Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-16


starving time, when the sixty survivors
of the 800 souls were reduced TO absolute
canniablism. Such were the vicissitudes
and sufferings which the infant Colony
experienced during the first sixteen years,
from 1907 to 1923, that OF the 5000
colonists who landed here only I,2T5 sur
yived
DEFENDED JOHN SMITH.
Dr. McKim vigorously defended the
character of John Smith. 1t had been the
fashion to sneer at Smith as a vaporing
braggart. he said, but he was In reality a
real marker of history. whose deeds mark
him as a man OF heroic mould. New
Englanders may be reminded, said DIR.
McKim, that it was he who first explored
their coast. in 1914. and changed the name
of that part of the country from North
Virginia to New England.
There is good reason to conclude that
the first brick church was erected here
on the site of Smiths and Lord Delaware S
churches In 1G3S-'40, and that though
it may have been ltmaged by fire in
Bacon's rebellion, it was not destroyed,
and that the present ruins are those OF
that first brick church.
There could be no doubt that the mar
riage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe had
occurred there. From that union sprang
many men who have held honorable
place and distinction in the Old Dominion.
SPOT SACRED IN HISTORY.
DR.. McKim concluded as he began, by
invoking the reverence OF the pilgrims
for the sacred spot. 1t was the ultimate
source of that mighty river of English
civilization and English liberty which
Ia. rIu
three hundred years.
Let it never be forgotten" said Or.
McKim, that it was within the walls Of
this church that the first legislative body
of Englishmen was assembled on Amer
lean soil, to deliberate for the welfare
OF the people, on the Goth of July. 1919
eighteen months before the Puritans
landed in Plymouth bay 1t was here
that when CromwePs feet appeared TO
whip the rebellious Old Dominion into
obedience, Richard Lee and Sir William
Berkeley demanded and obtained as a
condition of the submission Of the Colo
ny to the iron dictator the acknowledge
ment OF Virginia as an Independent do
minion. and the recognition Of the prin-
ciple of no taxation without representa-
ton.
NATIONS DEBT TO VIRGINIA.
"If these historians are right" said
DR.. McKim, In conclusion, "the debt Of
this nation TO this Virginia civilization
can hardly be exaggerated. But let 1t not
be forgotten that jamestown Colony was
the daughter of the Anglo-Saxon
Church. and that the brilliant galaxy
Of patriots, sages and statesmen which
Virginia gave TO the country In the
period were almost to a
man loyal sons of this Church of ours.
SPEAKS FOR NEW ENGLAND.
The national hymn followed. and was
sung with splendid force. Bishop RAN
iolph expressed pleasure at being able 10
Bishop Lawrence, OF Massachu-
,etts. The two States he said, were
pound by old ties that could never be
1DSken.
bishop Lawrence said he came with
from a distant State. which had
,een discovered and first surveyed by a |
yirglnian, In the first family Of thirteen |
states Massachusetts, and Virginia stood |
houlder to shoulder and beat heart 10 |
Ieart. Those who landed in the two |
states had many dissimilarities, but they |
lad many things in common, and the |
colonies OF Virginia and Plymouth Bay |
we're fundamentally the same, and be-
cath the characters of the men OF both |
here ran the hard, firm, strong character |
{ Englishmen. Although separated from
ach other by New York and Maryland,
here were bonds between them. and when
be Revolution approached the hands OF
he two States ever sought each other.
bishop Lawrence related the Incident OF
ne election OF Washington as commander
Z American forces and the advocacy OF
L.. nv |
dams. Of Massachusetts, despite the fact
nat many Massachusetts men were cam
ldates for the position. This fact. said
dams. In writing TO friend afterwards.
will have great weight in cementing the
nion."
OF WASHINGTON.
In allusion to the headquarters Of Wash
lgton at Cambridge, which is opposite
10 Bishops home, Bishop Lawrence said
ie Virginian spoke each day 10 the men
Massachusetts,, and had an effect even
wv on their characters. With tenderness
le prelate touched upon the different
des taken by the two Commonwealths
the civil war. Both fought for what
icy believed the right The blood OF
has enriched the soil Of
Irginia, and thus the two are bound to-
timer, even IN tNtiF pnySlCdi paris W u |
md that can never be broken.
he said Phillips Brooks
ought 70 Massachusetts, from the semi
Try Of Alexandria, in Virginia. the great
ryor aud missionary spirit which mad
ways marked that institution. In con-
lsion, he said: Therefore. may II be
at as the centuries roll by Massachu-
it's and Virginia may ever find them
Ives bound closer and closer In bonds
at no crisis. danger. or sin can ever
eak. God save the Commonwealtbs OF
rginia and Massachusetts"
FROM THE FAR WEST.
Bishop Iawrence's very charming adj
ess was loudly applauded. After he had
ken his seat the congregation sang the
missionary hymn. From Greenland's
= Mountains" after which Bishop Mich
s. Of California, made very happy adj
sss. He said the alert hospitality which
sde the pilgrimage possible speaks TO
in many ways. The words OF welcome
80 filed the visit as day Is flooded
tn sunshine. We come from many !
rts. but you have almost succeeded in
king US all Jeffersonians. The speaker
lde humorous ailusion TO Sm.thneId
m. which had been prominent on the
| OF fare at the luncheon ON the boat.
4 speaking OF courtesies shown to the