The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-22

better In the west than In the HAST
George Rogers Clark-AWon the horth-
western territory Though prowess. Five
great States have been carved out Of TINT
Territory virginia aid mot bubble over
tbat Bhs offered all TO the plan to
v orig out4a great scheme OF government.
MISSOURI and Its surrounding Staten are
ana scholastic development. The Louisi-
nna Purchase Territory is 10 hive he
greatest people that ever trod the earth.
Virginia glores In their achievements
rho civilization Of the world has folloWe ed
the transportation Of the world. Tho
market places have grown into provinces
and the provinces Into empires Tile
farm, the market and the Highway OF
transportation have grown together Y.
"Whnt will best give American people
their best opportunity We inve neg
lected largely tho old-fashioned public
highway, Nd vilzatlon has ever oit-
lived trio common road. our public high.
ways should not longer remain Il social
ana Industrial blockade to orr people,
system Of PUBLIC school education. Our
system is for opportunity to serve. We
hro too promo To ruake education ohprt
road to leisure.
1.-The cDlored man has seen the white
educated man tht only man In his com
nuhity that did not work. It has been
a stumbling block to him.
.''Wealth has not made men. Men have
made weulth. 1t has come from the gem
eric idea OF democratic equality. GIVE q
man q fair show and equality. and he will
win III the battle OF He, Tho American
4wago.enrner produces from one to ono
and half as much op any other laborer
IN tho world. Our captains OF Industry
would be impossible under any other gov
nj n ,an n "a ura1natlv bringing
about a unafIcaton Of our people. Nc
longer Is there caste. Nothing contributes
50 much to notification as bringing the
American people face to face
.S5 VIIaGlN1A.s SONS.
But the best method Of producing uni
sincere American patriotism. Patriotism
Is not so much the love for our great
streams, not 50 much the. love OF the
land, as for the people who tread upon
It. Every State should have an affection
for every other State. We may oil have
skeletons In our closets. but patriotism
stands for all that Is best in America
when YOU asked for q voice to BIO lifted
against British tyranny, where did that
voice come from? Was not Richard Hen
ty Leo the first to say that States ought
10 to free? Was not George Washington
the first man summoned by ths young
nation to Its helm? WHO wrote the Inn
tnOTIdI W aS IlOl LIlS " eulcSt "
all publictsts James Madison The great
est man who ever sat upon any court
scat Of the world was James Marshall.
OF Virginia.
"But OF pho men OF Virginia produced.
none yas great ter than two or three III The
civil war. For genius, none surpassed Ro-
bert Edward Lee. &
ITO. that man who loved God, Stonewsll
Jackson. the whole world does honor. Let
us point Lincoln and Lee to our children
and invite the world to fnptch them. Let
US hope there WILL be nothing again to
disturb the harmony Of the American
people. But II 1t cornes, Virginia has az
many sons to fight for the American flag
an ever had any State. II you ever need
the sword OF Washington again call on
q people bred 70 liberty and educated to
liberty. The Spanish-Anerican war de-
rnonstrated the absolute unificatlon OF tho
American people and brought lis closer 70
tho great people on the British Isles.
When Russia reached out on land and
sea toward Pekin. the United States and
Japan were on time. The sword OF WASH
Gipgtop ana the sword Of Lee are fused
tnto one II Is sufficient for the destiny
and the triumph OF the American peoplo.
The safe policy OF our fathers IS the
one that Will save from ali disasters
Admiral Clark spoke briefly. John l..
Webster. Of Nebraska. was also q
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