Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-14
Under OLD TOWER.
rnn.riox or ANNIVERSARY
LANDING AT JAMESTOWN.
Vos 4. ]. MONTAGUE THE ORATOR,
very impressive ser'ice'-The hS-
cur.,on Planned by the a. =. =" ="
,oeouivocal success-The Ar
a,acments All Admirable.

cments All Admirable.
.r,s excursion TO jamestown. given
...,.r the auspices Of the Association Tor
-. preseryaion Of Virginia Antiquities,
.,.t,, IN celebration OF the 2S2d an
~ Of the first. landing at that
=. was "a most emphatic success.
,,.,sbt and CHEEKY weather, after a
.r,,y shower. with Just enough breeze
.,.'.s 90 make the voyage delightful,
~. Economies under the shadow OF the
.s.r.s tower that were OF surprising
80, served to make the occasion me-
-.sle and to Oh 1t with rich associa-
lions.
,..a, s.x hundred people went upon the
ex .lrs.oa
..~nle DIS most impressive. AS soon as
Ir hal, cached the wharf the crowd
locked 90 the platform in front of the
~a church tower. where the exercises
we've le.j. \ large number OF people from
Williamsburg Norfolk. and Newport
News sWclled the crowd into a multitude.
1l'~s on the platform We're Mr.. Edward
w. Valentine. Rev. Bandon n. Mason DIR.
Leslie Hall, Mr.. A. j. Montague, Mr..
w. O. Stanard. Mr.. j. $. Wexford. Mrs.
o. Taylor Ellyson. Mrs. III. A. Claiborne,
Mrs. r. +. Barney. Mrs. Henry Williams,
Mrs. William Robins, Miss NJ. NJ. Z.
Newton Mrs. stephen Putney, Mrs.
James Caskie, Mrs. Albert Bruce. Miss
Margaret Lee, Mrs. Weston Savage, Miss
Ruth Nelson Robins. and Miss Blanche
Dimmock.
PROFESSOR HALLS ADDRESS.
Professor STEMS band. which played
on the excursion. rendered Dixie IN d
very spirited manner. and Mr.. e. V. var
entine stepped forward and welcomed me
visitors in the name of the ASSOCIATION
Rev Landau p Mason then offered a
PRAYER. after which Professor j. Lesile
Hall of William and Mary introduced
Mr. Montague. the orator Of the occasion.
In doing 50. he said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: To the plous
Isracitc there Is no place so sacred as
Shechcm, in the beautiful vale between
Ehal and Gcrizim. How gladly would he
make any sacrifice 10 visit that sacred
spOt. For there Abraham the Father
~ the Faithful, first pitched Ills tent when
Dee entered the land TO which he had been
called by the voice of Jehovah.
TO the deyOut Mohammedan. what spot
so sacred as the ancient city of Mecca?
There is the birthplace of Mohamrned
the prophet Of Allah. There is the Kaaba,
the sacred shrine of all his mysteries.
Thithtrward. morning, noon, and evening,
De turns his face in loving alteration.
To the patriotic EnglishmaD there Is
10 place so dear as the Isle Of Thanet
now ID sea-washed peninsula, laved by
the waters Of the German ocean. There,
iu $780, landed Hengist and Horsa, the
ir-t Engiishmen known TO history. There.
a few months later. landed the beautiful
Rowsld. the wavy-haired. gold-adorned
daughter Of Hengist. lovely, illustrious
lady of Anglia. There also, in 591, land
81 Augustine and his forty monks. bring
ing Latin Christianity to our pagan fore
fathers.
Moved with such thoughts as these,
ladies and gentlemen, we come to-day TO
This most sacred spot. What place so
dear 90 the patriotic American? What
memories CrOwd upon us, stir cur hearts,
as We stand on this consecrIted ground.
Filled with such emotions, l gladly
stand before YOU TO introduce the orator
~ The occasion. on the invitation of the
committee NJ this association and by
special authority, l have the pleasure of
introducing Hon. Andrew Jackson Mon
t4gIe. AtOrney-General of Virginia.
mr. MONTAGUE'S FINE SPEECH.
Mr. Montague. who was enthusiastical-
N received said he brought no set speech
az NAtl phrase. IL seemed TO him this
wds day and this a place properly for
ne hO.ier emotions and memories.
NUT suoulu we concern ourselves, Sdlu
De- so much with the political ideas con-
ne'ied with this place as the personal
Characters which here wrought out for
ls our beginning. That this governmental
ln1 sociological genesis was great, he
knew, for here the steel axe of the
Angl0-SaXon met the rock axe OF the
red man, and the steel had demonstrated
Us predominant power, and had opened
the furrow wherein was planted and
WhereupOn has grown our mighty ciVil-
intervening npFi0H
Years was the most affluent period of the
worlds history. But, he thought this
day should be devoted TO a memorial eX-
ercise in behalf OF our great founders:
Cape Henry and watch the three little
hulks that now and then appeared above
the breakers on that stormy April day in
le1. that we should thank a kind Provi-
deucc for the storm which drove the
Susan constant. the Godspeed, and the
Ynuaco Discovery within our shores, and
which finally brought them to this place.
Hex. We see them land. Here Raieigh'S
great oM sea-dog' Christopher Newport,
placed his outrageous feet. and Gosnold
the fiery R8tclff, the masterful Smith.
and The band of los souls landed; and
there came with them the first perma-
uent abode of the Anglo-Saxon race in
this hemisphere. and the first undertaking
Of the white mans burden"
SPIRIT OF THE FOUNDERS.
1T is stimulating" said Mr.. Montague,
"to know and realize that there Is back
~ us a beginning which is precise and
heroic Of this heroic beginning Tor our
Iace on this continent there is no doubt
The spirit Of these founders was OF a
sublime intrepidty. The Vastly deep at
test their courage. and the sufferings
stayauons and deaths establish their
heroic persistence. Then, too, the lone
lintss NJ he struggle was fun or herolsm.
No martial music cheered them; no anX-
iols multitude hung upon their imme-
Cla'e action. They were not watched as
was Horatus at the bridge. But IN the
mighty separatiOn from friends, country,
and fresldes they had 10 work out their
courageous deeds. Then all praise to
them. for 10 matter what was their IN
slant purpose. they are entitled 10 the
glorious purposes which have been con-
sJmmatcd."
Mr. Montague paid a tribute TO the
great Smith. whose detractors have come
late in history, and said he would outlIVe
an criticisms. He also spoke tenderly OF
me rare and radiant maiden, Poca-
h2ntas he preferred the story OF her
me- as told US by our mothers, ana
which De thought true. or the logic ana
philosophy Of history were contrad'cted' .
Re sketchcd her deeds I'm stealing In the
carkness 81 night and at the FISK OF ne'
own life 10 impart the news OF me con-
spiracl which was then 10 fan IN fatal
determination upon the band OF wnte
men. and urged his audience TO emDali
her iu their memories as the most unique
ana romantic figure In all our early MS
tory The Acknowledgement sketched
briefly the starving times. when the living
sunk 20 the insanity OF cannibalism, and
were go weak as TO be unable 70 pury
,aeir dead But he concluded mat no
Nriaer history need be recounted ior
This da,.. ,hat the rapttireg OF our pa