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

ton Of majorities. as if count OF heacs
was the Divine Court of Appeals on
every question and interest Of mankind
Moreover, we need no announcement OF
trend 10 consolidation by endowing ma
ticaal universities by annexation OF ter
ritory with increase OF Hawaiian or Atri-
can citizenship. by an influx or hetero-
geneous and immiscib'e population, by
establishing remote provinces utterly
alien TO our institution, and to repre-
sentative government.
NOBLE IN WAR.
Comrades, you were noble In war; DC
noble In peace. What occurred In me
camp and IN the field is not the highest
glory. You were distinguished Tor many
virtues. and the most brilliant achieve
ments ever wrought against SUCH cods'
and with such scant and unequal means
When the flag was furled and paroles
were accepted you resumed agricui,ura''
mechanical. and professional pursuits
"Your country was laid waste; Sher-
manized; houseless chimneys marking 'he
track of the ruthless invader. These were
material losses. but what were they COM
pared with the defamation OF families by
disease and battle. with the privation OF
what enters into the very warp and WOOL
OF beng2
'',rhe real treasure is not IN the coners.
but in the soul II is that which we are
that enters into the substance OF charac-
ter. The country was desolation; every
home was Boehim. with sad-eyed wives
and mothers, with hearts no more TO De
llumined with JOY Everywhere were IN
returned ones. keeping solemn march 10
Away Down South in Dixie and holding
in feshless hands the tattered, bullet
ridden banners. There were the silver
haired. with cheeks furrowed by salt
tears. kneellng. crushed at the graves or
before the pictures OF the manly and the
brave, who went out with blessing and
came no more home again.
"'Ali who died were not struck by shot
and shell;
Some hearts grew still because they
loved so we'll
There wore dearest hopes blasted ana
horizons blackened by remedlless despair
These were bitterer experiences than ever
came from loss Of earthly possessions. IL
was under such circumstances that lie
was begun anew, and there was never
such marvellous adaptedness 20 the reyo-
lutionized and Unprecedented conditions.
Al was lost
HOPE AND CONFIDENCE.
Now our land begins to blossom. Hope
and confidence have returned; churches
and schools are open. The complexities
and difficulties of the severest problem
that civilization or Christianity ever en-
countered are beginning to yield to pa
tient solution. With all that Is regret
able in our present condition. we still
have our own local governments, what re
mains of a glorious Constitution. the in
splration of free institutions, the wealth
of incalculable possibilities. the stlmu-
lating memories of an immortal past, the
reckoning impulses of an opening fu-
ture.
1--WE need no discord no nursing Of the
injustice and wounds OF the past, no pros
pering sectionalism. no separate political
existence. We need those essential condi-
tons upon which alone we can hope for a
full share In the councils and advantages
of the Union Let MS strive for a grand,
mighty, indlvisible republic throwing its
loving arms around all sections omnipo-
tent Tor protection, powerless for oppres,
sion. cursing none. blessing all. Our his
tory is not wound up. The means OF
greatness are still within our grasp.
Let not our heroes have died in vain.
They bequeathed an example Of lofty pa
triotism they gave US place on a never
dying battle roll, and the historians pen,
when not dipped In the gall of hate gives
due credit to the superhuman virtues OF
priyates and officers. Nationality Is com
pounded OF many elements, and with true
Americans we have a community Of race.
Of language. of literature. Of history, OF
interest. a single political whole. an In
dissoluble union of indestructible States
strong ties which bind in fellowship and
brotherhood IS men and citizens. let us
so live. in private and in public stations,
that our descendants may be as proud OF
US as we are Of the noble men and the
nobler women OF our perished Confede-
racy. Noblesse oblige."
THANKS TO DIR. CURRY.
Dr.. Curry spoke for an hour and eigh
teen minutes, and was interrupted fire.
quently by enthusiastic applause. Wher
he concluded the following resolution wa.
offered by Judge George l.. Christian:
Resolved. That the hearty thanks oil
these Confederate veterans be rendered
Comrade Curry for his able. eloquent, anC
valuable historic address; that II be print
ed in our minutes. and that our adjutani
be requested TO circulate at least 1000
copies of it,"
This resolution received the haartiest
approval from the convention, and wa:
adopted amid much enthusiasm.