The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-08-26

~ az .14l 40 - Ws 10 Wear clothes which
:, e2n- tro- England until the Tar
= lakeE c.-- Mas -aat NOT a finer
i -a1 ~ Fe-. american -sBunkH
: .---~ shown p '-e E-a al Boston.
y disguised a. Indians
: people which have no deeds OF
u which 10 be- proud are a stagnant
: people, Our children must know our
past achievements To b. true 10 the
2 best traditions and best Amerieanism,
! for Irving Cobb has said. .Southern-
Ism Is the highest type Of American
ism
When mentioning the fact that the
southern planters grew rich with
slave labor. why is ii not also related
thar Fauueil became so rich with his
slave trading that he was able tobuild
! Fanueil Hall. "the cradle OF Lib-rtv?'
Why not bring out the fact that many
81 the slaves in the South before the
war beloused TO Northern slayehold-
ers Girart of Philadelphia was able
10 h3lld Girard College from tie rev
enne derived from slave-worked
suSaf plantation in Louisiana. Hem
mlnsSWaN o. Boston left his slaves in
Cuha 70 his daughter as late as 1870.
The south was not responsible for
bringing the slaves 10 America. We
derived only part OF the profits OF
slave labor. and finally lo,t millions
10y The cOn.iscatiOn Of the slaves. We
alone have gotten the blame and CEN
sure and today are still bearing the
burden.
The North has received the pro-
hts Of slaves in dollars and cents:
The praise of having emancipatei the
Negro. who expresses his gratitude
by giving his vote 10 the party which
he thinks save him hi, freedom.
Daughters. shall We continue 10
give our ehilden books to study which
carry on this fallacy?
We have pointed out a few of Muz-
zey's omissions. now lei US see about
his Misrepresentation. We grant
that Muzzey is interesting. hut any
one getting their first impression of
the War Between the States from
him. would be compelled TO come TO
the conclusion that the North was
more mora! than the South: that the
North was fiSbting TO free the negro,
the Soutc 10 perpetuate slavery A
word here. a sentence there. gives
this cumEia'ive impression. on page
$50 Muzzeg SAYS: Slavery alone was
the cause o. the conflict" Do YOU
not think that if h. had stated that
only about ore-thrd OF the 5000 600
white people of the South had ever
owned slaves; that Lee when he was
nghtng to perpetuate slavery had
long before given his slaves their
freedom, and Grant. who was sup
posed. according 10 Muzzey. to be
h-atih- to free the negro. owned
slaves until after the war. that the
student would get different reason
or the conflict Why should several
hundred thousand men fight to keep
they never owned This
legud in history is treated from the
standpoint Of the South fighting for
slavery. Yet If ii were generally
known that while there were 200,-
200 Shareholders in the Southern
irmy. while $4,000 Shareholders
we're in the Northern army. do you
hlnk the student would get the idea
hat Slavery alone was the cause of
IN conflict? >" George Lunt, of
Boston, IN his origin OF the late war.
age, 4S9. SAYS: "A war simply for
he abolition of slavery would not
ave enlisted a dozen regiments in
he North"
Mu2zey misrepresents the Critlen-
en- Amendment. ne misrepreseuts
be battle OF the Monitor and Nerri-
nae Have not Hon. Julian Carr and
,h~r, proven 81 he'd a different out
1Hr II .lauders our Southern
.adr- at Washington on mage 221.
ezzfg saws Lincoln was elected
,Il, and hs election wa no cause
l- secession. Limit az Boston saws.
I.s,c.r tas sectional candidate"
btHH -l.v +. cam, tbu cnr0.H Tho
iv'I W. a civil war l.a..t hc IN
/, t.t t.t-..a two nart.a. 4, that
p.a. Il W. ACKNOWLEDGE frs. n was
civil war we ACKNOWLEDGES M ere
1atior d. one state i'm lSe3 and
at reurbHc of SOVEREIGN ltes
remember Massachusetts ami PENN
.haua were on The brink o. seces-
ON several timesl end therefore
nd 80 right 10 sperte. Is this not
laf he North would like as 10 &C.
lovIed-e" some time reo 4 North
ryina 10 sell history,
ade the statement that southern