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W.tr,.usnuae Vi. March Ssh 1903
Ms EpsrCn There i perhaps no tSwRs id our
oun stats. ii lathe unssed Selesl which psssessss
Tot rs ~ merh II Interest as ne Stse 4osl slas
Wiiliamsherx Alssosi The hrsfsllAge q ttx fssssa
nsn upSs Tie Wsssefn Continents oncs he Gapl-
,ul u he STATE containing he Gosetners k'alRee,
"a part ii which yet fe,aainsl 40 ssene q me
sworsly war a our mosl ceieefased orators our
Lees Haueeck and that glorious STAR Eastisk t1ea-
~, aud as Tie more fearful "a net more
sfife d tie sword Here spoke those tongues y hcn
rchsed The Game Of Freedom ia The hearts 81 cur
Virgsnian Fathers, aud hers was raase less sese-
tnte afiiis In The cause 81 Freedom ana Ffee1eM
God IN stkose dark hours which tried the souls q
mem Like he Greek upon plains e Mara
thon, a Nirg;nian cannot walk through ~ quiet
streets and rot feel himself upon sacred gfaana--
The souls o1 our departed statesmen and heroes,
seem 10 rise around him as III k.nale anew n hls
bosom The hame Of Patriotism. Base indeed were
ke whose soul instead OF being fred vita aen love
fot his COUNTY, could stand upon this consecfascd
SPOT and haFbog for an instSul "a Ae0i,en.
Dispni y, or distraction between North ssr Spnta.
Nav no son Of the old Douliuior ever sink Sd low
IN tie tepths az degradation, and not only d9 We
marx this A. one ct he startling points q cur grand
Revolution, bis. here also sprung up The hfst germ
CT cemmescial literature and CLASSICAL know'Sdge
Oh ssiiam and Mary may emphaiicay be GALL
ed The Mosher OF Colleges 10 the United States
And though she has been far out stripped b. her en-
terprising daughters She has yet name to live.
and stands cut lasting memorial o; the wisdom OF
our iahers. Within its walls have cen eeatated
not a5feW or those who have Welded, shd wiflded
So wssely The helm Of State. Such presiding guards
ofouf liberty as Madison and Monroe have been
proud u CALI her ALMA mater with host Of klifdied
spirits whose brilliant names adafn The annals q
our cpuntfyY history, and, IA mere recent times,
she claiines is her scholar the once 5at but often
xictcfons Sseft- The University nhy boast9f The
fostering ha,sd OF Jefferson bui She looks higher
and points 10 The inmorial Washington. who.
then N moi her student vas named among bsr Of
4 Z "a a4~k8Ss hnkt
cred BY Inc touch OF the henored and mighty ot the
land Here acted Washington IN his otide As
| chancellor there IS The roomot Madison on this
seat SAL Mohfocy from that rJstrum spoke JFtfer-4
son. As lhg ancient stood before. The Oracle OF
Delphi and kremt led atthe almost visible pfeSence
Of the Gods 50 we canSaook upon these monuments
and Ieei uutreves transported as it we're into the
a,esence nIstheir mighty spirits. For some years
past her visible glory seemed 10 have departed but
thanks ID ,hai guardian spirit which watches over
UT desinies her star has OF set but only OILS nIed
| awhile bv intervening clouds, is agaiH breaklnY
| III III ia its wantoned splei day Hite.nlans on3e
more 10 the rescue Protect and sustain s.<yRufI
/ time -honored institution Give her but NV aia
! which she deserves and the honor which IS Jae 10
! the memory Of Your ancestors. and she Will yet
move 70 you and the world ihatlhe path wbIchyour
| Fathers lrcdlo knowledge is noi unvoHhy 70 be
walked in BY their sons.
The civ Of williamsburg, like mostof The towns
OF lower Eastern Virginia, 10 have been tho
/ roughly Initiated into the stand sill Syslem What
IfWas ia the last century is now, save dat like
Sam Pltch's sible-insRad 0f the Qbona
| Glel original we have promkcnous collection Of
patches No a strafger walking through The streets
itfwand seem thattlfe inham had all bean di-
ming non the truitlE the Eahed- Laius no blstle,
no trade. In fact ma ahsin<ss II any kind with moth
ing ID disiarbihe qaat yhonoany, save the pcea-
/ sionaa rattie eli 'iuMBle Cart or the oisy dis
/ putes ol boys over game OF marbles But what
isIlos, d mere phyacal exerion and COMMERCIAL
strife is More thaRcoAp BY the active ra-
Il ,iyatioA and employment Of the inner man Weallh
4 and impr6yem71t SEEM absorbed and forgotten in
i the nnusual pnrAt afierknowledge and doubt not
i tina, ara III, few communities IN our country that
| would 5areho compute with il upon-this ground.
| Ithas al present a large Female Academs two
| Military Academies with over Two hundred .chol-
1 ars and the College which now numbers so stu
dcnisI and isadaily increasing. Besides the socety
in generat Is decidedly literary, and II any of your
reGdefs should wish an accomplished pannet for
Me. they certainly could not do better than pay a
wish 10 Williamsburg,> Thus much, ! rernain,
4 sir; yours, &c.f8 PGNlA.