Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-20
THES0UTH'S HOLIDAY
r.lebralion Of the Anniversary Of
General R. E. Lees Birth.
RNHMOND'S OBSERVANCE.
.aliiery ssIute-Address OF Rev. Geo
n. Eay--A Rousing Campfire
Last Night.

....ber nccossitatod tho abandon
.of n mart # tho military programme
..-..5 out ly Lee aud Pickett Camps tor
-. ,orobat.on Of General T. j.. Lees
.r'.. .,.sreh 20 and around the Lee monu-
~,s omitted. though detachment
Iloys.fzcrs proceeded to that point
,...5a ealnte. and at half-past o'clock
-. r.-., rsrimout and the Howitzers as
.r.1 at leo Camp Hall and escorted
7es and Pickett camps TO the hail OF the
u.rr Of Delegates
MO-. leaving Lce-Camp Hall letters
....,3 from Grand-Commsnder w. T..
e...b aud Past-Commander A. L. Phillips
..,,,.r- that owing TO sickness they
unable 20 ho present, and Colonel
.-,..9sr ". Archer offered resolution,
-.rb was adopted. thanking the First
.-.msnf. The Richmond Light Infantry
t...s and the Howtzers for services 20
... c.~ns IN acting as an escort. The
..,.,s arrived a. the hall OF the House
...~r.r, ati O'Clock. Leo Camp taking
o, the LETT Of tho main aisle and
..,+ Canp on the right. All the rest OF
...,. Dn the floor and IN the galleries
i..t ,a. aside Tor the public, and was
. tu.5. ia number OF ladies beng IN the
cuLrD TO oEDEn.
Colonel Alexander ". Archer called the
.-.....- fo order. and in introducing Hon.
r.ef.rI I.lFson as chairman SAID;
u, p. larUv necessary for me 20 intro
l...t. tii- audience the gentleman and
..r-ala who has been selected TO preside
.,--ft.s meeting. 1 have the honor 70
,-.s.,t t0 you our friend, comTade. and
i...r. ZION. j. Taylor Ellyson.
...r.r t'lgson upon taxing the chair
r..r.ra.vei with great applause and SAID
I..... Comrades. and fcllOW-titizens.-W
-,..- .rI..r the auspices Of Leo and Pickett
...r r.-lav to dp honor to tho memory OF ono
DID,. ...r.... .as u'Ulcst sons.
F..rf g. lee iH forever enshrined IN mo
t..t. ID bis eouufrymeu, and as We contcm-
,..rI.. virtues and heroism we are made bet
..I tur.r men, and J trust the time VIII
,...-. on. ahru Nlrg.niafs shall iau on this,
....I.. .lr. f1 recount tne Falor ana patriot
.- 0f urr greatest chielt1iu, whose noDiest
...l.a..n .n NIe found its cOnplctest roaila-
frn't iong Of his duty 10 Bis God ana 10
sfe0t-uau.
II..... no danger, comrades, that tho mon
.r.rr flo gray Will over provo recfcant 70
...--...t las That acfuatCd them In time OF war,
f.tf.r. Is danger that our children may ana
..rrF.I Ou these recurring anniversaries %
,I..f enc chivair0us deeds % such leaders a.
I.. %. a0n. Stuart, and Pickett, ana 20 tea h
.- generations that tho soldiers of tue
..HH.r tuuiedoracy we're not rebels, but we're
l......rs Who loved constitutional liberty as
....IIls lfu or than lifo itself
....n..l.iI Iu Mayor Ehyton introduced heF'
f...r H Mason, who offered a iorveni prayer
hs.Hr EIyr9n then introduced Rev george
% I.r. fle orator of the occasion, aud IN 20
...-. a "a tnat since tho war Dir. Hay had been
ASIA .lfli % soldier 0i tho Cross as during tho
r.Inr tsI been devoted, yalorous, ana loyal
tua,roi Loe.
Mr.. RAYS ADDRESS.
~. Ray commenced his address by declaring
nart.. "causo was not lost The Confederate
..f.r. l1ve laid down their arms, but the cause
,...r.t.fufionaI liberty Tor which they fought
r... ln maintained. not lost. He then gave a
ru' fcrlow of she disparity ot numbers vI tho
t.I.lora,e aud Federal armies, the questions
A. ...Ia lu the conflict, and after predicting tnAt
t.f.r agaiu would the schemes of politicians
..I tHe heat n partisaury excite ON these themes
.. lef battle-cry, passed On 20 the present con-
.t.n Of tho south and it, natural Woalth-pa
t.llfiv the natural wealth Of virginia. IN
...rqtlon of Yirgnia's richness, the speaker
t.tr como interesting statistics regarding farm
ncIluIs, mineral resources, &c, ana also ad-
lI..i encouraging ggurea regarding the cotton
rfr These facts, figures, and conditions make
n.. be- sa.d. feel that We stand Ia tue place or
fr.lr.y as We look at the opening OF the golden
li oi the future.
THE NEGTO PROBLEM.
"YOu say what becomes oi the race question
fra..l lItafr1 on us by the Results of the war "
t...rl.l the sneaker. al answer, that ques-
..ara- on us before the war, and 70 may be on
.If rHI.lIeu when We are dead believe In a
s.r.l Providence over nations as over indi-
f.la's. j DO not understand tho Providence
lst brought the negroes % these shores as
t.ie.. r0r no understand tho slave agitation,
tl.Ur Ur.lmnatoi In the blOodcst war OF tho
t-.. Anr still dn understand the present con-
...lui 600 negro / cannot see the wisdom
U.r Government IN eniIanchisng nation
,fnit- seadiling clothes and eleyatine an IN
.r.ru.Is people, some Of whom, 20 say the
...... HIr not far removed from fetahism, %
competition with the brains and muscle Of the
I....--nTou race, already thousand years In
a-t.H.e0i them in civilization.
N ur STRUGGLE WITH CULTIVATED BRAINS.
"Il. saxon puts artistic soul ana brains in tho
frtalI fslls sou out a china cup. He gets 80
Save IIs competition puts the negro IN
fr.-e.e with cultivated brains on the one side
ClIU. lte ether with the muscles OF the OK ana
uet.-. a0i with Tie machinery Of the land.
"I.IfeNu tle upper and the neither Mill
t0.r NI.t ain ro BIS dostlnyf This compou-
r.IIs .Iur your insane asylums with these
lrr.. Under tho syatom Of futelsEe peculiar
'. -.. safr condition insanity was hardly known
UH..f ffh.u. While increasing as y race that
i...rl-- E. nos so rapid as among tho whites
Ilr ...rlliy reports oi this city ana Washing
sa.s tIUf many more negroes die In thou
...f ftal whites, and this rs presumably true
tt.tlOIO
rHs OLD AND THE SEW soUTH.
"Vrl f1Ia of the old south and the now. ] ro-
HI fl BOW. because it is the same Old South
f..rerI lEe the tabled phWniX bird that iroin
81. a.l.s ui iis funeral pile came lorih Win lts
Game tnrrt cong ana with Richer il1mago 10
t..'.r Hrilu iu The great hOo4s OF The slnShinei
rlcs u4r sunny southland forth from The
lr..H lle cf4cule under the guidance OF the
4 anon.c ancestry, 10 sing tho song OF
il ta4rlt oar fathers by tho mothers OF
..tlrH..f aus tavaliers. Tie thought OF higher
.....u rights n sfli-g government, Tor which men
$50 af.H have shcl, hcgotieu and born ot the
't'l.'.i CHRIST, who conquered when he Tell,
r.. tne EIii.ue-star song Of the new South,
... Hi. u, fhe oli and thus the principle Oi the
.trl.. stI' stands as the stOrm-heaten rock
Ns... 'N shoulder back the billOW. My country
@ n0en time shall have grown gray and the
'..- N. lhc world siau welcome TIE angel OF
.r..raaus the earth with halo OF glory
.-. irI... and men shall look 90 the headlights
.'e a.e. aa They shine in the aim aisles OF the
'n give a brighter edulsenco than
Robert liWardLeo.'
LESS CKEAT GENIUS.
ire showed the genius Of Alexander without
r n' conquest, Tor he fought only 70 de-
. OPT rfht He showed all the piety OF
''nf., willie, Ike tho strlot CincinnGtns. be
D.. .''.fN slc4ilud his sword and went back 10
-sAniiaa % private lie 20 teach the sons
iifr- icHsous Of peace Win rapid
t'-.tl movements after defeating tue army
d 100000 men under Mcclellan before Rich
-al tlr.Iaf tho boosting Pope and bis
't' -'Hf 'nt1 Che dcionlcs around Washing
moved tlc bcseging army from the be-
'..'i tolerate capital and concentrated
'.l forces 90 tue defence oi Washing
.i .l iew mon,hg recovered al Northern
'-t. iflm tlc occupancy OF the foe.'
l.s ttsERAL5 IuE GREAT CHIEfrATS NIT.
10y ncKt gave rapid sketch Of General
eng eanpaigns ana Ia conclusion said:
N.'-Hl o. skeletons siill lie along this path
..l' GU marx she stops where our brave
H.t.. ifui 90 90 and dare for liberty aud
- uy our Own Robert Edward Lee.
..'I followed hiu feeling, as his great Lieu
aa ts1r expressed 10, " lie a the only man
tl i1W tiudi0idcd." With tho remnant
tuf without rrinforce.nents, Lee held
l' A' lly With his constantly accumulaIing
ell ma ilnery o. war for nine long
,-' GA line oi defence nearly thirty miles
.fN. ANA thon the march OF Shormsn,
ID iie retreat, the eix-days' march, the
le's days, the slx-days running nght
t iaru the and
i.l days thereafter IN company with Dr.
p tluaIds, called 10 zee our cheftHin at
I-r' Vn fsukliu street, IA this city, and bis
ip The surrender Was: Ny bravo men
~ Lave done the best We could He showed
' ta cftrf who're, that 'humsn virtue X
Ni-- ID human calamity
g., Na iie -5ih % May, 1890, stood with you
Aetef again tiu az Tue iodgment-seat viii
~ many oi The Naf-woTn Confedcratcs-
90 r.ih r0O u drums aud boom OF cannon.
.... joseph t. JOhust0n, HOW gone 20 DO with
iia'4 the cord which unveiled tho statue
pa' hundred thOussnd voices made the air
'9i Win the name OF Robert Z. Lee. And