The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-24

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ffhnrttes TO be ,hers guests. Two years ,henc,
all Of the States .Yill be hosts on this spot d
4 a common heritage, With France, their grea
ally, and VIII, invite the, world TO witnes!
4 bow they value the virtue aud The sYaIorloi
fhef men who Won the, victory aud how they
appreciate It's won derfuJ result !,
Il bThe thirteen little Colonies have become !.
Republic, almost covering the can't Hnent
! still growing with eqnalIe led rapidity, and
destined TO I'LL q lager space in history than
j any, nation that has hitherto appeared upon
j fts' pages. Wasted by the .wa; ;ers Of seithe,
4 ocean, stretching from, the. IAfctie ,to5 the
i TROPICS, IT'S RESOURCES are, b6hndiess: now
! at the bead 10 naterfa! Development, It has
reaebed that erfod :in rs 5itss growth, when
.Eit1 is ready .,toi begin :itsoseontest for su.
4 premacy In Science, Art, and .Eitersture.
| But above all other blessings that q people
can have, It holds, last TO The traditions OF d
glorious ancesfry-men who laid in the
noElest virtues: the broad and deep founda-
tiops Of the constitutional freedom we now
enjoy. May their GENIUS survive to the re.
Imotest generations, maEDg4sus aHhigh-
fminde1k 1kbfavess afid5 thot estpe ople, gdard-
! fng rIS against internaI distraction BIZ sweet
memories and cheering hopes. and binding
us together as with hooks or steel against
external foes. sAs!.i - rt.E 2f s. :ntta =.
In The, name Of the, people Of; Virgins
and from my own heart, bid yoEtw ell
| come, whatever your calling or pursuits
or from syhatsyer. land YOU may come.
I bid you welcome I.6shilstl WEI recur3 to
the historyvuf our lforefathers,y ,yflied with
everything that isis calculated to elevate
and inspire, md to. the iuition OF their
high achievements / Il bid you welcome to
the contemplation OF growth iuneaualled
| by any people who have lived before US, in
whatever tends to make a. nation powerful
and greatl, L bid. you welcome to view OF
the Future, and pray that we may have the
faith and strength to fulfii It's vast promises
One and all. ], bid you all hail! and welcome
| to YORKTOWN! fz. In
General Taliaferro, the orator OF the day,
was next introduced. 49, ..a
- The Grafton. -
General Taliaferro delivered a stirring
Eaddress which be introduced by saying
that Lexington, Saratoga, and Yorktown
marked the three grand epochs Of the war
OF the Revolution, and that history has
rarely presented scene more august and
imposing, or more momeDtou> and inn
posing, than that of the surrender OF Corn
wallis ut Yorktown. ..n..st @-,.j.' ".
+, Hetnext discussed the causes which led
to the war of 1T76, and after full recital
of the campaign in Virginia, ending with
the surrender at Yorktown. The surren-
der OF Cornwallis, he said. bad been ac-
cepted by history as marking the close OF
The struggle for independence. =
"BuC here, standing upon the spot Which,
although a part Of the soil OF Virginia, is
held by those United States by tenure &C.
ouired amid the thunder OF war by the
united proweSs Of her sons, whose every
inch is sacred with the dust OF heroes who
knew no section but common cause, may
I not urge my countrymen to preserve the
great birthright OF constitutional liberty
which they have inherited; to remember
that it was to assert rights; TO vindcate
violated Constitutions; to maintain theiaw
that their forefathers took up arms. ="
ssLet them forget and bury out OF sight
differences which have divided them with
the animosities which they engeudered.
Let them remember, as common heritage,
the yalor and the virtue which ennob'ed all
sections, and erect monuments hereafter, as
history will, to those who did their duty
under God and their consciences for What
they believed to be right, that this colossal
empire OF self-goVernment, established ia
the affections OF all its people, may last Tor
ever" '.<'.. '.'.- ....-.-..-
At the conclusion OF the address, which
occupied nearly two hours, Captain James
Barron Hope, Of Norfolk, was introduced.
Address of j. Barron Hope, Esq.
Standing here to-day in presence OF this
vast assembly-an assembly august In civic
dignity and martial pomp-lookiDg abroad
over these historic fields and yon males
tic river, where a noble fleet rides at
| anchor on its tide, am carried back by
current Of associations cannot resist to
day, TWENTY-FIVE years ago, when had the
honor to stand beside the late :eX-Presldent
| TYLER in celebrating the Northumberland
fftieth anniversary Of the settlement at
Jamestown. Then, as now, the popular
hears was greatly moved by memories OF
the past, and the scene rises before me as
stand in all its brilliant details-a picture
flooded by May sunshine and radiant IN all
the coIoring and life OF green fields, and
spreading woodlands, and serrIeu soldlery,
and eager citizens, and blooming nlaidens,
and stately dames-a picture such as tnat
which now unfolds itself before us Oh these
famous plains. -.
MEMORY, TOO, MY FELLow-clTizENs, ..
carries me back TO another and a later day,
when, under the snow-laden skies OF 4
cherries February, it was my fortune to he
the colleague OF Henry A. Wise, then Gov
ernor Of the Commonwealth, and Il. N. l..
Hunter, member OF the United States Sem
ate, and John r. Thompson, poet and scho-
lslar when, before great concourse OF cltl-
zens from all parts OF the Republic, the sta
tue of the g Father Of his Country was I'M
yelled on the Capitol grounds in Richmond.
OF nv distinguished associates Oh those
occasions three now sleep beneath the shades
OF Hollywood.
There rests the silver-tongued and saga
cious ex-Presfdent who gave Texas TO the
There slullDbers the splendid Wise, W hose
eloquence will forever remain part OF Vlr,
ginia's history, apd run like thread OF gold
/ through her traditions OF the hustings and
the forum. ."2J,. z Us t's@:..t ~ ,'' 80,
There, lies the mortal part of John R.
THOMPSON, the Man Of Letters-tbere, by
his native river, he rests" from his abors !;
but his fame grows with the f1ic OF years,
and bis image sinks deeper into the hearts
or those who knew him.
MR.. HUNTER ALONE REMAINS, BEs1DE'MYsELF,
of those who then appeared to speak to the
people in the name OF Virginia, and only
forbear to speak OF bis worth and learning
| lest perchance should wound his modesty.
by my kindly freedom Of expression. OF
the group brought back to my mind and
heart by this scene-to whose members it
was meet this brief tribute should be paid
I. as a survivor, have been commissioned to
speak to you, and to stand beside my old
friend General Taliaferro, who. was the
commandment OF the military COLUMNS which
odopned each Of the occasions to which