The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-07-17

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: weeping blood. There she sits en-
n tliroued in misery ut the feet of he
colqueror, listening drearily to the wal
OF her pale and hollow eyed daughters
and gazing at her dead sons In tlei
blood still unt0nbed. Oh! bear tha
sacred dust softly to the mothers feet
and bid her wake again to life. Tel
her in pious accents that as long as thu
river flows where jackson fought. a,
longas the mountain stands where A sll
by fell, as long as faItering tongues car
syllable the names of Stuart, and Hill
and the Pcgrams, and an hundred thou.
sand others-as long as Mount Vernon
and Monticello look on her plains--as
long as blood and ashes can fertilize her
earth-as long as The incense of Truth
and Right goes up to God of Truth,
the seed of Virginia cannot perish
Young men of the University of Vir-
GINA. that God has appointed you the
g!tardiatts and heirs of this heritage o:
gfOrt-A0t misery--of hope. Keen IL i'm
your hearts, plant it deep, water It here
from the fountains of science and true
phi)osophy-gathcr the dewdrops from
every battlefield, and let it thus be
! warmed to new life by the sunshine of
a century Of glory undimmed.
with the hand of Il master the orator
then traced the origin and history of the
| Constitution of the United States, and
| showed that the South, in the great
| struggle. fought for the principles of
THAI Constitution, only adding to it a
single line to recognize the authority of
the God OF Nations. The cause of the
South failed; and over lard and sea is
shouted, "Liberty may be dead, but the
| Union Is preserved. Glory, glory, glo-
| ry to Massachusetts and her Hessian
| and Milesian mcrcenaries." But though
now In the dust, Virginia and her priil-
eiples can never die. .sThs regencra-
tion of Virginia is the work God has APP
pointed for those who have met here to-
day in the names OF Washington and
Jefferson." He cited historic examples
to show that though obsckrcd at times
by dark clouds, Liberty will Mt last come
forth to flourish IN other lands or to
whisper in our own land. I'.1'rnst We the
Lord" "Trust the Lord. Yes, my
young countrymen, silence may brood
over waste Palmyra and Memnon's
mute domain the cry of nations from
amid the cedars of Lebanon may be |
hushed-the sacred land. pressed by a |
dying Savlour's bleeding feet, may be n |
desert-cruel, bloody, remorseless tyr /
ants may rule at Thermopyle, at Rich |
mOnd, and Fort Sumter--but they can |
not crush that immortal hone which |
rises from the blood-soaked earth of yir-
ginia." s.lt L..
1t is false that American liberty orig
mated in other latitudes than in Vir- |
ginia, though it Is not surprising that |
this honor has been claimed for New
England, and 1t would notsurprse us if
some day some fr1endacious Bancroft
should claim for the same section the
fame of Washington, Jefferson. Madi-
son, Marshall, or even Stonewall Jack.
son and Robert T.. Lee. The speaker
lei between Virginia In l776 and 1861.
and between Virginia at the beginning
of the late war and Virginia as She now
is, and made a thrilling appeal to the
sons ofVirglnia to seek to restore her
to her pristine glory. The sons Of the
sires who made Virginia what site was |
are gathered within the halls OF this no.
Bile University to prepare for the great /
work before them---the work Of redeem- |
ing Virginia. All things change, but I
nothing of Gods making shall eve. per-
isli, and rs in the physical. SO it is in
The moral. mental, and political world, {
The picture we behold is terrible to both |
Did and young. But the young NAV
nave bright visions of bettertlays before II
hem, and drawing inspiration from the
past glory of Virginia, they may have .
It least bright dreams of the future. |
And If, with the drawn sword over us, s
the chains on our arms, the lash Mt h
'ur backs, and the torchat our chamber 4
loors-we dlre speak of Il still nearer {
,ast, of a people whose name is now II
rased from the roll citations. we might il
In, fIn6se haartnor 10 .I, l
( nations will be hunted in vain for b
eople who, in devotion to their rights, Il
a stern resolve, in high valor, in calm Il
In meek submission to and a
umble reliance on God of Truth, In K
ne very piety of patriotism, surpassed e,
hat people who five years ago called a
Confederates. II. T.. Lee. Ii
tonewall Jackson, and Leonidas Polk tt
ere the true types of the adaptation of Ell
lese people to their cause: and of these 81
hristian soldiers two were shot to Il
cath leading their people to death, de- Ii
,at, and degradation, and the other X
YES the foremost living man of all the v:
lrth " ll II
Such was the past of Virginia, and
om it he drew hope for the future. - I'll
y beautiful illustrations drawn from cl
hcient and modern history the elo- V;
Iient speaker drew lessons of hope D,
ON the story of our heroic struggle. es
lie pronounced a glowing eulogy on sa
he women of Virginia. "from Mary the st
other of Washington to the last watch fbr
: beside the couch of the wounded at ia
ppomattoX," and drew lessons of hone lie
ON their heroic tolls. ''They worked b,
r us, they clothed us, they fed us, they
rayed tor us. aud still now they work,
nd weep, and pray, and their great re-
ard viii be that their prayers 30 up to
God of Right, and by the SAVIOR of wo- -
ems tears and women's prayers that
cd, in his own good tine, will give us to
'liverance and liberty" lie trusted Sc
at he had not erred. and that il would on
IT be taken amiss, that he had thus en- wi
'avorcd to recall ''some of those monu- trl
cnts which are above the reach of wi
Othic spear or battle-aXe.o zH sw
Drawing a beautiful parallel between rol
thcns and Virginia, he eloquently ex- ful
rted the young men of Virginia to be pc
ne to their old mother, and concluded J;
follows: rpa
recommending yourselves to God of IN IN
ght, rise up with determined souls ~, ~,
q claim that which the noble Volcian
when, clanking his chains sel
'ng the Roman ranks, he cried, Give see
flat which mon fJaeor,,a IL 4I. boz
worthy to be free'-and then TAI
10 my old eyes will not live to see !
but blessed be the God of my fathers VII
now here standing on the
red places of liberty, do see, as in a
~ vision, along the yet untravelled
ste OF fast-coming flIture-I see the SD,
red image of regenerated Virciuio. foo
q cry aloud in the hearing of ali the clio
tions of the earth, 80 an
). ALL HAIL, OUR MOTHER !" v