The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-29
Happy Effect of the Initiatory
Centennial Celebrations.
"REMINISCENCES OF THE REVOLUTION.
North Cardinals Injuries Buried Under the
Memories OF an Earlier Past.
alabama and Her Sister States Preparing
for the Great Exhibition
THE TWO VIRGINIAS
PATRIOTIC ENTHUSIASM or THE MOTHER OF
STATES AND STATESMEN.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
GREENBRIER Co., w. Va, July 30, 1873.

GREENBRER Co, W. Va, July 30, 1881
IL is unquestionably the fact that Virginia, l
may say the two VIrglnias, are heartily IN accord
with the grand Centennial celebration at Phila-
delphia in 1875 ana entering into the spirit OF
khe movement with . zeal and enthusiasm that
betokens re-awakened patriotic sentiment
(which gives promise for the happiest results in
hhe future To ascertain the feeling on this point
.Shere Is no better place than the White Sulphur
Springs Among the visitors from nearly every
BectioR OF the Union the sprinkling OF Vrglnlans
here is representative, ana were one TO make
gpecial tour through both the States no more
autnenuc information could be CLEANED than
ny brief sojourn here. In the parlors, on the
piaZzas and on the lawns l have frequently con-
wersed on the Centennial subject with tie Virgin
nans, and l md that the cordial and enthusiastic
reception rendered 10 Fitz Hugh, the grandson OF
Light Horse Harry Lee, Boston, touched q chord
nn the hearts OF the entire people which vibrates
no the music OF the Union aud beats in harmony
with the patriotic sen timent OF the land The re-
vival OF good feeling has been as marked and sud
sden as 1t is honest and candid. There Is no men,
fal reservation among the men VINO fought under
Ythe banners OF Lee and Jackson and Johnston and
longstreet. Like Fltz Hugh Lee they believe they
have
A COMMON HERITAGE
IN the country, and their claims 60 It's past glorles.
and their right TO the commemorstion thereof,
are as wen founded as those OF their Northern
compatriots, whom they are determined to emu
late If not rival in the manner OF celebrating the
great events OF '76. While their poverty may
mot enable them TO compete in a grand exhibition
with their richer neighbors North, yet they will
make up In zeal and good intention what they lack
In financial resources; and though poor in purse,
you may rest assured the grand Old Mother
OF States and. statesmen will be rich IN
al and Iuf10 nd
will display these. 'her Jewels" with as PROUD
satisfaction as II the "wealth OF Ormus and OF
Indn were hers, wherswith 10 grace with more
meretricious honors the grand occasion. 1t is
somewhat unfortunate for OLD Virginia that the
Centennial era had not set in previous to the SEES
sion or the last Legislature for # it had Governor
Kemper would have been eager TO recommend
tnat an appropriation sufficient to defray the ex-
penses ofrepresentng the state in proper man
ner at Philadelphia should be made. As 1t was ne
did not although General E. r. Bagwell, Of Acco-
mac and many other leading conservatives, were
jealous In urging an appropriation, and anxious,
even at that early day, that the State should be
properly represented az Philadelphia. As General
Bagwel remarked TO the HERALD correspondent
Leaving all patriotic impulses out OF the ques-
ton, we might well snord to make handsome
appropriation TO represent the State at the Cen.
tennial, from purely selnsh motives alone; for no
such grand opportunity will be Afforded for years
80 come TO exhi0lt the industrial, agricultural
and mineral resources OF the state 10 the
whole world. IL will be better than all the mnli-
Operation for the next nifty years; while, on the
other hand If Virginia 10 not represented there sac
will lose all these advantages ana run tue risk OF
being entirely overlooked ana forgotten among
her sister Stafes;n and the Iogc OF General Bag
wen is certainly irresistible But It viii not now
REQUIRE any sucn 'seldshu arguments to obtain
The required appropriation, the revived patriotic
feeling being in Itself SUFFICIENT 10 carry the mat
fhr nnh tn "A n r
Virginia Governor Jacobs is "al rlghtn on the
Centennial, and last winter urged upon the Legis-
and patriotic provisions for tue representation
of the inlant State; but that body had not yet
great argument-had never heard OF Lex
sngton ana Concord, OF MecKlenburg. or
amid the eternal hills, which are supposed 10 De
'talways lree,r and so the Recommendations OF
or treated vita silent indlnereDce. Now, how
ever, change has come over the vision OF even
these somnolent sages, whose dreams were All or
the past, and tne spirit i now MOVING the people
and the people will move their repfesen attves 20
sake position abreast with the most advanced
THE GRAND ANNIVERSARY
All the Vrglnians nom the noun tans 90 the sea-
board seem to be thoroughly infused with the
good feeling OF the Centennial era, and some OF
them 20 so far as 10 intimate that Virginia has a
greater and better right tnan any other STATE to
celebrate the Declaration OF Independence, which
was drafted by that most distinguished son OF the
by her immortal Washington The total absence
In the conversations nave had Of any reference
10 the late war OF IT'S disastrous results 10 the
South Indicated in a marked degree the positive
subsistence OF tse passions engendered by that
most terrible event In the history OF the ma
SION. Furthermore the people here see a 20 look
5orward 10 the National Centennial the occa-
sion or bringing together the whole people IN one
OF jubilee. Even among the ladies, who were
always the most stubborn OF the reDels. there 10
a noted lowering oil that naughty and contemptu-
Gus spirit which hitherto held Itself aOOi, making
no oyertures and accepting none, but repellng all
advances and maintaining an utter exciusiyeness
from contact Win everything saVOrmg o. NoItn.
ern ASSOCIATION or Yankee society. NOW almost
any DAY Mrs. North and Mrs, South can be seen
seated together cheek-by-jowl" in close coniabu-
Iation on the piazzAs, forgetting In the interest
OF the latest piece OF gossip or scandal the
mightler and weignter events which so recently
separated and held them apart on the ragged
edge' OF divided and paroxysmal patriotism.
Among the guests here found stray Iemplar
OF the body OF Knights who visited Boston. This
gentleman never weares or recounting the
events OF that remarkable pilgrimage and prats-
ing the magnificent hospitality OF the men or
Boston and Providence. He says the half has not
been told In respect to the enthusiasm and
warmth OF their reception, and as to the recep-
tiOn OF Fltzhugn Lee az Music Hail, he never wit
messed more splendid ovation. lie triumpned
ike o victorious Caesar. The multitude in the gal
ierIes rose to MIN, the men shouting and the la.
DIES waving their nandkerchiefs; nor DID any one
misn terpret the meaning OF the hOnOrs paid 10
this gallant Southerner. He was always popular.
and as the grandson Of a Revolutionary worthy
Boston ala herself honor In honorlng nun. IL was
not for any part ne took in tAe rebellion, but be-
cause he had mad the courage and the manhood
40 appear at the Bunker Hill Centennial, IN the
very stronghold OF Yankeedom and take part In
n great national event, that Boston felt moved 10
lis very centre she had here a real Southern
man surrounded by
TRUB SOUTHERN MEN
representative Of their section and Boston was
clad that they were there and was 0verioyed
mat the occasion was Afforded ner 10 do them
honor. The people seemed to care very little for
their other guests, says this Templar New 1OrE
and Pennsylvania they passed Dy with indiner-
ence because they had always been in accord
win them ana never fallen out; but whenever
they found Southern man the fatted cali was
Allied and there was ieasting and rejoicing Such
are some OF the efects OF the Bunker Hill cele-
bration wnlcn, as the story spreads throughout
the Southland strs the hearts OF the people With
emotions altogether new IN TINS section ana
forces npon even unwilling minds the convection
tnat the people OF New England and the North
are not 30 bad as they have been painted, aiter
which catherine atrRnsth avery