The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-12
pANEoYRlcs ev BAPT.sTs.
The second Church Crowded-Ffcssss
Camp Of Veterans Psrtieipators.

PANEGYRlCS BY BAPT'STS.
The second Church Crowded-Fscssss
Camp of Veterans PsrticipAtoss.
The second Baptist Church wis crowded
nj i2o'clock On the platform were i'rs.
Cooper. Landrum. Goodwin, Clopton, Frost,
Whitfield, Thonhill and Hatcher. Dr. VIII
liam T.. Hatcher presided. The hymn,
"Aslccp in Jesus" was sung. Dr. rr:t
read the ninetieth psalm and Dr. WhitneId,
a native OF Mississippi, offered fervent
\ prayer. pr. Hatcher said:
"Dr. Curry had declined TO deliver the ora
/ tion. but others are on hand after short mo-
tlcc. lie desired 10 call attention 10 tne mct
that this meeting was memorial. ineso
| services are memorial. They are not SOLITARY
services. All over This city and I'm thousands
Of churches in the South similar services are
now I'm progress, brought about by the semc
/ impulses To think that the death OF one
man has stirred SO many hearts and caused
| to run such n mighty river OF SmPsthy.
/ These memorials are not the pfouuc, oi 49,
tlonalis ism-not To rekindie the nrs. o. .nc
l0sf. No. II Is To pay loving uipute W
/ their leader whom thex followed IN the most
I tremendous struggle ever ON TINS contineh.'
/ He was man who not only won the inspect
I hut the love of every true heart 40 we ~.
semble to psy tribute 10 bis memory, ana
/ why should we nOtf
/ Jsffersss, paws was man whose nerve
never faltered, who was ready 10 nsh, a"u ~
ni'. b"uh," ~. -. ,,.,,sou.,l IN rrowa
constantly shot AT him for quarter OF CEN
''f - 80 - . -, -, ,xorxh,n him hut to
admire his grand and pure ehris''@h en"'-
actcr. - ......-
, n - ~ t, 49,, - taat poyis IA dead and
h,pps ,pp i,,,,d lo,e comcs forth I'm tears nj the
u,''- % ~, s ,,,,n,,, nr Hatcher stated that
| be remembered Mr.. Davis during thc war'
nc ~" ~, -, % ,,s, i,ls -, ssd when the
W iio uau @ s',n "',' ,,,a 49, -, ne onfes calm
'hrty WI, NV Nv :, 'f,ax., =, hts ccuyic-
and cooi. ne was l.,', n.I.Nr,' ,son, ths, or
uvnS. "iH , nS "v''t 49,. III nas lead and m
uiieh "a W. .s,a'.s tir". IL nos gone to that
,irin,'s ci,y ,,hsre there is mo- tears and no
SlvIivus ci'y ""sio '"o'0 ~ "'
uSr,n. mn . d.. n. rootvi,,s nauegyric:
ihlS was nc'; ~ ,,,',. a,s south n In
"A great i"nh nas 'u.', '.., 'a. ..r si.uvh.
| tears. she sis ilNe r'o"' W. "" ~,vo In
tered chlldfeh; Weepins !" ,a.ean W.. and
which Sleeps her p'tio, s,",e.n, ,,,, s.,.sss
hero Her aliafs are Wfehtneu WIZ, @ a..
her rags are dr,o NM m". .,as,a - win
muiiied. the soul OF ffesluert na.hs na. 80
God, but ms nniho - ensnti'sn W "" "a nj.
o1 toe people ior wiv,n , ns e, ,,n,,o,tai,iy
deedS nt. lvi'Ncr W. wer"'u 49,, A." - .sh,so courso
" ne stothl-,iahieu hn'U,,' - >. ,,f hit
lls genius guided tntougu ui its e"s ~,
terness AMI blood. Is u tning OF NV ps-s, s. 80
the principles whch cli,eh " in'o -" 1's'..,
and placed nlm at lts shelh VIII ~. o. 'Ys
as history has "a champion OF p"","'s r~
friend. sweet To the memory vi ese.y
southern hear. Is the proud conss'ousn,rss ~.
that Il was no iust ior " ~ of p, a., crown
iOr gold or gain hosltlie iot coionv ~, ~ s..,n
mat Induced hiin 10 ivts"saI ,r,,. snr ,sho.s
mcnl hpnei Whose ''s'. a.. as,I,s he had
Institutions ne lo'eu, "nSs. U.s., he hsd a
'oueht, anu upon losr y, ,D',,,, -, Ia. nrin
new AMI richei lhsu': pu, iueh', .psn ~ arnd n
ciple, bepueathed mn, ny n,s .',.,.s inter
desthless devotion 20 me s,"'e Tna glysntic
'sis ne had sworn !" ptorS' sos those
suussie Mhivn ne s","I,', se', ,,onnJed and for
l Olftli nc Mu0 ihht't ''f' 'sN'''f-.
WHOSE uleasious GU" w ,,,,, ,s.nule have
seinsii, even ahlvns w ~" "a, tn come
yu ~, ,,.'.' o,,. or the great factors In the
/ re WIS shhpi9 'io -, W .,,t ~, set IN
hhHhy ihoNche"a, o"' -. .,es o,r A. were
nlV,ion ,,, .no w. A., slave.shio that creased
Mih.eii Oh wy ~, n',,i a., thc history OF
the ht"utlN, sno, ~ ~ a,,,'',a tne soli ne
tho coiViles' III 'no ~ .',,,,,s ~ The pcopIe.
productions, anu ,he ssniu' .y,nn ~ c,u.,,act
ana Ia the very ioima'io',, ~ ~, VIZ S,s,es To
mat cohhututsu ,hc ui,y,i ,,,,' ~ ,be con stf-
deny that the states IN auvp'lhx VI, ,,.,,,s
tEton resetNet 10 'neinseist,, 'n,, so ,.,nnr.nce ~
u TO Dettny we mus pnnys,n,aent- Viz
lhe lhe Wnv,s lis,piS ,,,S nnac3 o' WIN hesitating
ginia ratined me coinpac., w" ~. n,nsr she
pen IN one hhnl, whist WIN VIZ '.,s.d,o
held the bilioi hthts III ,,,, wnien ., an nrivi-
delegate To the general eoNe'mn'v .n,,,,,s.ps and
lege of controlling her own I,.s ~ - stsss
of enacting her own laws, ins .', ~ ,n s,ame
% control her On institutivns ',ey,snisI ~" sv
her 0wrlaws was one oi W." I,it'siou Ihs
piihclpSs u .io , >il', 49,. e,r outuaI protec.
l -. - -. nf An
tlou, anu no' ,nv ,,,,,,,tn.i Institutions
WIN tc locnin ~ ,nn', 'ss ~ the wrong
oi@nolier vi tne lizii,n.sso' ~ nee,lIess
,ssea - y, .ne orbitramsnt OF the sword has
lospenk; .no Did, ~ ,,,sn the inAtitu-
sst,ic. w pu' 49,, haninI ,,s sufce II to
tloh vi s,,.'t ~, ,',s A., .,,,n,oon with JefYer-
e"y 'i", H'i. b", ,',,,,, -, ntner sfatesmen.
shI, 'hinvu'i ~, ~ -, sas..ssinn and IN his
bnnd ~ ihe sisht on tseessoni ST. n.i,,so % and Fail
senhtoiial spe.'n' ;, "',u ,.,l,,,osnt he hoa
OF the Confederate "ns.tn'ne"s, s n's a,,,nmen,s
gwen I.hsons ~. "nI with Iogc that
n 'ia. w Nv,ane ',horefor, The ,nrred
Is Irresistible. wien, .nrr,'oi nv The fanaticsi
compact w,s "Suuu"ss" u,,,, ~, go coyenant with
paa,Ias % ag,'. IT," win hell and instead OF
beine used Tor The protection ofali the states
"HS P''rr,i, ~. ~ .,i' - -, ,na snutb Mr. Davis
opprSss,on" al ,yi,,, ;, anv of the visest and
mos, nairintic men OF the south, advised
withdrawal from the Union and the forma-
| ION offhe i'onfederate Government. buf he
| d,d moi do This untll afte n he had exhausted
ev.-v argument in favor OF tho Constitution
| os originally adopted, and had tried every
Memorable laeans OF reconciliation. The
nomtn songhf nothing but the protection of
| her nroperty and the tights Of her citiEens.
| he wanted no war. She wished 10 depaft IN
peace. she was moved by The same splns
| Inn, actuatef Washington and Jefferson. bien-
cock and Adams, and all he other ioundeno
the Repu5lie when they threw on the yoke
of Bliti,h oppression, and rallied the lovers
of freedom in defense Of"their ALTAR ana tne'.
]
the signers Of the Declaration OF inhspena'
ence as rebek. and stigmatixed M WMash-
ington rs u traitor. The uniteu 5sasc.
/ Government denounced the Ioun1et
/ Of the Codnfeerato Sta:es AZ rs0so.
and sttomaifzad Davis as Fd(f0r
/ a,j ,a,ssd M, ,n,nense army 10 put down the
raheii,"n' only those who are blinded bys
,oesinn and ppsyenred Iy prejudice can fall
~ zee ihe analogous causes that called into
existence the two governments, The success
81 ths fifst ls The admiral ionof the world, the
defeat OF The 40 ond Is stiginotixed as . re-
heIlion
Ne need not turn TO Marathon nor Iher:
mopylie 10 Ind warriors who have wreathed
| their brow with unfadIDg chapIets, nor search
the storisd archives OF spartan valof, for
names that were not born 20 die.
We need not rifle the. mansoisums OF
Athens. nor decipber the mofs-grown cen
otaphs OF Rome 10 find the names Of those
who 5caryed IN 'ir way 70 glory through the
very rack OF war. and went 40 from battle
and burning 10 their home ng the stars.
I'm ali the galaxy of fame there Is no brighter
. constellation than that Of the Heroes u the
lost cause" Poland was wiped rom sns
roll OF nations by the mailed nana ~
despotism. but freedom did not dle WIN
! koscusko. Emmett died upon the scancin
\ but his name Is enshfined Ia the hssf,s ~