The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-20

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s',,m rnisnateA, capd[ lds, and We feel called
my1etfl M phbiiGfder that the puonc may
1,noa 10 speafd. and 10 order TO ysnales1e
not lie = Ia the month Of August iste'
ar,- Joint discussion II Tazeweh oCourt.
house between Colopel X. H. W1inefs anu
| Holm W. Daniel on one side, ane eaF'hln
| blair. General Malone, and John H. Masses
| on the other, Captain Blair, who openeu
| the discussion, In ihe course OF his speecn
| said: "They talk TO you aDous nonor.
honor. Fcllow.cltizens, what Is nonuI !
Honor won't buy you a breakfast" TO tDis
eneech Colonel Wftbers replied 10 nttipg
,srms of rebnke, quoting Fslstsf's we'll
lEnnwn utternuces on the value OF honor:
Oar honor set TO n leg No, OR an arm I
No on take away the grief OF a WOUND :
| No. Honor hath no skill in surgery men !
No. what is honor? A Word. Wnat y
That word honor? Air. A Trim reckoning.
VINO hath IL? He th5t died o wednesday:
| Does he feel itp No. Doth be hear u!
No. IL IL insensible then? Yes, 10 tne
dead. But will 1t not live with tue living
No. WhyY Detraciion will not suner y,
Therefore, IN ions OF it. Honor 10 a mere
l,scnctbeon; and 80 ends my caiec0ism., :.
There was q large audience ~
lthis dis cussion-perhaps as many rs seven
bundred-and many doubtless remember u.
| Resides the speakers named as engaged 10
this discussion there wtre present MIA
A. PnIegar and General ). "A. walker.
Two days afterwards, ut Blano court.
house, there YVES 4 joint discussion between
| CAPTAIN Blair and Mr. Massey on D sac,
and John w. Daniel and General Waiker
on the other. Captain Blair agsln openru
| the discussion, and In the course OF nis
speech used this language "Ihey talk 10
vou shout honor, honor, honor, and state
credit; they tell you about the traditlous OF
| your State. Why, lIow-citiZens, what 10
bonori What are the traditions OF your
state WORTH Honor won't bus a break
FAST the traditions Of your State and State
credit WON'T buy your wife a gown" ,
To this speech General Walker replied,
| and after expressing the surprise and NOR
LITIGATION which he felt at bearing a gentle
man who claimed to be a leader OF his party
and a political teacher in Virginia utter
snch sentiments before q Virginia, audience,
be turned TO Captain Blair and asked him
II he were willing to carry ont his teach.
ines 10 their legitimate conclusions, and
said. i'm substance: Go with me to the
town OF Lexington, wnere sleeps the dust
of Lee and Jackson; stand by tue
graves OF those heroes whom tne
| world delights to honor, and tell Inc
| pilgrims who resort tbither that "honor
WON'T buy a breakfast" Go with me to
HOLLYWOOD cemetery, and stand WIN me I'D
| the midst OF the graves OF thirty thousand
| Confederate dead who sleep there; DID
them rise from their narrow cell ana staud
AGAIN in SERTED ranks, with Jeb stuart ana
pickett at their head, ready TO die ior tue
cause they loved and lost, and tell them
Wbooor won't buy a breakfast" ohome,
call up yOur son-the bright, manly ooy,
who looks 10 YOU for guidance and instruc'
ItIon-place your hand on his head, ana tell
him. % NV son. listen 10 the words OF your
father. As you grow up TO manhood you
will bear men pirate OF honor. My son,
listen not 10 them. Only fools regard
honor. Honor is but a sounding brass and
n tinkling cymbal. Honor will not buy you
a breakfast. Therefore have non oil it,
Call ND your little .hixen-haired daughter,
Irvine her ringlels around your Fingers, look
into her pure and innocent face, and tell
her, "My daughter, honor won't buy you a
lgogn. Shame will buy you silks and dla-
monds and Jewels. Therefore shame IS bet
ter than honor" Go with me to Month
cello, and stand by the granite shaft which
marks the grave of Thomas Jefferson read
inscribed thereon these words: "ThOmas
Jefferson, the author Of the Declaration oil
independence, OF the Statute OF Religious
Freedom 10 Virginia, and the Founder OF
the University OF Virginia" and, II your
| tongue does not cleaye TO the root OF your
mouth, say In the presence OF those memo
| ries "honor won't buy a breakfast" ana
when your race is run, and you, sir, come
Ito lie at the foot OF the hill, on The SHAFT
| which maj ks your last r~esting-place we VII
| lns1gibe "Frauk $. Blair, the Champion
OF iorcible rtRdiustmeDt In Virgins, and
the author Of that sublime and ennobling
sentiment Honor won't buy a breakfast, .
There we're present at ttds discussion be-
sides the speakers above named Colonel
Withers, A. A. Phlegar, General William
Malone, and three or four hundred people.
The Circuit Court being IN session, q large
number OF the lawyers from the adjoining
counties were also present. The denial Is
sought to be modified by saying thet Cap
tain Blair said 'sFunder honor won't buy q
breakfast" The word Funder was moi
used in that connection; nor was the ex-
preston qualified or modified In any way
whatevcr, but the language was used, II moi
uerbdtim as we have given it above, pre-
| cisely the same In substance. Nor wa:
there in the context or In the rest OF the
speech OF Captain Blair any explanation oil
modification OF the language whatever
The replies TO Captain Blair's remark wert
given to show bow Ii was understood anC
| treated at the time, and the construction
which was placed on IL at the time. Had
he said - Funder honor won't buy a break
fsstiithe replies would have been uncallet
for and absurd.
During the course OF General Walker!
remarks Captain Blair rose TO bis fCet, aud
interrupting General Walker, said 50
don't mean to say that / have no regard 10
honor. ] have as much regard for honor II
private affairs as you or any one else; but
mean to say that all this talk about honor il
regard to the State debt has got nothing 4
do with it." General Walker replied
"Fellow.citizens l am glad l have mad
the gentleman acknowledge that he has SOM
regard for honor" Captain Blair, agail
interruptin2 the speaker, said "No, sir
you can't make me acknowledge anything.
4 And the speaker rPioined, Well, fellow
citizens, il | can't make The gentleman &C
knowledge that. l am sorry for It,"
JAMES A. WALKER,
.r I'll A. A. PHLEGAR,
g. .- X. Il. WuHBRs.