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u ‘ , ,j,u use of Johnston's
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the people of
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by pulpit and by press;
of Athens and peo-
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which it
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l^ion taken »>y ,lie
r hlJ iu-taincd and endorsed
Banner is thor-
; e djd not inter into a discussion Of
* with any hard feelings
. [tL , i Mversity of Georgia or
therein; we do not con*
a t profesf-or t
it now with any such senUments,
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. tberish its welfare most tender-
, i tg benoied halls we received
Kilhin
, education, and from its faculty re-
t< ] the diplomas which made us
ct; w I ere by watchfulness we
and no blow shall fall
etim
rtJiutes.
Ai long as life shall last, we are its
no foe shall invade its sacred
Jtrcinci
^5prevent it,
n itwheie by the exercise of any
( j ort; ,| ie editors of this sheetcau avert
jtinipending danger,
tthat we have said, we said in the
i,it of just and sober criticism, actua
ls by a love for the institution into
fk j,h»n iniquitous text book bas
beu introduced.
Kium that position first iaken we do
t( ,l ueede one inch, and every time the
public hear;- from us along this
jj Sft jt will hear of us
Hkiug a step bi advance. There will
ppc retrograde movement with us in
lli- nutter.
I! Johnston's history is a good one
ud well-suiti d to the Uuiversity of
rgia, our criticism- will be without
toil, li m t, then they will have done
tome good.
Ill' A POOR IIOOK THAT WIIX NOT
HANK HIE TEST OF HONEST CRIT-
better than free trade; and the whole
ground work of republicanism, rotten
though it may be, is held up in high fa
vor.
A further criticism along the line is
not allowed at this time for lack of space,
but rest assured that in due time it will
all be shown up so plainly that “a way
faring man though a fool need not err
therein.”
There Is hardly a page in the chap
ters devoted to the subject of democracy
and the south, but that contains some
assertion that doesn't suit men who live
in Georgia and hold fast to the princi
ples uf Georgians.
Briefly these are our objections to the
hook and they can be substantiated: It
is republican; it never
misses a chance to dig
at the democratic party; it casts slurs at
state sovereignty-, it is sectional in the
extreme; it characterizes the secession
of the states as rebellion; it calls the
Confederacy a depotism; it insults the
memory of (be illustrious dead who gave
their life in defence of the liberties of
their firesides.
Hitbno spirit of unf-irness or of
icgei. w< skull continue our criticisms
cl ibis book and believe they will be as
kaitiiy ti.uomd as when our first
tditn'iul w tlit forth to the public.
IliU is the book taught in the State
Stale University, and what
bis it to say concerning
ourtrmni olu commonwealth? It de
scribes the st uli m nt of Georgia in one
line, Hie i art of a sentence, as follows:
"ml in IToJ i he last of the colonies,
Gtirgia, was organized,”
lnakt* its pages to speak of other
rc!-»n>: it it n presses into one line the
settleun ut ol Georgia.
And ihrt ugiiout the remaining pages
of the lx ok very little is ever seen of
tie name or history of Georgia.
Ip to the chap'ers rela'ing to the for-
natn n of the Union it is a pretty fair
history, and after that it shows too
pl*'"l)' the muddy fingers of a rabid
republican.
It never nnsses a chance to dig at
•tat- sorereignty; to cast a slur at Jef
ferson as ihe founder of democracy;
or to advocate the principles
limt are detestable in the eyes of the
Smtk.
Witness a quotation along this line:
‘Almost all the ability in ‘the oonn-
try w*s_ iu the Federalist- ranks; the
publicans had but two first-rate-men,
. Person and Madison. In the sudden
'‘sue this forced between individual
fights and national power,Jefferson aud
ilathson could find but one bulwark
'°t ihe individual—the power of the
Motes; and their use of it gave their
P* r, y H Permanent list to state sover
cignty from which it did not recover
w years "
Aud still another comes:
im Tllt ‘ new do ®inant party entered
>pon it.- career weighted with the theo-
y of state sovereignty; and a civil war
as necessary before this dogma, put to
> H ' ** a *u in the service of slavery,could
* banished from the American
Astern.”
1‘lcase read a little further and see
* hat you think about it. *
bfn Jefferson took office in 1801,he
eceded to a task larger than he ima-
ai f,"* 11 •* .Party, ignoring the natur-
“ rws i'ich tied tl e states together
.l | a X Hln 8t tn< ir wills, insisted that
basis o r the bond was in the
-P,® r (,f a ny state to withdraw at will.
s wag n 0 nationality.”
R'ght here allow ns to say that the
idea of
states rights, as advocated then.
nev«r a weight or clog upon the
* °Mh and development of this c un
try ’ ,ni1 still lives and will never die.
in speak ngof the iniquitous tariff
thhijr lhC toys among other
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1891.
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VOL. 59 NO. 44
he said that Athens is bound to win
more enviable accomplishments wi»! •
in the next year than it has done
within any five years of her past his
tory.
To discerning#* thinking men thiB
is not patting it a bit too strong. It
is clear that Athens is now steadily
on her way to the highest pinnacle
of snccess and development. Te this
end let every Athenian march. The
old citv has never been a “ boom
town” nor will she ever be. She is
growing, hot it is with a* steady
wholesome growth. * ■
there 4 moment in history
wntch had a more nnanlmouB support
u°m the people than the movement in
bi"
A POLITICIANS’ WAR.
We are sorry to see, bays the Rich
mond Times, that Mr. Waiterson, in
the letter which was written by him
for the Atlanta Constitution in e''lo»
gy of the character of the late Henry
W. Grady, so far overlooks the true
facts of history as to permit himself
to refer to the bloody contest be
tween the States &b a “politicians’
war. ” This was a Homeric nod in
the great Kentucky editor, for he
has shown too often and on top many
trying occasions bis loyalty to the
Soutn to be suspected ot a weak and
cowardly truckling to the extreme
Northern sentiment as to the origin
oi the late strife. It is to be regret
ted, however, that a man who is con
sidered in many respects to be a
leading and representative public
man of the South, should allow him.,
self to use an expression which only
exhibits the grossest ignorance or a
conscious perversion of history.
To describe the War between the
States as a politicians' war, is just
as far from the truth as to attribute
its precipitation to the work of • few
political conspirators. It was left to
the authors of a cumbrous life of
Lincoln to vent their spleen against
Davis and Breckinridge and Ste
phens and Hunter and the noble line
of Southern statesmen who held of.
fice at the lime the war began, by
using that expression, which reflect-
d only discredit ugon Hay and Ni-*
colay without serving in the least to
iisparage the great names which
these men sought to asperse.
The war was neither a politician *
waf nor a conspirators’ war. It was
a war of great principles, of antago
nistic ideas of government, of oppos
ing social and economic systems. It
was, as Seward very juBtly said, an
irresistable conflict, a conflict not to
ba evaded and not to be prevented.
It was a conflict of great sections,
diverse in interests and traditions
and feelings and largely in blood.
When the first gun wae fired in
the bombardment of Fort Sumter
forces were exploded which had been
gathering strength for generations
It was an elemental strife in which
the figures of individuals, even when
invested with the august majesty of
a Lee or the flaming glory of a Jack-
son, sank into obscurity.
the South, which resulted in secession.
The insults, encroachments and rob
beries of forty years bad welded them
i nto ?, txwnpact political body, animated
for all snbtaucial purposes by one senti
ment, one feeling, one interest. . To
speak, therefore, of the war as a politi
cians’ war, so far as the South is con
cerned, is a flippancy unworthy of any
man who has the slightest regard for his
reputation.—Richmond Times.
Certainly. And to teach Southern
youths that the contrary doctrine is
true is to rob them of the rich heritage
that their fathers left them dying on the
bloody hilltops of Vinrinia or along the
valleyB of Georgia that slope down to
Savannah from historic Chickamaugua.
The Athens dispensary is certainly
nderful modern
a bummer. It is a worn
institution, and some of our friends
who were in Athens last week went
around to see how it was manipulated
and came back "happy on the way.”
Some people who have formerly been
selling their cotton in Harmony Grove
went to Athens this year, just to get a
glimpse of the dispensary.—Jackson
Are you.quite sure that it was record
ed by the Angel of Truth that they
were satisfied with only a "glimpse?”
Come down brother Holder and take a
‘‘glimpse.”
The Legislature passed the Huff bill
accepting the offer of Rock College
near Athens for a State Normal School
The college is surrounded by i en acres of
land, and the $1000 yearly income of
the Gilmer fund is to be appropriated
for its use. Tbe fund was left by Gov.
Gilmer for tbe purpose of training
teachers for Georgia youths, and by the
trustees was turned over to the trustees
of the State University.—Hartwell Sun
Tbe State of Georgia will feel the
good of an institution the purpose of
which is to teach teachers how to teach.
They will be taught never to teach
Southern ohi[dren the history of the
war from a yankee standpoint.
ob Jeot which Hamilton
soughth»
vslr., tariffs and the de-
°J national classes had been
by healthy means.”
And all along through the entire die-
^ions of the subject, tbe theorii e ad-
'*° Ce d b y Hamilton are favored to the
pproval ofthosi- advocated by Jcf-
tariff is held
up as immensely
AN ERA OF PROSPERITY
Athens bas entered upon an era of
prosperity. She has for the past
twelve months achieved more bril**
iiant successes than for ten years.
She has attained more victories in
the way of manicipal development
than any city in Georgia in the light
oi reasonable comparison,
Athens has secured electrlo lights,
electric street railways, a new trunk
line from the Northeast, free delivery
of mail, au eltc r •• fire al 'im sero
vice, and a paid fire departmsnt
Her enterprising City Council has
voied to float $75 000 bonds with
which to complete the establishment
t f a perfect system of sewers and to
pave her principal etreets. All this
and more.
But such evidences of prosperity
for the past twelve months does not
at all do justice unto her future.
Captain C. G. Talmsdge in an inter
view with The Banner a lew d»ys
Some criticism has been made of tbe
prince of Wales for shooting in kid
gloves and calling him a butterfly
sportsman. Tbe English press are in
dignant at this accusation and say be
is by far the best shot in tbe royal faini
ly and can bold his own in Any country.
The voice of the people hath spoken
against the teaching of a history in tbe
University of Georgia that relates the
causes o the war from a northern
standpoint. The procession is formed
all over Georgia, a petition is. once
more sent in to the faculty of Georgia’s
college to throw away tbe book If
they refuse, then let the band begin to
play and let the procession move. Hit
thebass drum hard, please.
I’ve been a sufferer, from rheumatism
for years and have been unable to obtain
any relief at all. Salvation Oil gave me
entire relief nd I heartilya recommend
it. HENRY. WINKEL, Baltimore,
Md.
Wbat so wonderful, as a severe
cough cured by Dr. Bull’s Cough 8yiup
for 25 cents. Try it!
Crooked Treimurer Sentenced.
Youngstown, Ohio, Oct. 24.—On the
opening of court David Douglass in
dicted for stealiug $18,327 while treasu
rer of Youngstown township, was quiet
ly brought into court, and he pleaded
guilty on one indictment, receiving a
sentence of three years in the peniten
tiary and an order to refund twice the
amount stolen. The two other indict
ments were dismissed. The fact of his
pleading guilty aud saying expense ot
a trial secured a light sentence. Doug
lass will *be taken to Columbus. His
wife and four children are left without
any support and will have to depend on
charity.
Tried to Keep Up the P.iee.
St. Paul, Oct. 24.—Upon a critical
examination of their books tbe St. Paul
trust company discovered a defalcation
of $5,000 in the accounts of Teller Lords
8. Wilde, who came here two years ago
from Lockport, N. Y. Wilde went on
his vacation to his parents’ home at
Lockport early in September, and his
failure to return led to investigation.
Youug Wilde, whose downfall is due to
association with the fast sons of wealthy
men, also largely in debt to tailors and
other merchants. The shortage will be
rid by a surety company which is on
w
ilde’s bonds.
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take it regularly, according to direc
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of self-treatment with this valuable
remedy, the extreme cases of nervous
prostration and debility peculiar to wo
men, are radically cured. A written
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ery bottle.
Georgia Answers and Says that
„ Johnston’s History
simmi?
In tlie UniYeisity oi Georgia—The
Position of the Banner is Heartily
Endorsed on ill Sides and
Throughout the State.
By Press, Pulpit and People-
Letters from Prominent ■
Men and Numerous In
terviews—The Criti
cisms Justifiable.
THE PEOPLE’S VERDICT.
The story of the use of Johnston’s His
tory of the United States as text-book in
the University of Georgia, and tbe na
ture of tbat book has gone forth to tbe
world, and with the returnir>g mail
there come endorsements from every
source for tbe stand taken by the
editors of the Athens Banner.
The endorsements of the position of
this paper on this subject speak best for
themselves.
They are given below:
The Cambell of Ohio is coming on
to success tvbi e Crisp breezes blow
ogo very correctly put the case when over the dessert land.
the people’s tribune speaks.
The Tribune-of-Rome, edited by Mr.
John Locke Martin, an old student at
the University and one of the ablest
editors on the Georgia press, prints the
following editorial leader:
The Athens Banner with Editor
Rem Crawford at tbe helin, can always
be depended onto watch all points of
the oompattand to cry aloud at thr first
sign of evil, no matter where it crops
ont, or who is attempting the work.
Recently Editor Crawford got onto a
text book wbicb is bring used in the
State Universsty that is not only bit
terly partisan in its teachings, but Is
crowded with untruths from preface to
finis. This book is Johnson's History
of the United States, and the man who
introduced it in his class room as a text
book is Prof. J. L. McPherson, the pro
fessor of history, who was recently elec
ted to tbat position by the trustees of
tbe University.
Author Johnson is unknown to the
Tribune-of Rome, which is prims facie
evidence that Author Johnson isn’t one
of the celebrities.
Professor McPherson came from the
University of Michigan. The Bannek
makes no apology for exposing the out
rageous teachings of that alleged "His
tory of the United States.” Tbe Ban
ner is right. If youp.g men of the
Sou*-h are to be fed on such rot as that
book gives out, then these young men
had better grow np as ignorant as mon
keys. If the youth of the South are to
be taught to believe tbat tbe cause for
which their fathers fought, and which
wentdown in defeat simply by tbe
force of opposing numbers, was noth
ing but the cause of traitors and rebel#,
then let the doors of all the schools and
colleges in tbe South be nailed up, and
all tiie teachers be sent - to earn their
living behind the plow or at the factory
loom.
Bnt here is another-gem from that
history:
“Tbe functions of the voter ceased
when he voted for delegates to tbe State
convention: he could only look on help
lessly while that body went on to con
stitute him a citizen of a new nation, of
wbicb he had not dreamed when he vot
ed, and wbicb could only exist by ear
ring upon the United Stat«a.”
In tbe name of truth, is that history ?
Isn’t it a lie ? And doesn’t Professor
McPherson know it to be a lie?
Not excessively elegant language,
this, hut what other term is better ap
plicable to such statements?
The Banner is to be thanked for its
expose of this mendacious and partisan
book. The Tribune of Rome is glad to
have, the opportunity of standing by its
Athens brother in this fight on so dis
reputable a-text book, and takes the
liberty of suggesting to Professor Mc
Pherson that if he intends to continue
tbe ose of thin book tbat bis resignation
wouldn’t be decline.
Says the Banner :
“One or two paragraphs from this
book will forever damn it in tbe minds
of men who love the stars and bars.
Concerning the secession of the States,
it savs:
“Under what claim of constitutional
right all this was done' passes compre
hension. Th»t a State convention
. should have the final power of decision
on the question which it was summon
ed to consider is quite as radical doc- from an old
tiine as has yet been beard of *
»- * is a novel feature in American
constitutional law. It was revolution
or nothing.”
How does that sound? How do
Southern fathers like that sort of teach
ing for their sons ? Asks the Banner :
“Can such doctrine as this be tolerated
in an institution dear to the hearts of
Georgians? Most we teach tbe youth
of our State tbat tbe South, had no
right to secede? If such be the neces
sity of the case, we would respectfully
advise the abolishment of the Chair of
History as the far lesser of the two
evils”
hard but just.
Tbe Ainericus Times-Recorder, one
of tbe leading dailies of South Georgia,
hits from the shoulder in regard to this
matter. Its criticism is hard, but in
the light of affairs it is just It is as
as follows:
“The Athens Banner makes a lengthy
attack upon “Johnston’s History of the
United States,” a partisan text-book
used in tin Georgia State University,
which misrepiesentsthie facts of history
and distorts things adversely to the
South. Where are the faculty and tha
trustees of tbe University that so heret
ical a book as tbe Banner' describes it
is permitted to be used? The quota
tions given by the Banner indicate its
utter unfitness to be taught to the sons
of Southern soldiers as history, and if
the faculty are so regligentof their
duty as to permit a Michigan professor
in tbe University to introduce such a
text-book, then the trustees should take
a hand. If this isn’t done, then all pat
riotic Georgians will .boycott the Uni
versity and educate their boys else
where.”
TROUPE ARTILLERY THUNDERS.
Congressman Henry H Carlton, who
was the gallant leader of the Troupe
Artillery in the Virginia campaigns
gives some talk that is as effective as
was the thunder of his guns on many a
victorious field. It is as follows:
Editor Banner:—In behalf of every
true and loyal Southerner, and espe
cially for myself, do-1 desire to congrat
ulate and thank you for the bold and
just attack you have made upon the in
troduction of “Johnson’s United States
History” into our State University. If
your editorial career should not be sig
nalized with any other merit of suc
cess,-this one effort of yours to drive
out from - our institution of learning
such books of instructions as are ealeu
lated to tarnish the fair escutcheon of
our much loved Southland, will cause
you to live in grateful and appreciated
remembrance with every loyal son of
the South. Your editorial in your is
suaof the 21st inst was worth its weight
in gold. It was timely, just to the
point and simply unanswerable from a
true, just, loyal and patriotic stand
point. It was like “Apples of gold in
pictures of silver.”
Why should the young men of our
schools and colleges be taught sueh
history as tends to pervert
the truth and place
their own country and those who so no
bly struggled for what they honestly
believed to be the right, in the light Of
rebels and traitors to what was once
“tbe best government the world ever
saw.” What, I wonld ask, is there in
our past history fiom the drafting of
tbe Declaration of Independence, by
Thomas Jefferson, up to the oruel im
prisonment of Jefferson Davis at For
tress Monroe that should cruse a south
ern cheek to tingle with shame? '
What if in an unequal civil strife we
of tbe south were overwhelmed by im
mense odds, does not God yet reign,and
the justice nor. the -injustice qf our
cause could not have been decided by
the arbitrament of the sword, ilor can
the future glory and triumph of the
south be promoted by trickling syco
phancy, unmanly concessions, or the
teaching of false history.
God speed, say I, that
fraternal relation between the sections
which is founded on light and justice
and which is consistent with self-
respect, but if it is aught else,' let us in
dignantly turn away from it and spuru
Jt with tbe foot of scorn and contempt.
I claim not to have the gift of prophecy,
bat this I do know, that in the end
the right will sorely come uppermost,
and the cause of justice with triumph.
Then may I not safely predict, tbat
when a returning sense of justice shall
have come, as come it most, “Johnson’s
History” to tbe contrary notwithstand
ing, it may perhaps be in tbe long years
hence, th'at in some mighty, perchance.
Amphytrionic conncil of tbe nations
the wrongs of Poland shall be redress
ed, the sufferings of poor Ireland shall
be avenged, and that the right for
which Lee drew his sword and _ the
cause for which Jackson fell shall be
vindicated by the verdict of univer
sal humanity.
' Yes, go on Mr. Editor, with your just
and righteous work in fighting out the
introduction of such pernicious text
books in our state University and
Southern schools.
If such book*, with which to teach
our Southern young men, that their
fathers were traitors and rebels, and
who fought in an unrighteous cause,
cannot be kept out of our schools and
colleges, then but one thing is left for
Southern parents to do and tbat is to
see to it, that their sons are not allowed
to attend any such schools or colleges.
Yours respectfully,
H. H. Carlton.
Athens, Ga., Oct. 22nd.
CONFEDERATE AND A
school teacher. : course,and you have my hearty endorse-
Mr. Editor:—In the Ledger of this }“e Q t of your editorial. I enjoyed it
week, there appeared an article under I very much, and can say that in my
the'nom de plums of “A- Member of
the Junior Class,” iu'which he with
much pedantry rebukes, vituperates
and denounces you for having the au
dacity to oppose the use of Johnston’s
History of the U. S. in our Univer
sity. In that article he excuses toe in
troduction of said history by the plea
that Dr MrPueraon is a Southerner,
and that it v as approved by tbe pru
dential committee of the Board of Trus
tees of the U niversity. Now these are
extremely flimsy reasons, which are too
apparent to combat. Does _the fact
(bat that book is used as a text book, by
a Southern uian and approved by a
committee of the Board of Trustees
make it a suitable book to teach tbe
rising generation ? By no means; for
although the members of the Junior
class may not be polluted by the book
which alludes to oar soldiers in the late
war as rebels, traitors, etc , yet, this
fact should be sufficient to exclude it
from all our schools of what
ever grade. “Evil communications oor-
rnpt good manners”; so the use of
books which are in
the least objectionable
may contaminate the mind. As well
might we introduce Paine’s “Age of
Reasou” for it contains many valuable
expressions
Hut I forbear, Mr Editor, yon at e
right. Hold up your bead, if you die
hard, tbe majority no doubt are with
you in this fight. Y.
SLIGHTLY ( ?) INCONSISTENT.
Everybody knows Captain C. G.Tal-
madge. He hasn’t forgot his soldier
life yet. He writes:
Mb. Rkmsen Crawford,
Editor Banner :
Please allow me to tbank you for the
noble fight made on Northern tixr.
books being allowed in .Southern in
stitutions of learning.
It is utterly inconsistent with South
ern ideas,Southern manhood and South
ern heroism. Away with all Buch
infernal doctrine. /
Keep up the fight until tbe last one
is driven from our fair Southland. The
people are with you. Yours to the
best of my ability iu the cause.
Respectfully,
C. G. Talmadgb.
A SON OF HIS FATHER.
The following oomes from Lieut. Col.
Goodloe H. Yancey, a son of the late
Hon William L. Yancey, of Alabama.
Editor Banner :—
Your editorial condemning the use of
a history, such as is characterized by
the extracts used in your criticism, in
onr Uuiversity meets my hearty appro
val. The claim tbat southern youths
should be shown these slandering sluts
on their Confederate fathers now in or
der to refute them is palpably wrong
Teach them the southern side alone and
they will know bow to refute anything
that may be spoken against secession.
Any toleration of a contrary doctrine is
outrageous.
Yours respectfully,
Goodloe H. Yancey.
Athens, Ga.,24th.
an ordinary extra-ordinary. ,
Ordinary S M. Herrington, tbe wor
thy thief ex^cutive of Clarke County
talks on the right line thus:
Editor Banner :—I have read you?
editorial. I think it is on tbe right
line. We do not like to have such a
book as described in tbe bands of South
ern children. I approve of your course.
Youra respectfully,
S. M. Herrington.
Athens, Ga., Oct.24th.
IT IS AN OUTBAGB.
Judge Albert L- Mitchell, a brave
ton federate veteran, who left one arm
beneath the soil of old Virginia, writes
as follows:
Editor Banner :
I simply wish to state that my hear
tiest endorsement is accorded to your
editorial on the use of a sectional book
in the University of Georgia that char
acterizes the Confederacy as a despo
tism and imputes disloyalty to the men
who wore the gray. Allow me to say
that I consider it an outrage that such
a book should be taught in the Univer
sity ; that would in any way, shape or
form teach the youth of Georgia and the
South that the Southern States had no
right to secede and that their fathers
fought in an unjn9t cause.
Yours truly,
Albert L. Mitchell.
humble judgment such a text book
should not be allowed in tb> curriculum
Of the University.” :
Dr.C. W. Lane, himself an old sol
dier of the confederacy, entering tbe
Banner editorial room Thursday said;
‘•I have coine up to express to you my
pleasure in reading your editorial on
the question ot theussof Johnston’s
history in the University of Georgia.”
SOME TELLING INTERVIEWS.
The people of Athens are by no means
indifferent on this question, and do not
hesitate to speak out in meeting con
cerning it.
On all sides the Banner is unequiv
ocally endorsed fur its stand, and the
people and the press of Georgia are at
its back.
The overwhelming verdiot of the peo
ple of Athens, who love and cherish the
University of Georgia, is tbat Johnson’s
History of the United States bas no
place in the curriculum of tbe Univer
sity, and should be dropped from the
list of text-books iu tbat institution.
The hearty endorsement on all sides
shows which way the wind is blowing,
and demonstrates that the Banner in
its article has made, the matter so plain
that no man need err in bis opinion.
Capt. W.B. Burnett in speaking ot
the matter said: “I have not read the
discussion thoroughly, but am of the
decided opinion that no such book that
contains ideas like those quoted from it,
should be tolerated in the State Univer
sity. The Banner is right in its
course.”
Mr. E. I. Smith : ‘.‘You are right in
the matter. The use of such a book is
inexcusable.”
Mr. George E. Lucas: “Keep the
thing before the people. It has no
place in our State University.”.
Mr. J. M. Moore : “I am a thorough
southerner and believe in teaching the
youth of the south tbat their fathers
were right and fought in a righteous
cause.'
Mr. John D. Mell : “You have my
unqualified endorsement as to your edi
torial on the question of Johnston’s his
tory.”
Col Isaac Lowe : “I was a firm be
liever in secession, believed we had a
right'to secede, and do not desire to see
the youth of Georgia taught from a
book that teaches other doctrine.”
Prof G. G. Bond : “The book cer
tainly puts secession in a northern light
stronger than any book I have ever
read.” (Prof. Bond is Superintendent
of the city schools).
Mr. W. C. Orr: “If the book teach
es such doctrine as quoted iu the Ban
ner it should be expunged from the
University curriculum.”
Mr J. S. King: “lam with yon
and believt you are on the right line in
your editorial.
Mr. G. H. Pa^jier: “I am surpris
ed tbat snch a book should for one mo
ment be tolerated in tbe Univeisity.
And just such were the expressions
heard on all sides, and it were attemp
ting tbe impossible in the brief apace
allowed for this article to record them
all.
If that history has any .defenders in
Athens, thev don’t show up, and if
they are here, they are . “like angels
viBits lew and far between,”
Condemned by pnlpit and by press,
by citizens of Athens and of Georgia,
the use of Johnston’s history is relega
ted to a corporals guard who may sanc
tion it.
Not only the Banner, bat tbe people
of Athens and Georgia have spoken and
their verdiot is unanimous.
“Put Thr Book Out” is what they
all say.
THE PULPIT SPEAKS.
If there is one thing in all this matter
that tbe Banner appreciates, it is the
endorsement received from the pulpit
in Athens.
They are endorsements of men far re
moved from the clashing prejudices of
the mad world; well-fitted in their po-
gitions to criticize anything in the spirit
of soberness and truth
One of the most sacred dnties they
have 'o perform is the care over young
men,-to see that they are properly aided
n their young life, and to have a watch-
nl interest in them.
Hence it is that the Banner is pleased
to note thq fact that the editorial is en
dorsed by as grand and noble preachers
as ever preached in tbe temple of the
living God.
Bev. T. R. Kendall, pastor of the
First Methodist church of this city, be
loved by all who know him, in speaking
with one of tbe Banner editors bad
this to say: “You are right in your
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More About Kama's Place.
Chicago, Oct 24.—Major' William
Warner of Kansas City, ex-Commander-
in-chief of the G. A. R., passed through
Chicago en route to Washington, tyla
friends here intimate that he has been
called to the national capital by Presi
dent Harrison and tbat he has again
'been offered the pension bureau.
Allotment of the Bnialaa Loan.
Loodon, Oct. 24.—The manner of tho
allotment of the new Russian loan gives
all the advantage to small applicants.
Subscribers applying for from one to
four bonds will receive one bond; those
applying for from five to nine bonds
WUl receive two, and so on, while the
largest applicants will receive only 7$
per cent, of the number applied for.
Gorman Printers to Strlbe.
Berlin, Oct. 24.—The printers oi
Brealan and Leipsio held a meeting at
which preparations were made for •
general i
.German printers.
HEZEKIAH’S SURPRISE.
“Wal, Hiram, if this don’t beat all!
The old way for doctors was ‘kill er
cure,’ but here I’ve found a piece in
this here newspaper where a doctor of
fers oiah er cure.’ It’s fer catarrh! I
wish we had it—I’d like to try him!
Jest listen, Hiram! ‘The proprietors
of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy offer a
rewardof $500 for any case of catarrh
which they cannot cure.’ That beats S
all lotteries hollow! The medicine
C03ts 50 cents—your catarrh is cured,
er you get $500! Where’s my hat? I’m
going right over to neighbor Brown’s,
to show him. I never wanted to get
within ten foot of him before, but if it
is the cure of bis catarrh, I guess I can
tand iiono’t.” Sold by druggists.
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