The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-16
VIRGINIA. AND CAROLINA.


American Clttsemss
fcbar,eston a. c., News and Coufier.l
| Alta brilliant reception and dinner gwen
Inv the Governor Of South Carolina TO his
invited guests aud others on the occasion OF
The celebration OF the Battle OF Cowpens
and the unwilling OF the statue OF General
Morgan. Judge Christian OF the Supreme
| Court OF ppeals Of Virginia. was gracefully
| introduced by Ex-Governor Bonhsm, who
announced as the toast to which be was
called upon TO respond "The southern
States" Judge Christian spoke substantially
us follows:
Mr.. President and Fellow.Citizens re-
presenting the Old Thirteen States Vir-
einia brings to South Carolina to-day her
cordial greeting. ! am here at the request
OF the Governor Of Virginia to represent
that State In the grand ceremonies which
to-day celebrate the battle OF the C0wpens,
and to witness the unyeiling ofthe statue OF
General Morgan, the hero OF that battle and
one OF the great heroes OF the Revolution,
erected near the spot OF his grand triHyph.
The work has been accomplished, and to-
day there has been unveiled to our vision
one OF the graudest works OF art on this
Continent; one In which the artist seems to
bsye caught inspiration from bis task, and
breathed into the statue OF bronze the very
form OF the hero and every lDeameDt OF his
face until the whole seems almost instinct
with life.
As an humble representative OF Virginia,
and regretting the necessary absence OF her
excellent and eloquent Governor, whom
can but feebly represent, in his name and
the name Of Virginia l greet you with a
cordial greeting, and rejoice with you in the
triumphs which this day commentaries,
and 10 the glory and prosperity Of COM
mon country which the battle OF Cowpens
did so much to accomplish.
Seated to-day upon the platform 10 which
III was invited by the courtesy OF your
bonored and excellent Governor, and look
ing into the upturned faces of twenty
thousand people, my eye did not rest upon
a single familiar face, aud yet ! can truly
soy that did not feel that was a stranger
here.
The man born and reared on the soil of
Virginia cannot feel that he Is a stranger
when he treads upon the soil OF South
Carolina. The bond Of union between
these two States Is made fas. AID firm by the
J common sufferings and The common giories
OF a century, and is cemented by the best
} blood OF both States, shed in a common
cause on hundred battlefields. The green
, arm OF Spring Is now decking the soil under
which sleep their commingled dust. Com
mon suffering end common glory makes
common pride and common sympathy.
You, people of South Carolina, are no more
proud OF the name Of YoI ktown than we Of
Virginia are proud Of the name OF Cowpens.
II the names Of Washington and Jefferson,
. end Henry and Jackson, and OF the dead
aud living Lees, are dear to the people Of
South Carolina, equally dear to Virginia
are the names Of Marion and Sumter, and
Pinckney and Rutledge and Calhoun, and
OF the dead and living Hamptons.
, When my feet touched the soil OF South
Carolina to-day, for the first time / felt that
stood upon holy ground, and was tempted,
like the great leader OF Israel, "to put off
the shoes from my feet" stood upon the
, very spot where Daniel Morgan turned
upon his pursuers and struck that stunning
blow against the British armies which
raised the hopes Of the exhausted and de-
spairing Colonies, and sent a thrill OF Joy
and anticipated triumph through every
heart that was loyal TO liberty.
The sentiment to which have the honor
, to respond is "The Southern States"
, Virginia has the right TO speak in
, the name of the Southern States, for
, while she is the another Of States"
she is peculiarly the mother Of the Southern
, Safes; to every one OF them she has sent
! colonies OF her people. and 10 every one
she has transmitted her laws, her insttu.
, lions, and her civilization. The blood Of
Virginia flows in the veins OF some OF the
best people Of every Southern State, and
she holds in her bosom the brave men Of
every Southern State, who died upon her
soil fighting IN cause which they believed
to be right. On every hilltop and valley,
on The sides OF her mountains and on the
banks OF her rivers, are the hOnored graves
OF the sons Of every Southern State. Over
, these graves Virginia has built her mOnu-
, ments and will forever guard their sacred
dust.
| The Southern States form I'm themselves
country equal in extent to the great
empires OF ne Old World. Extending
from the Potomac to the Gull OF Mexico
and from the Atlantic TO the Mississippi,
and even beyond 10 the Rio Grande, they
embrace within their boundaries every
| variety OF climate, soil. and production.
The SHOWS OF winter lie upon the mountains
and valleys OF Virginia while the ever
glades Of Florida bloom with perennial
flowers, and between these two extremes
} are all the varieties OF the temperate zone.
, Within these broad limits is contained a
variety of soils that will produce everything
The productions OF these Southern States
> will clothe and feed the world, and are
sent upon the wings OF commerce TO every
quarter OF the globe; and everything that
grows upon the surface of the earth, or that
is found within its bosom which is nec( sslry
| TO the comfort and luxury OF civilized man
everywhere, is found within the boundaries
OF this vast domain.
Rut Mr. President time will not hermit
! me, and ii would be out OF taste to follow
longer the suggestion which your sentiment
] ins pires. 1t is q subject which would re-
qure hours to do justice TO. beg leave,
: in further response to the toast which has
been drunk to "the southern States" and
| to which have briefly responded, TO pro-
/ pose in its place and by way Of further re-
/ Spouse the following sentiment: "The
, United States of America, States so united
/ | that they shall not benceforih after this
/ Centennial year be called Southern States
or Northern States or Eastern States, but
the United States OF America"
. II ever stand upon foreign soil, or under
/ the folds OF a foreign flag, | will not say
that come from the Southern States, but |
| come from the United States OF America, and
, am an American citizen. | would claim
the American flag, the stars and stripes, as
, the flag OF my county, under whose ample
folds, as il floats over the land aud over the
9 sea, shall give me Its protection everywhere
Mr. President, IL is a meet and filling
memorial that the centennial commemCra-
+ tion OF the battle OF the Cowpens should be
celebrated before the centennial celebration
of Yorktown, which saw the grand con-
summation of victory, which established
! American independence. Fer IL Is not 100