Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-15
P|CTURE0F COL, CARY
CONTINUED FROM FIRST pAGE)
,l tirnn Mere aeltating the whole coun-

that time were agitating the whole coun-
try. ,.os n,s native
STATE with that passionate devotion when
God has implanted in the heart or every
Virginian worthy such noble hesitakc,
He had been bred IN the strict sth,e
Tho Inherent right OF sovereign state 10
withdraw from the Federal compact wneh
occasion demanded. =, ., 80
Thus, when Mr.. Lincoln, In April OF
1861. issued his call for '9'vo men W ~
cree those States which had but exer-
oised what he held TO be their sovereign
right. the duty OF Virginia seemed pam
10 him az Il did 10 thousands OF others,
who. indeed. loved the Union as founueo
BY 'the Fathers Of the Republic, pul
who "along with the blood, Inherited the
spirit and the virtues of the old cham
plons OF freedom"
Reunited though the country be to-day,
dreadful as were the sufferings ana sor-
row and desolaton Of that momentous
connict-cold indeed, must be the neart
that does not THRU with generous priue
In recalling how instantly Virginia rang
out her eternal defiance TO that procla.
nation of coercion, and with splendid
contempt for the "expediency' OF craven
souls. flung prudence" to the winds,
and. with almost romantic devotion to
principle, resolved with grim resolve to
stand or fall for truth, for justice, and
for right even though against worid
In arms"
AMONG FIRST TO VOLUNTEER.
AS was to be expected by those who
knew the temper OF the man. Jonn Is.
Cary was one Of the very first TO oner
his sword TO his mother-State.
OF his career as a soldier there Is no
need for me 10 speak In the presence OF
the veterans Of this camp. His inteln-
gence. his enterprise, his courage, were
conspicuous on every field in whose FOR
tunes he shared. and 10 the end the Con,
federacy had no more loyal or devoted
servant.
Nay. to the very close Of his life he
knew no shadow Of turning In his realty
TO that Cause, which ever was 70 MN
strong with the strength OF truth an9
immortal with the immortality or right.
Despite his gentleness of heart ana
graciousness of manner. there was a VEN
Of the old Cato underneath the milo ex-
terror and could his breast have been
laid open after death. surely we had
found craven on the noble heart
Victrix causa deis placuit, sed victa
AS philosophical citizen he was
known Of all men in this community,
where he held more than one once, IN
dicative of the confidence and respect OF
his fellow-citizens. .
For thirty years and more he went In
and out among you, ILLUSTRATING IN tn f
activities Of a strenuous and blameIess M
thinker. that "the reward OF one duty is
the power to fulfil another"
Often, indeed. in thinking OF him-o1 MS
gentleness. his quick and generous sym
pathies, his high courage MS Tnrlsssdn
ness-often have / recalled those nopIe
lines written by the Duke OF buckingham
on ''the Great Lord Fairfax:
Both sexes virtues were in him com
bined: u,,os.
He had the fierceness of the manifest
mind, ,,s
And all the meekness, too. OF womankind.
He never knew what envy was, nor hate,
His soul was filed with worth ana nom
esty,
And with another thing besides, quite out
of date,
Calld modesty.
In social life ne represented all that
was best and finest in the civilization OF
what is to-day called the Old south
that peculiar civilization which. In It's
TO gentle and simple alike, its reverence
for women, its high and generous
courage. its rigid standard of personal
honor its fine chivalric instincts-held IT.
self jealously aloof from the more com
pick and material civilizations OF the
outside world. proudly conscious mat IL
was "of its own kind"
OF AN ANCIENT RACE.
Sprong of an ancient and honorable
race, distinguished in the annals of Vir-
ginia from Colonial days for high intelli-
gence integrity, and PATRIOTISM the no
blest traditions of that unique CIVILIZATION
came TO him as a rightful heritage, IN
forming HIS every act and utterance from
blameless youth TO gracious old age.
And thus he bore without abuse
The grand old name OF gentleman.
oil 7
con In a noble passage, that 1t openeth
the gate to good fame"
But this noble gentleman needed not
the touch of death TO give him that, for
even in his lifetime, men said OF him, as
was said Of William Napier, that he
seemed raised up from among the me-
diaeVal dead and set in our midst TO give
proof that the spirit of knightly constancy
and valor had not departed from our
times.
AS England's greatest living singer sang
of his master, so may we 'old boys" say
OF ours:
Not for mans reverence had'st thou
need to wear
The holy flower of gray, time-honor'd
hair.
In the contemplation Of a noble life
such as his, full of years, with honor,
love, obedience. troops of friends" selfish
sorrow scarce dares to raise its wall.
To those Of us who were his pupils and
owned the guidance of that master hand
in the days OF his splendid young man
hood-nay. to all of you here tonight
who knew him in his gracious and lusty
old age, the memory of such a man is
at once an inspiration and a benediction.
Little did l dream In those careless
days of boyhood, when he graciously
made me more : companion than pupil,
and we spent hour upon hour In reading
together his favorite Horace, that l
49, LWAs. AA h.
tender lament of the Roman poet for his
loved and lost Quintilius;
Outs desiderio sit pudor aut modus
Tam carl capitis!
And yet how Unreasonable the differ
emce between the hopeless sorrow of the
courtly Roman bard for his friend,
upon whose like Reverence and untaint-
ed Honor and naked Truth shall never
look again." and our own grief. dominated
by the note of triumphant faith!
How significant the. contrast between
the ''perpetuus sopor:" of the poet; the
thingness and despair, that enwraps Quin-
titus, stricken in his prime. and that
blessed sleep. fraught with life eternal,
accorded this dear comrade. when he
yielded up
His pure soul unto his captain. Christ.
Under Whose colors he had fought so
long.
That briefest and sublimest biography
ever penned was his in truth: And
Enoch walked with God and was not, for
God took him"
OF the beauty OF his domestic life l
shrink from speaking in this place and in
this presence.
TO BE HONORED WITH REVERENCE
But | trust that ! may without i'm
propriety recall to those nearest and
dearest to him. and TO you, his old COM
rades. as well those noble and inspiring