The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04

adore ton OF friend ana roe ahhe. V'"s
We ucrday letter was received III"
Cen. Dodge, the commanding officer un'
der whose orders Davis was executed
inc ..srg his check and bsgi1 ig tho priVi
leg. OF a share N raising = monument 10
the memory OF this I'm no tai southern
patriot q,
after all, this life Of lost causes Is
bu, 2: eparation. We must throV NE ~,
tsrs into the perspectlye. The lncioei'
OF life have more about them thah
present. An the ages gather AROUND
them. Destiny IL to speak wori oN ,,,
the lost causes OF earth. Ihen IL W..
appear that what we retain IS not w.
we have acquired but what We nave
come. -,o-t,,,
because OF all this men may giorlly
their lost causes. In them there IS some
thing 10 recall 70 reverence, TO worship
The worst is not 20 fail. but TO ran anu
no ashamed Ia recall the failure. Dul
lost CAUSE whose memory fires the hc,ii J.
nantes the check with pride ana piaIes
all that is great and glorious III 49,,
ana womanhood surge to the front can
never 20 a calamity. 1t IS priceless
treasure
They are poor a~o moro,
That have lost nothing: they are po0'e'
far 49,, noe.
Who losing have forgotten' 'ney "'0''
or ali who lose and wish they might
forget
NO DIsLOYALTY.
During tho DAYS of the week upon
which we are entering the lesson Oh TINS
morning will find stirring Illustration,
Tho cause which tho Southern heart sun
sings and which we have come 70 al
tho lost cause will be 70 the fore. Inc
tattered remnants OF an army as hoDie
as was ever marshalled VIII march
through the city's gates 70 De our wei
come guests. Nashville WIN open VICE
her doors and. with all the iahe aP-
prevail Of her hospitality she WIN axe AXE
70 the best her hearts ana MONIES can
offer these veteran soldiers oil tho lost
canse.
Dressed in their gray regimentals.
they Will march through the streets or
the city with the strains OF Dixie vibrant
in the air. IA Nou watch and listen the
tears will spring 10 your eyes ana you~
shouts will storm the sky win loud &C
claim. Comrade sill greet comrade.
The past win live in the present inc
story OF Immortal campaigns will be told
by those whose knightly valor MADE
them immortal. And all OF TINS Tor love
Of cause that is lost Of flag that Is
but a memory, OF a nation whose only
territory IS a name.
Nor must this DO accounted dlsloyaity.
The Union Is one That company OF
Southern soldiers. dressed IN Confederate
gray, which escorted President Mckinley
10 the Exposition gates the other week.
amid the shouts OF all the people. rode
down beneath the steel-clad hoofs OF their
horses the last vestige Of the ghost or
sectionalism. The Union is one. The
South Is as loyal as the North. but let
neither 10 recreant 10 the past nor asham-
ed OF a period glorined. nor by the issue
at stake--which was accidental and Incl
dental-but by patriotism and valorous
sacrifice never surpassed.
THE South IS not ashamed Of tho lost
cause. which can never be lost so long as
men preach patriotism, glorify valor and
worship sacrifice. That period OF strug-
ele was n period Of discipline. Il was
Providence placing the idle ore In flame
and forge. God said, Go up and die.
but already the South has learned that
the summons TO death was also a sum-
mons 20 life. 1t was a call 20 transfer
nation rather than 10 grave and 80
lying down on the rugged summit Of her
defeat and despair. tho South is awaken
ing 90 an inheritance that eclipses all her
past.
Thus lies lost cause becomes life's
divinest achievement when glorihed by n
noble purpose and served by unsclfsh de-
vOtion. As history urfOlds. God makes
all this plain. We lie down on rugged
SUBMITS and awake IN glory everlasting.
May we have the patience that waits as
well as the hope that aspires.'