The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-04
MASS MEETING
LEE CAMP HALL
Hollywood Memorial As
sociation at LeeCanlp.
ELOQUENT ADDRESSES.
Mr.. A. Sidney Lanier the Orator of
the Occasion.
EXERCISES WERE IMPRESSIVE
The Meeting Was Called to Order by
Commander Richardson and
sweet Music Was Rendered
by a Choir Of Selected
Voices Prayer by
DR.. j. z. Smith.

The memorial exercises of the Holly
wood Memorial Association at Lee Camp
Hall were largely attended last night
and the exercises were enjoyed by those
who were present. The Junior Associa-
programme was most happily arranged.
Commander d. c. Richardson, of Lee
Camp. presided, and made brief but
eloquent speech. in which he stated the
objects of the meeting, which, as he
stated. was the annual mass-meeting OF
the Hollywood Memorial Association, held
under the auspices of the Juniors.
After feeling prayer by Rev Dr. j.
p Smith, a choir, composed OF Misses
Adelaide Watkins, Emily Jones, Carrie
Coleman, Julia Lee, Mrs. Huff, Messrs.
Frank Mccarthy, Lorraine Jones ana sci
den Walker, sang in rich style 'Oft in
the Silly Night" which was followed
by a solo by Miss Watkins
The annual report of the association,
being the thirty-fourth, was read by Ma
jor John 3. Purcell which showed that
the association was in good shape
The choir then sang '.Tenting on the
Old Camp Ground, and Commander
Richardson in a few appropriate and
graceful words introduced the orator of
the OCCASION, MIR. A. Sidney Lanier.
-sIR LANIER's ADDRESS.
MIR. IA Sidney Laner, in his. address.
which was closely followed, and which
produced profound interest, said in
part:
II count il privilege and honor to
stand amidst these memorials OF our
=i,,.,, ,ay,,r,Y
of the heroes who died that 1t might live.
..Their cause was lost. but the great
principle for which they died still lives,
and there is stamped on them the great
seal OF heroic character and q glorious
record which years can never blot for
'.'Great deeds cannot die;
They with the sun and moon renew
their light
Forever. blessing those who look on
them.
s'If it is expected of me to celebrate the
undying glory of our blessed dead, you
must suffer disappointment. for in
musng upon the magnitude of their sac
rifices in the cause of human liberty and
constitutional rights, and the valor hero
ism and fortitude they displayed upon
thousand fields of carnage, l am over
whemed sby the greatness of the subject
and the uselessness of the task.
'Well has the sage remarked that their
actions alone praise them, and all other
praise would languish by the side Of
their great names.
Nor can Il believe that it would be
expected of me on this occasion to dis
cuss the great issues that divided, the
North and South, eliminating in the
grandest struggle and the most trlg.e
and drama tic event in the annals of man
kind.
Human liberty and constitutional gov
eminent were the issues then. and Tor
which the South contended. The princi-
pies involved in those issues were enun-
ciated by that immortal Virginan, Thos.
Jefferson, in that no less immortal docu-
nent, the Declaration of Independence,
where he says that we hold these truths
10 be self-evident that all men are
created equal: that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienabls
rights: that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness: that to Sc
cure these rights governments are insti-
tuted among men. deriving their Just
powers from the consent of the goVrned.
'.But a short time ago our nation con-
templated the sufferings and oppression
of the Cubans under Spanish despotism.
The heart of the great American people
was stirred with compassion and ind!s-
nation. Actuated by sentiments of hui
manitv and without counting the cost,
our government struck the blow that
liberated Cuba. Porto Rico, and the Phil
ippjnes from the yoke of Spanish tyranny.
That act brought us increased respect
and consideration from the nations Of the
earth and elevated our government to
the highest plane of moral grandeur and
national grea tness.
PROBLEMS THAT FACE Us
: ..1'he problems that face US atsthis mo-
IT,. $,,,rx, toms tj,.,{ NOV
confronted the American people, for they
involve the questions, whether we shall
remain a free and happy people, under a
government of the people, by the people.
and for the people, or whether We shall
abandon the teachings of the founders
of this government known among men,
and the policy of a hundred years, under
which we have grown great and pros
nerous, and launch upon a policy of im-
perialism and conquest that must end
in tyranny, despotisin and destruction.
..Sueh thoughts as these bring to my
mind the mighty Roman Empire and her
builders. AS. in imag gnation, I have
vandered over the spots once the scene
Of their labors, and mused among the
PROSTATE columns of their senate houses
ami forums, have seemed almost to
hear a voice from the tomb of departed
ages, from the sepulchres of the nations
which died before the sight. They ex-
hort us, stlleyaadjure lis to4be faithful to
our trust. They in1plore US by the long
trials of struggling humanity. by the
BLESSED memory ofSthe departed. by the
wrecks of time, by the eloquent ruins
NJ ma ations-they conjure us not to uueneh
the light which Is rising on the world
from the torch Of liberty that has been
lifted on high by the American people.
81 tell you, In all seriousness. thahthare
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