Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-26

all landmarks In the name of the pos
tefity OF the Confederate veterans. he
greeted the old soldiers. I'VE are not
met here TO unveil a monument or erect
"a marble shaft, but cottage In which
Confederate martyrs shall live. We in
tend to do all we can to help these old
veterans. and We erect this cottage in
order that some may spend their last
years In peace. We dedicate this cot
tage as monument TO the heroic
living"
In presenting the orator Of the day.
Governor OFeTall, he paid a glowing
tribute TO his courage and valor. "As e.
Confederate soldier" he said, "his record
Is without spot. his citizenship is unfair
nished. and his record as a Virginia
statesman Is pure and without guile"
Governor O'Ferrall was greeted with loud
applause
Speech OF Governor O'Fcrrnf1.
Governor OFerrall made graceful ac-
knowicdgment OF the compliment paid TO
him by the Sons in inviting him 10 adj
dress them upon this occasion, and SAID: I:
] love this Southland that gave me
birth with an intensity that knows
no degree. My devotion to her as she
was and as she Is. can be measured by
no rule. hence ! have no sympathy with
the idea OF what is termed new South.
4 ne Souin OF the liluslflOuS line OF NldleS-
men and soldiers, heroes and patriots.
scholars. scientists and phlanthropists,
mat for more than "A century prior 10
1851 stood in the forefront Of an advanced
civilization. is good enough for me and
mine / want no foreign graft upon the
modes and customs. manners and ethics,
instincts and impulses. doctrines and
teachings Of the South.
The Southern Confederacy was the OFF,
spring OF that civilization, which incul-
linz.
doctrines of the republic and uniform
LOYALTY 10 its organic law. 1t was intend
cd 10 DeTpetuate the blessings bequeathed
bv the fathers, and not 10 subvert the
vital principles Of tie government. In all
essentials. the young COnfederacy was
the same as the old Confederacy. The two
constitutions were similar. differing only
I'm such particulars as the experience OF
The intervening years between their dales
had rendered changes wise and 1udlclous
African slavery was not ROCK IN the
foundation of our superstructure; us
maintenance was simply the declaration
OF the great underlying principle of home
rule and State sovereignty. The funda-
mental aim was free government, the pre-
servatiOn of reserved rights. and protec-
ti0n Of the liberties Of the citizen as origi-
nally ordained in the Constitution of our
Revolutionary sires, and which had been
ruthcsslY frampled upon by our northern
brethren. The formation of the Confede-
racy was the result of the matured
thought and wisdom Of the SOuth's ablest
truest. and best. and her people sealed
their fidelity to her cause with the rich
treasure of their blood, as well as OfTer-
ings of their all of material wealth, in
support of her armies in the field. zap
DlauSe)
CHARACTER OF HER CIVILIZATION.
have said that her civilization was all
that l desired What was 1t? Let her
learning schools. colleges. and UNIVERSE
ties: her commerce and prosperity; her
sense Of private and official honor; the
integrity of her public men; her influence
ir the national councils; her strength in
the debates: the purity of her laws the
bravery and knighthood Of her soldiers;
the chastity of her women; her Venera-
tion for religion; her philanthropy; her
hospitality; her love Of country. and de-
voton to liberty-let these things pro-
claim its eXaltation. What was the pro-
duct of her civilization in illustrious men?
She gaVC TO the Revolutionary period It's
greatest orator. who. speaking from the
heart. reached the heart and swayed the
passions until. in wild tumult the Colo
nies threw off Tie British yoke and snap
Ded the chains that bound them. She
cave the writer of the Declaration Of In
deDendcncc. and the leader OF the Colo
nial armies. who Wrenched Americas IL
herties from the grasp of naughty ana
arrogant King. When victory was
achieved ii was one of her sons whom
history has designated as the Father of
the Federal Constitution. She furnished
tho first President. first Secretary or
state. and first Attorney Of the
young republic. and a little later that
eminent iurist who made the system OF
American jurisprudence equal TO the civil
law of Rome and the common law OF
Ergland--all hailing from this idolzed
Mother of States and statesmen she
presented TO the Union, also, the thlrd,
fourth fifth, seventh, tenth. eleventh,
and twelfth Presidents thus from 1iSy
10 1861 a period of seVenty-two years her
sons held the reins Of national rulership
fortY-fiNe years. or nearly two thirds OF
the life Of the republic. In these seventy
two years six of the fourteen Nlce-presI-
dents. eleven Of the twenty-seven secre-
taries of State. eighteen of the thirty
three attorneys general, ntteen OF lne
twentv-eight secretaries of war. ten OF me
twentv-One secretaries OF the navy, III
teen of the twenty-siX speakers OF the
House of Representatives, and twenty-ohe
OF the thirty-six justices Of the supreme
Court were drawn from the SoutheIn
States. (Applause). -"
A VILE SLANDER.
7 know the fanatic of the North has
with lusty lungs charged that the SCUM
was a Pandora's s box; that her domlhlohs
were filed with a miasma that bNghteu
her civiliZati tiOn and poisoned her soclal
atmosphere: that she grew moral Opds
tree. No slander more vile was ever ut
tered. How are people judged! 10y
their deeds character attainmen1s'
achievements. their public acts, their 90
mestic life their love of purity, ana
their veneration for things sacred AP-
ply this test and tell me where IN all the
ages a record more luminous than heIs
can be found. Dig deep amid the runs y.
departed nations, unearth the relics ol
buried kingdoms and principahties, CON
stIlt the chronicles of extinct as wen as
living rnces. delVe into history, ahcleh.
as well as modern. and point on! ye Wllu
fanatic. We whited sepuichre. II ye ,l, Cai.
to a land sublimer i'm traditions, grahueI
in p,lories. superior in achievements, MOI
radiant i'm virtues. more transcendent III
craftsmanship. rising higher I'm the scdle
OF patriotism. chivalry. ana ihallioo., '
morality. and religion, than that sPoS OH
Tho confederate States OF America ~
this. We glib-tOngued accuser, else VIII
draw vour base charge. DO TINS, ge
enavyn Of self-righteOusness. else sun your
sianderous tongue and hide your hiue'u'
form. .r,,,,s
II was such a section and people as l
80 INST described that withdrew from
nc American Union six and thirty years
AGO The South had Freely gwen hS.l
and means labor, toll, ana Dloou' 10 ~
indenendence of the Colonies ana ths
~ .Ii'. .t1tarapce of the Republic; she hau
done iIlr'a,' most in the laying of the founda-
lion and the building OF the structure;
she had graciously donated ONO 10 'n9 anS c east
~ ~ he Mississippi out of which hve
States 81 ,n' we're carved II was indeed a sad ,d
5e@'0 ga, D,ifb her when she determined TO
sever e@S her connection, but with deter
mined mien and resolute VIII sh she trUeN 1UoN
he stem and for four years she s'Ius
eho hea ~ith a heroism unsurpassed, But
rnisbt g,gI was "a stronger than right, and the
I,lsseeaeracv Iilse'a ~ fen. dripping with the gore
~ her sons and amid the lamentations oI
OF hSI Da,ars sot' Her soldiers with sorrow