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. HISTORY.
Richmond Dispalcti.
l?he address of'Bfr. W. H. S. Bur
gwyn at the commencement exer
cises of the North Carolina TJnive ■
sity at Chapel Hill, on Wednesday,
was a production of far mo ret. than
ordinary Importance as it was deliv
ered of an able nrat), and the aim was
impress upon the people the ne
cessity] Of preserving the memorials
of tbe>past and transmitting .to pos
terity a just and' " impartial history
of the State. He pleaded for the
establishment of a separate chair of
history at the University, and from
shine researches made by him was
able to show that North Carolina
has by no mens received the credit
tp which she is entitled for the part
3he took in the Revolution, j
It was stated by him as a some
what remarkable fact that upon the
athption of the Federal Constitution
one of the amendments requested
by North Carolina, but which failed
of adoption, Was to prohibit Con-'
, gress from “interfering in Hie fibres
places, and manner of holding elec
tions for Senators or Representa
tives', 6f either of them.”
It was with proper deliberation
that North Carolina Seceded; but
Mr, Burgwyn presents figures to
show that she went into the war
Wuth great heartiness, and out of a
Voting poulation of 115,000 in 1801
she equipped and sent to the field*
125,000 lighting men. He claims
for her that she sent more soldiers to
the field in proportion its her male
population than auy Southern "State
ahd lost moire in killed and wounded
thqfl aav. .: , .. . ■ ■■
r The address concluded with an
Appeal to the ultumflf to' aid in the
establishment of a chair of history
where the memorials of the
glories of the State should .be gath
ered, and with an invocation to
those graduating not to leave North
Catalina, but to remain at home
and li’elp to make the State prosper
ous and great,
i .Allthe arguments—and they are
- many and' weighty—(hat Mr. Bur
gwyn advances in favor _of giving
prominence to this important
’Branch of learning applies with
equal force to Virginia. Weshould
however, prefer to see as the initial
Step in a new beginning to rescue
from oblivion or unfriendly orunap
? prptiative hands a history of the
. United States fitted for common
Schools; a book written and revised
. By persons ia full sympathy with
‘ Our traditions, achievements, and
Aspirations. If there-is such an one
in existence and worthy of general
adoption it should be put into every
school house in Virginia.
The Hon. Jefferson Davis said
some months before he died' that a
great many so-called histories had
been submitted to him for his in
spection,-but that when ever (and
it was ; nearly always the case) he.
looked into the volume arid found
that the battle of Lexington was
magnified into a grand engagement
and the battle of the CowpenS be
littled into a trifling skrimish, he
immediately cast aside the .work as
unworthy of serious consideration.
In like manner the landing of the
Pilgrims upon Plymouth Rock of
ten has Been made thfe pivotal
point irii our country’s history,
Whereasjhe settlement of . Jaines
“town, which occurred thirteen years
before and was of superior mo
bent, is counted of no great conse
quence. ■ - ■■ ..
rjr Wnen it comes 10 me waj ui
^ 1801—-05 it is possible for few, if
Any, Northern inert to present our
bide of. the case with exactness:
We believe that in some of the
Northern histories now in vogue,
the authors have honestly endeav
ored to do us justice, and they have
failed Only because the head could
hot supply the lack of heart. The
man who writes our history excep
tably must have his heart in it.
Now, far bo it from our purpose
Wholly to condemn all existing
tehool histories; but We submit that
Vre are jsutified in sayihg that better
l books are to be hoped foraud doubt
less will be producod, and the ear
her Southern youth are -taught tin
distinction between “treason” am
: “secession” the better it will be.
We are not doing all that we cm
and should do in this respect. L
any one doubts 'tiiS' statement k
him catechize the - average school
boy or girl upon some of the sim
plest subjects, connected with th
late war and ascertain—as he wiil
how little has been taught concern
ing the men and measures of ou
gi“aat-struggle.
Henry London on the Unveiling of thi
Lee Monument.
Chatham Record,
After the military companies ha<
passed,the long line of veterans, tin
latter wheeled in ranks of four ant
followed in the procession. Then
was a small body of South Carolim
veterans—less than a hundred—
marching at the head of the column
and thepfiame North Carolina’s vet
erans—over thousand in number—
with Mr. Julian S-'Carr (the presi
deii^f our State Association of Vet
erans) marching on foot at theii
head. On reaching Franklin streei
the veterans passed through the lonj.
lines of the citizen soldiers who hac
there halted and opened ranks foi
the vereans to pass through and be
the first to arrive at the monument
The distance marched by the veter
ans was about a mile and a half, and
all that distance both side? erf the
street were crowded with men, wo
men andchildren cheering and hur
rahing. It was like a triumphal
march, like an army of conquering
heroes returning from a great vic
tory! - EVervlbuildinff was heantifnl
.y decorated with flags, banners and
bunting. The air was redolent with
the perfume of fragrant flowers
i Beautiful ladies waved their haud
kerchiefs and beamed their sweetest
smiles as old soldiers marched by to
do honor to their gfieat chieftain.
Marching proudly with their com
rades were the many one-legged and
one-armed veterans, at sight of whom
many hearts were touched anfi many
eyes were'filled with tears. These
maimed veterans hobbled along
through the heat and dust of that
long inarch, proud of the honor of
paying this tribute to the peerless
Lee. It was the sincere and heart
felt homage that patriots pay to a
hero! These men are not the paid
pensionereof apaternal government;
nor are they drawing millions from
the tax-payers of the country in re
quital of their services and suffering.
Immediately in front of this writer
hobbleione of those old one-legged
heroes, and as he marched through
the open ranks of the citizen soldiers
the happy yoiing soldiers, would
grasp the old man’s hand and cheer
him with many a “God bless the old
soldier.” Just behind vis was car
ried the battle flag of the Old Thir
teeth'North Carolina Regiment, all
i “tattered and torn,” and as the eyes
of the crowds of spectators beheld it
their mouth? were open, and the air
resounded with their shouts and
cheers, and the old “rebel yell” re
verberated far and wide. Oh, it'was
simply grand, glorious and sublime!
That march to Lees monument wifi
never be forgotten by anyone who
saw it. It was a grand ovation,
worthy of the men engaged in it*
and worthy of the man in Whose
honor it was given. It indeed seem
ed as if the old Confederates had re
captured their former Capitol. They
certainly had captured the hearts of
its noble citizens! * * * * *
umy a lew mnumartts ot the war
remain. A vacant spot marks the
site the celebrated Libby prison,
which bag been' bought by Borne
speculating Yankees and removed
to Chicago. One sad and. enduring
sign of the war remains, and that is
the immense granite pyramid erect
ed at Hollywood cemetery to the
many thousands of the Confederate
dead who are there buried. We
visited this sacred spot, and when
we recalled the deeds and untimely
deaths of our fallen comrades, we
could but exclaim— '
“Ye winds of heaven, o’er them gently
sigh.
And April showers
rain;
fall in kindliest
And let the golden Sunbeam* Softly lie
Upon the sod for which they died in
vain."
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SPEAKER REED’S TALK
At the Dinner of the Home Market
Club in Boston, May 31. 1
Mr. President and Members of
the Homs Market (Rub: If I had
been appointed one of the commeft*
tutors to afl'ist in the revision of
the Westminister catechism, there
is one doctrine that would have been
sure to have been retained, and that
is the doctrine of the preservance
■of the saints. [Laughter.] It is
a doctrine of life as well as relig
ion. It is a doctrine as good for
this world as for the next. [ Re
newed laughter.], When the air is
.filled with enthusiasm, when the
great multitude is moved by the,
same feeling, it is easy to become a
: part and parcel of the great multi
. tude; but it is the long pull which
i is the test of the true man. [Ap
plause. To be a Republican in
a Presidential campaign is very
easy; for when this coun
try is aroused it always puts
i itself on the side of progress. [Great
applause.] The test, then, of Re
publicans—Rmt not of Republican
ism—is in the off year. If you do
iyour duty this year, you ara iff a
condition to go up higher. [Ap
plause and laughter.]... It Is as ag
Kiit iz> juiiuriu Lius re
lapse after victory. Mankind seems
incapable of prolonged virtue.
[Laughter.] It is hard to keep peo
ple always up to Republican
progress. Whenever we have a great
national victory, Ohio i3 always
likly to go Democratic, and Massa
chusetts is said to be in dafiger.
[Prolonged laughter and applause.]
I have said that this is natural as
well, as aggravating. It is aggrava
ting because the righteous man is
always anxious #0f a portion of his
rest here, on earth. [Laughter.]
But he can never get it.. [Renewed
laughter.] I can assure you of that
from personal experience. [Shouts
of laughter. ] It is natural, because
■ there will always he grave disap
to have the wisdom of* Solomon,
but the wisdom of mugwump paper
is as plentiful as is salt in the At
lantic Ocean. [Laughter.] And
very, much resembles it. It is free
and inexpensive but it is death to
drink it. [Renewed Laughter.] Did
it ever occur to you that that road
in front of the chariot of progress is
never occupied by mugwumps. They
are always behined trying to find
the road. It is the other men who
are trying to find the passage in
front. [Applause.] After an elec
tion there is always much noise be
cause of the criticism of those who
have been discredited by the people
at the polls. Aud there arises all
the noise of the disappointed ones.
Now, you don’t want to. mistake
this noise for a change of policy sen
timent. You don t want to mistake
this criticism, which comes from the
people behind the chariot of prog
ress’, for the obje.tions . of the peo
ple Who stand in front and are look
ing forward to the future.
Our past history has some lessons
for us. In 1810 was fought the
most tremendous political contest
efer fought in this country, and the
mighty victory was largely won on
accouut of the personal efforts of the
leaders. When the 51st Congress
adjourns you _ will see that never
was so thoroughly carried out the
will of the people of the United
States. [Cries of “Good, good," and
continuous applause.] Aud'if you
want to make sure of that, let your
voices give no uncertain sound in
ratify mg its work. Let the men
who have further to do with this
matter show that Massachusetts and
New England have taken their posi
tion where history Will be pround
to place them. [Applause.] Re
member that those who do are those
who must submit to .criticism, but
stand up to your part of it like men
Though you are haying some disap
pointment is simply to say that a
government of human beings, is be
ing j&rried on by human beings;
[Applause.] You are also to remem
ber that honorable as is the standing
of Massachusetts and New England
pointment when you come to com
pare hope and fulfillment. ; During
a campaign to cast a ballot, is easy,
because it is already known What is
the issue and what will be the re
sult. But when it is a matter of
legislation it is different,’ ' because
yon are obliged to submit ioSnany
exigencies which you neverthought
of. The resull^often cause disap
pointment.
Whenever anything ■ has to be
done in this country it has to be
done by the Republican party. [Ap
plause.] If tariff is to he passed
we pass it. If the currency ques
tion'has to be settled we settle it.
The gentlemen who don’t do it do
the criticism. [Applause.] It is
perfectly amusing to notice how
tremendous is that wisdom
that does not have to solve
the problem. [Laughter.] ' It is
surprising'how fast they learn the
thoughts of he who never has an
opportunity to talk. It marvelous
the Republican party is not merely
the party of Massachusetts and New
England but the party of this whole
country, and that whenever if acts
it is its duty to act so as to give the
greatest good to all. And what more
can the best party do than that.
We have just passed by the House
of Representatives a tariff bill, and
we passed it with a unanimity ol'
action on the part of the Republi
cans, which is without parallel in
the history of the country. On the
committee of ways and means were
Members of Congress representing
.all the great nrasnifacturing inter
ests of this country, and you wilt see
that they stretched from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, leaving out no great
interest which the Republican party
desired to preserve. You can judge
something of this by the man who
represented you on the committee, a
man whose knowledge of the inter
ests he represented is second to that,
of no man in the country. To say
that they were all like him would,
perhaps, be to say too much, and
yet it is only justice to say that they
represented the interests of their
States as faithfully and fully as lie
could his. Aud now that committee
has worked out that most wonderful
of all problems, a commercial pi-ol>
lem, which has given satisfaction to
people covering a territory stretch
ing over 3,000 mile3 of distance.
Poubtless, hese iu Massachusetts,
under certain circumstances, you
might carry on some of your indus
tries to better advantage if you had
free raw material. But you must
remember that the principle upon
which protection is founded is not
the fostering of a few" pet industries,
but the preserving of the American
markets to the American people,
f Great applause and cries of “Good,
?ood,"]
it yon demand protection, you
must grant it. If you believe in it
for your selves, you cannot stand
up aifd disbelieve in it for others.
It is not merely the buisness of to
lay that must be considered. What
you need is not a boom in business,
but permanent business. And how
can you get it if you shut out from
its benefits part of your fellow citi
zens? If you ask yon must give.
And you will: do it. [Great ap
plause.] You will recognize the
need of coming together with
strength and with vigor, and I hope
that this club will not for a moment
relax the work it is carrying on so
far, so well and successfully in
keeping the people informed of
the fundamental facte on which
our system is based. Remember
that there is never a time of greater
danger than after a victory, And
if you will only remember the cor
relative, that after a victory there is
everything to lose. And then you
will remember the doctrine of the
catechism regarding., the persever
ance of the saints/ [Great ap-'
plause.] • v
Yhe fund raised in Georgia for
the benefit of Mrs. Jefferson Davis
amounts to $7,082, of which she has
thankfully acknowledged the" re
ceipt, stating that the money is to
be invested in the Davis Land Com
pany stock. ... ...
’ THEY ALL ATE TOGETHER,
North, Carolina Republicans Practice
Social Epusitity.
Mate Chronicle.
: WASHirraTOjr, June 7th.—The
North Carolina ^Republican Asso
ciation held an anniversary
meeting at Monu-menta)
Hall last night. The officers for
the ensuing year were formally in
rtailed as follows: Col. W. P. Can
aday, president; A. S. Richardson,
•J. A. Hyman, vice-presidents; W.
Gr. Fearing, secretary; J. T. Rey
nolds, assistant secretary; E. M
Rosafy, treasurer; John Nichols, D
A. SadgaWar, M. S. ■ Fox, executive
committee; G. H. Henderson, Ser
geantTat-Arms. CoJ Canaday was
presented with a gavel worked out
of a pine knot and a gavel rest of
the same material. As soon as the
business hsd been transacted the
members of the Association, with
out regard to racv, color or previous
condition, sat down to a bountifullv
spread table.
. Brooklyn Versus North Carolina.
Hatiohal Democrat.
‘‘Deacon” 8. V. White has
been making a speech in
North Carolina, in the course
of which he commented se
verely on the treatment of the Rev.
Mr. Joiner, in that State, last fall
or winter, and Mr. Murat Halstead
admiringly discusses the »peech.
The charge is that Mr. Joiner was
driven ouhof the State because of
his association with negroes.
It is a fact that Mr. Joiner’s mis
directed philanthropy excited ill
will on the part ot the white peo
ple to whom lie preached, and
he was informed that his room
was a good deal better than
his. company,- but he was not
driven from the State, for he turn
ed up a little later as the pastor of
a colored church near' Raleigh.
Here the white people let him alone,
but his colored congregation held a
meeting and declared that their re
lations with the white people were
pleasant and satisfactory; that Mr.
Joiner’s effort to make the two ra
ces mix socially disturbed these am
iable relations between the white
and black people,- and that they,
the colored congregation, desired
Mr. Joiner to leave, and he left in
side of twenty four hours.
. If Mr. Joiner has been driven
away from North Carolina it was
by colored people. If he rendered
himself objectionable to the people
of North Carolina, both white and
black, if was by advocating a social
Intermingling of the races which is
not for the good of either race and
which exists nowhere. For it is a
Fact Unit there is notone place in
die North where the two races mix
socially. In that very “City of
Jhurches” where Henry Ward
Beecher preachednearly 40 years,
ind where Richard S. Stores still
J re aches, and where ‘'Deacon" S. V.
White has lived many years, and
where Murat Halstead lias lived
lince the last Ohm election, thorn
s none of the intermingling of
jlacks and whites that Mr. Joiner
leemed it hia mission to preach:
Why do not Messrs. White and
Halstead preach about black and
white so-called eqfiality in their owu
:ity instead of preaching it in‘a
State a thousand miles south of
them? It is not more than four or
Sve years since a theatrical manager
in Brooklyn, Col. Sinn, refused ad
mission to colored Grand Army men
at some Decoration day or other
Cl rend Army exercises, on. the
ground that it would render bis the
atre objectionable to the white
people of Brooklyn. Why does not
“Deacon” White lecture on racial
intolerance at his own home instead
of in North Carolina?
Was'fit not Geueral Hawley’s
Grand Army post that recently
black-balled a negro veteran on ac
iount of his color? And is it not
cn Hartford, Conn., that a colored
minister has been trying in vain to
hire a house ? -?*>: , - , —- -
‘•Deacon” White and Field Mar*
ihalf.Hirtstewi;' iirid »U the ot ii<-'
Norll era Republicans. would il
well to extract the beam from thei
>wn eyes before going uovvii ti.
North Carolina and making tenibh
■ioi.se about the motes in the eyes
■>f other peftple:
fhe Presbyterians and Episcopalians.
i H iltni tiff ton Messenger.
There is talk in Northern circles
:°t the Northern Presbyterians and
the Episcopalians finally uniting.
Kev. Dr. Joseph T. Smith of Balti
more, in telling his hearers of the
Saratoga Presbyterian General As
sembly, said'this:
“To a superficial observer there
ire no two churches wider apart
than the Presbyterian and Episco
pal, When you look below all the
asperities, alienations and misunder
standings you will find that there
are no two so nearly one in their
fundamental principles. We are of
the Same race and lineage; the sym
bols of faith are the same; the or
der and policy are the same in es
sential principles. These latter ac
cumulations that have gathered
around the Church do not belong to
it. They arp mere escrescenses.” I
Not long ago we mentioned that
it was held by some Northern Pres
byterians that-the only obstacle was
the dogma of apostalie succession.
,\Vq have no confidence of the ear]j
dawning of the era of general
union among the churches. Men
of brains will think for themselves
and differences of opinion and be
liefs are inevitable. There maybe
oneness in fundamentals—hut even
that is rarely seen, for all churches
have many members who do not be
lieve in all they teach—but there
will scarcely be harmony in polity
and-practice and in many hitherto
dividing questions. People should
avoid bigotry as they would a leper,
and learn to hold their peculiar
views in charity and liberality. Dr.
Smith thinks that uall churches re
taining the denominational different
ces shall he united in a legislative
federation on the same plan as the
States are represented in Congress.’’
I he Presbyterian Evangelist
thinks that something will come of
the revision movement, hut in the
face of the resolution printed hy “P”
in the Messenger of Friday, we can
not see how? The Evangelist is
probably counting, without its host
when it says in the teeth of that
resolution:
“A great point has been already
gained, viz: that the Presbyterian
Church has declared hy air over
whelming majority that it desires
some revision of its Confesson of
Faith. That of itself lays low and
destroys for ever the Dagon of in
fallibility attached to that Confes
sion. It is settled that it is not, like
the Bible, given by inspiration of
God, nor even the work of angels,
but of men, fallible men; and that
what men in past ages have made,
other men in later and perhaps
wise ages, can revise and amend, And
when this committee have once put
their hands to this service, we have
faith to believe that they will not do
the Lord’s work negligently but
wisely and well. The mountain of
Presbyterianism has not been vio
lently shaken for a whole year only
to bring forth a mouse.”'
Time will show whether it is
wrong or no, but it certainly looks
as if its boast was baseless. Pres
byterianism in the North will stand
by the Confession of Faith or violate
the resolution referred to. So it
would seem from the language of the
resolution which is clear and em
phatic.
An Incident at Richmond.
CUarlotte Chronicle.
The Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald relates an
incident that shows the difference
between the true soldier spirit, and
the small clique of mercenary
blood-shift agitators at the iforth.
The Herald's correspondent gives
the following as a “true story of ex
rebel officers.at Richmond:” “On
the night before the unveiling of
the Leo statue about a score of them
with their friends were Bitting in
the Westmoreland Club, when one
of them, an officer af high Confed
eate rank, now a resident of New
X^rk City, said: I see that Rcp
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iVSL-iilative Flower,of New York,- . ' !
•uis introduced'"a resolution'* asking ’«
digress to give $250,000^ toward
building the monument! that city
promised to erect to General Grant.
[ hope it won’t bedone. New
York should - redeem ’ Her* pTorftiae;' ,
and it is to her shame thht*«hh'
not. I see that Congress proposes'
to give $300,000 to erect a monu
ment in Washington. That is
tight. Grant should be buried at
Arlington. Now I hare been pros
perous and hare weans. I propose,
to wait until September- 1st, and it
at that date New York has not raised. '
the money for the monument ■ she
agreed to erect I intend to- start'
a subscription of Southern
men and head it with $20,000. I
will then advertise for Subscriptions
in every Southern newspaper and
limit them to Southern men.”
There was a momentary silence,. 1
when a leading ex-officer rose and
said, “I agree to add $5,000 to your
subscription.” Then in quick suc
cession, others rose and pledged v*-- .
nous sums, until within a few min- _
utes $50,000 had been raised. If
names could be given the pnblie
would see that these were no idle
boasts, but the words and snbscrip- t
tions of men able to pay the, same-,
they pledged and intending to go m*
to the movement.” N .
e have no means of knowing"
who these officers could have been,
but if they pledged subscriptions,
they did it in 'good faith. They did
not do it to* prove thehr devotion, to ...
the Union, they would scorn such:a>
means for such an end. They did
it because the noble Southern sol
dier spirit is great enough to honor -
honest merit and faithful service in
any part of a united country, irre
speetive of imaginary lines and post
bellum tin-soldiers.
Livingston5* IMastratiom.
The following exti-acS from* Mr:
Livington’s speech before the Ways
and Means Committee is so good we 5
give it to our readers:
“Mr. Livingston. If this is pot
a paternal government to-day, I
want some man to tell me what pa
ternalism is?
Mr. McMillan. Do yon think
that it shod Id be so?
Mr. Livingston. No sir. There
was a little boy up in East Tennes
see who wanted to go ahd see his.
sweetheart one evening, but his
father said that he had to start on a
trip in the morning to bring home
some stock. When the father went
to bed the boy slipped out to see his
sweetheart. He got there just as C
the old man began to bank the fires.
He knocked at the door. The old
old man supposed that he wanted to '
borrow something, and invited him
in. The old man was opposed to the
courtship. The old man finally said
to the family “Let us go to the ta
ble. There the boy sat with his
arms folded expecting an invitation
to the table. “Jake, said the old
nian, (after saying grace) “is there ’t
any news on your side of the moun
tain?” “Yes," said Jake. “What
is it?” “One of dad’s cows had five
calves yesterday.” “How can that
be, Jake, when the cow has only
four teats? “What is the fifth ealf
doing?” “Standing off just as I am ;
like a durned fool.” That is as good
a picture of this paternal govern- - -ar
meut of ours as can be drawn by a
pen. The farmer has been that fifth
calf. We have stood with arms
folded expecting an invitation to the
table. We thought that somehow -
there might be a bonus upon cot
ton ; that we might have some sort
of protection from a magnificent >?!
government like ours. But we have
stood with folded arms for twenty- - y
five years. The question comes up
jiow, Mr. Chairman—the question
of setting at these teats somehow,
and turning these other people off. '■%
If you open the pathway of prosper- •
lty am} success, and the achievement
of property as well as renown to ■
every single citizen of this country ,,
and protect him in his person, prop-. ”
erty and character, God knows the " “ ’ >
furmerr’of the country will accept *« '
that platform and stand upon ft, .. r&S
and live upon it, and work upon it, ^
and die upon it. But .if you adhere $
to protection and grtini, bonuses tig
everybody else at ouroitpeu.se, is it
not about time that this iifth calf
would caracole around and make a
moise? I .tell you that we are go
ing to make a hrpvl that will he heart !
from Canada to Florida, and from V.
the Atlantic to the Pacific. We «•<«»
not stand- it.vit vj