The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23
The CONFEDERATE MUSEUM.
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and there grew up general desire 10
get away from them and 20 live separate
The Gulf States urged instant separi-
ton when this hostile northern senu-
ment elected "A President and Congress
I'm 1850. But Virginia, who had given I'VE
states TO the Union Virginia, whose
blood and whose brain had constructed
the Union OF the States, Virginia aoso-
lutoly refused 10 be party TO the pie@N-
ing OF that which was so dear TO her'
She never seeded from the Union, put
standing serene in her dignity WIN 'he
halo of her glorious history around her'
she commanded peace. The only IepN
vouchsafcd was the calling out OF o.
O00 troops, and the tramp OF hVs''e i'o'-
steps on her sacred soil.
Like the flash from heaven, her sworn
Ieaped from its scabbard. and her var
cry. "Sir Semper Tyranis, echoed rouhu
the world, and her sons circ'ed the ea''h
with the blaze OF their enthusiasm aS
they marched to the call OF the oiu
Mother. student from Gottingen, uappei
from the Rockies, soldier ana sd"oi,
army and navy, men and women an
staked life and fortune TO stand By the
mother Of us all. And NirSinians stoou
in lire 10 guard her hoWes from niNd-
sion. her affairs from desecratoh, mex
institutions from destruction.
She resisted INVASION. it cannot pe .oo
go, reneate6. or too plainly stated.
Virginia never seeded from the Union
she resisted invasion of rights, as her
free ancestor for eight hundred years
had done. with arms and force
Refore The ordinance Of secession was
voted ON Virginia was at war with the
Northern States, and all legal connection
had been broken by them. by thelr own
act I'm the unlawful invasion OF her SOIL.
cod bless her and hers forever ana
forever She barred her breast ana drew
her sword 10 protect her sisters uelllhu
her and took upon herself the hazard
Of the die. -. ,,o,,,
And Will presume to record my claln
here. for her kinsmen who nockeu " ~
flag. from beyond the Potomac anu VIZ
died for her. on every battleheld rom
sbenberdstown to AppanattoX, whose
survivors love her now win inc wv '''0''
Of children adopted in blood. ,,,
T., Is this constant and growing con
eofousness of the nobleness ana Jusuce
and cbivalry Of the Confederate cause'
which constitutes the success aho ~
inmates the triumph we conlmehloi az,
today. EVIL dies, good lives, ana 'he
time will come when all the Worlu WI"
realize that the failure OF the Com GU
eracy was a great misfortune 10 III
ranity. and will be the source OIL u"'
numbered woes ~ i+"Ni -
TIE VANQUIsHED VICTORIOUS
Washington might have failed. hosci-
usko and Robert T.. Lee did fail, but j
believe history Will award the higher
oiace 10 them, unsuccessful, than to su-
warrOw and Grant victorious.
mis- great and noble cause, the prin-
cipies OF which l have attempted 20 for
muiate for you, was defended with q
genius and a chiyalry OF men ana women
never cqualled by any race. Ny healt
melts now al the memory Of those days.
Jus. realize il. There IS not hcartn
and home in Virginia that has not hcaid
the sound of hostile cannon, there Is not
IL family that has not buried Kin siam
In battle. or all the examples OF thal
heroic time. OF an figures that VIII i've
i'm the music of the poet or the pictures
of ihe painter. the one that STANDS III
the foreground. the one that VIII DC
plorjded with the halo of the heroine, IS
the woman-mother, sister, loNer-""o
ave her life and her heart 10 the cause.
And the woman who attracts my sym
,athy most and TO whom my heart melts
Hottest. is the plain, simple, country "o-
man and girl, remote from clues Az"
towns. back i'm the woods, away IRON
railways and telegraph.
Thomas Nelson Page has given us a
picture Of her in his story Of 'Darny.
thank him for Darby Staniy.' knew
Inc boy and loved him well, ior j has'
seen him and his cousins on the march
in camp. and on the battlefield, lying
i'm ranks. stark. with their faces TO the
zoe ana their muskets srasped 30 the'
cold, stiff hands.
can recall what talk there was al
"meetin' " about the BLACK Republicans
coming down here TO interfere with us,
and how we "warn't going 90 low 81,
and how the boys would square their
shoulders 10 see If the girls were LOOKING
I al en- and how the girls would preen
I their new muslins and calicOes, ana see
/ if the bows were "noticin,' %, and how by
! Tuesday news came that Captain morn
ton was forming his company at the
| Courthouse and how the mother PACKED
up his little "dudst in her boy schoo.
| satchel. and tied it on his back, ana
! Kissed him. and babe him goodbye.
and watched him as well as she could see
! as he went down the walk 10 the lIoh'
| gate and as he turned in 10 the big road,
| and as lac got to the corner. turned
round and took off his hat and swung u
round his head. and then disappeared
| ont of her life forever. For. after Col1
| Harbor his body could never be found
nor his grave identified, though dozen
saw him die.
| Ana then. for days. and for weeks, ano
! for months. she lived this lonely ne
| waiting for news lie was her only son
and she was a widow, but from that day
IN mis- no human being has ever hear1
a word of repining from her lips. Ihos'
| who suffer most complain least.
or | recall that story OF Bisnop-feh
oral Polk. of the woman in the mountains
| nj tennessee. with six sons, I'VE IN th'
I srrnv who. when 1t was announced u
, nor that her eldest born had been klile,
! i'm hattie. simply said: The l|ord WI
| he done Eddie" cher baby VIII %
! rourteen next spring, and he can TAX
! Billys place l., 90 On,
the hero OF this great epoch Is 10 soi
| have described. as his mothes anu 30
ter will be the heroines. 49,,
For years, day and msht' winter a','
! summer. without pay, with no nope q
promotion, nor of winning a name o
r,akiug a mark, the Confederate boy sol
aier trod the straight and thorny pau
Of duty. Haif-ciothed, whole-s'arNins
he tramps. night after night, his soiltaI
most on nickel. No one can see MN. ~
minutes walk down the road VIII pu' M
bevond recall. and twenty minutes iai
ther he Will be in Yankee lines. wher
nav. food. clothes, quiet ana sale'
all await MN. .,.-..-u,,.s, 80 to,,
s,.hferted 10 this temptation ana nov
f.,g welded. Think of how many new,
dreamed OF such a relief from danger an
hardship. ,,... ,b
| sHt !