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

70 be lust and righteous cause. Dn's
was no medieval saint; no. he was humsn'
aud doubtless erred as a man ana ns puo
,.c ofIicer The Gun has spots, but they
90 Invisible. cbscured by IFS ehuigept
rays. SO his faults, whatever they may
have been. we're eclipsed by his spiendiu
,uhI;c virtrcs. HIS courage was srpilne
duty was his inspiration and guide MS
otficinl career WIS uniarnlsneu' LIS pr
vate character was that oil Cnrlstua scu-
tIeman without fear and without re-
nroach. Davis and the citizens MO sus-
,ained him ut home aud the soldiers VINO
fought under him in toe held were I'M
moyable in the conviction that rlgnt-
oneness exalteth a nation and stu Is re-
rroach TO any people" And now me-
though dead. spcaketh this solemn mes
sage to the American people.
MESSAGE THAT We NEED.
America needs that message. Let
Americans of our day remember that
atheism and anarchy 60 together; inIue,I-
~ and national decay are linked py Danu,
forged by the determinate eounsei anu
Almighty. A dishonored God means
nothing less than DESTROYED people.
Churches represent q power more potent
for the preservation of our national cha-
racter and greatness than army or navy VI
national legislature. or all coniDlneu. lnc
schoul-master il above the senator-tne
Sunday school above the Senate; now
we need to remember TINS great esSoh
At this time more than ever, when all tue
word IA invited to these shores 10 review
Inc wondrous progress OF the nation since
It's discovery by Columbus. the most
worthy object 20 EXHIBIT To the congress
of the nations IS the plety OF Tree people.
And do not hesitate to add that the most
convincing demonstration or THIS plety
would be the preservation OF one day IN
seven for rest to all and Tor worship Tor
all who wish TO worship. Purllanism is
long since dead in this country and with
II died the old Puritan sabbath. Let 1t
sleep in a resurrectiones5 grave. Rest
and worship on one day IN seven. however.
and that dav the one preferred by the ma
ioritv of our citizens. the benefits of the
American SUNDAY. are basal TO the contln-
uance OF our natural life. John Bright de-
clared to the English people: he sia-
bIlity of government can never be
maintained along with the secn,itarzatloh
of the Lords day." Pope Leo XIII. recent
ly remarked: Would Europe see an
other French Revolution. then let them
forget Gods day."
UPON IT OUR HOPE DEPENDS.
And so say that the hope, aye. the very
lite, of our common country depends IN
no small degree upon it, return 10 the
creed. character, and conduct of the
fathers of the odd SOUTH; to it's home
life. its religious principles, its political
doctrines. its hlsh citizenship. its pure pa
triotism, It's unselfsn loyalty. Southern
CHARACTERISTICS must persist. And 50 we
need a monument to DAVIS, monument
erected on MASSIVE foundations. deep and
broad and strong, such as would represent
the sturdy principles of the people
in whose hearts he IL enshrinei a
high monument piercing the skies
10 typity his lofty sense of honor and
duty: a monument which will resist for
ages TO come the tooth of time and the
wasting action of the elements; n monu-
ment, or whose spacious sides should hc
inscribed the sentimeni-a noble patriot,
worthy of all Americas admiration who
gave himself in veal and woe. IN life
and death, for us. for individual manhood,
for the rights of the States, for the tree
dom of the South aye, for the principles
of the Union as these were handed down
to us by the fathers of our common coun-