----- Original Message ----- From: <GACRAWFO-L-request@rootsweb.com> To: <margie@majorinternet.net> Cc: <GACRAWFO-admin@lists6.rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 10:40 PM Subject: Re: CV May 1911 History > >From GACRAWFO-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0424_01C03948.F34CD060 > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="Windows-1252" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > TENNESSEE WOMAN'S HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION PROTESTS. > > > The following resolution, drafted by Mrs. N. B. Dozier and presented by = > > her at the April meeting of the Tennessee Woman's Historical = > > Association, Nashville, Tenn., received the hearty indorsement of this = > > association: > > > Whereas it has been brought to our attention through various newspapers = > > and the CONFEDERATE VETERAN that there is being used not only in the = > > North, but also in several preparatory schools, colleges, and = > > universities of a number of our Southern States, Tennessee included, a = > > history of the United States of America by H. W. Elson, of Kansas, which = > > contains slanderous falsehoods against the South, her people and = > > institutions, and whereas we have examined this history and found that = > > this statement is correct, and whereas on page 558 he attacks the = > > morality of Southerners in slavery days, also the sacred relations of = > > the home in language which is false, and whereas we know that in no = > > section of this country or in any other country has there ever been a = > > higher standard of morality than in the South, or has the sanctity of = > > the home been more carefully guarded than by the people of the South, = > > and whereas on page 625 he declares that 'slavery, and slavery alone, = > > and not State rights,' was the cause of the War between the States, = > > which he terms the 'slave holders' war,' and whereas we know that a = > > great majority of the Confederate soldiers never owned a slave, and that = > > Gen. Robert E. Lee, who had the honor of commanding the Confederate = > > forces, also the honor of declining to be the commander in chief of the = > > Federal forces, had several years before this war freed his slaves: = > > therefore be it =20 > > > ''Resolved, That the Tennessee Woman's Historical Association make an = > > earnest protest in the name of truth and justice against the use of = > > 'Elson's History of the United States' in any school of this country, = > > and that this association in order that the girls and boys of this = > > country may know the truth exert itself that no history which = > > misrepresents the South, North, or any other section of this country be = > > taught in our schools, and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the = > > Macmillan Company, of New York, the publishers of this history. > > > [This association is in no sense political. The wife of a Union veteran = > > and a Republican was the first President, but this outrageous "history" = > > should be repudiated by every American patriot man and woman. = > > EDITOR VETERAN.] > > > A last kick: "Another cause must be mentioned the great superiority = > > of Lincoln over Jefferson Davis, * * * It is curious to speculate what = > > might have been had the direction of the migration of these two men been = > > reversed." In his preface to the book Elson says: "As a native and = > > resident of the North, I no doubt partake of the prejudice of my = > > section."' There is nothing in the history of the South more deplorable = > > than that sons of Confederate soldiers attach so great importance to = > > "academic independence" as herein vaunted. > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0424_01C03948.F34CD060 > > Content-Type: text/html; > > charset="Windows-1252" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > > <HTML><HEAD> > > <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = > > http-equiv=3DContent-Type> > > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2722.2800" name=3DGENERATOR> > > <STYLE></STYLE> > > </HEAD> > > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > > <DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif">TENNESSEE WOMAN'S HISTORICAL = > > ASSOCIATION=20 > > PROTESTS.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif">The following resolution, drafted by = > > Mrs. N. B.=20 > > Dozier and presented by her at the April meeting of the Tennessee = > > Woman's=20 > > Historical Association, Nashville, Tenn., received the hearty = > > indorsement of=20 > > this association:</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif">Whereas it has been brought to our = > > attention=20 > > through various newspapers and the CONFEDERATE VETERAN that there is = > > being used=20 > > not only in the North, but also in several preparatory schools, = > > colleges, and=20 > > universities of a number of our Southern States, Tennessee included, a = > > history=20 > > of the United States of America by H. W. Elson, of Kansas, which = > > contains=20 > > slanderous falsehoods against the South, her people and institutions, = > > and=20 > > whereas we have examined this history and found that this statement is = > > correct,=20 > > and whereas on page 558 he attacks the morality of Southerners in = > > slavery days,=20 > > also the sacred relations of the home in language which is false, and = > > whereas we=20 > > know that in no section of this country or in any other country has = > > there ever=20 > > been a higher standard of morality than in the South, or has the = > > sanctity of the=20 > > home been more carefully guarded than by the people of the South, and = > > whereas on=20 > > page 625 he declares that 'slavery, and slavery alone, and not State = > > rights,'=20 > > was the cause of the War between the States, which he terms the 'slave = > > holders'=20 > > war,' and whereas we know that a great majority of the Confederate = > > soldiers=20 > > never owned a slave, and that Gen. Robert E. Lee, who had the honor of=20 > > commanding the Confederate forces, also the honor of declining to be the = > > > commander in chief of the Federal forces, had several years before this = > > war=20 > > freed his slaves: therefore be it </FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif">''Resolved, That the Tennessee Woman's = > > > Historical Association make an earnest protest in the name of truth and = > > justice=20 > > against the use of 'Elson's History of the United States' in any school = > > of this=20 > > country, and that this association in order that the girls and boys of = > > this=20 > > country may know the truth exert itself that no history which = > > misrepresents the=20 > > South, North, or any other section of this country be taught in our = > > schools, and=20 > > that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Macmillan Company, of New = > > York,=20 > > the publishers of this history.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif">[This association is in no sense = > > political. The=20 > > wife of a Union veteran and a Republican was the first President, but = > > this=20 > > outrageous "history" should be repudiated by every American=20 > > patriot man and woman. EDITOR=20 > > VETERAN.]</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif">A last kick: "Another cause must be=20 > > mentioned the great superiority of Lincoln over = > > Jefferson=20 > > Davis, * * * It is curious to speculate what might have been had the = > > direction=20 > > of the migration of these two men been reversed." In his preface to the = > > book=20 > > Elson says: "As a native and resident of the North, I no doubt partake = > > of the=20 > > prejudice of my section."' There is nothing in the history of the South = > > more=20 > > deplorable than that sons of Confederate soldiers attach so great = > > importance to=20 > > "academic independence" as herein = > > vaunted.<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0424_01C03948.F34CD060-- > > Hi -- > > The message you submitted to this list (included above) wasn't > sent to the list subscribers. RootsWeb accepts only plain text > mail. That means that HTML mail, attachments, ``enriched text'', > and a few other formats can't be sent to RootsWeb mailing lists. > You can post your message if you send it in plain text; turn off > the ``Post in HTML'' or ``Enriched Text'' features of your mail > reader, or don't use any attachments. 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