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

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sesses, member Of Congress. draughts-
nan OF the Declaration OF Independence.
ne resigned his seat TO serve again In me
legislature OF his State, to fashion It's
| rehglous liberties, and 10 revise It's la"F'
ard to infuse the spirit OF liberty
throughout the institutions OF the COM
mOnwealth IL the three great innings
which he wrote In his own epltaph: hu-
thor OF the Declaration OF independent,
OF the statutes OF Virginia TOT rehei
freedom and Father or the ohiVeisty
of Virginia. were erased rom 'Is s,,,
there would yet be enough 10 make MN
the reer OF any American; and not the
laas. 40 hts great deeds was the explo-
rattan ~ the new North vest beyond the
N,ssIssiupi and his acquisition from tne
French Of that vast region whlch rodlueo
ont the empire Of the Union.
There was another Lee; Light ho,se
Harry they called him, who had leo nus
Virsinians 10 join Washington on
field OF Boston. and distinguishes nm
ssif AZ Pauius Hook in New YORK, ana
ss,a,.-,ard~ wrote the History OF the
southern Campaign In which ne nao
nlsved a noble and worthy part lie was
NOT a member OF the Virginia Lesislltu
until after the Revolution, for ne was III
Tho eald during II. orator. soldier ana
etatesman. he left his mark Wherever
no anneared He was the first American
soldier OF a line illustrious in the oid
World-but he became more ilustrlous
in n race who have kept the lamp Oh
chivalry alight in the hearts OF soiu
and he was the father or mat hooer,
Edmund Lee, who in the nineteenth cen
fury seemed TO embody every nome lratt
which had distinguished the people from
whom he sprang during the struggles VI
A thousand roses most be crushed 10
make one drop Of the precious Altar, but
that one drop fills the whole house Win
perfume. And II the thousand conflicts
Of Virginia had produced no more than
the character Of this illustrious man.
they would have done enough to Hi the
world with the sweetness and glory oil
her nature.
Washington.
Above all was Washington, who shared
the glory Of the first American victory
against the French and Indians at Puts
h1ro as Virginian soldier, who served
in her House OF Burgesses FOR sixteen
wears; and who. when the batte OF
Bunker Hill was lost, appeared upon inc
mains OF Boston with the Virginia rihe-
men around him, 10 tell the Bfitish gen
eral who disputed his title that he de-
rived # from the people. the original
and purest fountain OF power" Foremost
man i'm the English-speakins race fore
most man indeed of all the world, was
he who once dwelt In yon plain planters
mansion. There he lived, and there he
died. and before It's doors Is spread To-
day the grandest spectacle OF the "orlu
arts and sciences that ever met the gaze
OF mortal Ask now the multitude what
OF all they contemplate or realize 90 you
value most, and none would be perpieSeu
for answer. From the myriad tongues
would spring the one word 'LiDerty',
liberty TO go and come: liberty 10 work
ana have liberty; TO be untaxed
save by self: liberty of home,
that rome bid ey cross its threshold;
liberty of thought, speech and conscience;
liberty Of State. that none may trehch
on its domestic matters; liberty Of coun-
try that no foreign foe may dominate OF
assail II. OF these things which you
value most. who can estimate the deb,
due 10 Virginia the Mother, and to Wash
In gtrn. the sCn2 who slall say that he
y no adds a continent 10 mans posses
sion renders greater service than he who
leads him to the uplGnds Of hope, and
faith and justice. liberty and independ-
ence? Conscience is finer instrument
han the mariners needle. Justice "a
nobier fabric than garment or tenn
pie. Liberty is richer pos
session than land or gold. Dreams
OF fraternity and union am ongst the ma
lions spring from a purer fountain than
fny dreams Of discovery CT conquest.
The wants OF the body are few and
easily satisfied, but the thirst OF the soul
is quenchiess. The world OF thought IS
vaster TAN the world Of matter When
the physical eye has strained It's EFFORT
10 pierce the heavens, twinkins point
Of lieht marks the bound OF vision, but
the eye Of man ranges on through new
horizons and fills them with constela-
tons and peoples every star with crea-
lures as bright as their own beams"
few years mark the span Of physical
being, but creative intellect peoples ages
that are gone and converse with them in
languages no longer iisped on the tongues
CT man. II also fills ages TO come with
new born States and nations, and IN
them ind problems solved that now are
puzzles and Justice rendered that is now
denied. We may measure continents by
rod and mile; but who can measure mans
immortal passions? Restless and insa-
tiate he roams the earth, not SO much TO
feed and clothe the body. as 70 put the
quick Of conscience and the play Of fac
ulty in harmony with environment and
tent with comfort. SO 1t comes TO pass
that he. be ne saint. sage, prophet, hero,
patriarch or statesman. who interprets 10
the nations the subiimities OF worship
who elevates their minds 10 principles OF
justice. who warns their hearts with
the fraternities OF union and who eman-
cipates their genius TO the blessings OF
liberty. opens unto them a new heaven
and lays at their feet a new earth, whose
bounds no seas may compass and whose
fruits no reckoning may tell.
Ii is I'm such wise that while no one
bothers himself about the lost splendors
OF Solomon's Temple. that temple not
made with hands will ever stand. and
all hearts attend the Teacher Of the soul.
whose life OF agony lay between His era
die in a manger and His death upon the
cross. 1t is In such wise. too. that the
Father OF his Country the friend OF hu-
manity. the deliverer OF his people, lives
uppermost to-day I'm their great love and
high fancfes. And before the portals
OF his dwelling place the splendOrs that
flash upon the eye pass into the shadow.
while in their stead come the delectable
visions OF an age OF reason I'm which
mans conquest Of himself made these
things possible, and OF the still brighter
age 10 come, when the human family
shall be gathered In closer communion,
leach mans right 10 be all mems rule,
and all mems work be spread for each
mans edihcation."
What Americans Have Done.
IL was for Leon and CASTLE that Co
iumbus won a new world Americans. a
name that never sounded on his ears
Americans conquered the land. achieved
its independence and fashioned it's insti-