The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-01
plymouth Monument Celebration.

RIVm0NtH M0uHmeWt NNAVwh 0tswms
Extensive preparations have been made, not
only in Boston, but throughout New Eng
land, for the laying Of the cornerstone OF the
Monument at Plymouth io-morrow. the
amount OF glorifcation ON that occasion VIII
probably exceed all that has been exhibited IN
The combined anniversaries OF Plymouth koek
celebrations since those festivals commene-
I'd. There Is something exhileraung 10 the
patriotism and the stomach IN THESE eeie-
hrntions. We like TO see the rigid JoSAFhAs'
n. iex In his manners, so seemingly hard 70
thaw So devoted to stocks, railroads, ana gran
i.e touched by The rod of patriotic enthusiasm,
ana the stream of his geniality, which pas
been running all the year long among AipiAe
.,ar. and beneath a bed Of ice, thawing
ant and running through green fheaeo"s
- s,oa feerIne. now and then expanding
into little lakes of sentiment. mirroring poetic
images. encircled with flowers OF Fancy. ant
unrmuriur soft music. To see JONATHAN III
his ems. to hear him swearing by Pilgrim
poek and discoursing the Mayfowar, ana
dwelling fondly upon each and every one OF
fhe saints who came therein, this is very plea
SAINT. and one would think he did not knew Inc
meaning of trade, and had never swappeo
tack-knsNeS III HIS Det "sN~' -
alrous saint. or sanity cavalier, or won
derful mixture of saint, soldier ana sihhef'-
But still. all honor to his feelings! Wedo theh
reverence, we love to hear his eloq"e"'.,
see him Irvine garlands on the graVes'oHe' =.
grim old Puritans. We eaten n poT'ioii oA
enthusiasm, and go back in memory " :,
jects of it, and say, "wlth all iheiI i'."'
we do not love them, we respect 'hei"I
honor their firm and nnyielding so"is'
surrendered country home ana CT. ii'Ner 80
for INDEPENDENCE in the western "ii"s' H'e"
their starcned sanctity of expression Is '''o"'o
for by their manhood, their Hrihhess Vi p'i-
nose their strength OF conYlc'ioii' 'hc cum
.istency, system, practcai ch'ia eh-
ergy perseverance, of their fneseu so"is-
And their women, pure and gentle, throw
beam of softencd glory over the GRIM outlines
of Plymouth Rock. There were no DEXTER wo-
men than the Pilgrim Mothers Oh New Eng
land and much of the early success and sta
hi1i,v ,f tbose cslonies is due to the fact that
there were so many women among the hrst
SETTLERS to ref ne and humaniZe the colonists
and preserye them from relapsing into licen-
tiousness and barbarism.
Unjust be m alter of regret to every Virginian
that there is no monument, sayea ruined tower
to mark the spot where, before the Pilgrims
landed in America, Capt. JOHN SMITH planted
the seed of the mighty tree of civilization
which is now spreading over the whole North
American continent. We speak not OF his
were few among the first
shiploads who deserved the name. The prin-
cipie of association, which New England
so we'll understands to this day, had never
O. fairer field than in the New England
colony. 1t was composed of picked men.
of men OF staid demeanors, industrious
habits trained in the school of trial aAG
su tiering, ana bringing their united ener-
cies TO bear with n common unders landing fol
the general good. Not SO, the Southern Pill
grim, SMITH. lie stood alone, and therefore
head of the m all; alone in tolls, in perils, and
alone in 81 Dry. JOHN SMITH, Founder Of Viz
ginia, Founder of the South, Pioneer of ali
American Civilization OF whom no one speaks
at anniv ersary dinners, TO whom no monu-
1nent is raised, except that monument OF which
people rnlk,-in the heart--a bad place for q
sandy foundation, which the
winds of passion and the tide of time will
soon sygeei, away. Such man, and SOME OF
them. who were with him, deserve monument
us gra nd and enduring rs that which the sons
of tina Pilgrims will begin tomorrow in honor
of men, whose best specimen could never com
pare with Capt. SMITH in the combination OF
qua Titles which go TO make mp great man
We say this in no spirit of disparagement; for,
PKG ;ept Ct GORGE WASHINGTON, we have no man
in American history who has such claims up
n the admiration and gratitude OF America.
IS the ilIustrious founder of the first colony
that took root in American soil.