The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-22


sweat. when sitting amid the ashes and desc
latlOr Of her former happiness and facing
future which seemed filled only with the
blackncss Of great darkness there might well
have broken from her the cry of the Cruciied
One. NV Cod my God why hast Thou for
saken me-" Through all that sad ensiad-
owed time no wind that came nofthward
brought any acknowledgement of transeres,
SION nor any plea for pardon from her proud
and pallid lips.
Surely, now that the sunlight Of an in
finite mercy and loving Kindness has
broken through the shadows and lit
for her radiant pathway OF pros
pcrity and peace. now when her banded Com
m0uweaths stand once more free and equal
in the House Beautiful Of the fathers among
the goodlv company of States that gather
there surely size will continue true to the
consistent iortitude that characterized her
days of suffering and crave no forgiveness Tor
q cause in which she believes. with all the
feryor Of conviction, that she fought WITH
the sword Of righteousness, aud that the ban
ner over her was truth.
BEARING NO MALICE.
No. Mr.. President, if have gagged the
temper # the Southern people arignt. they
feel that in this government which i theirs
rs II is their hrOthors-that under this starry
flag and in this kingless land which they are
ready 20 shed thor blood to save these SOW
cign States without reference 70 differences
that once diided them. and linked by the
law of the Constitution, and they trust by
the law of love, into the grandest, the tree'5
republic ON tbs planet. The South bears ND
malice none Time has shredded away
the mcshes Of dscord and animosity that
chafed SO sorelv in the years gone by. ON
God and GOd-hkc men she builds her trust,
and on that broad and catholic spirit 0f Amer
icauism which, IN shame of the testered heart
OF the sccfiouai-t. and IN despite of the pol
NHaHH.. HHHa Il
growing and deepening every year IN every
Commonwealth. and is forgetting the old
haireds and the old heart-burulngs IN love for
common country and deyotlJntO that coun-
tIy's fag.
MEMORY OF LEE.
have seen gathered down yonder in Rich
mOnd thousands of old Confederate soldiers,
who had come up from all quarters OF the
South 10 pay the tribute OF their LOVING mem
Dry unto the great captain whom they bad tol-
| lowed for four fateful years with devotion
unsurpassed i'm this worlds history: war-w0rn
veterans. many of whom had not looked INTO
each Others eyes since i'm their ragged jackets
of butter nut and gray they had formed
| "a thin, gaunt line around that doomed ana
| devoted city, on since they had seen the stars
! on the Southern Cross 90 out at AppOmattoX
! in the shadows Of eternal night | watched
! with filling eyes and beating heart the serrcd
ranks of those old heroes inaigh
voice Of love and reverence break IN choral
reclamation from thousands OF Threats rs the
ycll was rent and the heroic figure Of Robert
Edward Lee. ON Traveller. stood limncd
against the Southern heavens But | heard
not among that assembled host of Americans
one word that breathed ~ hatred the mon
into which their States are welded. one word
that whisper-d of uukindncss - the men
whose shining swords once clashed across
their OWL.
Yes. Mr.. President. for the Southern people
the past indeed is past. They are wandering
in no valley OF lost illusions. they are weaving
I no regrcttul thrCuody over "a cause winch,
dear as life itself while it lasted, they realize
has passed away forever. They have come
ont from under the midnight shadow Of re-
construction and are ascending heights across
which is dawing the ro4ilush II day Of I'M
Imaginable splcnd0r. They have hld with
loving hands the immOrtelleS OF sorrow above
the graves of their dear and consecrated dead
that have turned with renewed hope and love
and LOYALTY unto the sustaining OF that con-
sttuti0n which their fathers did so much 10
fashion and defend and God has wiped away
the tears from their faces
ALL j. WELL.
So. in farewell. let me say that bring you
M from the land of your birth, my brothers
woven through her loving greeting 10 all her
sons whose hearts turn yet with fond remem-
brance 10 the old home of their bOyhOOd-the
message that all Is we'll with her. that from
where Potomac waters the earth's mightc
capital all the way 10 the future great pft OF
Galveston. where IN coming years the argOsles
of the world shall catch the scent Of the
orange blossoms on their sails. there Is rising
an industrial and political fabric such as the
stars that gem these Western skies have never
sh0ne down upon before. and to the heart
thrilling strains OF ian ColumDa the
South is moving on toward the supreme
heights Of human freedom and human peace.
MISS WINNIE DAVIS RECEPTION.
Miss Davis held a reception during the even
ing and many of the members and guests
were presented to her In this box also We're
Mrs. Willard r. Ward daughter of Judge
Frskine Of Georgia. Mrs. Samuel Spencer and
Miss Florence Simmons Of brooklyn. Among
the ladies present in the other boxes were
Mrs. Melville G. Fnller, wife of the Chief JUS
tice Mrs. W. c. Wallace, Mrs. Pryor. Mrs J.
:. Cothran of Abbevvllle, = c., Mrs. W. G..
Cronshaw Mrs. ID. = Lamont. Mrs, j. Il.
Bracket Of Baltimore and Mrs. Leonidas
Polk Williams.
THE RICHMOND DELEGATION.
The Richmond delegation included Colonel
!. b. Purcell, Messrs. ". Ii. Irigg and Joseph
Bryan.
JUDGE pRYOR's REMARKS.
The last toast was Our Society. mingling
precious memories with the broad American
ROGER 4. Pryor Of New York. made one Of
his most eloquent replies. Dixie" was then
sung with rOusing chorus and the great
company dispersed TO the music Of the
National Anthem.
TIE BANQUET.
Covers were laid for 443 persons. In the
centre of the Presidents table was Hugh X.
Garden: al his right hand were Judge Roger
4. Pryor, James J.. Gordon, j. Edward SIM
mons, Charles ;. Smith and George 5. Coe.
while the following gentlemen We're seated on
his left Hon. Thomas +. Bayard,
Senator Wade Hampton, John A. Stew
art. Clifton Il. Brecki nridge Hugh
G. Wallace. Judged. f DAILY, and Hon. J. II. V.
Arnold. The other tables were presided over
bv the Hon w l.. Trenholm, james Swami,
Howard Saunders, Wilton Randolph, DR.. J.
II. Parker. Il. W. Gwathmey. c. A. Deshon,
Wallace Deane. DR.. r.. c. Myles, John c. Cal
houn. w W. Sharp, Joseph l.. Robertson,
and DR.. j. II. Claiborne.
TIDINGS OF THE TANTIC.