The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-06-24
Two LEADERS
DEFEND LINCOLN

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Lincoln was no more the instipato
of the Confederate VIZ than Jefferso.
Davis was responsible for the actio,
of the Southern people, accordinp I,
& statement issued tonight over TIN
signatures of Gen. Julian S. Carr .
Durham, N. c., commander in-c chief O
the United Confederate Veterans, an,
Gen. S. B. Howry of Washington
commander of the Army of Northerr
Virginia, ranking department. of tn,
veterans organization.
Denial that they had voted for tht
resolutions censuring Lincoln, "passec
1T som' confusion" about the time OF
!dJournment of the veterans on Wed
nesday, came from the ranking off.
GERS. General Carr and General How.
ry deplored that any i'll feeling SHOULD
arise because there is "no necessity
for any temper or ill will or animosity
to the memory of the president who
felt that it was his duty to enforc,
the laws of the United States as he
understood them" In this statement
they declared that they felt that they
were expressing the sentiments of
tco many prominent men now residing
in Richmond and in the South vet re-
naming here to leave any doubt as Go
how our people generally feel about
the matter"
The resolution for which General
Carr and General Howry disclaim any
responsibility was adopted Wednes
day. 1t was embodied in a r,D,rt of
The Rutherford committee, which
has as it's aim the elimination of bias
ed history textbooks from S lthern
schools. The report commended :.
pamphlet written by Sol. Huger W.
Jackson of Curryville, Ga, and pub
lished by Miss Mildred Rutherford of
Athens, Ga. The pamphlet with the
title. "The Truth of the War Conspir-
acy of 1861" the report declares,
presents the official evidence gath
cred principally from the United
States government archives, which
proves that the Confederate war was
deliberately and personally conceiv-
ed and it's inauguration made by
Abraham Lincoln and that he was
personally responsible for forcing
the war upon the South"
The report continued by stating
that sentiment has been so aroused
that perverted Yankee histories will
no longer be used to instruct our chill
dren; that the young will now be
taught that the South was right; yea,
eternally and everlastingly right in
fighting for those principles upon
which our glorious country was
founded"
General Carr and General Howry
declare the report was adopted in
some confusion and that the part
which has aroused such a storm Of
protest was "in a mass of verbage"
which seemed to hold President Lin
coin responsible for the Confederate
war.
Over the signatures of General
Carr and General Howry the state
ment follows:
"Gen. Julian S. Carr of Durham, n
c., commander of the United Confed.
crate Veterans, and Lieut.. Cen
Charles B. Howry of Washington, d.
c., commanding the department of the;
Army of Northern Virginia, stated to-
day that neither one of them voted
for certain resolutions passed in some
confusion about the time, or shortly
before, the adjournment of the veter-
ans Wednesday in mass of verbiage
which seemed to hold President Lin
coin responsible for the Confederate
war that Abraham Lincoln had NO
more responsibility in bringing on the
VIZ than Jefferson Davis had for the
sentiment of Southern people in re-
sisting coercion.'