Judged by h.is book, had no love for
Georgia. JUDGED BY HIS BOOK, THE
NORTH lUIN HIS LOVE, NOT THE
SOUTH.
You cannot name a single Down-Easter, of
any local prominence, who is not glorified in
Wilson’s “History.”
He does not mention Nancy Hart. HE
DOES NOT MENTION JESSE MERCER. '
He does not mention Lovic Pierce, or George
Pierce.
He makes brief reference to Charles and
John Wesley, ONLY TO INSULT THEIR
MEMORY. (See Vol. 11, page 67.)
He slops all over the Pilgrim Fathers, giv
ing them 13 pages; but he does not even men
tion Daniel Marshall, THE FOUNDER OF
THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN GEORGIA.
He does not name Gen. Elijah Clarke, of
Georgia, who was one of the commanders at
the glorious and decisive battle of King's
Mountain—THE TURNING POINT IN
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
He does not mention George M. Troup.
He does not mention Dr. Crawford Long,
the discoverer of anesthesia.
He makes but the briefest mention of Alex
ander H. Stephens.
Not a single New 7 England author, of any
pretension fails of recognition in this five
volume History, but the Southern authors are
left out. Paul Hayne, John Esten Cooke, Dr.
I rank Ticknor, John R. Thompson, Henry
limrod, Charles C. Jones, dohn Witherspoon
Dußose, Judge Lonstreet, Thomas Nelson
I age, Wi l I Harben, Helen Glasgow, Mary
Johnston, Mrs. E. Henry-Ruffin, Father Ryan,
and even Sidney Lanier, ARE ALL.
