The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-12
INK TIMEs-RICHMOND VA WEDNESDAY, JUNE l2 1895.


| factory were closed. The wheels that car
~ the commerce of continent were
stopped the hum OF trade was husned'
the pulse of traffic ceased 10 beat. Ana
all this-need I say it2-was because Chi
cago. gathering her own dead to her
heart. found room for yours.
'Longstreet. and Lee, and Hampton sat
at our hcarths, while the buele and the
drum proclaimed the everlasting peace
The monument which marks the tomb OF
the Confederate dead at Oakwoods was
raised almost entirely by those who fought
against them. When IL was dedicated,
North and South marched together on
streets thronged. not with enemies, but
friends. Remembering our own heroic
dead. we reverently uncovered while you
gave tears AID flowers TO yours. The New
South stood in line with the New North;
and above them both lowered a form,
brave. puissant, serene, and free-t was
the New Nation.
1Hr JEFFERSON LITERARY SOCIETY.
The celebration OF the jefferson Liter
airy Society brought together this evening
at $50 the youth and beauty of Chsrlottes-
vile and the University. The attraction
was the speech OF MIR. William kinckle
Allen. the medal orator of the jefferson
Society who had chosen for the subject
Of his grafton: we Must Not Forget"
MIR. Allen commenced his speech by
saying:
Improbable and impossible as 1t should
be for such a sentiment to exist yet
even now in certain parts Of the United
States OF America there is a tendency TO
make the people forget their traditions"
After mentioning briefly what were the
argument OF those who clamOred for a
certain page OF history 20 be forgotten
dn that the memory Of it kept UP strife
and did no good, he showed that the
traditions OF country were the aqua
vitae OF its existence: then he added:
Tonight we can only hope TO examine
briefly few of the chief causes that are
tending to make the people of the South
lay aside the memory of former deeds.
one OF the chief causes is found in the
ideal Of the age itself In this age Of
material affairs in this age of struggling
and rushing; when mems souls are be-
ing tried by the fearful ordeals of sor-
row. afiction. want. and disease; when
the anxiety and despair Of one day serve
merely as a prelude for the worst that
Is to follow on the morrow; when there
are men who are regarding the coming
Of death as d sweet relief FOR a baneful
existence"
WANT OF nFyfRTNCT.
Said he how are the people 10 rever-
cncc a government, the corruption of
whose Senate is The theme for every
school-boys composition?
Tell me. ye Virginians when were
your officials ever so assall~i as the
desgnators AID originators of such loose
schemes? Where, Oh Glorious Southland.
IS your once vauntcd pride? That world
removed glorious honor for which ten
L..
their scabbords to resent the imputations
OF the slandcrers2 That enviable repu-
tation that made the terms "Southerner'
and gentleman" interchangeab and
synonymous? You are losing il. and
why2 Because you are forgetting your
former history, your traditions.
There must be reverence. there must
be feeling OF a. towards the higher
powers, toward the political institution
I'm the abstract And this can only be
gotten when those who hold the public
Offices manifest that spirit OF respect and
humility What is true ia a political
sense is true in a social sense The SEN
timent Of Old possessed nothing Of the
shlms and pretences."
rrrrR,Ncfs or NoRTHERN EDITORS.
He then showed how the many utter
anccs of northern editors and authors
ldi nhl tendency 10 make some Tor
get their traditions lie showed that the
North had a motive IN this cry to for
get" lie showed that after the North
had conquered the South by the most
ruthless devastation and destruction they
now clamor to forget In hope that their
policy may he forgotten. I'm a most elo-
quent and striking paralelism he showed
how cicero had erred from policy and
Saint Paul from conviction"
THr BOARD or VISITORS
The Board Of Visitors reelected Drs.
Christian John Stage Davis. and Buck
master 10 the chairs to which they were
elected last year.
The board spent much time to-day on
the question OF filling the chair made va
cant by the recent resignation Of Pro-
fessor Schele de We're. The board was
divided as to whether TO appoint one fun
professor. with an assistant, or two al
junct professors.
Mr. John Handy Hail. Of the Washing
ton Literary Society was awarded the
medal for the best article published IN
the magazine during the session just
closed.