The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-03

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orlMantsa IN tial icye Of native soil which
made Ashhy say az the frat OF tha Raf, pro,
ducing Virginia flag, M1his - the nag I I
mean to fight under.o No speeiai party mao
achieved the abolition of slavery but SINCE e
1t has been brought about, he argued that IL
would be for Virginia real interest,".
q But since the, abolition of slavery does
not abolish The negro, he urged that we
should treat him kindly and prove ourselves
atm his real friends. The abolition OF
slavery onens the way for immigration
and the speaker drew a vivid picture OF the
advantages which Virginia offers TO immi-
grafton, and what it will do for her.
= IL had been customary to taunt virginia
with want of energy, but this is fnily
refuted by the conduct of her sons IN 11Lo'
in 1912, and In the war with mexico III Io5o.
But especially had this been illustrated In the
late war. He would not go into detalis, Du.
would "only refer In brief aluslon 10 9, one
man, but him man who cannot be dlsSo-
ciated from the followers into whom ne
poured and from whom he drew the aroor
of his soul. Recall the moment when NIL
lions of expectant eyes were turned 10 see
the beleagnered capital fall before the
armies and the combinations of the Federai
Commander and when, like thunderbolt
from a clear sky in an llnobserYed region Oh
the heavens, there fell a blow from an I'M
seen and. at that time, an almost unkno W !
hand, to disturb and set back Ior yeaIs , sne
For higher type of energy than
him that dealt that blow know
not where to look. I need not pro-
no,lnce his name, for you have looked upon Pc
his fIeeting form from this spot when, IKE
n swift cloud borne on the western breeze,
he was gathering his lightning to burst INTO
storm an hundred miles away. Your eyes
have followed him to behold victory AFTER VIZ
tory-aye! and victory that seemed OF stiIh-
ing impossihility, light on his banners untu'
amid the browning effort OF ms genus
hors and permitted him Gin vision
beatific.'' ere death had set the final seal
unop his brow, s'to cross over the river
and rest under the shade of the trees"
He cited the advance Virginia has maze
in material prosperity. and especially the
reconstruction of herrailroads since the war,
ne ILLUSTRATING her energy, and paid, in pass
inc. q graceful tribute to General Mahone.
He eloGuently sketched-as. illustrating ms
subiectlwhat had been done for education
since the war by the University ana Inc
other colleges and schools OF the STATE. ne
did not believe that such people would
migration would soon pour in, or by the
other dangers to which, in their new rela-
lions. they would beexposed. But i'll order
to this they must indulge no narrow pre-
iudice-no prejudice that marks stationary
or retrogressive people. They must be
prompt to learn every lesson that IS good,
from Whatever source it comes; but on the
other hand they must carefully guard
= oinst the new dangers that will environ
item They must remember that all bar
barisms are not extinct with "the barba-
rism of slavery" that so monopolized rheto-
rical invectiye. They must remember that
barbarisms still lurk in the lap Of boosted
civilization, in the midst Of an age OF llnPa-
ralleled material progress. Ihey must De-
ware of the barbarism that would ROD Wo-
man of her charms by thrusting her lowell
ness into the arena of political strife. they
must beware of the barbarlsm that would
summon the disembodied spirit from It's
mysterious abode at the call of profane
rap. They must shun rs they would pes
thence that most deadly of all barbarlsms
that has proclaimed the gibbet of fanatic
to be as glorious as the cross, and that seeks
to eXalt the religion Of Socrates above the
religion of Jesus.
they should cling as to an ark of safety
TO their love Of country life-to their
courtesy, their manliness, their generosity,
their hospitality. In his intercourse with
an unfamiliar world, the Virginian should
profit, as Bacon advises the traveller TO
profit, by what he sees and hears in distant
lands, so us ssto let appear that he doth not
change his country manners for those OF
foreign parts, but only pricks in some
flowers he hath learned abroad into the Gus
toms of his own country
+In ,>onp1o nP Viruini1 Tpnyp frla-ac
we have every reason to believe they will
prove true-to their remote history, to their
recent history, and to themselves, while eX-
tending the right hand Of welcome to every
deserving emigrant from whatever region OF
the earth he may come, they will so impress
upon the plastic mass of immigration the
best of all the ancient characteristics of Flr-
einia that all marks of difference between
the old inhabitants and the new settler will
quickly disappear, and A race homogene-
Gus in sentiment, if not in origin, shall con-
tinue to occupy the soil.
BY all alike, whatever is inspiring, and
enrolling, and glorious, III the history ana
traditions of Virginia, shall continue to De
cherished. All shall draw, the spirit OF
philosophic ardor and the love Of liberty
from the founder of this University. All,
without distinction, shall seek to learn elo-
quence from the lips of Henry, the prlncl-
ples of constitutional government from
Madison, the Interpretation and exposition
of law from Marshall, and serene wisdom
and grandeur of soul from Washington.
And when the political perplexities of the
hour shall vanish, this ancient Common
wealth shall resume her appropriate place
among her sister States, strong In re-
newed and advancing material prosperity,
stronger still in the intelligence, the energy,
and the virtue of her sons and daughters,
and vet radiant with that high renoWn that
riohtfully belongs to her as the mother OF
children whose foremost places are secure
among the Statemen, heroes, and founders
of the republic.
Mr.. Rives delivered his address in an easy.
graceful style, and was frequently greeted
with applause and cheers.
After MIR. Riyes's address, Mr.. Barbour
oracefnlly introduced Mr.. Thompson by
Saving that it was pride for Virginia to
have son who could express in congenlal
verse the noble injunctions which announcer
eloquent son had just uttered.
Mr.. Thompson was most entnusiastlcaliy
greeted, and delivered in fine style poem
Of touching beauty. We know that your
crowded columns will not permit the publ
cation of the whole poem, and OF course
can't mar its beauty by synopsis but we
must at least send as a specimen OF the
whole the following tribute to three noble
sons whom Alma Mater delighted to honor :
Their praise demands loitler verse
All! what avails this feeble line 9"~
Thy merit, Thornton 10 rehearse, l,-
Or, gifted Coleman! thine? ". r. /.
The orator whose deeds eclipse.
The memory of his fluent lips,
The gentle scholar and the constant friend
Who Falkland's knighthood seemed
- With Arnold's lore to blend.
While here our sorrowing Mother keeps
His loss rs her peculiar pain,
For vet another child she weepS
Who came not back again
Whose brief career on earth would seem
A tender but unfinished theme,