Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-10-07


quaked under the recoil 81 the 100
while oil the gunners. accord
ing 10 command, stood on uptoe. with
mouth wide open, lest the eoncuSsion
shatter hearing or brain. He remem-
bers il all better than you remember IL,
and in some shape reward will be given
Cod is the best Of al paymastsrs. and
for those who do their whole duty 10
aim and the world the pension awarded
is an everlasting heaven.
Sometimes OF the coast Of England /
the royal family have inspected the /
British navy. Unanswered before them
for that purpose. In the Baltic sea the
czar and czarina have reviewed the Rus
sian navy. To bring before the Ameri- /
can people the debt they owe 10 the |
navy I go out with you on the Atlantic |
ocean, where there is plenty OF room.
aud ia Imagination review the war ship
ping OF our four great con onficts-i776.
1879. isC5 and fSoS. Swing into line all
ye friCatcs ironciads, fire RATS. gun
boats and men Of war; There they
ONE. all sail set and all furnaces In
'ull blast. SheaVes of crystal tossing
RON their cutting prows-
partments. from smallest tugbOat 20
.siehtiest man Of war, are In process
ION. decks and rigging filled with men
Who on tie sea fought for the old rag
yer since We were a nation. Grandest
ret the world ever saw, sail on be-
ore all ages, Run UP all the cOlorsi
! i.inr all the bells! Yea, open all the
! rortholes. Unlimber the guns and load
| and fire one great brOadside that shall
wake the continents in honor Of peace
and the eternity OF the American uniont
But I lift MY hand. and the scene has
vanished. Many OF the ships have
dropped under the crystal pavement OF
the deep. sea monsters s~imlning IN
and out the forsaken cabin, and other
old craft have swung into the navy
Yards. and many Of the brave spirits
who trod their decks are gone up 20 the
Eternal fortress. from whose easements
and embrasures may we not hope they
look down to-day with JOY upon a na-
ton in reunited brotherhOod2
All those Of you who were in ths
naval service during the war Of $50.
p are now in the afternoon or evening oi
, life. With some OF YOU IL is two o'clock
and il will soon be sundown. II yos
Z were OF age when the war broke out
: YOU are now at least 60. Many OF yo'
z have passed into the seventies Will
: in our Cuban war there were NOR
Z Christian commanders on sea and lRn'
I than in any previous conflict, i woul
a revive In Your minds the fact that a
e least two great admirals OF the civi
r var were Christians. Foote and Far
a ragut. Had the Christian religion bee
h q cowardly thing they would have ha
n nothing 20 do with IL. In its faith the
q lived and died. In Brooklyn ravy var
p Admiral F.'ote held prayer meeting
p and conducted a revival on the recei'
l. ing ship North Carolina and on Sal
& baths. far out at sea. following the chal
L lain with religious exhortation.
% early life. aboard the sloop OF Wa
y Natchez, impressed by the words OF
x Christian sailor, he gave his spare tin
J. for two weeks TO the Bible and at Il
5, end of that declared openly; "Henc
n. forth. under all circumstances, l W
n, Get for Cod" His last words while d
II ing az the Astor house, New York, wer
r Il thank God for all His goodness
IN me. He has been very good TO me
I'd When he entered Heaven. he d
b. not have 10 run a blockade. for IL "
in amid the cheers Of a great welSou
The other Christian admiral will be no
nd ored on earth until the day when I
wv fires from above shall lick up the "
et- ters from beneath and there shall
Os- no more sea.
in Oh. while old oceans breast
,e- Bears a white sail
=, And Gods soft stars 20 rest
Guide through the gale.
TX Men will Him ne'er forget.
he Old heart OF oak
"A Farragut. Farrasut-
Thundsroolt strokes
We hail with thanks the new g
gr- Grafton of naval heroes, those of
., year 1895. We are too near their n
nd veious deeds 10 fully appreciate The
ve- A century from now poetry and scC
ut ture and painting and history will
ba, them better justice than we can
, a. them now. A defeat at Manila wo
/, a. have been an infinite disaster. Fore
vv. nations not over-fond of our Ameri
oor institutions would have joined
- other side, and the war so many mon
past would have been raging still.
- perhaps a hundred thousand gra
=. would have opened TO take down
~. slain soldiers and sailors. IL took
sev country three years 10 get over the
cor aster at Bull Run at the opening of
,,rv / civil war. How many years IL wS
for have required TO recover from de
Nit at Manila in the opening of the 81