The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-03
Of this university abroad in the times gone

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tears have been wept and the flowers strewn,
snd tbe sol has grown green, and the story
Is ended on earth foreyermore. Doubtless,
she had her faults and follies but thanks be
10 Him, who. II He gave her not the victory.
len her with honor's star undimmed upon
her dying brow. No man can trace with
truth the custom Of prosttuting the fran
ch Sc with money to her door. for patriotism
ran Ike golden thread through her raiment
and lOve for the Constitution 10 which she
bad furnished the chief inspiration lay ~ the
core of her heart, and when she blended her
cruclnsion add apotheosis at Appommatox;
N she left nothing else. she left a heritage OF
unspoied public morality TO all her sons
who had not died around her flag.
TIE OLD SOUTH.
The sentiment which characterized her
people-the fierce chastity OF honor which
found lis greatest example I'm the character
Cf Washington and blossomed 20 perfect
beauty In the soul of Robert Edward Lee
was ,iurtuIed by, II indeed IL was not born
Of, the institution of slavery; and though
that institution is gone forever, and for one
have no Wish 10 fecall II. and thUugh By oper-
alton of the deadlicst crime In history the
manumltted slave Of yesterday is to-day the
sovereign 'sufiragist, yet must lis ln-
fiueDcc, reaching down through the years.
and linking us as with invisible chords
Of love and memory 10 the old spirit
and tradition, save our country from its folly
and keep tis people free. Laws against
bribery-laws for tile gfeater secrecy or pub
lfclty OF the DdliOt-laWS OF WHditNtt udNuic
the wilt or wisdom Of man may fashion or de-
vsawiIl avail us nothing, unless sustained
by public conscience, lifted To the unialter-
ing fi!th that patriotism is better Invest
meDt for peace ana happiness Than money,
and that pure ballot. uncOrrupied ana IN
violate. is worth more to.him who casts IL
than n princes ransom That was the ialth
of the Old SOuth-1apd In that faith, my toun-
trym an, by every memory that enables, ana
every hope that cheers humanity let us
OF
ancient ways
THE NEW.
The recent marvellous material advance
Of the South comprises the most glowing
page OF our Industrial story. She Is leaping
TO the front with giant strides; and IL is
hardly exsggeration To say that already me
smoke of her chimneys shadows the noontde
suns, the flame Of her forYes whitens the
midnight skies. Within her valleys and
along her hillsides, and In her cities the AR
Is choral with the melody of her progress. In
the heart of her wildernesses are magic
cities springing; from the womb OF her
mountains is being wrested the wealth that
has lain sleeping through the centuries
and in the wake of the ringing PICK ana
the thnnelling Spade rush steam and
electricity. The standard-bearers Of the
mighty industrial empire that is coming on.
But honor and patriotism, the sworded Sc
raphim that should guard the portals OF tnls
stOried land, are they not being blinded Dy
the glitter and the glow. while political
bribery and Low methods glide through our
gates. bringing the blight OF deadly moral
miasma TO dim our splendor ana 10 wreck
our homer The crime of the enfranchisement
of the negro does not necessitate the use OF
money 10 preserve the ascendancy OF the
AnglO-SaxOn race. Who shall undermine
Gods bandiwork? That racial supremacy
which His hand hath writ 50 plain that he
who runs may read, can never he oVerthrown
by any human agency IL is a natural law as
fixed and immutable as those by wnlcn are
governed the order OF the seas ons or the pro-
cess of the sums and which all the Legislation
that faction ever fashioned, backed by eyer9
bayODet that ever cleaned beneath the iiass
of tyranny. can neither alter, obllterate, nor
control.
HENRY W. GRADY.
Mr.. Gor,Ion paid a tribute to the memory Of
H. W. Grady. and after quoting from his
speech here last year said:
sir, the lips that spake thus are mute for
ever, but the truths they told endure. inc
morning star OF the New South has Vanlsned
from the skies of time! but, for us, as salu OF
Asier i'm the Greek Anthology, he shines as
IIesperus. "A star amid the dead. and the Ia-
dance OF his life is all around US ann DIS
voice Is ye. eloquent 10 lead INTO the pains OF
duty those That nave ears 10 near, ami WIN
reverent heart and in loving memory, and
with sense Of their meaning deepened and
by his early death, echo' mere
on the spot where they were spoken, tne
Iove-inspired words OF Geofglas glorious
son. In conclusion he salui
III through future years OF feverlsh De
bauchment of the most sacred ana lunda-
mental OF its principles, the American re-
public shall continue 10 hold lts place among
the nations. then on this Western continent
Will have been reversed all the experiences
OF men and all the oracles OF God. Ihere Is
but one way to preserve our heritage, ana
that is by hedging the American baIiot
around with such a sentiment as snail make
il the one thing on this earth that not even
moneys shall have value enough 70 Duy-Dy
keeping the crown and sceptre OF the hoDIesi
sovereignty given among men unspottcu
from the world. IL may not ever be cur genera
lions fate to shed its blood or spend us llVes
on fields where, GLORIOUS rec rds lept TO hght
and shine In the sudden muklng oil splehdlu
names" We may not ever, as cur iatnefs
did feel the heart leap responsive 10 the
voice OF freedom through the battle cheering
on her sons. Whatever sactitces we may De
called upon To make for her must dOuDlless
all be made by the still waters ana IN
fields "thickstudded with the calm white
tents of peace" Yet. after all. the most en-
during victories sofmen.those when haNeDeen
fol owed by most Of blessing ana dement, 10
humanity have neither been Wrested from
inc pagfaniy of war, nor wOl amid the de-
of popular Senates. Inc snop vi
The mechanic, the store OF the mefcnhht' ine
fields of the farmer, the simple ana nulhDIe
homes of the toIling millions, these are Inc
bloOdless fields where the battle for the pre-
SerVatiOn of our system must be fought. these
are the legislative halls where decisive Note
between the greed of sain aud the passion oi
patriotism must seal our common destiny,
these are the unbannered lists wnere since
time began liberty hath made her most
heroic and enduring struggle, and where lne
ceaselcss warfare must go on until the DAWN
ing of that day seen far ofiin the Apocalyptlc
vision when the Lamb of God snail t1ke the
sin of the world away.
Therefore, my countrymen, If Henry era,
dy's splendid dream be true, that on our soii
the hand OF God hath sOwn the seed OF HIS
miIlennial harvest. although our mortal eyes
NAV see not when the sheaVes are garnereu
nome OH. surely those who have fallowed
these fields for His glory by setting virtue
higher tnan power and loving liberty more
Than lust, shall answer: Lord. mere am Is
when the eternal muster roll is called.
THE NEXT ORATOR.
Judge NJ. r. Thornton. of San Francisco,
was chosen to deliver the next address.
Tonight. in Library Hall, the lnal ball Is
i'm progress. That will he the closing oil the
social season at the L University. The names
of all the graduates were published In IiiE
TINES yesterday.