The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-16
TIE PRESERVATION At ASSEMBLY Hal

uE isSEHi ai!o| NJ ASSEMBLY CAL-.--
\ large and tUahictab!o n,ilouc3 nt Iairs
and ccn;lcNen were present last @t.niu.. q"
Assembly Hali ~ "itunG+ tic ccrelGani3, IT,
c;ttnt upon tic Irc'tDtaticu oi ihG lG@Gutl.
cr,lj bust Of Dr. John Dove 10 Dove Lot&c
y J.. II. Valentine, E.t:., oar t&ontet, s1y.
accomplished young scnYtpr.
IG2 hal wa ta>t,iG'i: arf3yta IL drapcly
@Dd i}a"cr3 the bust being III tie centre Of
Tie stand AID covered ever with III arcb oi
mos beautiful tid i"S;ci;liy.ariG!-;c,, .;Iw>
,Ts, suim"nn!,d by tie cmhcmS q The N's-
der. !h"Mocc.:iGn uIIi ivcd n Tie appointed
l.0ir. headed hy t;c Ej.'i!2pud ln:iG. IL
Close order camc Richmond Cou;nintrr,
knights T"lGj.,ar. ana i#nr,jiaicly foiGw-
ia. tlc tnarfirrn band oG iic yiaitiu"
brethren. al ;ho bead 0i ihe p"ia we're Com
lDrIdory. Ii close nT;;cr c:;;rc t!!r yalicG.
ciliccrs and mnmrcr> q; III" tIai"yn;y.
i: having is"u serted, the @crric.'S W".g
C;),upl iEill; Il !ur-. impressive au:t y!"Gtlc.;
r'4yc.' 10y Rev. (. {. lifting, oC Lot:.," 50,
-. IN Il E"w Hrnirp;i''" rcn&r;t- ~.
joiin /. l;..Yar;l, ti;cn Introduced - ii.,
G'luii>aca II. II. &. y. .I"irn McCai1c, ~
nc'rwHI", Who said ii&! h" iei. cHir>Iy in.
G'.&Gualc to the ocGa Jon. t N&s III ,oUGr he
lille expected, q ljc called Oh ibs OCCASION 10
lHcs" s"u; 20 Dove Lod.s2, il tsic n:l!uc ut F'ir-
gil!;a'9 ycJi!g &clilpcr, /. II, Valentine,
whose mode ~ W., Only exceeded IT, Ii
merits. Tic uli:; Of BIN w!:o !ni:li; 10 called
i!l" t,;.:.cr o: Ilaao;hy ii ti5c city o; E;cI'
mpnG.
in c&rnc>t and oloQnaH! language lie
speaker rt!yrIcJ'to his past rQC0lcrLi0ns u
I'll >is ,i,v. lie was il;ijaiod iut0 th"
mystulir$ cf this mo:t honorable Order ;'y
John Dove !ue remembrance o. which will
forever i:0ger in lis memory Il" referred
iii glowing :elia> 10 III" lon, aud ialtliui
services cf Hr. Dove, "i!!c old man cio.
qucut. and Now come thc lifting OCCASION 10
cV'cir;;r biz virtues adG mc.iory through
tue '1lcDt, @: N:rg;li;'> Young sculptor. rs
All hi'ni'l.. servant. on tbs occasion il gives
ra2, ~; ;ic speaker, lI!c @gcatcS. pleasure 10
rtiHCSLut III, yoliig iticiih IL his high and
devoted aPiHcCittJN OF inc Giticr ci MG.nu-
= l. th!> city. J:c ;ialnc OF Iolu Dove /: u
'ou.cGo!d Wcrd wherever tie .Iasgiiic BAN
Gcr Is unitir."d. ia earnest and eloquent
iangu*Eo l;e portrayed tic r!4c and progress
q Masonry in The STATE ci Virginia.
ilc bust was then unveiled hy Grand
Treasurer ihonas [. ptIL!"y anj,;s: lnc
upg:luGs. Of The rs, c!NbiiIa aud tho music OF
t.it bands.
John y. Lynllarn, Ilastcr Of Dove Lodge,
Lirn case iorp All, Dnh il II io"' iuuarh; H..
tgnduccG 20 tie aU,;.y!lr3 Jude u. i. Wei,
for , w!:p p;ogvctt@t; 10 deliver ihc reception
address.
Judge Wexford received the bust In
tic na'nc CT Dove LJt..c. jie spoke III
eloquent iaHgl!aSc 0? the Dc2Utics @nl Oh
!ec,4 Of .Iusoury. There is = tree IN tcylg,
wlich i said 10 have th2 power ct iv:t"riu@
10 Youth u':i fi&0r tic-v who taste g; IL
!,aTca. Cvtli!, Such superstition imt" teel
consistent with tAa1 sublime ,:i2ia'!ty "l'c.:
d.asys il inspiration lrcm !hC i: Il. Q! -}ia.9h-
r. l4r different had been tic ry>uit. Among
rcop,c educated 10 rec0gn!Ee the prlnlacl
among human virtues which was written
uron the sacred table Of ;iic law by t,io 1H-er
Of UlDnirutcncc uiu;d the t"uud'r3 0! Siiai
those wan ana waited forms ".lth SouEut
tits leaf would not h1Ec stood alone. I32
;taI~art figures Ct athletic GlaulJod W9I'l
have i@@ ;ncic to secure IL mid tir ccE"tcu
pfizc--Lot for .Cl. Ilt for bin VITO Ieafs lie
houarrd 9tiGc Ci father, &rQjlhd ho>c tjtG-
ing liaru the affections o! DO! hood Hnd E.tl:-
hood bad c!un. lIanT wear, NraiS VIII al
uuIjurcha>ab'. loyalty. II that TIE" we're
acceptable TO u, mtny a yonnS Nf&thLt
Graf >loai! would be keeping Wit"A beneath
those branches t. stctrc tic ta.i,l4aa
which would Evrnc;Eatc n.n"hg tuc
fraternity the bodily presence ci th"'
venerable father whose features are Gil
bodied IN t!igt Ar;D"tcls ~ /. u;'r illt;"
utiD!ouis:e> III al thu iU..y -: si!c!I super
stition. We are rapidly passing away 70 !iat
bourne from whence 40 enc returns. Blt
we can fellow in their footsteps AID dis
charge acceptally our duties 10 our God, oli
ftllow-mcn, and ourselves. These nre tic
ends which iasonry commeGds 10 all !!er VIC.
tsrics. 1t was for no unnieaung purpose
tut our altai-S were erected.
IN the organization OF Tie Girhud Lodge
of EirGiuii tie craft had looked TO Geo; ge
Washington as their first Grand -Iat'er. Il"
declined t.Ie proiciId honor-hiS duties 70
iiis country prevented his acceptance. liic
craft then selected ,Iohu Blair, 4 justice ..
tie supreme ColI':. From hls hands tie
cave! passed 10 James Mercer, judge pl III"
first Court Of Appeals OF Virginia, and lroul
him TO Edmund Randolph, Governor oI
Virginia. afterwards Attorncs-Gcncirl "n9
Secretary Of State under George WASH
ington from lin to joan Marss!all-ctarum
ct teaerdbtie n0EteH and from hinl 10 no.
Brooke. afterwards Governor OF virginia.
These were the fathers OF Virginia Masonry.
But the connecting link yet remains,
John love si; in Richmond Randolph
Lodge, No. -, when John Marshall
welcomed LAFAYETTE Oh his American tour.
For more than fitv-.,i-ht years the records
OF the Grand Lodge Of Virginia attest us
ever punctusl presence. lie IS noW tl,e o!I'
est living Grand Secretary IN the world. FER
more than bali century le li17 illustrated
the high character Of tle CAs!atian Masou,
enforcing hv prectpt anti example the pure
morrlltv OF our Order. Venerable i4ther, we
would lhat we could tender yot, leaf from
the fatled cypress Of Ceylon TO assure the
centinuaRce Of your presence and your