The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-16


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battled and starved that I'm after years
there might be an English speaking people
dominant IN the Western hemisphere
that English not Spanish, or French civil
iization might take root and overspread
the land-that here the free spirit OF Eng
lish liberty might at length be supreme In
America applause 10 the echo)
Let II never DO forgotten that II was
here, within the walls Of the church when
stood on the spot where y0n ruined tower
rises before u.s. that the FIRST legislative
body Of Englishmen was assembled on
American soil, 10 deliberate for the well
fare Of the people on the 5oth OF July,
1919 eighteenth months before the Puri-
tans landed in Plymouth Bay.
But there are two other events that con-
secratc this spot as n sacred shrine OF
liberty. IL was here that when CromWells
fleet appeared to whip the rebelli0us Old
Dominion into obedience, Richard Lee
and Sir William Berkeley demanded and
obtained as a condition of the submission
OF the colony TO the iron Dictator. the
pendent Dominion and the recognition OF
the principle OF no taxation without rep
resentatiOn: and this more than a century
before the Revolution. Here also. IN 1915,
Just one hundred years before the revolt
of the colonies, that remarkable man, Ma
thaniel Bacon Soldier orator, leader,
raised the standard Of rebellion against
the expressions OF the British Crown.
Yes. when the aggregate population or the
colony did not exceed 1900 souls. Bacon
and his followers actually defed the whole
power OF Great Britain. But this is not
all Let me ask you TO reflect. Fathers
and Brethren, upon the significance of the
fact that we stand to-day upon the spot
whence sprang that stream Of genius and
power which rose 20 the surface I'm this
region OF Tidewater Virginia in the Rev
dictionary period. That limited area OF
Virginia soil embraced within the arms OF
the Potomac. the Rappahannock, the YORK
and the James river, was then prolific I'm
men of genius and force and intense devO-
tiOn TO liberty TO a degree never eQualled
so far as my knowledge goes In any r..
gi0n Of equal size and Of 50 small "a pOpu-
lation I'm modern times. Mr. Henry Cabot
Lodge. speaking Of this Nirginian aris-
tOcracy, saws: I'VE must go back 10
Athens TO find another example Of a So
ciety so small IN numbers capable OF such
an outburst Of ability and force" And
another Massachusetts, scholar. Mr.. John
Fiske, of Harvard. reminds his readers
that OF the FIVE men who made our
American nation Washington Hamilton.
Jefferson. Madison and Marshall. four
were Virginians. And Mr Sidney George
Fisher, OF PENNSYLVANIA. after calling the
roll OF these great men Of the Old Dom.n-
ion and also the names Of Patrick Henry.
Monroe, the Lees. the RaudOiphs the
Carriers the Harrisons. and others. says:
I'VE are still dominated by the ideas OF
these Nlrginians. We follow their
thoughts. obey the fundamental laws and
principles they framed. without even de-
sire TO change them"
Ladies and gentlemen if these hlsto-
rans are right then the debt of this ma
ton 10 this Virginia civilization can
hardly be exaggerated. But let IL not
be forgotten. let this pilgrimage which
we have made TO this sacred spot on-
phasize 10 the world the fact that tho
jamestown Colony was the daughter OF
the AnglO-Saxon Church. and that THAT
brilliant galaxy Of patriots, sages. and
statesmen which Virginia gave 10 the
country I'm the revolutionary period were
almost 10 a man loyal sons Of this
church Of ours Those great Virginsns
who were such shining examples of ~
, triotism IN 177G. and who We're the lead
ers in the councils and I'm the armies of
the Revolution were. ] repeat. sons Of
this Church lie then Who would esti-
mate the place which the jamestown
Colony ought 70 have I'm the annals OF
American history let him look az the
statue of these patriots which the Nir-
ginia Episcopal Church gave to the re-
volution. Let him observe that they are
not only among the giants OF that re-
markable epoch they are among the
greatest OF the giants.
And then let him ask himself what
would have been the subsequent history
of the country n the names Of pcytOn
Randolph, Richard Henry Lee Thomas
Jefferson, Patrick Henry James Madison,
John Marshall and George Washington
were blotted from the annals of America?
The answer to that question viii gauge
the debt of the people Of this great Re
public 10 the jamestown Colony and 10
the Episcopal Church. Reiterated APP
piause)
BISHOP LAWRENCE SPEAKS.
Bishop Lawrence, of the Diocese Of
Massachusetts,, delivered, after the sing
ing Of tht third hymn upon the pro-
gramme, an address which captivated the
people. Bishop Lawrence, it Will be re-
| membered. although a young man, was
chosen 10 succeed the late Phillips Brooks
as bishop OF the large and important do
| ceset OF Massachusetts,. He came before
the assemblage he said, in very mod
est frame Of mind Oaughter) from COM
munity discovered and explored by Viz
ginian. (Applause) He brought hearty
| greeting from Massachusetts.
In a large family there are often two
children. who. as the years pass, become
bound together by peculiar ties OF afiilia-
ton and sympathy. In the household
they can be depended upon 70 move to-
! gether and support each other.
IN the family o. the thirteen original
| States. Virginia and Massachusetts, have
stood shoulder 70 shoulder. To be sure.
the Englishmen who landed here in 1907
were not the Enelishmen who landed
! on Plymouth Rock I'm 1920. The settlers
OF Virginia We're churchmen; the settlers
OF Massachusetts had broken from the
Established Church.
The two bands. the Nireinian and the
Bay state came from different parts OF