Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-02
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homes. But THIS would De dclusion, TOr
the good men of all parties will at all
| times respect the will OF the majority.
| and the turbulent waters viii become as
placid as II they were never ruffied by
the winds Of party rancor. There is an
| innate love OF law and order In the breasts
| OF our people which Gains the storm, how
| ever II may rage, and smooths the bill
! lows. however they may roll. at the first
! appearance OF danger. Other communities
may swelter under the hot breath OF
! communism or tremble before the red
! flag OF anarchism, but here we feel not the
one and We fear not the other.
Differences OF opinion will exist. Our
people are a thinking people, and free
discussion Is the safety-valve, for there
! IS no danger in error when truth Is left
| free 10 combat II. federation promotes
! intelligent and correct conclusions while
/ intolerance fosters ignorance and error.
| II was opinion that carried Columbus
/ upon unexplored seas In search OF a new
world, and faith In his opinion nerved his
| soul and brought his eyes TO behold 1t.
| TOLERATION IS NOT LICENSE.
But carry not liberation too far. You
may submit TO a vicious opinion in your
/ own presence. but not in the presence
/ OF your children. You may allow the
/ expression of dangerous opinion In
l an HSScIuDldBe OF ldW-dDiutils' IlNthiSVhN
! men, but not in a wild and unrestrained
/ mob You may tolerate opinions which
! spring from honest yet mistaken IDEAS as
/ TO what will best subserve the public well
| fare on the lines marked out by the
| fathers OF this republic, but never tolerate
! the teachings of men who would under
mine the cornerstone of our grand gov
! ernmental edhce sap the foundation Of
| our social fabric, subvert the principles
which were culled from the best OF all
republics. ancient or modern, and woven
into a system OF government from which
blessings have flowed in one constant,
| everlasting stream.
| Whenever dangerous fanaticism rears
| its head; whenever communism comes
| forth from its hidng-pace: whenever
| anarchsm rushes out from its dark den
| with its flaming eyes and sulphurous
| odor; whenever heresles or fallacies which
threaten the woof and web OF our insti-
| tut'ons appear with their painted skin.
plausible face. and insnuatins manner,
| then toleration to the winds! Then strike
with the courage that duty begets strike
with the resolution that patriotic fervor
gives; strike with the fire that love OF
home and native land kindles; strike,
strike and ask no ornament for your
! sword but the nOtches on the blade These
| sentiments are the sentiments Of Virginia.;
my words are the words OF all true Nir-
ginlans.
STAMP OUT FANATICISM
This blessed old State is famous for
| stamping out fanaticisms. heresles, and
| fallacles, and for It her name rings
| throughout the land. She believes in the
/ old way Of thought which was taught her
| i'm the infancy Of her statehood. She
| loves the landmarks and keeps within
| .t,a nd
| the builders Of this republic. She has a
| burning veneration. and she clings 10
| the tenets Of those who made her skies
! brilliant with their deeds In the early days
! OF the nation.
She has never swerved from the lighted
! way OF the Constitution. The song Of the
1 siren has never tempted her; the tongue
| OF fiattery has never seduced her, the
: voice Of the hyena has never frightened
| her: the menace Of tyranny has never ter
| riled her. the howlings OF the wolf have
never disturbed her; the threat Of malice
has never alarmed her. Firm and inn
movable she has stood IN all the years
| that have run their cycles since she
| gave her pledge 10 be true TO the funda-
mental law Of this land
| THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF STATES
MANSHlP.
She has taken the wisdom Of her JEFF
| ferson. the principles OF her Madison. the
! teachings OF her Marshall, and the doc
trines OF her Monroe as the constellation
| TO direct her steps, rather than the IDEAS
! OF Capitalization and paternalsm Of Ger
! tain school or the strange vagaries, wiit
! theories, and temporary eNoedients or
| newly-nedged statesmen who have come
/ TO her from distant States Ike missiona-
/ ries TO a benighted shore with an air
/ fgh
| which was refreshing TO behold, TO re-
! move the scales from her eyes and let In
! the refulgent light of IL n superior orbs
! We'll grounded. then, IN her faith. hrm
/ in he- convictions. WIEN principles that
Time cannot benumb.
Nor torture shake;
with A population well on to 200 900, and
an area Of A. 80 square miles, with a
I fruitful soil and boundiess mineral wealth.
I magnificent rivers and majestic noun
/ taius. endless woodlands, rich valleys, and
/ fertile hills. CLASSY bays AID crystal
/ rivulets; with the interests Of farm and
mine, forest and field, furnace, forge,
/ and rollng-mill all blending and working
! together IN beautiful harmony; with an
( Intelligent, Industrious, frugal, law
| abiding. and God-fearing people; with
: climate that IS salubrioUs and temperate
brcezes that are balnly. ana . sun that
Is genial. what more could We desire to
give stability TO Virginia. 10 complete her
material advantages, or add TO her bless
ings2
THE TREASURES or HISTORY.
With A history replete with the glories
| Of hcr sons and the virtues Of her dauSh-
ters: with the council chambers OF the
nation hung to fancy's eye with the
images Of her statesmen. with monu-
ments to her sagcs. heroes, ana pdtrlotH
standing out against the sky in their
stateliness here and there and every where
with her bench adorned By her judges
whose ermine robes were never sullied,
her bar distinguished always for its char
acter and ability the pulpit Of every de-
nomination filed in all the years with her
eIo0uent sons preaching with dcvout fer
yor the words OF the living God; her
poets with their Tyres. her painters with
their brushes, and her scuiptors with their
chises catching inspiration. Ike hope
an Elder. and Valentine, from the
thought that she was their mother. and
IN her lap they he'd nestled and upon her
bosom they had rested their heads; and
then her editors guiding public sent-
ment creating public opinion, correcting
uubli, morals. making AMI unmaklns po-
iiticol PARTIES, and maintaining the pso-
pies rights
.'Uuawed by influence and unbribed by
gain;
with ali these reflections crowding
around. with what pride can this old
Commonwealth look the world in the face
and when asked for her Jewels point 70
her sons and when asked tor her pass
mort 10 the heights Of imperishable fame.
roipt TO her traditions and challenge not
o1ly h.r sisters IN this s.sterhood OF
states. but the nationalities OF the earth
In any century OF their existence TO SUR
pass them. ,,,..,.,.,,r,
AN EYE TO THE FUTURE.
But. my felow-Virsinians, other peo-
ples and other lands, too, have had bles-
sings showered upon them, and have risen
high In the atmosphere Of fame and climb
ed 10 the topmost point on the ladder or
material greatness and commercal
grandeur, and then have fallen from thelr
dizzy heights and been stripped or their
glories and made TO tread the wine-press
OF sorrow and degradation, with no
beauty for their ashes, no oil or JOY
for their mourning. and no garment OF