Truths of History

The South is not given credit for the part she deserves in the making of the Nation. The text books that are now being used are most unjust to her; the reference books now in the libraries are most unjust to her; the omissions in history as now written are most unjust to her; the history as now written, if accepted, will consign her to infamy.


Realizing this, “The Truths of History” gathered from statements made by men of unquestioned authority, have been put together in a connected way for the guidance of any desiring to have the proofs concerning these facts at hand.


It is hoped that every teacher of history and literature will use “Truths of History” in connection with their text books to counteract the falsehoods of history which are now to be found everywhere in literature.


This classic includes the following chapters:


I. The Constitution of the United States 1787, Was a Compact Between Sovereign States, and Was Not Perpetual Nor National


II. Secession Was Not Rebellion


III. The North Was Responsible for the War Between the States


IV. The War Between the States Was Not Fought to Hold the Slaves


V. Slaves Were Not Ill-Treated in the South. The North Was Largely Responsible for Their Presence in the South.


VI. Coercion Was Not Constitutional


VII. The Federal Government Was Responsible for the Andersonville Horrors


VIII. The Republican Party That Elected Abraham Lincoln Was Not Friendly to the South


IX. The South Desired Peace and Made Every Effort to Obtain It


X. The Policy of the Northern Army Was to Destroy Property— That of the Southern Army to Protect It


XI. The South Has Never Had Her Rightful Place in Literature


XII. The North Violated the Constitution, and Refused to Stand by the Decisions of the Supreme Court, and This Drove the South to Secession


XIII. Jefferson Davis Must Have His Rightful Place in History.


XIV. Abraham Lincoln Must Have His Rightful Place in History.


XV. Reconstruction Was Not Just to the South. This Injustice Made the Ku Klux Klan a Necessity.


XVI. Race Prejudice Is Stronger in the North Than in the South.


XVII. The South Was More Interested in the Freedom of the Slaves Than the North.


XVIII. Why the South Demands Corrected Text Books


XIX. The Vilification of Jefferson Davis Was Necessary to Make the Glorification of Abraham Lincoln More Effective.


XX. Some of the Omissions of History.