arc weak
enough TO be bought by the book trust.
(Applausep Let us DO quickly what
can TO right It.
You may say. Tell us the qualiHca-
lions for U. y. c. historian, and we
viii got to work
would say the arst qualification
for any historian is truthfulness His
tory is truth. and you must truthfully
give the facts BE AS careful to give
the true history OF tho side against
us as to give our own side. Then we
can demand from the Northern his
torian that he shall do the same
The historian must never be partial
no one sided view OF any question
is ever history. You realize that In
our L. d. c. history there are two sides
TO many questions. Time has not yet