The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29

IN" sooutN as a nation and II beili9cT-
ent; therefore no Nothcrn histories
have any right 10 say our naval mon
were pirates. unless they acknowIc,l.
their own leaders TO havc been such
ana their army, a mob. using, under
Logan. Sheridan ana Sherman, mob
Whence
Aiabama should be proud of It's Adj
'nllhi 'emineS. the hero rr the Ala
bama, and Franklin Buchanan. VINO
showed the superiority OF an iron clad
against wooden ships For IL was tho
great sea fight at Hampton Roads in
Whloh the home-nadc iron clad Viz
gina tMerrrlac) with her wooden
consorts, the Raleigh, the Henry. the
jefferson and Tcaser. SANK In. cum :
herland and Congress. and drove the
aon.tor 10 Tn" shelter of shallow wa
le', which rcvolutionized naval war
fare tire world over
inc greatest ship in our navy was
named after dear old Alabama. ana v.,s
commanded by oar honorcd naval hero.
raphael Semmes In his records uuon
INC seas he touched New Englnnd's
hcart which history has proven only,
Vulnerable through her shipping inter
ests. In glory. and our vanuuished
nation should glory in Semlues's no.
sresstVc policy; for our Viking brought
home 10 the North Tie horrors of dey-
astaton as war remedy, and made
the shoe pinch
If Admiral Semmes is to be. held IN
10 our midshipmen as pirate, we
should see tina; the United States he
SHOWN them in her digustiug, sordid
light OF demanding through fraud from
an honorable nation, England recon :
pense for the breaking of neutral
law, which could not have been broken
were Admiral Semmes. OF the Confed
crate navy, pirate. Admiral Serumcs
II G rn cd I-,,t,
marine service in 1864, which has never
been rc-establishcd. And the Ala
bama claim" demanded by the United
States resulted in a monetary gain of
sl5.00O,000.
1t may be OF interest to Montgon-
erians TO know that after the destruc-
ton OF the Alabama off Chcrbourc the
kearsarge went into dry dock for re-
pairs. In her hull was found imbcd-
ded she'll hurled from the Alabama's
guns. THIS ball failed to explode had
ii done so. to-day n different sequel
might exist. This shell is now at the
Smithsonian Institute. Washington. D.
{. Deeply engraved in it we read that
II came from the ordnance foundry of
Janncy & Company. Montgomery. Ala:
In the war with Spain 1t was again
Southern naval heroes who turned the
TIDE OF battle Dewes, of Maryland, at
Manila. anu Richmond Pearson Hobson
Of Alabama, at Santiago. Have they
received the recognition that L. The
Just history OF the South? WHY has
the sectional feeling not been killed.
because we are still forced upon the
defensive through such facts as stated
by cur Governor: through persistent
ignoring OF deeds of valor upon sea
ana land. of Christian Southern gen
tle,nen.
Must we continue bearing this woke
without murmur? Shall we become
submissive vassals? Shall we con
tinue culoGizing Lincolns Gettvsbure
Grafton under the suise Of an excel
lent and perfect piece of litcrat,,rc
Forgetting ii is a Thanksgiving. ode
rendered by the Southern man. who
WAS traitor to his State and convic-
tiors--l.incoln changed his political
views in lS63---who called upon tho
world to rejoice with the North in the
defeat and death of your pcople and
mine. II was the Gettysburg defeat
which lost the South its national roc
osnition. Arouse We Southcrons. and
take your place. your rightful Mace
in these Gnitcd States of America
since amnesty was declared forty-Hve
years arc. shall these Northern his
Tory writer's DO permitted to carry on
a ncfarious warfare against tho Soutbq
South?
- pn RI