The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-16

| STANDS where SAshby fell, as long as
falterihg tongues can sylIable the
names of Stuart, and Hill, and the
PeSratns, and an hundred thousand
othersNas long as Mount Vernon
and Monticello look on her, plains
| as long as blood and ashes can fertiI-
ize her earth las long as the incense
OF Truth and Right goes up to d God
OF Truth. the seed of Virginia cannot
perish. Young men of the University
of Virginia, that God has appointed
you the guardians and heirs 1of this
heritage of glory-of IniseryAof
| nope.~theep 1T in your hearts, plant
1t deep. water it here from the foun-
talns OF science and true philosophy;
gather the dew-drops from every
battlefield, and let it thus be warm
ed to new life by the sunshine of a
century of glory undimmed. irr
With the hand of q 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
ior the principles of that Constitu-
tlon, only adding to it single line
TO recognize the authority of the
God of nations. The cause of the
South failed; and over land and sea
is shouted, Liberty may be dead.
but the Union is preserved. GLORY
glory, glory to Massachusetts and
her Hessian and Milesian m mercena-
ries." But though now in the dust,
Virginia and her principles can never
ole: 'Ihe regeneration of Virginia
Is the work God has appointed for
those who have met here to-day in
the names of Washington and Jeffer-
son." He cited historic examples to
show that, though obsoure.l at times
by dark clouds, liberty will at last
come forth to flourish in other lands,
or to whisper in our own land.
''Trust ye the Lord .'Trust the
Lord. Yes, my young country
men, silence may brood over waste
Palmyra and Memnon's mute do
maln-the cry of nations from amid
the cedars of Lebanon may be hush
ed-the sacred land, pressed by
dying Saviour's bleeding feet, may be
desert-cruel, bloody, remorseless
tyrants may rule at Thermopylm, at
Richmond. and Fort Sumter-but
they cannot crush that immortal
hope which rises from the blood
soaked earth of Virginia"
1t is false that American liberty
originated in other attitudes than in
Virginia, though it is not surprising
that this honor has been claimed for
New England, and would not sur
prise us If some day some menda-
cious Bancroft should claim for the
same section the fame of Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison, Marshall, or
even iotonewal Jackson and Robert
d. Lee. The speaker drew an elo-
quent and touching parallel between
Virginia in 1776 and 1861, and be-
tween Virginia at the beginning of
the late war and Virginia as she now
is, and made thrilling appeal to the
sons of Virginia, to seek to restore her
to her pristine glory. The sons of the
sires who made Virginia what she
was are gathered within the halls of
this noble University, to prepare for
the great work before them-the
work of redeeming Virginia. All
things change, but nothing. of Gods
! making shall ever perish, and ms in
the physical, so it is in the moral
mental and political world. The
picture we behold is terrible to both
old and young. But the young NAV
have bright visions of bright days
before them, and drawing inspiration
from the past glory of Virginia, thev
may have, ut least, bright dreams Of
the future. "And if, with the drawn
sword over us-the chains on our
arms, the lash at our backs, and the
torch at our chamber doors-we dare
speak of q still nearer past-of q
people whose name is now erased
from the roll of nations, we might
say, in Gods hearing, that the re-
cords of nations will be hunted in
vain for people who, in devotion to
their rights, i'll stern resolve, in high
valor, in calm endurance, in meek
submission to, and humble reliance
on, God of Truth, in the very piety
OF patriotism, surpassed that people
who, five years ago, called themselves
Confederates. r. e. Lee, Stonewall
Jackson, and Leonidas Polk were the
true type of the adaptation of these
people to their cause; and of these
Christian soldiers, two were shot to
death leading their people to death,
defeat and degradation, and the
other lives the foremost living man
of all the earth. I"
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