The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-01

Of noble examples, the best earnest OF no.
bier achievements"
Prof, s.or Stephen @. southall being
called on 10 respond, said that 1t WAS
meet that upon this festive occasion
while gathering the flowers Of friend
ship we should bring the sweetest violets
aud lay them upon the tomhs OF those VINO
doublv died, because they died so young.
Even the yiclors will recognize the proprle-
~ tthis for these green hiIlocks are earth
works to repel aiar-off malice and hate, ana
even enemies will now recognize that they
fought with pure, honest mOtiveS-not Tor
fame, not for .ory. They came from the
hills and valley Of Virginia. tie savannahs
of the South. and the plains Of the West,
and for home and country they laid down
to minglc with the dust they loved so well.
They died, but they have made our whole
southern land fragrant with glorious men,
cries.
THE mc,nest RI, the mlght!cct river.
Flow mirg.inv VIII their fame forever"
Professor So,lthalrs eloquent speech was
loudly applaudcd.
VII. Our sister States Of the South
For what Is love IN Ate fJr & It's not the same
In Joy and III sorrow, IN glory ana shS-he
Upon the announcement Of this toast the
band struck up "D:Nie," which WAS mos1
yocitesously applandcd.
MIR. Geo. A. Go, lion. Of Huntsville, Ala,
being called on to respond, said that he iclt
Obliged to repudiate part of the beautiful
sentiment of the poet which closed the
toast, for that in drinking to the very dregs
to the lips Of the people Of the South he
found in it not one drop Of "shQme."
But there was one thing which should
excite Il feeling Of shame. 1t Was that be-
fore the war the people Of the South had
divided their patronage with northern col
lcges, and had not made this the great I'm.
versty Of the continent III the number OF
its students as ii was in real merit, so that
there might gather here to-day, as to the
Mecca OF their love, thousands Qnstead o.
hundreds Of the sons of the South.
When he left the halls of Yale (of which
he was al Alumnus) he had resolved to de
vote his energies to building up one grand
university for the South, and he had shown
his faith by his works for, by diploma
given him to-day, his son had become al
Alumnus of the University.
He thought that the policy of each State
of the South tryingto build up its own uni
vorsty was wrong. Wewant but one grahC
university, and he wanted the people to rally
around this institution, and make it to The
South what Oxford is to England, and Held
leberg to Germany. lie eloquently appealed
10 the Alumni to come up to the SranC
work, aud convert "Lhe shame" Of the
South into her glory.
Mr. Gordon isa graceful, forcible speaker
and Us he struck a chord which Yibrated in
the hearts Of the Alumni, he was most en-
Enthusiastically app!auded and choered.
Mr.. R.W. n. Noland proposed to make Mr.
Gordon member of the society, and thai
If there was any constitutional difficulty
the Faculty should at once take him out
and examine him. The proposition wa;
adopted amidst wild enthusiasm.
the president called for profound quiet
While he read the next toast.
VIII. General Robert L. Lee "Hi:
spirit still lives"
His sligo III deeds AMI pro ress high
demand 10 lahoTed culugy.
We saw his deeds
Way should their praise in verse be sungs
i nc n lne that dweits on every tongue
no ln'nstrel needs.
Drunk standing and in silence.
IN. Our distinguished guests: "The;
bring bright gems from many q sunny land
Gen. Al. Baker being called on TO re.
spond, said that if they had any gems il
the South it was certainly proper that they
should be brought TO Virginia, for she is
The Mother Of States, ard could point to the
States OF the South as her jewels. lie lived
in the county OF Barbour-a glorious old
county in days of yorc, but very barbarous
in its government now. His county used
TO be represented by giants in intellect and
resented by gentleman who, when b,
goes up TO Montgomery,
'',rhe hollow Of his foo:
Mikes :. R,ie In the Gr2urd.''
He then wildly pictured the sad state O
things in the South, interspersiDg his re
marks with anecdotes which convulsed the
sketch of his trip here, his brief stay il
Richmond, the rich lands through which
he had passed, and the beautiful landscape:
upon which he had gazeu. He eloqucntly
spoke Of the inspiration he had caught from
his visit to the University, paid an elo
quent tribute to Lee, whose portrait huns
IN the library, and said that he should &C
back to his southern nome with new heart
and hope for his country that he should
tell his people how grand old Virginia wa:
rising from her desolation, and eXhort
them TO initiate her example.
Gen. Baker showed very conclusiyely By
this speech that his forte is ON the stump
He was repeatedly interrupted by enthu.
siastic cheers.
y. The Donors to the University: "He
which soweth beautifully shall reap also
bouDtifully."
Prof. Holmes being called on to respond,
made i speech which elected the heartiest
applause and laughter from all around him,
and which we heard spoken Of as one of the
happiest efforts of this distinguished wit and
orator, but unfortunately your correspon.
dent tor reasons unnecessary to mention,
but which will be appreciated by all pre-.
Sent) could not catch enough Of it to make
a CONNECTED report.
&I. Our Sister Institutions: "The for
treSseS, at once, and shrines of this our
southern land"
Col. VIM. Allan, Of Washington and Lee
University, being called on to respond, said
that though he came here to-day to enjoy
quietly the pleasant memories suggested
by the familiar scenes and to mingle with
friends of other days, and with no thought
Of making speech, he felt that it would
be ungrateful i'll him not to acknowledge
the hearty welcome his tellow-alumni had
gwen him, the kind expressions with
which they had called him out. The last
time he participated in an alumni
dinner here was just before the war, when
our Alma Mater, in the very height Of her
prosperity and glory, gathered her children
around her, and, amid the glad scene, sent
forth her newly-crowned sons to do their
part in the battle of life. The bright pic
lures amid which his student life ended
We're now before him. So, too, were the
crowded scenes Of the past ten years fuller
than lifetime of great events. And it was
amid the sincerest pleasure that, returning
now after such a troubled and checkered
period, he beheld so many signs OF pros
perty and progress that he saw on every
Side evidences that the future Of the Uni