The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-13
TIRE NEBRhSKAORATOR
GREETED By IMMENSE,
ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE
fcont.nuca from First I,agc.)

more pleasure because NlFEIia iisae a.
ways taken an important part IL any
great contest in which the American peo-
Die have been engaged. tApplause.l
When some one was needed 10 sur me
l,Asr,s OF the people IN favor of the ilrst
Declaration OF Independence, Virginia
Dresented to the country that orator VINO
Stands foremost among ali the orators Oh
tn New World, Patrick Henry. lap
plause) And when in 1895 IL was neces-
sary TO write another Declaration OF m
Aeuendunce when II was necessary 1or
our financial independence TO establish
fnr this poopls an American financial sys-
tenn. we found in another distinguished
citizen OF Virginia your own great orator,
Daniel iapplause). our Header IN the chi
casp convention, aad we made him their
representative OF the Chicago Platform
Democracy rs against the gold element
In sl.s party So, whether we commence
1 with the beginning or view the present
dino. Virginia Is always at the front
LOOKED TO JEFFERSON.
+ When We were IN need OF declaration
OF Independence to set forth the the 1un-
damcntal principles upon which the gov
srnment stands. we found the writer OF
that declaration in Virginia Chomas
Jefferson, when he gave to the world
that declaration OF independence, carved
out from the mountain of eternal truth.
tho four great pillars upon which all free
soyornment must stand And when we
desired TO exercise IN influence, when VIC
desired 10 establish a new doctrine. oil
SerenS from the doctrines Cd Europe-1he
doctrine that a republic could stand as
an elder brother by the side OF a younger
republic and without dominating the
Younger republic. get PROJECTING IT from
harm. we found In Virginia Monroe to
give to us tho manly doctrine which has
been the protection OF every small re-
public established upon the western hem
isphere. tApplause)
When we needed some one to lead
those armies that were protesting against
taxation without representation, we
found the leader in Virginia, the man
whose services IN peace and war en-
titled him to be called The Father Of His
Country (App1ause.)
TRIBUTE TO FITZHUGH LEE.
And when st became necessary to resort
to war to settle a question which seemed
to defy a paceable settlement, and wnen
the North and South were arrayed against
each other, and the people of the two sec
tions were seeking men who could represent
the idea for which the sections Stood and
to lead those who were willing to fight for
the idea the people OF one section of the
country found in Virginia that great sol
der of the civil war. Robert e. Lee. pro
lonEed applause.) We have had just one
war since, and in the early stages OF the
negotiations which finally terminated in
war, this nation was represented in Cuba
by another son of Virginia, and the con-
duct of General FitzhuEn Lee In Cuba was
such as to protect the honor of this ma
hon (app1ause), and 1t was worthy OF
high place in the annals of our country,
because, no matter what may have been
said in the North by men who occasional
ly tried to revive the anirnosities aroused
by the civil war, FitzhuSh Lee represent
ed the American people in Cuba, and there
defended our rights and representa- our
ideas, the people who had been finding
fault with the people Of the South. had
to admit that they had no one in the
North who could have done better in that
trying position than Fitzhugh Lee. Gap
plause)
WAS WITH IIlM-
1t was my good fortune to serve in his
army corps during the short period
was connected with army life. and while
/ am not a batte-scarred. nor battle
ascared, veteran, am glad that during
that brief career was brought into .con-'
kact with one Of the great citizens of this
great State. (Applause)
say, no matter what the crisis. no
matter what the cause, Virginia has al
ways played an important part in the his
tory of this country; and. therefore.
esteem 1t an honor to be the guest OF
your Legislature, and to DE presented to
you by the senator and representative,
who have presented me in such compli-.
mentary terrns, terms complimentary,
Indeed. that am embarrassed rather than
aided in what ] was going TO say; but
when men speak well OF une. when they
speak better of me than ] am able TO
speak OF myself. i know they are speak
ing. not OF me. but of the idea for which
] stand. and it IS only a modest way they
have OF praisng themselves, because they
see reflected in me their own idea. Great
laughter.9
TEE IDEA is GREATEST.
We are drawn together by belief in the
Same idea: and think we have learned
a valuable lesson in this country during
the last six years. We have found that
no man, however great. is as great as an
idea, and that no man, however honest.
can lead the people unless he is going
On the Same direction they are (applause).
We have learned the true definition Of a
leader. and that is man who Is going
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