Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-02

entirely. are so contemplate as not TO
merit respect Tremendous applause) 1
have told my northern comrades that the
chances are that ninety-nine out or an
hundred would have worn the southern
gray instead Of the northern blue II they
had been brought up on southern soil and
drawn into the doctrine OF State rights,
brought up on it from their mothers milk.
loud applause.) The chances are That
nlnety-nine out of one hundred of us
would have worn the gray II the condi-
tions had been reversed. Yes. reverse the
conditions and you would haye been fol-
lowing Grant, Sheridan. and Sherman.
Applause)
WOMEN OF THE SOUTH.
Il want to say another thing, and I
say II with particular pleasure In the
presence OF these women of the South.
When ! sat down here yesterday and
heard your speeches | thought the Con-
federate Veteran Association ought to be
very proud of you-proud that they had
so many ladies with them. Applause)
II YOU hadn't had the ladies' with you,
as they were. we would have licked you
eighteen months sooner u.aughter)
Why. every man in the southern ranks
knew that II he did not toe the mark
If he did not stand up and keep step TO
the, music Of the Bonnie Blue Flag
My Maryland and Dixie; that II he
sulked from the contest-he knew that II
he returned home the girls would burn
him alive. Qaughter)
Another thing. There are plenty Of
stalwart young men around here to-day.
Frost has not gathered in their hair;
years have not built the burrows upon
their brows as they have upon ours.
| think that II Is only natural that the
boys Of the South should be particularly
attractive to the young ladies'. speak
upon the basis that manhood and wo-
manhood are only divided upon geographi-
cal lines SO If you boys, j say to the
young men OF 1895. perhaps they cannot
understand II when you speak Of these
women with wrinkles in their brows and
silver in their hair. and when they hear
you call them girls they wonder and
cannot appreciate IT,. In the Southland
and in the Northand we look at them in
q backward way. we are looking back at
them as they were in 1861. when they
stood on the hills and I'm the depots and
waved US good-by. and God bless you
came from southern hearts and northern
hearts loud appause) SO young men,
lust remember that these women 30 back
10 1861. They are the girls yet OF our
hearts. Renewed applause) out of all
has come reunited country.
UNDER ONE FLAG.
I'VE stand to-day under one flag. II the
tocsln Of war shall ever be heard again
in this land. II shall be with Virginia
and Vermont answering together. ZAP
pIause). New York and the carolinas
CONTINUED appause). Maine and Missis-
sippi. prolonged cheering) Then, per-
haps our young men may hear once again
the Yankee holler, and the old-time
rebel yell. Continued cheering) And
If that day should come they viii hear II
down one line In support of one flag, and
n common cause Renewed cheers) No
man will deprecate war more than those
who have seen fields run red, and yet.
my comrades. almost wish that General
Gordon was in the White House, or some
other man. believing that II he were
there he would take steps to kick the
last semblance of monarchial government
from our land. We have no room for
shadow Of monarchial government i'm the
confines Of this country. (ApplauseD We
most earnestly hope that freedom In the
most perfect sense may be guaranteed to
that gem of the Antilles-the blue island
OF cuba. (Appause)
"And now. my comrades. and / choose
the term (applause), the heart OF our
great leader welled up with absolute
peace when he said to Lee: Tell your
men TO take their horses home with them.
They will need them TO do their spring
work with He wanted to make the
desolated South bloom and blossom again.
Renewed applause) II Grant and Lee
and Sherman and Jackson could look
down from the regions of the blest; If
and scenes. they are gazing upon this
scene to-day. and thanking God that this
spirit exists at this time. cloud APP
plause) My veteran friends. | am en-
titled to say one word more to you. You
put up the best fight that it was possible
TO have done. and / don't want you to
think for a moment that you surprised
US. -Oaughter) You would have been 4
disgrace to our American people il you
had not made il as dusty for us as you
did. CONTINUED applause)
IT want to say to you young people
here 0hey tell us that the most trouble is
with the young generation that has come
up since the war; notice how your ia
theirs meet the old soldiers on the other
side. Notice IL they get their fists drawn
up. You see them sitting down touching
glasses with something I'm them that
the river James Qaughter) Don't you
young people get mad until your fathers
get TO fighting again. and then you will
live in perfect peace 10 exceed the age
OF Methusaleh. Applause) And remem-
Der this. / give you this as a closing
thought. Remember that you are the
ones who are soon to be the absolute pro-
prletors of this great republic OF the
United States OF America. We had TO
have our racket of four years It cost
great deal OF blood. In order that we
might get TO a proper appreciation OF the
result. We have reached 1t. and now
you young people hold fast to It. and
take care Of it for your children and your
chldren's children. And when we turn
our back upon this world and its affairs
when we lay down in that tent whose cur
tains never float outwards-we will thank
our God that we lived when we did"
tremendous cheers)
THE DAVIS MONUMENT.