THE CHARITY OF THADDEUS STEVENS By W. FRANK GORRECHT THE old adage, the truth shall prevail, after three quarters of a century, is without establishment as to the charitable aspect of Thaddeus Stevens. During the period he lived in Lancaster whether or not Stevens was charitable was a standing

on my humble grave."-Thaddeus Stevens, House of Representatives, Jan- uary, 1865. "Not a child in Pennsylvania conning a spelling book be- neath the humble rafters of a village school, who does not owe him gratitude; not a citizen rejoicing in that security which is found only in _ liberal

to their issue a hatred for the conquerors plus nostalgia and legend about the ante-bellum Dixie. This senti- mentalism over the "Lost Cause" influenced history and public opinion. Southerners pointed to Reconstruction as an explanation for Southern deficiencies; and the role of a malevolent Thaddeus

, their adopted son, James Buchanan, a constituent of his mortal enemy, Thaddeus Stevens- Other Presidents have often had to contend with representa- tives from their home districts who were members of the opposition party but never before or since has such a representative risen so meteorically to the

Pennsylvania Hall of Fame evoked a small storm of protest. Numerous telephone calls and letters— many anonymous—to this speaker is sufficient evidence to demonstrate the effect Stevens had on the history of our nation. Though dead for 106 years, the "Old Commoner" continues to inflame men and create

a part of the proceedings of this Society. Attention is also called to certain omissions of matter which were parts of the original paper and which somewhat modify the sense of the whole. The next to the last sentence in the second paragraph, page 49, should state that from 1856 until his death

A REFUTATION OF THE SLANDEROUS STORIES AGAINST THE NAME OF THADDEUS STEVENS PLACED BEFORE THE PUBLIC BY THOMAS DIXON By Judge Charles I. Landis As a supplement to a recent letter written by First Deputy Attorney General Keller, in answer to statements made by one, Thomas Dixon, con- cerning the

ROBERT S. MAYO THE TAPEWORM RAILROAD The story of Thaddeus Stevens' Tape- worm, of Thaddeus Stevens himself, and of the most turbulent state election of 1838, probably the dirtiest and most violent Gubernatorial election in all of Pennsylvania's history. The "Tapeworm" was a projected railroad to

preponderance of influence owing to the ability and experience of its rep- resentatives who were trained in politics. For this reason, at the close of the Civil War, he was opposed to the trial of Jefferson Davis and others for treason, as it was only the individ- ual and not a State who could commit the crime

county, on the border of Chester, and about ten miles above the Maryland line, Ed- ward Gorsuch, of Baltimore county, Md., accompanied by deputies mar- shal and slave catchers, sought to ar- rest his escaped slave, who was hid- den and protected in the house of a free colored man named William Parker