Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-30

THE OLD SOUTH TO THE NEW.
Social and Other Conditions TO Which
We Might We'll Return.
"WE ARE NOW AT PEACE. "
These the Words Of tho Dead President,
Whose Body IL Now I'm Route to Rich
mopd-Other sunday Services.


The ladies' Of this association. with repre-
sentatives from other similar organlza-
lions. and the veterans of Lee and Pickett
Camps assembled N the basement and
went up in a body to seats reserved for
them in the middle aisle. Notwithstand-
ingthc drenching downpour of ram good
audience was present. The music was
good and The entire service was Of unu-
sual interest. The sermon was one OF
great beauty and power. and dealt with
important issues. The pastor was heartily
congratulated by many of the prominent
people present upon his effort.
Dr. LAEDRUM's SERMON.
DR.. Iandrum's tex, was Hebrews xL. 3,
He being dead yet speaketh." HIS sub
iect WAS. The Voice of the Old South TO
the New" lie said
Visitors TO the Centennial Exposition of
1876. az Philadelphia. VIII recall q realistic
picture which. once seen. Is rarely forgot
ten. It's an Old Testament picture, re-
presertation of RIzpah guarding the
bodies of her dead sons, who had been exc
cuted by David's order and hung up. Tor
nublic contempt, on the wall of Gibeah.
innocent or all crime. these princes were
the unhappy victims OF autOcrarc letalia-
ton and examples of ylcarlous suffering.
lsracps thousands seemed willing TO resign
their bodies TO their cruel fate when KlZ-
pah. cherlshine them with deafness love-
comes forth 10 shield them from further
dish0nOr. She takes snck-clOth. spreads II
Il: the foot of the wall to shield her by day
and To rest on 10y night. Stfed by the
heat and chilled by the cold night air,
Rl2pah remains constant watcher near
those sun-scorched. haggard, blackened.
weird bodies to attest her devotion
and 10 save them from further lg-
uouluy. Now standing. now sitting.
now seemingly hall dead tor sleep, and
now quiverng with daring effort. with
her single arm she drives away the hungry
dogs Of the CITY and with her voice fright
ems the Vultures that would soon have de-
Voured them. Alone on the weary rock,
day by day, week 10y week, month by
month. RiZpah keeps her viglis unshaBcn
IN the behef that sooner or later the
righteous providence Of God and the sober
Judgment of comm. time would vIndlcate
the character OF her sons and grant them
honorable buricl.
TYPE or SOUTHERN wOMASHooD.
Behold that silent, watching. devoted
Hebrew matrOn, aud see III her the quail
ties and characteristics OF southern
womaphood. southern women are the
champions Of southern honor aud the
Gust 0dious OF s0Jthe-n history. But for
their lueXtirgulshahle devotion there
would have arisen few memorials to com
momorGte Confederate valor. nor would
tacr. have been established an annual
Ivtnorlgl-GaV tor recalling Confederate
virtues Especially does RlZpah BODY
forth the spirit OF the Ladies HOLLYWOOD
MenOrn. Association. who .Or more than
Il quarter III n century have kept ceaseiess
watcA and ward over the dust OF Con-
fcdcrate heroes aud who tonight, with
zeal uraiatod and consistency untlGggng,
Il D.. L., . .,..h .trr ~ ,nf
TO once moro remember our martyred
dead.
DECISION OF UNUSUAL ISrEBEsT.
Tho present occasion, as you all
know, j. oncJrf unusual interest and So
leInrity. the greatest of all memorial
DAYS - lust at band. To-nicbt-about this
very hour, IEGecd-a tram bears hIther-
ward from a distant Southern city Tor
anal intcrncnt all That was mortal Of our
Great SontLern chleltaln. About this very
moment the tunCTal-car, with Its precious
freight ard distinguished guard of honor,
j. passing BeauVOir. the country seat
OF the :llustuous dead. On Tuesday, after
more than royal hOuors bestowed during
the progrcs5 of the Journey at several
southern capitals, the body Will be vel
coined into the whllOm capital of the
Southern Conioderscy. On Wednesday
the great and solemn end VIII come, when
our people, animated by common feel
IEg. will give scpulture to Jefferson Davis
with the most overwhelming manifesto
tons OF heartfelt affection. devotion, and
reverence. exceeding any he ever received
IN the time of ms power; such manifesto
tions az TO living ruler III the world can
obtain from his people, and such as were
probably never before given TO public
man n America. America and the world
Will look with wonder on the spectacle.
BEING DEAD YET sPFAKETH.
Davis is dead. but of whom If not OF
him NAV it be said in the language of the
text: lie being dead, yet speaketh
Whose voice Will his surviving compatriots
hear with prOfOunder reverence or heed
more promptly, cheerfully, and complete
~ than the voice of Jefferson DAVIS? Nc
longer does the voice which speaks to Us
issue from the superb soldier the saga
cious senator, the patriotic President. II
ia transformedlnto voice tenderer, truer
more pathetic, whose accents take the tone
of the prophet and the martyr. Stripped
of all the laurels of eulogy, the grim
fact looms up. unQuestioned and unques-
tionable that Jefferson Davis gave his life
for us. He was vicarious sufferer for the
whole South. He barred his bosom and re-
ceiyed in his own heart as our representa-
tive the wrath of the victorious foe. Ii
was on our account he was imprisoned a.
traitor; for Us he wore the manacles like
common telon; because he was ouT
and pursued rs the chief OF maletactors.
Every yeDomous shaft hurled at him was
aimed at us. tie was SIMPLY our repre-.
sentative and was abused Us our substi.
tute.
EMBODIED OUR HISTORY.
In him was embodied the history of the
great Confederate struggle. Because he
survived the surren der and proudly main.
tanned an unrepentant attitude, refusing
IN for Darlnn sock relief from n0ilfi l.
cal disabilities, Davis continued, long
after the war was over, to provoke the
bitterness of thousands, who lost no OPP
portunity to assail him. Calumny is at
last swallowed up in the grave. HIS career
is matter of history and NAV receive i'm
portant examination. From the flames OF
hottest prescription and persecution our
dead President returns TO us tonight will
out the smell of fire upon his garment,
TO give a fathers counsel to his surviving
countrymen. And what Is that counsel
The former civilization of the South pro-
duces some of the highest types of man.
hood and womanhood the world has ever
seen and of that splendid period there was
no more signal representative than Jetfer-
son Davis. Whatsoever was good and
true. whatsoever was OF imperishable
value and importance IN the bygone
regime no convened in his own character.
and of that we speak with authoritative
vsice tonight. TO hear him IL not SIM
ply to clorify the past, but. what is in
finitely more important, to erect beacon
TO Illumipe the cause of southern patriots
for the future.
Socially, let me say first of all and as a
matter of high significance. the old South
presented excellent conditions nowhere
surpassed on earth. Home lite was pat
terped upon the high ideal of the patriarch
at Utz. Gods first and most benefcent
earthly. institution, the family was
deemed the noblest. Nationalism. Com
munism, Socialism there was none 10
lower the high position of the hearth
stone. The family was the want. The
marriage tie was naturally cemented in
love and hallowed by prayer, but was
everywhere indissoluble. save on account
OF inhdelity or by reason OF death.
DIVORCE WAS REGARDED CRIME
Divorce. which has given modern Anne.
RIGA snenviable notoriety, was ked upou
as crime too horrible to be menton ned 10
ears polite. In South Carolina. up to this
day, not one has ever occurred Father
hood and motherhood we're not merely
authoritative human relationships, but
Offices Of dignity and power under Gods
appointments. Children yielded their
parents reverence and obedience toe
seldom seen to-day. Woman was accorded
tina fn0sf ehtvaiynus raapaat Che Nao