The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-10

hood, the lovers OF liberty, that here
avouch the triumphant work OF free
institutions, and Il was his State which
on this day two hundred and seventy
four years ago planted the first seed on
the shore OF the Atlantic. IL was as
her soldier, and at the head OF her
soldiers. that Washington rode into the
wilds TO drive the Indian and French
man from our frontier. 1t was as her
Iaw-giver that he served for sixteen years
in her House Of BurgesSes; 1t was as
her delegate that he went 10 the Conti-
mental Congress, 10 the Constitutional
Convention.
And II Bancroft might say. "But for
him the country could not have achieved
its independence; but for him II could
not have formed It's union. and but for
him It could not have set the Federal
Government In notion" what shall we
feel toward the State which shaped his
character, made his opportunities. intro
duced him to his great career, bled by
his side I'm many battles, sustained his
arms with treasure and gave him Illus
trious councillors for guidance Ana
here let history grave this lesson on the
stone: They who are stoutest 70 defend
Individual right, home right. local right.
State right. are they who are most capa-
bic Of noble conquests and permanent
expansions. This Is the story or the
AuClo-s axon in England; this Is the
story Of che Fnglishmen around the
world This is the story Of the Ameri-
can I'm this rivalry with Frenchmen
and the Spaniard and this is Virginia
amongst her sisters.
From the time when the first heart beat
Of American lie and American liberty pull
stated I'm their bosoms the Vlrginians
paused not in their onward tread until
they had torn down the banners OF the
French AT Pittsburg: until Andrew Lewis
and his Virginia troops had scattered
Cornstalk and his braves at Point Pleas
ant I'm the bloodest battle Of forest war
fare and a Virginia army in the valley
OF the Scioto had nulifed British iuris-
diction north Of the Ohio; until George
Rogers Clark with his Virginia soldiers
from the counties Of Fauquier. Frederick
and kentucky had raised here I'm the
heart Of the Northwest the American
flag over the conquered British and es-
tablshed Fort Jefferson on the banks OF
the Mississippi; until another Clark, his
brother had gone with Lewis 20 explore
the new Northwest and prepare the way
for extending our dominion 20 the Pacific;
until Mason had framed that code OF
rights which all free States copy; until
Jefferson had drawn the Declaration ot
Independence; until Madison had been hail
ed as the Father Of the Constitution; un-
III on the seaboard that first felt the pres
sure Of the strange white feet that came
10 the red mans kingdom. they stood en-
battled around their Governor and
around the nations chief at Yorktown
to receive the surrender Of the Old
Worlds system Of forces and to proclaim
I'm victory the New Worlds eyangel OF
freedom.
Gracious mother States that are en-
pires were thy progeny and statesmen
clothed with light. Heroes have writ
ten thy DEGREES In the grand marches 81
a continent We sing not the songs Of
Zion in n strange land. FOR thou hast left
the tracery q they cunning hand in every
lineament OF triumphant thought that
here is glorined, and these temples stand
uron the spoil Of thy victorious deed.
Far and wide across the plains and noun
tains thy sons have gone sowing In vir-
gin lands the seeds OF thy Instructions
and standing manfully for right as thou
hast taught them.
Bears His Name.
The richest State Of the republic to-
wards the sunset which came with the
latest into the Union bears the name Of
Washington And the Oldest that plated
under the sunris. OF our growing race
grects this fair scion and all her sisters
in the hope and in the faith that this
shall be Gods chosen people
For eighteen centuries there tloated In
IN the minds OF man the thought that the
world was round and that lie who sailed
westward would find the east. It re-
manned FOR a poor sailor OF Genoa, who
begged his bread at monastery doors while
ne nursed that dream Of the ages in his
bosom, 70 put forth upon the trackless
spaces Of sea and sky 10 pluck new
world from the void and find the dream
come true. The ages nave also dreamed
as they CROPPED forward with stumbling
footsteps ana blind instincts through
wars. strifes and tribulations that 2
time would come when all nations should
become one nation. speaking one Ian
guage, rule with one law and move with
one spirit.
In the harmonies that we witness here
to-day are signs and tokens Of that com
ing time A day shall dawn when the |
United States Of America shall embrace
the North American Continent rom !
Alaska's fields Of ice TO the land Of the |
Montezumas. Another day shall come |
when bonds OF Union shall bind together I
the Greater America and the Greater /
Britain, and they shall rule the land and |
the waves with the voices OF the latest /
language that man has learned 70 utter. /
And then, beyond. yet another day shah /
come, when the United States Of the world /
shall assemble their representatives IN /
session. Who can doubt that they viii /
write their records in the tongue first /
spoken on this continent by the advan-
turers at Jamestown They Will make
model George Mason, Statesman OF
Human Rights. They will copy In thei-
constitution many OF the plans OF Madi-
son. They will teach the creed OF Jeter-
son that Liberty is the gift Of Cod;
and blessed indeed Will they be II TO de-
feud those rights, 20 administer their con-
stitution and 10 propagate that creed they
shall find one moulded in the frame Of
Washington.
From the things which others have done
we detract not. They were great and nu-
merous aud glorious, and We would that
this were fitting time 10 name and praise
them. But thus / have attempted 20 :eil
something OF what Virginia has done for !
the world. which IT will never allow 10
die.
I'm Dat Virginia Quintum.
President Buford introduced Rev. Bev-
erly d. Tucker. rector If St. Paufs Epis- |
copal church, Norfolk. who read the |
beautiful and appropriate poem: /
l.
En- dat Virginia quintum.
SO ran the legend that bore
The shield Of the Old Dominion,
In the distant days OF yOre.