The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-26
FACE OF HUNTON
ON CAMP WALLS.
Fine Portrait Of the General Pre-
sented Last Night.
TWO EXCELLENT SPEECHES HES.
Judges Keith and Christian, in Pre-
senting and Receiving the Picture,
Pay Deserving Tributes to vir-
ginia's Noble Son.
TWO EXCELLENT SPEECHES.
Judges Keith and Christian, in Pre-

Lee Camp Hall was the scene last
night Of a brilliant gathering of veter-
ans and sons and daughters of the Con-
federacy, who came upon this occasion
OF the presentation Of the portrait OF
General Eppa Hunton, of Prince William
Z to do honor to him, one of the braveSt
heroes of the South's struggle. The
speeches Of presentation and acceptance
were eloquent and chaste tributes to the
Confederate soldiers courage, and re-
counted the noble deeds which marked
the course Of the distinguished general
of the ConfederaGy.
When the camp was called to order by
Commander StorrS the hall was well
filled with an audience composed largely
Of ladies and visitors, including many
prominent Virginians. :,
The portrait, the work of Mr.. J. P.
Walker. from the painting by Uhl was
presented to the camp by Judge James
Keith, of the Supreme Court Of Appeals,
in an eloquent and appropriate address,
giving an outline both of the civic and
military service of General Hunton.
JUDGE KEITH'S ADDRESS.
Being introduced by Major Norman
V. Randolph, Judge Keith began by CEN
graduating himself upon being permit
ted to take part in so interesting an oc-
casion. After a tender tribute to- the
Confederate soldiers courage during the
war and the greater courage displayed
after the bitterness of defeat, the speak
err continued:
T bring to you tonight the portrait
Of one who is worthy to be placed by
the side of the noblest and the best of
those whose pictures adorn your walls.
have for forty years been proud to call
him my friend. not because he has in
that time played many parts, and play
ed them well, upon almost every stage
Of human action, but because he has
ever been brave. truthful and just in
all his dealings with and relations to his
fellow-men and has always borne without
abuse the grand old name Of gentle
man.
HIS LIFE REVIEWED.
The speaker gave a sympathetic sketch
of General Huntons life, reviewed his
brilliant military career and told of his
service to the State.
"A lifetime has passed since the great
events in which we shared Judge Keith
said toward conclusion. 81 synlpathize
as deeply with our soldiers, I love them
as dearly, am as proud of their glory
and as jealous of their renown to-day
as when we stood shoulder to shoulder
with arms in our hands, but I realize
now, my comrades, as I did not in
those days, that the Fede raj soldier was
a patriot who fought in a great cause.
What might have been, had the result
been other than it was, 1t is bootless
to inquire, but this 1 do know, my
friends and brothers, that the govern
.nent under which we live is the best
that the sun shines on. and that under
it the rights of all are protected. It is
not only the best, but the greatest OF
all the governments of the earth and is
yet, I devoutly aoeaieWe, ,only at the
threshold of it's destiny. It, too, is a
part Of all that it has met. The mightl-
est event in its history is the war
in which we bore part. The influence
of that titanic struggle is ineradicable.
The deeds of the Confederate soldier are
mingled in the very web and wool OF our
national being, and in all our history
there is no brighter, no nobler page than
that which records his undying fame
Men mayslike it or not, but it is there
In the heat and fury of that conflict we
were fused into a nation, q nation COM
posed of all its former parts, yet the
whole differing essentially from any
part. We went into the war citizens
of the States; we made peace as cit1-
zens of the United States. Free citizens
of free country, let us cherish its
institutions and instill into our children
the same love Of country, the same fer
yid patriotism that inspired 5us in our
youth So we shall obey the parting
order; follow the example and honor the
memory Of our: immortal Lee.
Judge Keith closed his address with
the question: Where shall we find one
whose life has more faithfully inter
preted more nobly illustrated this teach
ing than that Of our friend and comrade
whose portrait I now confide to your
keeping 9"