Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-18


oar city We must apply tho chisellinKs Of labor
ard effort, and soon she win assume the shape
and appropriations Of greatness and power, OF
wealth and opaience.S
New Manchester.
Keeping step 20 the music Of southern
progress represented by young men, rear
cd IN the school Of adversely, and equal 70
she proudly takes her place with the grow
ing cities Of the State. fondly cherishing
the memories of the past she looks ahead
with confidence to the feature" Mr..
John r.. Taylor, ex-mayor OF the city. re-
sponded 10 this toast and after afew grace
fnl sentences Of introduction said:
"wnst do we mean by New Manchester IL
means that when the South emerged RON the
lory crncible Of the late revolution i had. I'VE
CHER sections Of our ecBthland, TO solve certain
questions. We are told that
There IL a time we know not when,
A point we know not where,
That marks the destinles Of men
For glory or despair
A few years ago Manchester seemed doomed 70
despair, with shattered credit and threatened
bankruptcy, without streets, mere abandoned
roads, without water supply, public school or car
service. New Manchester. represented Dy young
men reared In tho school OF adversely, by one
stroke nxed the credit OF the city on splendid
financial basis, beautiful streets we're made,
public schools erected, watcr-yorks built, car
limos established, and Manchester placed con-
Bpicuously forward - place TO attract tho IN
vestors, TO invite those wishing 20 establish en-
terpriges In the South.
WHAT THEY WANT THEY GET.
New Manchester says, Let us have public park
and Manchester money mingling with that from
Baltimore and Richmond and a Seautiini PARK
"A laid out. little band Of -Irish-Presby-
terians sag, Lot us dedicate building 70 our
CIod. See what they have accomplished by oe-
yotion to duty and self-sacrtnce. see the temple
With It's spires In the starlight pointing TO other
worlds
New Manchester viewed in the light Of cold
figures, by of5icial returns has since the last
census doubled it's values and population
WOULD BE REAL WEALTH.
Let us suppose that every county, town, and
city In the State could say tho same. Then
could our gallant and popular Attorney Tor the
blarsted British bondholders present his coupon
20 Colonel RUM, who would pay his Dill IN iuIi,
principal interest and cost, and leave a large
surplus for schools, colleges, and asylums, and
each county have fund for new roads In the
New Dominion.
In one OF shakespcare's Ioveliest plays scion
OF noble house IL for some political offence ban
ishod 20 the forest of Ardenis One OF his friends
and followers with touch OF philosophy eA-
claims:
Sweet are the uses Of adversely,
Which, like the toad, ugly and yenomous,
Wears yet n precious jewel in It's head,
And this enc life, exempt from public haunt,
mud tongues In trees, books In running
brooks, sermons In stones, and good In
everything.
BEAUTY IN NATURE
II It be not sacreligsous 70 paraphrase these
lines; II We who are not removed from the pub
Tic haunt but vexed with busy cares IL We
would ind tongues In trees and books IN the
running brooks, let us when tho sun casts It's
lengthening shadows over the western hillsrephir
10 tho shades Of Woodland Heights, where the
dogwOods snowy blossom and birch trees silken
tassels scent the vale, and the whispering waters
Of its glen sing sweet lullaby. III you want ser
mons In stones soc tho revelation in enduring
granite which modern architecture has wrought
into the prOud building that crowns the capitol
Hill In our sister city. II we wouldn nd good In
everything, let's learn 10 LOOK Mt events through
the eyes Of him who says
I" I doubt not through the ages ono increaslna
purpose runs
And the thoughts OF men are widened with the
process OF the suns"
Holding on TO all that is sacred In our trad-
tions OF the past let us all strive for our citys
good, and I'LL our glasses aud drink to-NeW
Manchester.
Chesterfield.
The sentiment to this toast was " Her
sons proved true in peace and in war, her
resources place her at the head of the
column of counties, while her enterprising
citizens are keeping her in line of pro-
gress. Chesterfield and Manchester-mo-
Their and daughter-hand in hand they
march together to the inspiring music OF
material development" To this senti-
ment Judge b. A. Hancock responded. He
alluded to the ancient test of Roman citi-
zenship, which required the spadeful
of dirt. and said that should this test be
required one half OF the excavations III the
city of Manchester would be filed with
dirt brought by citizens of Chesterfield.
He referred to the links of the past that
bound Manchester and Chesterfield. and
eloQuently painted the necessity OF cordial
relations between the two places, bound
as they were together geographically and
otherwise. The supplies OF nature fur
nished the raw material, Manchester the
manufacturing facilities which no other
city in the State possessed. He advocated
street improvements, parks in the suburbs,
and fostering care Of public improve
ments. Judge Hancocks address was
scholarly and at the same time profoundly
practical.
Colonel John Bell Bigger responded to
this toast with its sentiment Of
Where
patriots in peace assert the peoples right
With noble stubborness, resisting might"
He said
"She is a bright star In the nations galaxy
whose original spacions territory, though dimin-
iahed in area by her generous gifts OF land, out
OF which other States we're formed, and later
curtAiled Of her fair proportion by tho ruthless
hand OF hostile craftsmanship, Is yet the Old
Dominion, full OF historic grandeur and present
progress. Her towering mountains are full oil
live oak and live people and inexhaustible veins
Of useful minerals Her lovely valleys TEEN
with waving grain and luxurtant grass, cheering
the hearts of honest yeomanry. Her rivers flow
on In endless activity TO mills OF varied indus
tries and her pure waters revive and restore de-
clining health.
THE STATES GREATNESS.
"Her flag waving in the invigorating breeze
which her climate affords bears on Its folds SIC
Semper Tgydnn,s,' emblematic Of her defiance
TO arrogant assumption. Her many churches
are symbolic Of the high Christian character
which abe sustains, and the freedom of her press
evidences independence OF thought and utter
ances Her colleges and seminaries OF learning
and public schools are proofs OF her great inter-
est In educational matters, ana her asyiums
where dethronod reason exhibits Its incoherence
attest ner thoughtfulness and fostering care. Her
pyramid OF native granite surrounded by mounds
kept green by willing hands arc sacred testimo-
mails OF an apprectative people, ana her
manned Confederates with armless sleeves ana
legless pants are living monuments OF patriotic
heroism. Her fair daughters adorn every
circle, whether promenading under the bril-
liant flashes of electric iluminators 70 the en-
Nyeninz strains OF music or arranging with dam
~ hand the varied articles of household useful
ness or bandaging aching heads OF suffering man.
kind
"In0 uue-NlTEIldn, Wuotuoi III 'ho uVoVA y
plain OF the distant Sahara dying OF hunger and
thirst or In marble halls OF epicurean luxury. in
the midst Of feast and flow, sings:
"Carry me back to old Virginia's shore,
Who're hog and hominy always abide,
Where the fragrant mint as OF yore
Tickies the smiling nose inside
Richmond.
"Where the muse of history finds her
home and southern civilization its highest
type. United by mutual interest and ties of
kinship, Richmond and Manchester march
together in veal or woe" Mayor J. Taylor