The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-02-23

great groap he whose qualities q head and heart
wess oassawsa by Nature Il she were trying her
Character ifasnna, 20 constitute perfect judicial
hardTicke, or Mansfield bersl,se ho lad s,sa, on.
haa u h. 20 asaaiTe y he united the character Of
- X "a kehius ~ - aDsfed. AM found In his ow
= me e means OF mastery torwhich they we're
patreF Il on nspsneiit on the assistance Of others
gufe 10 me group the Homer ~ oratorss whose
saass,s t toce comics ringing down with the ages
watchward. ~ sss, = q haan ears With those
me lloe.tJ or give me de lth And yoner con,em-
ersn nslpe vino needs g be told that raomas
peIiucal genius If his day A man who was eapabe
., committing hiuself Ike Columbus. TO the winds
of waves N pursuit Of hs great idea, and
ba,S 'ttlAs until he discovered provinces OF
s mi,sa ani found rin ground for the human
fsspas :. oha tns uncertain which others had
Iae representation Of the revolutionary fami
n ~ sinia y lar from complete. The statue OF
1sosge kogers Ciake like that of B.utgs il missing.
. ane Lees aud the Randolrhs Madison and Monroe.
sstptssfta cue IRA i3i0yags" might we'll constitute
a1 geodn OF Kindred greatness 20 these May
1919 os1 succession OF such charters OF monumental
continue to tell the tale Of Virgsias grrat-
fut must rot cio,e thi, adires, without one
ota Of shectonate adIuraion TO thee, Virginia sud
agiY1ing yon all hail. oh most glorious moler!-
my cnlidren WITH thee to the tennis oil your
,t isny s.hs that we may learn from your meaita-
lions something Of the secret of your own great
Does II occur TO you. as you bend IN Borrow
Ins pfide over these monuments of your dead, that
PeIhaps the wiser part taken b the daughter
seipio aud the mother OF the Graceni. v ho refused
70 bear more children lest she shoud be shamed by
the com parisOn Of tho youger with the elder born
- J1s secret question OF your boom, "gaia acs-
~" h@, I whsn you contrast Your present.
You, 70 harbor no such repruacnful suggestions IN
your oi bosom The wealth o; your achisvenenis may
aheetioh5 OF her children. Every drop Of your wa
tsis and the very dust of your sill as dear To
them as IL they tore the charm Of life itsef. Your
great nane ain its constitute the fasci-
nation and the spell which call up the deepest
ions OF hiial love and pride in 'hs hearts of your
children They Iaay not add to The lustre of your
Fam, nut they will preserve and defend il against
Ieproach ana disgrace They no logger bring carule
digntles to your house, nor dn lictors am fasces
marx their approach 10 your door, bB they bear you
What after all the richest treasure and beet de-
fence Of state, the loyalty and devotion Of united
family which knows no higher reward than q
mothers love, and no proGder object OF ambition
the love which inspires 1t can excuse the yresump-
ton of the advice that If you wish 20 renew. in
same tuture generation, the glories Of your mighty
Of your past to tn long establish "a principles of yonr
public policy. and the peculiar genius Of your peo
the line of their camp fires as your pioneers passed
through the wilderness, Why may there not spriog
VI again within our household the lights which
may lead 20 higher culture and TO a happier, a
Iaore Retired and more powerful combination of
the social and individual elements whose proper or
Ean.zstion constitutes the strength OF human go
vernment: | believe in my SOUL that such would.
be the results Of the Bath nj and further appca ion
OF the principles of your own great cho0 Equal
~ rrm my that the lights VIII cI should
direct that application IRE to BE- oCnd in the lessons
which have been taught by your own sons, WHOSE
teachings have in them more OF prophetic wisdom
than all the leaves Of the Sibyl. Such are ths
achievements which woull place Virginia amongst
the states and nations of the earth, where WASHING
TON. her or ilu5tTi5us ION, stands amongst men,-
the worlds great paragon. the cynosure Of his race
Mr.. JAMES BARRON HoPE then arose ard pro-
nounced his closing poem which deprived
from publishing by his especial request.
The cannon, in laundering tones, announced the
wished for event. and the
STATUE WAS UNVEILED.
The air was rent with the cheers of the multi
tude, who were delighted beyond all bounds with
the grand work of art. There was CRsvFoRD's EQUE2
TRAN GROUP and there was the throng offering it's
homage to the glorious conception of mind now
stiiled in death. II was indeed most enthusiastic
demonstration, and long will it linger in the me
mories of those who witnessed the pageant and