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AKHON DAILY DEMOCRAT. MQNDAY, DECEMBER 23 1901
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THE AKRON DAILY DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHED BY THE AKRON DEMOCRAT CO.
MONDAY, 1)K0. 1!:, 1IK)1.
THE HISTORY OF
We liuvo received from the publish
ing house of "Tin? Cunfcdointe Veter
an," of Nashville, Tennessee, copy
of n book, tin limno of which Is "Two
AVars." This really Is tlio military
autobiography of Samuel O. l-'rencli,
formeily a captain In the United States
army, and later a MiJor General In
the ntniy of the Confederaey.
We tool: up this book without much
Interest, expecting to Hint It but nil
other going over of the Olvll war from
tlio Southern point of view, but we
laid It down with real regret, it Is u
vnluablo contribution to the history of
a time, in rcgnid to which fact Is al
ready strangely blended with myth,
mid back of which the present genera
tion looks through the deceitful haze
of tradition.
Gen. French was a native of Now
Jersey, and entered West Point and
the army from that State. So that
ho had not the usual excuse of going
with his State, for lighting against
the Hag under whose folds lie hud
been L'ducated nud had contended In
Mexico.
It Is too late day to now discuss
with him tlio theory on which he un
dertakes to justify secession. No one
will bo satisfied that what he calls
Uio nomination and election of n
"sectional" candidate for President la
tt suillclent jURtlllcatlon.
But, turning to the book Itself, we
And It replete with mutter which tends
to clear up portions of tho great con
flict really obscure, even to the best
Informed.
Tho author's account of his boy
hood llfo on the New Jersey farm Is
charming. Ills picture of tho -rude
abundance of that tlino brings water
to tho mouth and visions to the mind's
eye. Wo cannot forbear quoting a
single paragraph: "I have given
these minute details of tho manner In
which Oio people lived In Now Jersey
and adjoining State in tho olden
times, 'when the richest were poor
niul tho -worest had abundanco,' to
show you how well thoy lived, how
comfortably elnd, and how" content
they were in tho ikiys when trusts,
combines and protective tariffs were
unknown, and no great corporations
existed. Today (1805) theso great
combines liavo destroyed Individual
competition, mi'd Impoverished moro
than half tho entire, population of tlio
country and reduced It to rigidity of
bourn and tho slavery of wages. Thoy
control legislation, corrupt tho courts,
subsidize tho prats, inuJntuIn advo
cates In tho pulpits, and this will es
trange tho poor from the rich moro
Widely than tho peasant from tho
prince; and, continued, may implant
an unkindly, fueling, "which, If not
placated, may have to bo settled by a
lesort to arms."
The old General "has It out" with
Longstieol concerning the operations
of their army around Suffolk In the
spring of lSfl'J, and Is censorious of the
conduct of the latter In not rejoining
Leo in time to have niado the battle
of Ohnncellorsvllle decisive. Shortly
afterwards Trench was ordered to tho
urmy gathering hi the Interior of
Mississippi for tho relief of Vlcksburg,
nud ho came there against the protest
of Joo Johnston, because, as the latter
claimed, so many otllcers of Northern
birth had been assigned to his depart
ment, nud the troops wero suspicious
of audi.
After opposing Sherman In his Meri
dian expedition, tho uuthor took part
lu tli great Atlanta.' campaign, of
which ho gives a graphic description,
especially of the lighting lu the neigh
borhood of Kenesaw mountain,
Ho devotes eonshterablu spaco to an
account of the affair at Allatoona, lu
which ho punctures tho long-bellowd
utory of Corse's defense of that point,
and makes the song of "Hold the
l'ort, for I Am Coming," look like the
traditionary thirty cents.
A careful and utipaioutly candid
-analysis of Hood's Nashville cam
lmlgn, including the terrible and unnec
CHwiry battle of Franklin, results to
tuo discredit of the General who led
that III starred expedition.
General French's description of his
ttt one time superior oillcer, Bishop,
and Lieutenant General, Polk, of his
habits of campaigning .mil manners
ot life In the Held, about hs objecting
to rising m tliu morning before the
aim, or his having milch Vows driwn
With the command for supplying his
tent table with lacteal fluid, ami his
vallaut feuts with knife mid foil; when
pucu up, ,0 amusing and no doubt
truthful. Indeed the wilter of this
liad occasjou to visit tho plantation
x or tuo Ji!Iltait bishop, down- lu the
U Kotirche Interior country, lu the
fall of 18(12, mid saw there all the
evidences of tho luxurious habits of
t owner. The enormous green leather
chair In which the. rotund form of this
lighting parson was wont to ensconce
Ijitelf, waa there In bis study, and It
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TWO WARS,
whirled around on steel balls running
In u groove at the base. We coveted
oiuo of his books, but the sttlct dis
cipline exacted by our commander,
Gen. YVeltzcl, prevented getting them.
Kverythlng betokened that this belli
gerent ehurchinan, was what Gen.
French calls him, "a vnltiliit trench
erman." He was killed at Pine moun
tain by a gr.ipo shot from one of Shcr
man's batteries.
Of, couiso Geneinl French Indulges
In the usual Confederate claims of Im
mense disparity between the numbers'
engaged, greatly to the discredit of
tlie Northern troops, Tri his estimation.
This habit has become so Inveterate
that we shall soon expect to hear that
Gettysburg was fought on Leo's side
by himself mid a Confederate sergeant
.with his squad. We Hud no fault with
lids; It results natuuilly enough when
the survivors or an army In which Its
numbers were habitually suppressed
lu tho reports of Its engagements, and
when no allowance Is ever made for
the immense advantage arising from
operating on Interior lines, In a friend
ly country where every man, woman,
and child, was a swift witness against
the invader, and the ability to bring
equal If not superior forces to bear
at the point of Impact, every time, and
whom the Northern armies wero no
torious for their laxness In keeping
anything like their nominal strength
present with1 the colors lu lime of ac
tion. We notice on th0 cover of the book,
rrwhich Is gotten upin excellent typo
graphical shape, tlio picture of at least
six flags, all Confederate. We looked,
and regret not to Hud, any American
flag, although no Inconsiderable por
tion of the work deals with the nuthoifc
campaigns In -Mexico, when at least
he fought under its aegis.
Wo observe also another strange
thing. In dedicating the book to the
"Confederate Soldiers," General French
describes them as men who battled to
''maintain the cause for which Oliver
Oromwplf aud George Washington
fought." A very remarkable state
ment that George Washington "fought'1
against the government which ho
founded. Hut stranger still' Is the
enormous lion-seqnltur of the govern
ment whose corner-stoiiu wiw what
AIox. Stephens said it was, and the
cause which was tho mainspring of
Cromwell's life. Indeed,' In this re
spect tho now aged Confederate is
not even consistent with his former
chieftain, ami of whoso conduct tho
book Is largely an 'attempted vindica
tion. Jefferson Davis, In an address deliv
ered before tlio Leglslatuio of Missis
sippi December 5(1, 18(R1, speaking ot
us of tin. North, said: "And It was
with these people that our fathers
formed a union aud a solemn contract.
There Is Indeed a difference between
tho two peopled. Ixit no man hug tho
delusion that theie can be renewed
association between them. Our ene
mies are a tradltloulcss and homeless
nice; lrom tho time of Cromwell to
the present moment tney have been
disturbers oi' the peace of the world.
Gathered together by Cromwell from
tho bogs and fens of the North of
ltoland and of Kngland, they com
nienced by disturbing the peace oi
their own country; they disturbed llol.
land, to which .they lied, add they dis
turbed Kngland on their return. 'Pliny
persecuted 'Catholics In F.ngland, and
they hung (junkers and Pitches in
America.
"Having been hurried Into n war
with a people so devoid' of every
marl; of civilization etc.
Of courho this statement was false,
and HiivIh knew It to be .. Hut what
we wish to remark Is that the former
head, and now canonized saint of tho
Confederacy, charged tho Northern
people, as the gravest oileiihit known
lu tlio calendar e-f eilme, with being
Cromwclllaus; and -10 years lat-'r, a
lepresentatlve writer of the sauio Con
ledeiacy, who still sweais by .lollcr
hoii l)als and pi hits, his picture In his
book, dedicates that same book to
his comrades lu arms for whom he
claims tlio pioud title of Crniuwellltdis
also. Time and events certainly work
great 'changes lu men's opinions. '
Wo apprehend that a responsibility
Is laid upon the later historians of the
gicat Civil war, who wrlto fioiu tliu
Southern view-point, which did not
devolve upon the eailler writers or that
history, and which, wo think Is not
fully met.
A now generation has arisen since
tho soul-stiiriiig events' of those days,
who arestraugers to personal associa
tion with them. And when the In
ipilry is made by the children of u,.
day nit to what moral distinction there
was between lighting for our country's
flag-now tliat we aie a milled conn
tiy and llvo under but one Hug, and
lighting against It, what answer does
patriotism and fidelity to history die
tato? To put the question aside with-
TO CHRISTMAS
OUR CHINA DEPARTMENT IS THE MOST COM
PLETE IN NORTHERN OHIO
5000 China Tea Sets
for children
Packed in fancy
boxes. Nothing
nicer for children.
23c ea
inner
100-pieco Porcelain Decorated Dinner Sets, F C A A
regular price $7.50 , now 'Pv
100-pioco Porcelain Decorated Dinner Sets, M A A A
regular price $12.00 now P V.VV
100-pioce Porcelain Flown Blue Dinner Sets, 11 ? ftft
rogular price $15.00 J. now P ' V
100-picco Carlsbad China Dinner Sots, M Z CA
rogular price $20 00 .'.,,, now j U.V
100-,pieee Haviland China Dinner Sets, ? ((
regular price $550.00 now PU.V J
Qther
nun era a a eri
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China Department .
mil miH-ivi'i' will not do. Pnti'lotltmi
Is not n UPKiitlvu duly. If uii( lmrty
tu Unit inuiiiornlilo (onlllet wiih ilfilit,
tlio utlici must lmvo lii'i'ii wruiiK. nud
tliu I'IhIuk Koiicuitlon urn I'litltlrd to lie
IniiKlil which wiih loyiil giuil which
wns mil, mid this, Iiowi'vcrlinwolcoino
tin ovi'lit wiih to tint lientcn nIiIc, uml
Iiowovit liii'sc iillowmux'M wu inuy
iniihc I'or iiilhinUi'ii views ns to tin
roiiHtltiilloiml ohllKiitioim oi' our fill
y.ons mill for tin illn'ilny ot unilouht
i'il Milor mill foilltiiili hi tin Held,
TIiIh IcMMiu hlHlory Iiiih already ,ult
leu, mid It lii'coiitPH us nil to rei'ofjiilze
It ouiM'lves and to liiKtlll it Into our
eldldreii as an uxamplo of imtrlotlf
diity, without liltteini'ss, Imt lu nil
Kindness, nud yot with lldollty to tiuh,
Wo are nlml iiKi'ln to eoninieud Oen
eral i''reiich'H ivork, us InteresthiK,
fairly uii'irejudlecil, us milling to our
Hlui'k of l-iiowli'ilKi of u most In
leictlii',' eiKmli, and us a mjiiJcIiiumi of
what ihu .Southern -it-oiilu can do in
tho way ot n really Huo ineuhanlcai
execution of u book-.
(JoiniueiilliiK uiioii thi ipslKiiulluii
of I'osluuiHter (ii'Ui'ral Smith from tho
Calilnet, tho l'hlladcliihlii Times says;
"Mr. Smith's rcblKiMtlou lu of less
eoiiHeiiuenco to tho I'otollleo deimit
nieiit than to tliu Iti'iiiihllean imrly.
.Mr. 1'ayiii! ivin glvo tho postal survlco
no moro faitliful or successful ovur
slKht than did Ills predei'i'SMir, lint ho
will jilvo to tho iiolltli-al niKaiilzatloii
a foKTlul iHivi'tlou tluit was (iiito
outslilo tho rniiKo of .Mr. Smith's ac
tivities. lloV HUC'CVbHfully Ills polltl
eal methoilfl can ho !;el Hi lmrmoiiy
with tho Preslileia'u uttltudo us a
civil hPi'vice- refoiuier is tliu only mi
eertuln 11:11 1 of this luturestln exiieri
incut." 1
Tlio .Missouri river appears to "liuvo
It lu" for a man who lives In
Ati'lilhim eouiily, Kan, .lust after 110
paid his taxes on a pli'eo of land lust
year It was washed tiwiiy by tho
rler. .lust heforo taxes wero iIihj
thlu yeiir tho river khvo Uk land hack
to him and hu Is conipclli'd to pay tax
es on It. ' "
Tho piomoters of tho World's Kitir,
to Ijo held nt St, Louis, lu'iOOItJii com-
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Sets in Endless variety.
nit era m a a "3F rf
Parlor, Stand
" ANti
Hanging Lamps
anp
Gas Portables
WE HAVE A MOST COMPLETE STOCK
niemoriitloii of tho 100th niiiilvcrf.nry
of the Louisiana purchase, arc koIiik
ahead with their preparation as en
thusiastically as If they hail never
lii'iud of the ff:,(i00,000 dellclt In con
iiectlon with the Huiralo Kxposltlon.
(liouiid was hioken in l''orest Park
last Krlduy the anniversary of tho
formal transfer of tho Louisiana ter
ritory to the United States, anil three
histoid; shoi'ls wero used lu the
tfiouud-broakhii,'. Tho llrst was 0110
of Iron mid 0.1k, loaned by tho .Massa
chusetts Statu arsenal, ltostou, where
It had bemi placed In 1.S05, its 11 rollc
of eaily American workmanship. An
exact reproduction of that shovel, ill
nianuinciuro of the Louisiana pur
chase, made of ebony and steel, silver
plated, was next put Into use. A ver
itable relic, an old wooden Mioyel,
thought to hau becu 0110 of tlio tools
employed by tho i!0O white miners
from Friitiuu and thu (too African
slaves from Sail Domingo, brought oyer
by l'YaiicIs Heuiiult lu 171S to work
in (hu St. (leiievioxu (.Mo.) mines, was
tho third ,iscd.
Tlio Connect lent Stato Treasury is
tlmllng tho hiherllaiico tax nd tho
so-calleil Investment tax nulto pro
ductive. In revenue. Tlio former yield
ed $11(1,710 the past year, and tho
latter JfJ2,!l-0. Altoj,-ether tho Treas
ury's receipts Increased Jf'-'TlV-l'ii over
the previous year, whllo current ex
penses Increased only .$i:t!i.rl5. This
Is not In harmony with tho Kenernl
tendency in government, aud ConneoU
cut Is to bo coiiKrutulutPil on tlio fncf;
"JihIko 'I'nft's return front the Plill
Ipplnes','1 says tlio Chicago IlucorilJ
Herald, "affords tho ItrpublliuuiA of
Ohio tho opiiortuulty to not rdl of
Korakei and Korakerlsin twin' re
preaches to tho state of Shepiuin,
(iartlold, Thurnian iind McKlnley,"
The opportunity may bo afforded, (ill
rlulit, but Ohio's Itcpublleiiii leaderH
mo not in tho habit of actliiK upon
Ioiik ruiipo ml Ice unless It (,omit
from WiiHliliiKton.
Some of (ho members f the Virginia
l.i'Klshitiiro want to upproprlate $.'!()),.
0(Hi for the iieiislouiui,' of Conftidenilo
vuturnus. Tho proposition affqrtln a
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convenient method by which politi
cians may lucreaso In favor with a
portion of their const ItlieniH, but It Is
not likely that it will ever become 11
I'lW.
The Naval Court of Inquiry has sat
iHlieil neither Admiral .Sampson nor
Sehley, and it appears thai the real
InvestlKUtlon Is only bofdniilni;. A
Summit county Jury could dispose of
tho jpaso in 111 hourt, and would reach
11 ('.inclusion that would nt least lmvo
the merit of beiiitf popular.
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Here's where the letter carriers earn
their money.
Good many people will bo glad wheu
It Is all over.
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It Is 11 mlstako for Christmas and
washday to come so near together.
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Tho clerks nren't sorry there is only
one more shopping day.
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Suntii Clans may havo to put Ills
SlolKh buck Into the loft.
.
'Hie thnw will hcarcely diminish the
desire of youngsters for red sleds for
Chrlslnias.
The report that tho recent senrclty
of natural gun was due to a scarcity
of railway cars, has bpon strenuously
denied by loval railway ollicials.
The report that Santa Chins hnN gono
Into tlip Trust wns probably started
for political effect.
Natural jnis Is a tine thing lu hum
mer. '
Akron (icriuanla.
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Hut, on the other hand, the N, O, T.
Co, luifi not yet announced that the
Mayor will ho furnished a private ear,
by wty .of appeasing him.
A dress suit Is a uilghly comfort
able thing In Its place, but It wjis never
lutemleil for morning wear.
Slxlyrfour pages of bright appro
prlate matter. Including 11 beautifully
i-iltiHlgned, cover, hi colors, wms. tho form
mf.Ki
BUYERS
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6-piece Decorated Toilet Sets, v d 4 A A
regular price $1.50 7. . ',".". now r i UvF
10-pieco Decorated Toilet Sets, &-i f
regular price $2.25 . . . , now P 1 t -J
12-piece Decorated Toilet Sets, I A A
regular price $8.00. . . -. ; now P-3"
12-pieco Decorated Toilet Sots, do AA
rogular price $10.00 now O.UIF
12-pieco Decorated Toilet Sets, -i A A A
regular price $12.00 now P 1 V.UU
Our 25c, 50c, T5c and $1 Counters
Are loaded with a choice stock of
Fancy Pieces - ?
Bric-a-Brac Rich Cut Glass Tj- Sala'ds
Berry Sets Sugars and Creams
Fancy Plates Bread and Butter Plates
Comb and Brush Trays Chocolate Pots Chocolate Sets
Cups and Saucers Moorish and Nubian Figures
Water Sets Pickle Dishes , Olive Dishes
Chafing Dishes and Five O'clock Teas.
Ice Cream Sets Pudding Sets Chop Plates Steins
The Upham-Brouse Co.
In which the Mansfield News wan seut
to Its readers, Saturday, l't was a
Christmas edition of which the city
of Mniixllelil, as well as the publishers,
should feel proud. Kvory page was
crisp and up-to-date In ninke-up and
material. Although a large paper,lt wns
not ponderous in nppiMrauco, being
neat and skillfully printed.
Since Mr. Archie Iloyer has explain
isl that the professional funny man
merely works over the Jokes of others,
it would not be unwise If people copy
righted their thoughts before express
ing them.
,"I't simply horrible. Ho went to
the theater the same day he burled a
wife and child."
"1 should sny It Is. He's 11 brute."
"I knew you'd say so."
"Who was he?'
"A local undertaker."
Ami to think of fifty people obliged
to stay all night iwny from home,
and not even n dressing gown in tlio
whole party!
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Speaking of people who are out In
the cold or rain or snow out In any
and all kinds of weather speaking of
people who deserve (0 be tipped, why
not the newsboy and paper carriers?
Maybe It will yet become the fash
ion among Akroiilaus when they go
10 the opera In Cleveland to take cer
tain ni tides of clothing, and niaybo
11 brush or comb, along.
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Josh Hillings, Jr.7iiehln(niio"general
delivery window, nt the Postotllce, has
hung up the following announcement :
"Youiis kin -git yer pnekagls wayed
hear nt tills winder tu."
The Youngstown Telegram, Is, to say
the least, a good newspaper. On Fri
day, It published n shopping edition
which was most credltnble In every
way, giving tho Telegram further
cnuso for claiming 'to bo enterprising.
It was on a down-bound Loop lino
car. The morning wiih bitter cold,
mill the "gas." In us stove was very
low. The passengers looked l?lie and
gave vent to their sufferings In sub
dued nuitterlugs. - The car readied
Union st," A portly gentleman, who
evidently had been enjoying, with tho
rest of AkrouiniiK, tho shortngo of gas,
boarded thp ear with' tin oil stove,
which he at once proceeded to light.
The stove Immediately beeniii the
center of attraction iim well an heat,
aud tho liHlf'frozoiiftpasfieiigorB beam
ed all kinds pf undies 01 tho wle gen-
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5000 China Tea Sets
for children-
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Packed in fancy
boxes. Nothing
nicer for children.
tleinnu. ThQ conductor looked like a
two-cent pleco with 11 hole In It, and
became so rattled that ho forgot to)
make change.
And the Christmas edition of the
News-Democrat, of Canton 36 pages,
with an appropriate cover, In colors
was ji model of neatness, brim full of
Christmas cheer and bright local nnd
telegraphic news. Tho feature stories
wero Interesting and well told nnd
the make-up wr.s especially neat nnd
attractive. Canton should be extreme
ly glad that it Is the homo of so enter
piislng a publication as tho Newa
Deinocrnt, An Knst Akron young man doesn't
have much to say these days. Besides
he and his best girl have quit. Even
though the mercury was down beiov
zero, he and tho young woman could
not abandon the habit of "hanging on
the gate," nnd In some wjiy or other,
his tougtio collided with the frosty
latch. And It stayed thero for sonio
few moments, Instantly, she being
scared, and wotting not what sho did,
the glil sped her to the hous0 and
got the steaming tea kettle. She pour
ed on till he was steamed loose. And
now lie declares It was 11 set-up Job.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
I can hear tho erles of children, In
each eonecntrado eanip;
I can hear the groans of women, In
the killing cold and damp;
I can hear tho tread of sentries, as
they march their deadly tramp,
Mingling with our Christmas carols,
eoinu these sounds across tlio sea,
And It seems I hear the angels,
weeping o'er earth's misery.
As I hear the Mnster saying; "This, Is
worse tlinii Calvary!''
Say, O Christians, can we llBten
longer to their irroans and cries.
Mingling with our Christmas carols,
as our sacred songs arise,
And expect the Savior's welcome, In
His- home beyond the skies?
Hear- His words and heed His warn
lugs, y who claim the Christian
inline;
'What yn do to theso My Children,
unto Me yo do tho same,,,
l'or I suffer as they suffer, from tho
famine, death nnd lliiine."
Say, O Christians, can we listen long
er to their dying groans
And not heed the. cries of children,
nnd the mother! dying mourns;
Careless of the Master's warning,
heedless of His piteous tones?
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