Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-12


Bayard could crave.
JEB STUART.
"And glorious Jeb Stuart, that flower
OF the cavaliers. what shall say OF him?
No Drawer, knightlier foe. with mein
more lofty or more joyous. ever fought
against Moor or Paynim. or rode at
Templeston. And Stonewall jackson.
that thunderbolt OF war. who suddenly
emerged from the quiet walks Of acade-
mic life. leaped upon the arena OF human
strife. and In two years time. filled the
world with his fame. And Robert Il.
Lee, that peerless captain among the
sons OF men. who demonstrated TO man
kind that he could be the hero even OF
"A lost cause, the GROWING glory OF
whose life was his acceptance OF the
presidency OF Washington and Lee Uni
vcrsity. and the dedication OF his de-
Ginning years 10 the important work OF
educating the young men Of the country
and preparing them by his influence ana
example for the proper discharge OF the
responsible duties Of citizenship. One OF
the truest OF our southern poets has
thus celebrated the praises Of Nirginias
sons during the civil war.
I'VE thought they slept, those sons VINO
kept. the names OF noble sires,
And slumbered while the darkness crept
around their vigil fires"
But still the Golden Horseshoe knights
their Old Dominion kept;
Whose foes have Joined enchanted
ground, but not a knight that slept
4 SAD DAY.
at not unfrequently happens in this
prosaic and unsentimental age that an
attempt IL made TO cast ridicule upon
Virginia on account of her love for her
antiquities. IL has been facetiousiy
said that at the great Columbian Expo
sition at Chicago. and the more recent
cotton exposition at Atlanta, while some
OF her younger sister States made eXhi-
bits Of their great industrial resources
Virginia derived her chief satisfaction
and pleasure from the exhibition OF
George Washington's golden snuf-oox
and Lady Washington's lace handker-
chief But permit me TO say that 1t VIII
be a sad day for the republic, indeed
when we shall cease to hold in grateful
and affectionate remembrance our great
historic names Whis we rejoice III
The manifold blessings of the present
and indulge bright authorizations ~ the
future. il would be ungrateful and I'M
patriotic TO ignore the glorious memo
ries of the past. Let us see TO it that all
these precious memories associated with
the land of our nativity shall not be al
lowed TO perish forever from the earth.
Let our children be made more IA
miliar with the early history OF our own
State Let them learn in the universities
and in the schools the romantic story OF
its early settlement and growth Let
their Youthful minds be imbued with the
Of self-sacrlfce and of patriotism
as taught by the lives of their ancestors.
L. 4. 40 ClnlIlH know
about Rome and the Tiber, but ii is not
less important that they should know
something at least about jamestown and
the James. II is very well for them 10
be familiar with the biographies of
Caesar and Anthony, but they should not
be altogether ignorant of the career OF
Sir Walter Raleigh and Captain John
Smith. II is very well for them to read
the commentaries of Caesar, the anabosis
of Xenophen. and oratiOns of Cicero, but
they should not turn aside altogether
from the farewell address of Washington,
the disquisitions of Mason and Jeffer-
son. and the mastery eloquence OF
Henry and Lee.
whatever fortune may await Virginia
in the future, we may derive consolation
from the reflection that her past, at least
is secure. If we may not add 10 her
future History, we may, at least, indulge
a pardonable pride in the glories Of her
past. Let us preserve with pious care
her ancient landmarks, and hold I'm per-
petual remembrance the high qualities
and illustrious deeds of those who have
rendered her name immortal 1t has been
beautifully said by Father Ryan, tn
Poet Priest Of the South. that a lana
without memories is a land without lib
erty. Give me- said he,
"The land that hath legend and lays.
Enshrning the memories Of long-vanished
days;
Give me the land that hath story and
To tell of the strife of the right with the
wrong:
Give me the land with a grave in each
SCOT.
And the names in the graves that shall
not be forgot"
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Goodies ad-
dress he was warmly congratulated for
his excellent speech, which was the sub
iect of favorable comment by all who had
the good fortune to hear it.
The assemblage was very much disap-
pointed at the announcement that Hon.
James Lindsay Gordon had telegraphed
his inability TO be present. owing to press
ing business of an unexpected nature.
THE UNWILLING.
The crowd then made it's way down
Duke of Gloucester street TO the ole
Powder Horn. erected by the General As
sembly of Virginia in 17l4. There they
were addressed by Mr. Tazewel Taylor
of Norfolk and, at the conclusion Of his
speech the memorial window to Governor
Alexander Spotswood was unveiled by
Miss Catherine SpOtswood, of Petersburg
a lineal descendant Of the Governor. Mr..
Taylors address was well received and
was very eloquent
After the unwilling the crowd fingered
in the historic old building inspecting the
many objects there notably among which
are the coats-of-arms of the following
Captain John Smith, Right Hon. Thomas
West Q-ord de la Warp, Sir Francis
Nicholson. Governor Dinwiddie. Sir Ed
mund Andres 1922 Governor Robert Car
ter, Sir George Yeardley, Sir William
Berkeley; Major-General Richard BeI
nett, Hon. Alexander Spotswood. Hon.
Edward Digges, Hon. Francis Fauquer
These coats-of-arns adorn the walls anc
are wrought in artistic style. In addition
to these the seals of the Colony of Viz
ginia en- dat Virginia QCintam' attracted
considerable attention.
When the members had finished examin
ing the. curios in the old building they
were invited TO the residence of Mrs.
cynthia 3. r. Coleman. president OF the
Williamsburg branch of the Association
for the Preservation Of Virginia Antiqui-
ties. and handsomely entertained; after
which they took the afternoon trains FOR
their respective homes, much pleased with
old williamsburg and the objects of in
% obi aI E..s.r
TO the heart of the true antiquarian.
The following members of the associa-
tion were present: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
t,...ou 1,fcbmond. Nfr and Mrs w "