The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-29
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
Annual Meeting of the Asso'
citation.
ADDRESS BY CENTRAL LAW.
Election If Officers iO' the Ensuing
Year.
A SPLENDID BANQUET
A MEMORABLE REUNION OF THE
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
The Executive Committee, After Serving
Twenty Years, Are Excused and Re-
placed by Otbers-HespOn-
acs to Toasts.

The annual meeting Of the association Of
the army Of Northern Virginia took place
in the clerks office Of the House OF Dele
gates last night, commencing at 3 O'Clock.
This was the business meeting at which
General William VI. Payne presided. Judge
George l.. Christian. chairman Of the EX-
ecutiye Committee. Thomas \. Brander,
John :. Elicit and William II. Palmer
Archer, compose the Executive Committee,
Robert :. Bosher, treasurer, and Carlton
Mccarthy, secretary.
All Of the executive committee having
served for the past twenty years, decided
/ that they had given the Association the full
| benefit OF their experience and service, ana
asked To be excused from n continuance Of
/ the same. This permission was accorded
| them, aud the follOwing-named reported In
their stead: Colonel ". T.. Cutshaw, Cap
tain Thomas Pinckney. J. /. Gray, l.. L. II.
Myers, and l.. i. Reeve.
MEETING II THE HALL.
The meeting then adjourned to the House
Of Delegates, and General Payne, taking
the Speakers chair. said: The Associa-
| tim OF the Army OF Northern Virginia will
come 20 order. DR.. j. William Jones will
open the meeting with prayer" DR.. Jones
| offered "A feryent prayer. invoking the bless
ings Of God on all present. At the close OF
Dr. Jones prayer. General Payne said:
Comrades Of the Army Of Northern NT-
gnia.-l welcome YOU here on this most
auspiciOus occasion. which has brought to-
gethcr the order Of the rOund-table." He
alluded 10 the change Of the time Of me~-
ing, and said that the people OF the south.
aud notably the women, had caused % be
made something, the image OF which had
been made in heaven. He said if he believed
his ewes 1.-THE solid south was advancing
upon Richmond" This was greeted with
shouts Of applause and rounds of cheers.
| He in excellent phrase introduced General
l.. VI. Law. Of south Carolina, as the orator
Of the evening.
GENERAL LAWS SPEECH.
General Law j. man Ofmedium stature,
and only ffty-three years Of age. His features
are indicative Of thoughtful and determined
character. his hair black with the slightest
tinge Of grey, aud his beard. brown. His
voice is clear and sOnOrOus. his articulation
distinct. and his accent perfect, making zap
/ the perfection Of a well rounded and
equipped speaker. The hall of the house
was hllcd as full rs it could be, and among
those present were few ladies.
THE ADDRESS.
Gen. Law said: a quarter OF q century has
elapsed since the close OF the Confederate
revolution. since the tat cred banner Of tire
| southern cross, inade giotlou, ny h'lol'
deeds and by still more heroic suffering. was
| looseued from its siaii. wrapped as winding
sheet about our dead holes ana buried ioi-
ever On We Hi'rs vi ,''' rs @
| s,,o. fhet doyn tine fouah edge of war. the
close of this .eriod seems am approximate oc-
casfon FOR tie Gisuass iouate review Of the
/ cause Incidents and results of The great. 81 /
| reto ltfton Of ulo,tctn times Ran. lli0n-tf
/ ne,e, ,vas a nd never could be under the c1p-
| Titicus thot pro,luced and attended lf.aud fhe
,it,,, ,eiii ,laca its emplafic veto upcn fls
80, wa i'''Ne
H. trst iocoti,,, Of mother side iu our evil
var il ~ he found in its phVsical result
IN a hr.,ve peonio have lnlieu i'm The strug-
IT, -, ,vbst mo-, hniieveI IN he rirlt Inn
iaituiis has MOI fi,,ots had nowcr 10 ntlix tie
scoI If ,rron, ann. ~f.fa so,ereignfy fho
cardinal trircfnle ~ ,lt.. t',uiaflerate revOiu.
lion aud the most tiniestir uilar i'm The tom.
ne cf our constitutional union thuu.h |
Ia.t,,, .led bv ruthless hands 81 in, quciaut |
ii.i,tr- and STRENGTH Still lives =, sil t1lu
and ,-if9lile the ortndost system Of govern |
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country, INC alIt"'ahcc ~ .nc 1919 ,.' uPoiii /
,ue seene ~, 10 " VIII t d,,@ipjon of
tarin and notification. tontnuing, he said
7HE REAL ISSUE.
II is safe to say, and the history Of the |
United states duringthe first seventy Yeas
OF their existence Is conclusive on This
rOlnf. that In all the great questions Of the |
national legislation, sectional interests and
sectional hostility arising therefrom. were
the great cci frsl and controlling facts.
Upon these were based me threats q Sc
cession ia New England AZ the time Of the
Louisiana purchase, Tor aDolit0n as moral
or sentimental issuo In national politics imd
not then been born.
although iailn lor me piuuder Oh the
nOn-inauGlacturlngs sections OF the country
in the Interest OF those Industrial "lnianis'
since grown hoafy with years and gouy
from continual repetition, has always held lis
place as q great national issue, IL was now
ciipsed for a time by another which prom
iscd inr greater immediate results by reason
OF the combination of sentiment and self
ish interest. ne ciy AGAINST lne
extension OF slavery had Oeen raised as early
~ 1870 When IL was heaiI a2ain IN 9ppo-
siiion to Tue gnnSNatloh OF leAis, ana yer
dominant section the whole OF the vast terri
t-.@.....,t "a ~. Nft..,t,rt .,rurr,,,,i.. IN, |
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purely s''ti"iiei ldi'S ~ s.o0.ss ia t..S ''i.,-
mat "ccp.l plsnih1nt vi "s i'f 'tuns A.
purposes WAS not peiUhu VIZ Ken VI III"
Feiiest tyio among po"'c"i pi"pho's'
rHEpIE COST.
At length IN The G.. sing DAYS or 1860. the
long war of the ballot box is ended. \ pfes- /
dent Is elect Il upon strictly geographical {
lines. The head OF the government Is soon q
to pass into the hands OF 4 faction represent q
ing less Than one-third or tie voters OF the [
Union, and whose governing lrlnciple l. an q
''irrepressble conflict between the sections. Z
The day Of tcmporizing closes. -souih Caro- &
lima puts in practice her previous declaat {
OF equality ia tlle Union, or independence f
out OF it, She il closely followed by Georgia, {
= labama, Florida. Mississippi, Louisiana. /
Texas. and ere the recently elected sectional [
President of The United states dOns the rOb0s A
OF office, "a new nation has been born, whose y
life Of storm and tragic dcath viii always pre- y
sent one OF Tie most heroic pictures r
ON ''histoIy's Tilted page lapplause) North L
Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas soon east a
.n their lot with tne new Loniederacy, follow Z
ed at last, when all her cHOfis Tor 9eaccdlIc