The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-02

borders, to save from the sacrilegious touch
the very hem of her royal robes, and to die
for Virginia. Alas, alas there she sits
now-her limbs torn away-her bosom la
cerated-her very womb stamped to bar
renness by the heel Of her conqueror, and
her heart turned to stone, but still weeping
blood. There she sits enthroned in misery
atthe feet of her coneueror, listening drea-
rily to the wail of her pale and hollow-eyed
daughters, and gazing at her dead sons IN
their blood still untombed. Oh bear that
sacred dust softly to the mothers feet, and
bid her wake again to life. Tell her In
pious accents that as long as the river foWs
where Jackson fought, as long as the noun
tain stands where Ashby fell, as long as
.faltering tongues can syllable the names OF
Stuart, and Hill, and the Pegrams, and an
hundred thousand others-as long as Mount
Vernon end 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 Virginia, that God has
appointed you the guardians and heirs OF
this heritage of glory-of misery-of hope.
Keen it in your hearts, plant it deep, water
If here from the fountains Of scienr" as.a
true phl;usopny-gather the dewdrops from
every battlefield, and let it thus be warmed !.
to new life by the sunshine Of century Oh
glory undimned. -
with the hand of master the orator
then traced the origin and history OF the
Cul.ot;tu.ian Of the United States, and
showed that the South, in the great strug-
rle. fought for the principles Of that Con-
stitution, only adding to it single line to
recognize the authority Of the God OF Ma
tionS. The cause of the South failed; and
over land and sea is shouted, "Liberty
NAV be dead, but the Union Is preserved:
Glory, glory, glory to Massachusetts anu .,
her Hessian and Milesian mercenaries.. :.
But though now in the dust, Firglnla ana
her principles Gun never die. The regen-
Grafton of Virginia is the work God has ap-
pointed for those who have met here to-day
= ~ names of Washington and Jefferson" )"
| He cited historic examples to show that
though obecured 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 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 dying Saviour's
bleeding feet, may be q desert-cruel,
bloody, remorseleHs tyrants may rule at
Thermopyle, at Richmond, and Fort
Sumter-but they cannot crush that I'M
mortal hope which rises from the blood
soaked earth Of Virginia.
! It is false that American liberty origi-
mated in other latitudes than in Virginia:
though it is not surprising that this honor
4 has been claimed for New England, and
mendacious Bancroft should claim for the
same section the fame of Washington, JEFF
ferson, Madison, Marshall, or even Stone
| waff Jacksou and Robert E. Lee. The
speaker drew an eloquentSand touching pa
rallel between Virginia in l716 and 1861
and between 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 prls-
tine 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, bnt nothing Of Gods
| making shall ever perish, Gnt &c 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 may have bright visions OF
bright days before them, and drawing IN
spiration from the past glory Of, Virglnla,
they may have at least bright dreams o1
the future. :'And il, with the drawn
sword over ns, s,--the chains on our arms, ths
lash at our backs, and the torch at our
chamber doors-we dare speak of still
nearer past of a people whose name Is now
erased from the roll of nations, we might
say, in Gods hearing, that the records OF
nations will be hunted in vain for people
who, in devotion to their rights, in stern re-
solve, in high valor, in calm endu-
rance, in meek submission to and hum
BILE reliance on God of Truth, i'll the very
piety of patriotism, surpassed that people
who five years ago called Themselves Con-
fedcrates. R.. Z. 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
we're shot to death leading their people to
death, defeat, and degradation, and the
other lives the foremost living man OF al
the earth"
Such was the past Of Virginia, and from
it he drew hope for the future. by beauu,
full illustrations drawn from ancient and
modern history the eloquent speaker drew
lessons of hope srom the story OF our herolc
struggle. .''.
He pronounced q glowing euiogy on the
women Of Virginia, 6" from Mary the mother
of Washington to the last watcher beside
the couch Of the wounded at Appomatto1,"
and drew lessons of hope from their heroic
tolls. "They worked for us, they clothed
us, they fed us, they prayedfor US, and still
now they work, and weep, and pray, and
their great reward will be that their prayers
90 up to God of Right, and by the savor
of women's tears and women's prayers that
God, in his own good time, will give US
deliyerance and liberty" Lie trusted
that he had not erred, and that it
would not be taken amiss, that he had
thus endeavored to recall some OF
those monuments which are above the
reach of Gothic spear or bathe-axe."
Drawing beautiful parallel between
Athens and Virginia, he eloquently ex-
horted the young men of Virginia to be
true to their old mother, and concluded as
follows: u.as
Commencing yourselves to God OF
Right. rise up with determined souls and
claim that which the noble Volcian de-
manded when, clanling his chains along
the Roman ranks, he cried, Give US that
which men deserve who think themselves
worthy to be free '--and then-no! my ola
ewes will not live to see it, but blessed be