The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-07
Some Early History.

! Editor Dawson News Whatsoever things
| are written aforetime were written Tor our
learning upon whom the end OF all things
are come; and all truth is profitable Tor IN
struction in righteousness that the teaching
of God may be thoroughly furnished unto
every good work. Paul
! Instead of giving the exact text Of Paul's
Idictum | have given the meaning ms Is
! the meaning, and the method OF teaching
history. Just a tabulation OF events without
anv relation to the spirit that prompted THESE
acts are meaningless waste OF both the time
Iof the teacher and pupil Take two similar
acts of the pre-revolutionary war period
/ both done as a protest against taxation with
tout representation In the arbOr OF Boston,
Mass a vessel loaded with tea was entered
by men disguised Indians and the tea
thrown overheard thus fixing the blame,
should the British care to bring the perpetra-
tors to trial. upon innocent parties-the In
dams. In the harbor OF Annapolis, Md, yes
Sc! entered the port loaded with tea. AS a pro-
test the seafar;ng men OF the port without DIS
guse surrounded the ship and compelled lis
IOwners to burn both the ship and the tea,
giving them so many hours to leave the
American shore on the first boat that sailed
Ito Europe These people assumed tull blame,
and showed that they would not stand for
the usurpaton of the rights OF knglShmen
and the violation OF the kngIsh constit4-
ton and their chartered rights The first only
destroyed private property under disguise.
The first is plea for mob law and lynching;
the last a standing upon the rights OF Eng
lishmen guaranteed by the constitution
Take another example: Two men were
friends at the beginning OF the revolutionary
war; both served with distinction during the
war but in the first year of the war, as dis
closed in life OF Aaron Burr published in
about 1865, after his death, Alexander Hamil-
ton taking advantage OF this friendship, be-
trayed a near kinswoman Of Burr and as is
always the case from thence forward by ev-
erv means damned Burr to every man whom
he came in contact with, until on her death
bed this kinswoman disclosed to Burr the
name of her betrayer, and Burr called Ham
ton out and killed him.
Under contumely, malicious and false, for
years the innocent suffered and even now
what purposes to be history teaches the same
lie. vet even at the beginning and through
| his life Hamilton was known as a debauche
in his private life. After retiring from the
vice presidency of the United States Burr at
tempted to form with Texas as a base an in
dependent American state, taking IN what IS
now Mexico, and establish a government mod
eled on the American and English conStltu-
tons. For this he was arrested by his enemies
| in power and tried, but because he had vlo-
lated neither the law nor the constitution OF
THE United States the trial broke down. A
similar case was tried against Andrew jack
son for invading Florida and Furnishing the
49,
ton to the marahding Indians from Georgia,
but fortunately Jackson in 1881 discovered
! Calhouns treachery, taking place IN Mon
Iroe's cabinet and defeating him for the pres
idency in 1924, when he had a majority majority! Of Of
the electoral college and the house Of repre-
sentatives elected, by a coalition OF wings
and Jacksons enemies, John Quincy Adams
both Calhoun and Adams being members OF
President Monroe's cabinet, as had Jefferson
and Hamilton been of Washington's cabinet
and in the election OF 1900 Hamilton played
the same part towards Burr, the man with
the larger vote, that Calhoun did towards
But be it said to the honor of both Jefer-
son and J., 9. adams neither I knew OF the
wards the larger holders Of the popular vote.
Adams found it out but Jefferson died in
ignorance and believing Burr corrupt man;
Truth crushed to earth will rise again" could
be taught by a well prepared teacher OF his
tory with this. But enough. This serves to
show how history can be made of use, and
that is my object. ANDREW P. RlNES.
! Cuthbert Ga.