The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-26

anv section Of this Republic has reason
to rejoice at our splendid party triumph
IL Is the South, and If any State contrib
uted her full share towards such result IL
was Virginia. al,
saw some fellows over there smiling
when made reference to the presence oi
Symposiacs. / hope they are not IN the
condition Of a citizen of the Hill CITY, So
called, before the visit OF the senator
from New York. who did not know the
meaning of a word lad occasion TO use
IN n correspondence with him. II seems
had written a preface for book. by TWO
chaplains. the one of the Federal ana the
ether the Confederate army, entitled ZINE
Blue and the Gray" which FORMER
great Unionist, but now perpetual Noh-
federate soldier, construed into an lndorse-
ment of the book, and so General early
wrote ne that IL was very hard to nave a
brother officer indorse book that was
not altogether historically accurate ana
ending with one of those bursts OF pious
ejaculation for which he Is famous: MY
-, Fitz, won't you ever learn any as
cretione" I replied that the difference
between him and me was that L hai
nature more epicene than his. had seen
somewhere that an English critic had
stated that If General Lee had any defect
as \ military man il was due 10 his pos
session of q nature too "epicene." At the
time. | confess, did not know the mean
ing Of the word. but i looked It up ana
found Il was derived from two Greek
words. cpl and koivcs, meaning common
10 both. General Lee. it was implied. had
a mixture Of feminine as well as mascu-
line in his composition. which prevented
his having heart hard enough 10 cut OF
the official head Of an official who tailed
in the performance Of his military duties.
So. I thought I would put little "epi-
Gene in my nature, too. / soon received
the response from General Early. that
since receiving my letter he had looked
into his dictionary, but could not find It's
meaning: that he had gone out or he
street and looked into the dictionaries CT
| his friends. and the word was not in heir
| hooks either; but he added. whatever II
does mean, for the Almshty's sake, get
rid of it rs soon as possible
The first sentence OF the toast" just
received is a recital Of a well-known his
| torical fact.
When the young American eagle
WAS pluming for his ascent TO q
place among the nations OF the
| globe and the forefathers were
FUNDAMENTALLY adjusting with nice
balance the pinIons of freedom, their eyes
| turned with rare unanimity TO sages,
| whose heart beats were first heard py
Virginia mothers, and whose only aspira-
tion was 10 establish upon this continent
n free and happy Republic, where the
"Goddess OF Freedom could forever be
enthroped. and where statue OF liberty
enliehtening the world" could forever be
obseryed. What a magnificent mission'
| What a grand work for her great men!
Power was to be transferred from
King TO the reople. Struggling colonies
were 10 be TRANSFORMED into sovereign
| States 1900
A central strength was to be created
only potent enough to carry out the pur'
noses of the Creator. while the states
wo,,ld be left In the exercise OF all rights
not specified as having been relinquished
Executive. legislative and judicial de-
partments of Government, revolving eaei
In IFS own sphere. were 10 be constructed
rampart erected to confne WITHIN III
iirits Federal Jurisdiction on the one
s,ds while on the other the States wer'
aunreme and a supreme court modelled
ss nure as the drifting snow mounting
ruard upon the mountain top, 10 constru
a written constitution.
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the temple
American independence were most sa
reciously laid by a small group OF intel
isctual giants, towering In whose mids
AZ every step Of the country.s progress
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