Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-21

az the greatest living interpreter OF the
greatest OF ali poets and dramatists,
spoke ~ the connection between Eng
land and America. and said:
III Is but yesterday In the life OF
nation when our fathers and your fathers
owed allegiance TO the same sovereign.
and when time for separation came II
was the political connection which was
severed. leavin, the whole fabric OF gov
| eminent. the whole social structure IN
the main unaffected Indeed. TINS couiu
but be 80. We had a common origin;
We spoke common language; we drew
ont moral and intellectual inspiration
from the same sources, and our religion
fowed from the same great fountain
OF truth. Our fathers had. as one peo-
pie. made that long struggle for political.
civil. and religious slberty.
Together they had wrestsd from the
hand of arbitrary power those great
muniments Of freedom, which to-day
stand. not only as the bulwarks Of the
liberty which we enjoy, but whose bless
ings are being diffused among and
shared by 81 large proportion of
mankind--together they drank from
Chsueer, tina, well Of English. pure. and
indebted; delighted in the fancy and
musical rhythm OF the FsIrie Queen: felt
| the charm Of the rare, Ben JonsOn'
and. most wonderful Of ALL together
they must have stood entranced and
amazed ~ the genius Of Shakespeare,
that greatest but one, Of all the revela-
tions Of God To- man. a. Macbeth and
Lear and Hamlet and Shylock passed
upon the stage before them, called into
what promises 10 be immortal life. He
is TO us. as to his contemporaries. The
applause. delight, and wonder of the
stage
OUR PRIDE IN THEM.
The speaker alluded 10 the great works
If Milton. To- the Investigation of Bacon,
to Newton. who gave US light and TO
Lord Coke and Sir William Blackstone
To all ~ these Judge Keith paid pass
! Ing tribute. snd continuing. said:
II shall put - . claim 20 share with
You .n the fame Of one other class Of
men who did great deeds IN the cause
Of human liberty. | refer TO a class Of
whom Wyclin. was the type and fore
runner, he whose ashes cast into the
Avon have spread the seeds Of truth
wide as the waters he.
The Avon 20 the Severn runs.
The Severn 60 the sea
And Wycife's dust shall spread abroad,
Wide as the waters be-
what Il glorious prophecy, and yet
more glorious fulhlmentl All those men,
the great deeds they wrought, and the
great events in which they figured, are
as much q part of our Inheritance as Of
yours They lived and wrought and went
10 their reward before the political bonds
which had constituted us one people were
severed, and when that most stupendous
event occurred. and these United States
took their place In the great family Of
nations, this priceless heritage vas
still ours. II Is our boast that
our talent has been Wen EN-
ployed. and that We have made great
and noble contributions TO 1t. We shall
be pardoned for feeling just pride in
those political institutions which. pre-
| serving what Is best looping off that
which Is useless or hurtful. and encraft-
ing upon them those principles of con-
stitutiOnal and representative government
which we claim as purely American In
their origin and adaptation. have rem
dered civil liberty at least more secure,
II not more complete. by the additional
safeguards which have been thrown
around our political liberty.
THE TWO CONTRAsTED.
Judge Keith discussed the causes OF the
prosperity of the United States. contrasted
the Colonies established by tho Spaniards
with those of the Anglo-Saxons and
continued Now. MIR. President and gem
tlemen, see what the two peoples have
done. They had the start OF us. But look
at South American republic-ook, if
you please, at Venezuela, and then for a
moment turn your gaze upon us. Compare
the two pictures. Is IL not Hyperion TO a
Satyr? There is. OF course. cause for it
all What is II? 1t is not to be found
In soil nor climate nor any OF what we
call natural conditions. Nowhere on earth
has Providence been more bountiful of al.
His riches and blessing than To Cuba
and Mexico and South America. Nor is il
wholly due TO political conditions, though
they have been largely contributory To
the result, for Mexico and South America
have tried by turns every form of So
called government. from anarchy TO despo-
tism, while a new republic is born almost
every day in the week. To my mind, the
reason for it is to be found In the rttro-
spective view which we took of the orr
gin and growth OF the institutions and
laws, political. civil and religious which
have moulded and established our char
acter. which have made us i'm the main a
law-respectinga law-abiding, law-loving
people, which have inspired us. on the
one hand with that love of liberty which
forbids us TO owe allegiance TO any prince
or pOtentate, but 90 the law only and
at the same time have implanted in us
that love OF social order which ompels
us 10 respect and obey the law, and, as
a result, We have liberty, controlled by
law
There Is another factor to be con-
sidered. too occult for discussion here
for 1t Is the result OF forces which have
been In operation since the advent of
man upon this planet | refer TO mere
differences OF race. These differences are,
10 my mind at least, facts of supreme
Importance, which cannot safely be ELI
minated from the consideration of the
problem with which we are dealing.
eft Is certain that the Anglo-Saxon
brought with him here. and carries with
him wherever he goes faculty FOR or
gan.zation and government which be-
longs in the same degree To no other
people. On this continent bis colonies
have become States. and States have be-
come a mighty empire, assuring TO the
many millions of to-day, and, ! trust,
to countless millions OF souls yet unborn,
the blessings of liberty guarded by law.
FOUNDING NEW COLONIES.
'In the southern hemisphere, we have
seen coionsts of English-speaking peo-
pie discovering new continents aud es-
tablishing the supremacy Of British law
institutions. III "a trading company gets
foothold In India-the cradle Of our
race-or IN Darkest Africa. a colony IL
founded; The instinct of organization as
serts itself a new nation Is born, and "A
new jewel Is added 10 the British Crown
shall We. with common lineage. y COM
mon history. Joint inheritors OF "A glorious
past. fly each others throats and Ia go
war? by all the gods, IL would be
glorious war
"The same blood is in our veins that