Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-11-09
,ted in by virginians and both marked

pated in by Virginians and both marked
mighty epochs in the history of the nation.
The one at Yorktown, in 1881, when Corn.
wallis surrendered to Washington, which
was the bes inning of the end of the war
with Great Britain and the dawning of
independence and union. The great Vir-
ginian, sage and patriot, illustlious COM
mander and wise statesman installed the
Republic in the family of nations. 1t has
withstood every shock in war or peace
from without or within, experiencing its
gravest crisis in the Civil War. The other,
at Appomattox, was the conclusion of that
crisis, and the beginning of unitication
now happily full and complete, resting in
the good will and fraternal affection of one
toward another of all the people Wash
ington's terms of peace with CORVALLIS
secured the ultimate union of the colonies;
those of Grant with Lee the perpetual
union of the States. Both events were
mighty gains for the human family and
proud record for a nation of freemen. Both
were triumphs in which we all have share,
both are common heritage. The one
made the nation possible, the other made
the nation imperishabe. Now no jarring
note mars the harmony of the Union. The
seed of dscord has no sower and no soil
upon which to live. The purveyor of hate,
if there be one left, is without a follower.
The voice which would kindle the flame of
passion and prejudice is rarely heard and
no longer needed in any part of our be-
loved country.
"'Lord of the Universe,
Shield us and guide us,
Trusting Thee always
Through shadow and sun.
Thou has united us,
Who shall divide us?
Keep US, oh, keepus
The Many in One. .
MANY SACRED TIES.
Associated with this great Common
wealth are many of the most sacred ties
of our national life. From here came
forth many of our greatest statesmen and
heroes who gave vigor and virtue and
glory to the Republic. For thirty'seven of
the sixty-one years from 1889 to 1850, SONS
of Virginia occupied the Presidential office
with rare fidelity and distinction, period
covering more than one-fourth Of our
national existence. What State or what
nation can have a greater heritage than
such names as Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, and Marshall? Their
deeds inspire the old and the young. They
are written in our histories They are a
part of the education of every child of the
land. They enrich the school books ofthe
country. They are cherished in every
American home, and will be so long as
liberty lasts and the Union endures.
"My countrymen, the sacred principles
proclaimed in Philadelphia in 1916, ad-
vanced to glorious triumph at Yorktown,
made effective in the formation of the
Federal Union in 1877, sustained by the
heroism of all our people ir every foreign
conflict, sealed in solemn covenant at APP
pomattox Courthouse, sancttied by the
blood of the men of the South and of the
North at Manila and Santiago, and in
Porto Rico, have lost none of their forces
in virtue; and the people Of the United
States will NEE, thelr new duties and re-
sponsibiities with unfailiug devotion to
these principles, and with unfaltering pur-
pose to uphold and advance them.
MEMORY AN INCENTIVE.
standing near the close of the century,
we can look backward with congi atulation
and pride, and forward into the new cen
tury with confidence and courage. The
memories of the past impels 10 nobtr
effort and higher endeavor. 1t is for Us to
guard the sacred trust, transmitted by the
fathers and pass on to those who follow
this government of the free, stronger in its
principles and greater in its power for the
execution of its benefcent mission.