The daily gazette., 1875-07-08

l nlyersity ot NiIginia, in ChaTlottes-
vile, Va, july /, besides Hon Robert
NJ. I Hunters Grafton, an address was
delivered by Hon. John :. Preston, in
commem oratioa. cf The 1iftietl ami
vcrsiiy u III Foundation Of the Uni
yersity CT Which lhc following IS an
extract
TIE CAlsl-5 UG IAE HksELLIoN,
Ou1 stake vas not only land and
liberty. but all the forms, modes, pur-
poses. habitudea and 4ympathies Of
social organisms, hScd TOR centuries
and sealed % a by the sacrifice of
blood. We did net fight 10 save pro.
vinces or armies. or Tor conquest and
the extension of power. We did not
fight even on the hatred ii nations, OF
the antipathies oI race, OF for the
propagation of systems We fought
on the instincts OF self preservation,
deriving our principle, our motive,
oui courage and our fOrtitude from the
example, the teaching and the renown
of our immediate and iliusirious pro.
genitoTs, You and / were held here
at the font, in the arms Of Jefferson
and Madison, and baptized in the pro
misses offs Godof truth trained, armed,
sent forth to battle by their sanity
and imperial rescript. With US it was
the upheaval of the great deep of in
terest, sentiment and hope la word,
we fought for the earth wa lie upon,
for the cir we breathe and for the al
tara we worship at; for all the attri-
butcs and guarantees OF this life and
for all the hope beyond il. And this
.tol- ~
that hope What was the plea of the
invader, the conquerOr and the de-
stroyer. Union and emancipation,
integrity and territory and freedom
and citizenship for cur slaves. the
African negro. Ii there be any other
plea, motive impulse or apology, ii
was not declared in the open arena.
It was not On their banners, 1t was
not in their war-cry nor in their shouts
of victory, nor is it on Their monu-
mental tablets nor in their engrossed
laws and DEGREES. They shouted "Un-
ion'" that by unity we might be held
in bondage. They demanded national
life, that they might take the life Of
our liberty, They freed the slave,
that we become tho slaves Of slaves.
The dictate of these motives was n
fierce aud relentless W3r pursued 10
conquest, con1iscation anl 10 subjec-
ton, and to the snbycr ION Of The
whole order of human tr1tA. This was
the plea and the ela..C ot New Eng
land.
ruX rRcsPEcF on rlrG LOST CAUSE"
But for you, nlrsclibe- ut 1o.ily, ;iill
at our mathel's breast. J wouja change
this sad and Wagcd lament, this gloomy
chant OF woo, and strike the resoundins
chords Which fend forth Tia. bold athc.n
81 hope. and give 70 you = cheering and
a living echo from the dark vault OF the
past Once ! dreaded least the womo of
Virginia has been scared to barrenness
and her fountains Of nuGture all dried
Up, and hope Itself Lanished fror. her
sphere. Bat when ! look ot you to-day
and see your earne3t srd piou5 souls
cleaning forth il ycac ger, bright eyes
--snd when l. stand here IN thega lovely
and hallowed places, with this sfy and
this land about me. sud their breeleF
tanning my broW--hc'e in The shadow Of
Monticello here where We. row deere
pid fragments, were nurtursd ia that
enuoblirc lore ~ / gathered tIGt ttnth-
tuI spirit Wlic. led uT TO give ourselves
and al cur h pes IL TIE irt.it.ess strag.
gle 70 EeeP J4u a. tI6e Gs our IatHerj had
made us-1 cannot bat foel that that the
sacred spitit i still alive in yUur hearts.
aud will again appear ar1 move III you
a triumphant ending. Believe nIe, nobla
youths, the triumphant realities Of hu-
man life are not Tordly success Of
wealth or gratiiied ambition. Oh the luz
urious repQsa Of rewarded labor But,
mark uc, they aTs dar7, tl1th, light,
justice, and the absolute freedom ct con
science, Thsy arc these things which
are craven OF tLe throne cf tLe eternal
| God, ana manifested t. you and to man
kind in the truthful Tecolds Of Yorktown
and Apporaattoz, in the names Of George
| Washington and Robert Lee.