The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CHAPTER XvI-(ConcludedD


al perpetuate themselves
The same love of home. pride of family.
and spirit of class which created aristoc-
racy in Great Britain came across the
waters with the cavaliers who marked
out manorial domains along the Potomac
and the James
The ambition to found a family. to per-
petuate an honored name. and to send
uown to remote ages the home house and
nome grounds, was as strong in Virginia
as in Old England itself
The colonst did not refer to his estate
as my plantation or my farm or
designate 1t vaguely as the place where
/ live
No! The colonist loved his home too We'll
Tor that. To him, his estate was a part
of himself; and he would more think
OF letting it exist anonymously than he
would think of letting his children run
wild without names.
TO him and to all the world his estate
WAS "Gunston Hail." or Roosevelt" or
''Tuckahoe." or "Elmington Manor" or
Mount Vernon and YOU were laying up
disagreeable consequences for yourself II
you failed to remember, and 10 use. these
names. Jones does not love the man who
calls him Smith: and Smith bears no graf
halls him as Brown; and this punctilio
about names Of persons once chung almost
with equal strength 70 home we'll as 10
person.
In the very life-blood Of the race ran
this warm love for the ancestral seat.
Chatsworth was not dearer to Yavandsh
Penshurst to the Sydneys, Hatfield to the
Cecils. nor Aivwick Castle to the Percys.
than Westover to the Byrds Shirleys to
the Carriers. Brandon to the Harrisons.
and Stratford 10 the Lees
democrat. are you2
or course you are; aud yet n Your
heart OF hearts. you warm to the old
time cavalier who chose for his home
tho loveliest spot he could find reared
costlier house than he could afford. made
II as attractive as he knew how. chris
tened It with some pet name OF fond
association. and then threw open its wide
doors and said TO all the world, Come
sit by my hearth come eat al my table;
my house was not built for myself
elOnei'
Indeed. no sane democrat denies that
there is L certain nobility in the English
mans love OF the ancestral home. He
does not ever willingly sell It Money
has no value beside It. For ages perhaps
1t has been identified with his name; the
memories. the glOries OF his race cling
u It as does the Ivy that climbs Its
walls.
The boundary lines of the broad acres
upon which it stands may nave been
marked off with the sword in the days OF
The good cd way and simple plan
That he shall take who has the power,
And he shall keep who can"
The chain of title may run back to some
ateer tx-l,r Fo4f
the Norman; some mall-clad baron who
with drawn sword faced King John at
Runnymede The founder Of the house
may have been some soldier who served
valiantly when the great Armada
shadow fell upon the coast; or some adj
venturous seaman who flew the Union
Jack in the remotest waters with Haw-
kins. or with Drake. The older part of
the mansion itself may have been found
ed hundreds of years ago The ancient
towers stood when the Black Prince
brought home captive king Of France
From these old court yards crusaders
may have ridden with Richard or with
Edward 10 the holy land Through this
massive gateway knights with plumed
helmets may have followed the banner of
Henry 10 Agincourt or Edward 10
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