The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-26
velopment from despised co1onists to the

III iilSAS udtei Iii prosperity W. -
cited the envy and the admiration OF man
kind. Our broad acres throw out with iaV-
ish hand the food Of continents. our
mountains groan in travail and the metal
lie treasures which the ages have hidden
are cast forth We are fast becoming the
producers of the world. Wealth mas &c
cumuiated so incredibly that in few years
we are like to become its financiers also.
STANDS FOR JUSTICE.
But these are as the small dust in the
balance when we consider that highest
position which our flag to-day occupies. In
China it alone stands for fair
dealing for justice, for generosity.
l will make no invidious COM
parisons-but no American bayonet has
been thrust through Chinese women nnd
children. 1t is only Americas voice which
has said TO the harpies: Hands off,
We want only compensa tion-not savage
revenge. The world over, our flag stands
to-day as the representative of the highest
civilization of this closing nineteenth CEN
fury.
But our flag tells also Of our nations
future. 1t floats on high because we are
TO lit up our eyes and thoughts as we look
to it. As under its folds we proudly go
forth into the new century, who shall VEN
ture to restrain its march? We are no
longer colonies. no longer discordant
States, but nation filled with reverent
Thanksgiving for our glorious past; with
honest pride for our magnificent present,
and with unbounded courage and hope for
our golden future. We IRE pressing for
ward to occupy those glorious heights
which have hitherto belonged to the old
nations. In craftsmanship, in literature,
IN art, we are striving for the best. But
especially in liberty. in humanity-in that
broad spirit which recognizes the rights of
the humblest and most helpless Of the
children of our common Fnther-which
reaches down sweet hands of mercy even
to the poor brute-in this, above all, we
stand for the highest
TRIBUTE TO VIRGINIA.
Standing here. can we wonder that this
is so? This grand old State-the mother
of Washington, of Henry, of Marshall of
Lee. of Jnckson-has drunk the precious
blood of North and South, of East and
West. For four terrible years the pangs
of our new birth as a nation were mainly
suffered here. Can we wonder that from
such seed this fruit has come?
We unfurl this flag today in sight of a
place where Washington has often stood.
May his spirit come upon us and fill us
with love for a reunited country. May this
flag, whose starry field tells of the reunion.
float into the ages as the symbol of the
highest TINT man has yet achieved! Blood
must stain it-for without the shedding of
blood there is no remission of Sin-no in
carnat:on of the divine. Tears must wet
it, for without sorrow there is no sweet
tenderness of love and of memory-no
knowledge of the deep things of life and
of death. But the blood will be the red
blood of brave, reverent, patriotic men:
the tears, those of tender, true, devoted
women.
With such a flag. so marked, so hnllowed
we face the world to-day, and under its
folds we confidently move forward to our
destined place in the new century.
ALL SANG DIME.
The exercises closed with the singing
Of Dixie" and never did those old hills
reverberate with such cheers and seldom
were those heart-stirrng strains sung with
more passionate feeling. than by this little
band from North, East, South and West
as the sun went down.
Simultaneously with the raising of the
colors on Flag-Rock. Mrs. Eubank's
flag ran up on the hotel and the two
national embems greeted each other
across the fair green valley which lay
between them.
F'lag-Rock. besides being the Mecca 70
which all beauty loving pilgrims in this
station in the first survey of the State,
said to have been made by one of Lafay
cites engineers and used as a signal station
during the Civil War.
AT sunset the colors Were dipped, a
salute was fired and the crowds returned
the happier for this beautiful experience.
AS the shadows OF the night deepencd
there could have been no more fitting
close to the evening than the fine display
Horace Haines. and which lasted two
hours.
A STRIKING FIGURE.
One of the most striking figures present
was Senator Morgan. of Alabama. as he
stood with uncovered head beneath the
banner of a reunited country, a noble
gentleman, a gallant soldier, and a Sena-
tor of long and illustrious service.
The Daughters Of the Revolution were
officially represented by the efficient sec
rotary, Miss McBlair, of Washington, and
Mrs. McBlair. The latter, though She has
arrived at more than the pessimest's meas
ure of life, climbed that lofty height and
no one enjoyed more the ceremonies. She
is of the most interesting people at
The Warm, rich in memories, which date
back to the time when, as a. child, she
sat on General Lafayette's knee.
The Colonial Danes were represented
by Mrs Henry H Whitney, of Washing
ton, and Mrs. G. 7. NJ Gibson. of Balti-
more: the Daughters of the Confederacy,
by Mrs. Gibson, Major John Johnson and
his daughter, Miss Mary Johnson, We're
among the appreciatve participants.
The season continues at its height.
Twenty or thirty people are turned away
each day. September which is considered
by many to be the halcyon month mere,
promises to be unusually charming. Mrs.
Eubank is making extensive preparation
for the handsome golf links already in
progress. They will satisfy the golf-mad
era.
Committees to Meet To-Morrow.