The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03

been, must always BIO of supreme i'm
portance. and has been so considered
by tho wiscst ana best men OF all
ages. The apostle to the Gentilcs re-
ferring to sacrcd history. bcsought
Timothy to remember that all scrip
turc Is given by Inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for re-
proof. for correction, for instruction in
+ righteousness; that the man of God
may be perfect. thoroughly furnished
until Ell good works. Far less vnlu-
able, OF course, but still OF great mo-
ment, Is profane history. which Is
philosophy teaching by example. From
the depths of antiquity come thc
words or florence, who says. my ad-
wee liz to consult tho lives OF other
D men as we would n looking glass. and
Z from them fetch examples for our own
example" In tho great speech which
lighted the fires of the American Revo-
luton. Patrick Henry declared that
he had but ono lamp by which his feet
were guided. and that was tho lamp
CT experience; for no knew OF no way
or Judging of the future but by the
past Tho warnings OF Cato, tho
Censor, against tho incroachment or
luxury md ease among the Roman peo-
pie, and the fulhilfEent OF his prophecy,
together with many like Incidents to
he found In history have induced
americans, upon the observance of
isimilar causes which eliminated In the
.1"'eIeHro" OF inc toman Empire, to
}cAclaim in the words OF tho poet:
Il iii fares the land TO Fastening ills
~ prey.
~ Where wealth accumulates and men
III decay"
Ia The history of Wallace, OF Bruce. of
l1i'ougias. of John Knox and the Scotch
~pcople alone has inspired the world.
Y and when BurI:a dew the picture OF
J her homes. thousands have responded
J with him:
From scenes like these old scotias
grandeur springs.
That makes her loved Mt home
rcYerd abroad.
Pripces ond lords arc but the breath
OF kings.
AN honest mans the noblest work
las che proper study OF mankind is
man. AL import human events. even
those or the remote past, arc of in
4 terest ard value to human beings.
Gun great university says that every
= educated man sh' ull have nm intelli-
gent comprehension OF himself and the
age In which he lives. Which
Intelligent comprehension Is as i'm
possible TO gain without tho study of
Tie past, rs 1t would be TO compre-
menu thoroughly an oak tree without
studying the acorn from which il
Sprahg. as well as the soil. climate
ana other features of the environment
That have modified it's development In
inc course OF time. The bnrbarIn6
tribes taat overthrow the Roman EN-
pro were the acorns from which III
houerh. rational oaks have sprung /:
anu the literature, art and thought of
Greece, tho law and the Imperialism of
rome and the Christian religion nre
,nc chief Influences which have de-
Veioped these acorns through the CEN
turtles.
No story of mankind possesses so
to
our native land for no other land ia
SO 1uii or promise as "the land OF the
Tee ana the home OF the brave"
me value OF history depends mainly
z Hpon the faithful record OF important
4 events and the proper adjustment ri
4 facts in their relation the one IN IN.
othcr' together with Il logical Sc
Guencc; except where the pen is guided
! ny inspiration errors are to be found
In all histories; but IL these errors
are not accidental and casual. but are
frequent important. and result from
ignorance or prejudice, the work can
90 or no value to mankind
has Deen said. and there IS too
mucn reality In the fact, that con-
ausTors write tho history of the van
Guished. But few victors have suf
hcient strength OF character To write
inc truth; they purify the motives
iheS coior and enbellish the achieve
4 meh's OF The conpuerors, and they gun
Z -. 80 tiieH "ahton acts and hide their
SINISTER and selfish purpose Then foo
they make dim any glory of tho 80
quished, magnify their failures and
EN- hasiZe their faults IL is AZ
ncult matter to find recorded by North
writers the peerless order OF r.
-, Lee, 10 his army when invading
HcansylVania, or the matchIess cond,,nt
VI .'e confederate army while in tbot
stare. 1T is not difficult to find whcra
tHese writer's emphasize the burning
ol Chambersburg by General Early
without palliating that unfortnn,
act by showing that Early was nwn..
perated by the vandalism OF Hunter
VINO burned the Nirginin Military IN
y sutate, Governor Letcher's residence
anu many homes in the Valley OF Viz
Ia ~, IS ouhcuit to find In them
mat tho Federal Army burnt siwt,,
s southern cities and towns: thar Shor
man said: War is hell" ana nrovna
IN ms march through Georgia. nil
lasing ana burning private houses
.,,,,s ', ,,. wanton outrages and In
SUITS upon old men. women and o,,;i
dfeh and destroying s1O0. o00 ono -,
property. oVo'ooo Oh
4, torioa Is ,i mot easy to find In these his
V SGs maj bur sheridan in the Valley of
sf, 9Vo barns filled with wheat. hov ana
farming implements. over 20 10 I'LL, d1G
5Ii ne with flour and wheat. took over
i i.svJ HeS, 10. OF cattle, and 5000 sheep,
!etv!nS that valley from Winchester
TO- Staunton. nincty-two miles. with
y,iittle in 1T for man or beast. This
: . tpoIiinapie holocaust was so complete
mat sheridan summarized tho result In
ms cruel and wicked boast. that "a
crow an lying over the valley would
nave 10 carry his own rations."
some other of these historians arc
no. no. only guilty Of suppressing import
ant truths, but are so infamousIv
scnndalous OF the Southern peonie that
f,ney create tho impression that DIVE
rs manly Deopled- by n race OF bnIr'
breeds pr This impression Is sought 70
,wnrin 'sue evidently to prejudice the
World world against the South, althoupt
bishop Newman, who was never q
TREND OF the Southern people, but svr,-
nhtnized with her cruelest persecutore
curing reconstruction, was forced nv
4 me truth to say that the Anglo-Snxon
blood was found in purer strains nrnnnor