The daily gazette., 1877-06-29
The University Of Virginia.
ADDRESSES BEFORE THE LITERARY
SOCIETIES.

|
i CHARLorTEsvlLLE, Va, June q The
appearance of Maj. John w. Daniel, oI
| Lynchburg, Va, Tonight, Us the orator
of the two literary societies OF me nj
yarsitv of Virginia, drew out an immense
crawI and his address excited the livel
est interest. In addition TO the interest
| which attauhes TO Maj. Daniel as one OF
tb. most distinguished graduates of the
university, and one OF the hnest orators
i'm the State, was the fact that he Is now
on,, of the prominent candidates for the
denucratic nomi nation for Governor.
THE Address.
Major Daniel begun his address with
beautiful allusion TO the circumstances
which surrounded him, and the hallowed
memories which cluster around the place
where he stood, and then graphically in
trouuced as his theme "Conquered Ma
| tions" While IN one sense there Is no
conq uerer but God, aud the hand of Gou
could be traced in all history, yet he pro-
| posed to show that the fate of the South
| had been bur the fate of the whole hu-
man family, and that solace and hope
NAV be gathered from well nigh every
| Dare of the worlds history. He brought
out that America is the spoil Of conquest
| and the refuge of the conquered ah0 op-
| pressed aud proceeded to show that the
settlers of New England, Pennsylvania,
Georgia, South Carolina and virginia
were all conquered peoples fleeing from
oppression o..
He next inquired into the origin of the
| "conqueriug English" and showed how
they, too, had been conquered, and now
the rule OF the Norman cOnqueror had
| been ''woe to the vauuulshed." He gave
a vivid picture of the dOings of "Norinan
carpet-baggers" and the sportive cruel
| ties aud cruel sports of the conqueror,
and showed how this state of thugs de-
veloped the "EngliSh klukluX," whose
existence is verified by better testimony
than that Uf IA partisan congressional COM
mIttee,
He then portrayed the benefits which
the Normans brought to the English, and
! how Norman and Saxon blood gradually
blended together, until conquered Eng
! land came to the front as conQueror ,
Magma Charta, was wrested from the
barons, great ideas OF constitutional free
dom were generated, and the coDq
yoke became at last the trlumphal arch OF
freedom.
He then pr ceeded to show that all na-
tiOns uie col q iered nations, and illustrated
his position Uy reference to Scotland. lr,
hUd. F,aucc, Spain, Carthage, Il me
Gleece. E1ypI, Arabla, A ,ia Manor Turkey
history to show how frtquently tile ittit
nations are the conqueiUis," and argued
that 'tne survival OF the tttest is the true
philosophy of conquest" He deduced q
number of "truths of Conquest" aud illus
trated ana enforced them by bright historic
examples, showing the results OF coUquests
He theb alluded TO the results of our owu
late war, aud the eff TO cnthral The South.
ernsmlnd.by partisan conquerors, showing
that while the Intelligent master was strick.
eli down, lhe rude uutaught slave was elevr
ted to The highest places OF government. Ht
| argued that physical geography, to Il
great extent, couq uered the South, the con-
| tiguratlon OF the continent TO u large eX tent
preserving the unity of tue American race
Tue speaker then spoke at great length
upon the disadvantages under which th,
South went Iuto the war, aud declared that
the wrath of the tremendous revolution lott
no condition OF her p opie at ito close which
the hegiuunH founu.
He SAID between North and South tht
war eliminated, aun hi.ated its cause. VIVA
was that cause Slavery Was the materia
bone OF contention succession was th,
formula fiction ei law adup ed i'll pleading
for Ils defense. T.Ie war ended, but SLAYER
had dep .rted fOreVermore, and by the arb.
tralaeu. Vi D4.tle s-cessIon Was buried with
it in cOmiAon grave, and tAcIe As notLln.
more To divide us.
he further ably urged the duty of tn,
South III the presen. crisis, and declared
thai the South is rising up, aud said let tn,
gallant SUN and generuus North rejolc
alike taat tue South Is rising up. Continu
ing, Mai lniel said ; "Syanding side b
side by the bier Of the houor,d dead, le
Moth and South alike ruis; tneir eyes t
the mild and gentle majesty OF true fait
and frIudship between North aud Sout
forevermore," and concluded with the de
claraLion that "there is no couqu .rer bu
God.