The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23

and oaltant var service Is known to all |
the country, so that comment Is super
fuous The man who put ms prgane |
through the manual Of arms, IN the very |
face OF the enemy. at the Second Dattie |
of Manassas. while waltlns aof anhuhi-
ton. holds high place IN the warm
co,,thern heart His speech. forclple' !
~,,,,.,atbetic and eloquent. was as fol- |
lows: e.,er,.. ,,.,,,or,,, |
e,nciet,- FRIENDS. iani Feilow-Confcde- |
rates, Men and Women. a,,.
To-dav commentaries the thrty-tfth
anniyersary OF the Inauguration OF the
last rebel president and Tie birthday OF
the first. It commemorate an epoch li
the grandest struggle lor liberty anu
,lsbt tbat has ever been made by man.
Il ceiebratcs the baptism Of new ma
,to, born rf1rtv-fve years ago to-day.
And this commemoration is in the capi-
raj citv az the Old Dominion and OF the
C0nfcderacy.
More than q generation after the utter
failure OF the attempt. u is by me states
men OF Virginia. by her puDhe author'-
ties. by the government OF ire CITY OF
HIchmondk who honor themselves III
,,ororin., this occasion. and by tle free
'o,,,i,aD,. of this great and noble people.
,rbore is nothing Ike It in- history. 10
Gel general. 10 Roman consul was ever
o.olco,ned with = triumph after dete"''
Nowhere at no time. hes deieated side
-, been so h0nored. or the unsuccess-
fm aptheosizod. e.,,..--. g.. eoroot-
san THAT is the universal tNptltc".D
and the unvarying law OF nature. Inoi'-
fore. 90 would sccm that the I'i o' 1''o
Confoderacy was in some sense "A s-'.'
81 "a triumph for 10 cannot hy that nnl-
,-er-al laws have been set aside for thls
sols execution. the flOrilcation or the
LOST Confederacy, us hcrolnes ana us
heroes. ,.,.,.
reeneets there was success ana triumph.
I believe our first and mos, sacred duty l5
10 our holy dead, 70 ourselves ana 70 our
pOsterity ,,. - .o.i-e..
II is our highest obligation TO SATISFY
.ha world of the righteousness or our
&c, and the sound judgment with which
we defended f.. And We injure ourselves.
vre fmrair t0e morale of our Ado, -
ircoesanf protestations of loyalty 10 the
,.ic,or and continual assertions OF re-
go. for his motives Of forgiveness, for
ais conduct. and of belief ia the nobility
Of his faith. 49,.
Tbere never can be two rights nor two
wrongs. one side must De rlsht anu
therefore the other is. Of course. wrons
and of conduct and II must be pre-eml-
nentlv so Of a question which divided
,niIlions of peoplo and which cost mill
/ lion Of lives.
The world is surely coming to the con-
civaion that the cause of the Confedency
was right. Every lover OF liberty con-
stitutionaI liberty controlled hy law an
over the world begins 10 understand thal
the war was not a war wased py tho
81. f.rr+
war 10 protect liberty Won ana pequea'h-
/ ed by free ancestors.
They now know that the fundemental
basic principle Of the Revolution OF 100
upon which the governments or the
/ states unitel. were all founded. Massa-
chusetts and Virginia, Rhode Island ana
/ North Carolina. was that All EoFeIh-
ment OF right rests upon the consent OF
/ the governed" and lh-t thev. therefore
an IN times. musi n.fse the rgh- 20
change and alter their form OF govern
/ ment whenever changed circumstances
required changed laws
Thev now know that the English SET
/ Elements I'm America We're made ih sepa-
rate communities al different times by
| different societies: that they grew ana
prospered until an attempt was made TO
deprive them OF an infinitely small por-
{ zion of their property without their con-
produced 81 800. less than $500; that they
resisted this attack on their rights az dis
/ rinct cOlClies: that as separate states
they made treaties with France and the
Continental powers IN 1lls. That their
independence as separate States by name,
was acknowledge by Great Britain I'm
1853. That Maryland fought through mat
whole war until llA as an independent
/ and separate state. and never joined the
! for fr.lrraffcf, trnfU fir. Ia raf-Ur mod Voqr
That North Carolina and Rhode Island
/ refused 10 enter fhe Union created by the
/ Constitution Of 11Sl. after the dissolution
of the Confederation. and for two years
remained as independent Of the States
nniieI and OF each other as France and
England are to-day. and therefore. they
know that thesis iulepel-ient States.
when they entered into tho conauae' oi
the Constitution Of l7s9 never did (for
a state never can. hy the very nature of
its being. commit suicidc) consent and
/ agree forever u give uD the right of
self government. and Of the people Of a
state to make governments 10 suit them
selves.
There can be no such thing as irrepeal-
able laws in free society
SOCIETY IS IMMORTAL.
Society Is immortal Its atoms arrange
and crystalize themselves from genera
| ton 10 generation according 10 their me-
cessities, but society grows and expands
ana constant changes are required in its
| Organization.
Therefore, a State never can abandon
its right TO change. 10 is the law ot
nature, which neither con,Jacts nor
treaties, constitutions nor congresses can
change.
when the Constitution Of the United
States was formed the institution OF
slavery existed in every ono or TN
States. The emancipation had begun IN
New England. Found 10 be uuprOntabl,
as an economical organization. it was
rapidly eliminated from the Northern So
ciety. which was and S. based on the
idea of proGt and loss. Ia the South Il
developed and prospered.
10 produced an enormous expansion oi
material and consequently POlicca
power. IL developed a society which
Tor Intelligence, culture. chivalry, JUS
tice, honor, and truth. has never beef
oxcelled in this world, ana IL produced
/ q race OF negroes he most clvilizc,
since the building OF the Pyramid Oi
CheOps, and the most Chr.stianized since
the crucilXiOn OF our Lord.
The southern race ruled the continent
from i775 to is6o, and II became eyiden
that It would rule IL forever as Ions
as the same condition existed. The fre'
mobocracy OF the North could never cop
with the slave democracy u the South
and IL became the deliberate intent o
the North 10 break up an institution s,