The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-31

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Of this Commonwealth. who comes TO
| speak 10 us. so speak as 20 kindle afresh
in our souls true love and loyalty 10
| truth. TO duty and to God. and as the
blessings we impore decend upon as we
viii ascribe all the glory TO Father. Son
and Holy Ghost. Amen"
MIR .BRYANS REMARKS.
| In introducing Governor Tylerff, Mr..
| Joseph Bryan spoke with vigorous clo-
| auence Of the work which is undertaken
| by the association. styling their celebra-
ton Of Memorial Day. "a sacred tes,imo-
NAL of love" He laid stress upon tho spirit
which actuates tho ladies as a spirit 81
| love for men who gave their lives for
| them. and that resenis the slightest inn
| putaiion upon their honor; that cannot
| brook the use Of the word rebel for
] hero: Of rebellion" for the spirited and
! manly defence OF home and freside
| (Applause) Proceeding. he stated that
| he desired to read letter just handed
| 10 him by Governor Tyler. "to show how
time changes" The letter was I'm re-
| Spouse 10 an invitation 10 be present
| on Memorial Day. and was as follows:
! Dear Governor Tyler: I have your favor
| Of the 18th instant The kind invitation
/ which you have SO courteously extended
! to me in behalf of the ladies Of Holly
| wood Memorial Association. and person
! ally, is cordially appreciated / am very
/ sorry that / cannot send an acceptance
| but II is impossible for me 70 leave
] WASHINGTON lust now The observance
| Of Memorial Day Is a fitting and beauu-
| full tribute TO our heroic dead. Every
citizen should consider it a privilege to
| take part in these ceremonies. The
| splendid patriotism exhibited I'm every
part of our common country eXalts the
| American name and the spectacle OF the
/ North and the South marching under the
! old flag at the nations call. fills all
| hearts with pride and gratitude Thank
ing you heartily for your gracious offer
Of the hospitality of your home. believe
| me- Very sincerity yours
WIN. MCKINLEY.
"The time has come" said Mr. Bryan,
"when the Confederate soldier is regard
ed as the type Of whatever virtue is most
| admirable and most TO be emulated.
! Nothing has added more TO the glory Of
/ the old flag than those 1000 Southern
men who are now marching under it,
| (Applause) In concluding. he paid
! high tribute TO Governor Tyler as an ex-
! Confederate soldier; a man who had fill
! ed every position with honor TO which
! be had been called. and who had been
| honored with the highest office in the
| gift Of the Commonwealth.
THE GRAFTON.
| Governor Tyler spoke as follows:
| Ladies of the Hollywood Memorial Asso-
citation:
| Nothing but a sense of the solemn re-
! spOnsibihty which rests upon me as II
should upon all to contribute i'm every
way possible in keeping fresh and green
! the memory of our noble dead. induces
! me 10 consent to address you even briefly
! on an occasion Ike this, but other cares
| and responsibilities must be laid aside,
| and 1 raise my hat and come with solemn
| tread to these sacred grounds to en-
| deavor to express the sentiments that
! fiji our hearts.
This is the first time since the bodies
| Of these brave spirits were consigned 10
| this sacred sod that the cause for which
| they died could be properly viewed by
! the whole people Of a reunited country.
! If these brave boys in gray were now
upon earth. endued with the youthful
vigOr that they once carried into battle
! they would to-day be clad in blue. and
be proudly defending and advancing the
| flag that drew their hostile fire. Strange
J conversion Of the cycling years! And yet
| not strange when we look more closely
| into the heart of things. man unset
| fshly laying down his life for principle
| is the noblest sight among all God s
! noble handiwork. And when a man fights
| for a cause, and that cause is once lost
! and perishes forever from the face Of the
| earth, and there is 40 longer a posi-
! bility of rallying again to its standard,
! then the seal of sacred memory is hKed
| upon 1t, and the true man in cheerful
| eodliness takes up afresh the lines Of
! life and meets with unsubdued courage
| the pressing duties Of the future.
NO GREED OF CONQUEST
! Back of the flag of the Union itself Is
| the cause Of representative government
| itself, of home rule in matters pertaining
| alone TO home. Of law and of order as set
| forth and established by the constitutions
| OF States and Of nations. The southern
| soldier presented "A hostile front TO the
! Union only when he felt that the Union
was hostile 10 these great causes and in
| alienable rights. these sacred and reserv-
| ed prerogatives Of the sovereign States.
! II was an unselhsh war IL was war
for principle No greed Of conquest no
lust Of power was in that struggle. The
| seer-like Patrick Henry saw the seeds
of death soWn in the Constitution Itself.
| The dreadful harvest was slow IN rlpen-
ing. but at last II come, and here before
US TO-DAY in beautiful HOLLYWOOD are the
| sad evidences Of it's bloody fruition. The
| set of men, could have averted It. II was
given the Western Hemisphere to pre-
| sent TO the astonished world the specia-
Gle of two mighty peoples In deadly con-
test on tho tented field over the inter-
pretation OF a written instrument. No
| matter tow long il smoked and smother
ed no mater about the stormy debates
An Coneress. no matter about the in
| Vulnerable lealousies. rivalries and pas
ciJns cna endered. the issue gathered head
| ard by IT'S mighty momentum rushed us
isto war There was no retreat possible
| with honor. -
SACRED MEMORIES.
We NAV now talk OF eNpediency and
| while insisting upon the right Of seces-
| sion. have reserved the exercise OF 1t 10
| some future time but the struggle would
| have been only the more dreadful when
| II did come. and the glorious union ce-
| mented by the blood Of brothers I'm dead
| " strife. and made holy and untouch-
! able by the sacrihcial death OF sacred
! cause lost forever, that IL might live for
J ever-this Union would not now be the
| magnificent imperial realty that II is. but
would be on the brink Of a chasm that
ever yawned wider and wider as the ma
! ton grew I'm power and numbers No.
I the struggle had TO come. Eighteen hun
| dred and siXty-one saw IL upon us. For
| four years the war drum rolled upon our
| troubled land, and deeds OF valor and