The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-15
THE DAILY DISPATCH
Fr,anv Morrips, May u.s. iso. l.


F~tdnv Morrtps, May 10. .H-."~~~.~~~-~
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The Cavaliers r.u.a
Tbe celebration of the Anniversary u. ,..
town has Afforded the babitual reshe's ', -,
fr.sh oce.s,on for expectorating vas. 80
o,h,s .ns venoyo upon the memory ., 'o
H.. =, nm, VIRGINIA owes her se."e"eA'
There are no people IN ING "o'u
ns' 0'.' - % The slorifcation OF ancestry 'nAn
more uo'o -. ~ the Pilgrim Fathers ana none
me aesoe.' III ,he;r proverbisl pride OF descent
"oo' "'A 20 rcriss IL public commemofau'ns
nave ose ~ their fathers, and In erecting mon"
OF 'ns s.r homer. than the people OF Virginia
men's :. Nou England societies IN every ""n
ihe.s ',,.rs from Plymouth Rock to San FRANCISCO
49,, sxsrv wear, celebrate WIN les"~"'' ~
..oo and sona. the landing of the Pi'sr'ms Apa
80 q, scarce a great man Of their Revolutionary
,nss whose last rsstng place lie not mArKeoo ny oo
tall pile of marble or granite. we couneh' -,
.,;r,, ,vh;ch dictates these tributes to cepaf'e"
worth hut II Ia as inconsistent as unJns' 10 ~"
bu,e to the South an undue glorifcation OF Us pA''
greatness. when the present celebration 81 JANUS
town il but the third that has ever occurred;
snch msn rs Madison, Patrick Henry ano o'neiS'
who might be named, are sleeping without Inc
rudest stone TO mark their remains anu even ~.
tomh ~ Jsffsrson IA fast fastening to decay aud
desoIation
II Il ,rus tb., Of the expedition which settled
jamestown, q large proportion "ere i0'e ~.N N'
solu,e persons, but the pioneer movement. VI e'e'S
emigration often embraces desperate anu ia"'e's
characters Texas, California. Aus'raha' III ou'
own day, have afforded iilustrationsot tnlS 'Ae'
We dare say that even those old enemies Oh 'oe
Cavaliers, the Mayfower Pilgrims, had some o'aoA
sheep in their flock. They may have oeen NOR .
thrifty and Industrious; more seoate, sanc'lnion''
Gus and sly, as their Summers, Parkers and beecn'
ers sill are, than the improvident ana rohickios
blades at Jamestown. Their vices may not nave
been Of the same character, but still, coino'heo
with a hardy and heroic moral texture, with mucn
religious ZEAL and pains taking habits of industry
were sundry defects as glaring IN the eyes Vi
Heaven as are those of the Jamestown settlers IN
the eyes of men. When Jamestown is orano 30
IS q colony of publcans and sinners IL migu' oe
retorted that Plymouth vas a settlement OF fnaf
isees aud Scribes In both cases. the accusalon
would be indiscriminate and unjust 1et Nc"
England should no. be held responsible for tue
censoriousuess. bigotry and intolerance OF HS
founders neither should Virginia be stismauZeo
because her first settlers were unworthy represent
tatives of gallant and generous name, Captain
Smith the wisest and the bravest CT the iouuuei .
of Virginia, and succeeding expeditions composed
of men who have given to Virginia and to Amer
ca its brightest historic names amply redeemed tee
errors of the advance guard of English emigration
to these shores and placed the name of Cavalier at
least as high in the estimation of their southern
descendants as that of Puritan is in New England
Nor should the political principles OF the CaVa'
Tiers cast odium or discredt upon the South Ihey
were loyal to their king, doubt, and their loyal
~ achieved for Virginia the name of the Old Do
minion, but loyal natures are as desirable under
republic as monarchy. Virginia is still the land
of LOYALTY. of loyalty to the laws and to the Union
whilst Massachusetts is now, as ever, boiling sta
of revolution qualification and rebellion
Another fact which the critics should bear in
mind ia that the population of Virginia is not alto
,,esher homogeneous. Whilst in the East the EDs.
lish stock predominates, in the West we have the
Scotch Irish, race Of people as hardy, as frugal,
and as yirtuous as the Puritans A clear headed,
strong hearted, heavy-handed and broad shoulder
ed race, men who have the energy of the North,
the hospitality of the Sou'h, the sobriety of Scot
land and the "two O'Clock in the morning courage
of the Irish Brigade The jewellers upon both
sides of our mountains are becoming daily blended
in interest and in blood they have grasped each
o.her-across the Blue Ridge--with iron hands,
and are becoming every hour, more and more, one
people, people whose virtues, capabilities and
resources deserve the respect of mankind and are
entitled to at least courteous treatment from cvi
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