Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-09

journalistic work as a member Of the
Record stan. remaining In the Record
service until this day.
Dr. Tyler. In his review OF The
Life OF James Monroe" points out,
In an interesting and effective man.
ner. the great service rendered by DR..
Morgan In setting forth and rectify-
ing the mistakes OF some writer's OF
New England birth and prejudice In
the so-callcd history they have writ
ten OF our carly national affairs in
which men OF the South were conspic-
uous actors. He says:
In the first place. IL shows a great
amount of scholarship and. I'm the sec
ond place. It Is an exception 20 the
generality OF books written by North
ern men. The author himself makes
tremendous. but Just. indictment of
the writer's of the North whom he says
that I'm that region no historical mis-
Judgment is so common as the offhand
condemnation OF slave State states
men'--'the very fnct that they came
thence being SUFFICIENT warrant TO
neglect them or minimize any merits
they may he grudsingly allowed
Here are fairness and frankness for
you. and such n man Ia to be admired.
Mr.. Morgan instances the late
Henry Adams, OF Massachusetts.
whom he states is hard on Monroe
/ In his history. and he dcf,ly repele
many OF Adams ill-founded conclu-
sions, by contrasting them with those
J OF his able grandfather, John Quincy
Adams. who appreciated Monroe and
delivered euloGy upon him. He in
stances Edward Everett Halo, another
man from New England, who felici-
tated himself upon his ability through
Henry Adams very entertaining his
tory OF the United States TO tell the
whole truth about the Virginia
dynasty Jefferson. Madison and Mon.
roe. Hale describes 1t as a precious
example OF failures. follies, fuss and
feathers and fol-de-rol'
Upon this Mr.. Morgan remark.
that Mr.. Hale Is a good man and G
patriot who made his mark. but hi.
ante -bellum history is woefully DIS
torted'
Next he instances Theodore Roose
welt. who. in his literary works as II
big stick. a poor excuse OF a his
torian. This strenuous gentleman O
aristocratic anteceden,s. in his lau
dation OF the high strutting. federal
istic and anti-Gallican Gouverneu
Morris calls poor democratic Mon
roe "A frenzied Jacobinical Republi
can. capering like an Indian befor
the French court.
This is the way Il has always beer
with the exception of few nobl
and generous spirits like George Ban
croft. John Fiske, Gamaliel Bradford
Charles NJ. Andrews and now Georg
Morgan. the South has received littl
mercy at the hands OF Northern writ
ers. who, because they hav0the none
and through Il the ear of the worl,
seem TO feel that any statements 1
regard TO Southern men must /
either derogatory or positively NAL
ID cious Nearly all history in the Mort
u has been written by persons wit
politics. most out of sympathy wit
y the South"
u While this indictment is large
true. II is fortunate that exception
= may be noted to the somewhat consit
Al cradle number of offenders. Son
early writers OF American history, I
i DR. Tyler notes. were eminently ia
70 in their presentation OF the lives al
al characters and public services of Il
r. men OF the South who took a graz
J. and conspicuous part in the settir
g. up and early progress of our FEEDER
u government. They drew no section
le lines. entertained no sectional ar
ir mosities. They endeavored TO S
IN down the facts, with reasonable al
fair deductions thereon, regardless
r whether those OF whom they wro
I'd resided north or south OF the Mas
lie and Dixon line.
of Probably the Civil War and its CO
al. sequences affected writer's OF histo
TO who have manifested such a spi
ny OF injustice 20 those men OF the Sou