The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-18

asl Y. Suffered Patiently.
Il Ana h,u wife and daughter at home
S suffered silently aud endured Eatienliy
II Snd never once thought Ut yielding or
N doubting about the sflnal result.
5aa2si 81 ali history there 10 nothins IKE tne
III attitude OF the poor white man or the
Ii Southern States towards the Con aeuerh y.
cause, 1t was his oouse, because n me ~ ~
4 Esented wrong ana oppression ana ne. as
\ much as the cavalier. was ready 10 70. Jay
8 duyy, his life before he would submit ~
"a any simpcachme or his manhood.
can the memory OF such heroic stru y,
N lie us this perish among U.S. Can tne
"a treat moral lesson \ ten'ches oe iosl ~
e ma nkind7 Never. Fleets may disappe pea.
5Sbe swallowed UP In catastrop ti'. ~ ~. ~
~ nal the GARTH and yet men may iorset
Il fhA event and 1t may come 70 oe iousei
All lths ,,,ustyirecords abpNetlA Bfi' u Hfts, y
ia selt-sac rtice for duty's sake ana az ii,h,
Hood $ call stands as lesson 70
L like some bluzng star III the ltl'li l4 y.
Vi above Clouds may obscure y. Dutl y
5S Hayes out again when the clouds are ,te
N snnn roeathless In It's nature, it sun
d T,,iaes the wnudhrer when darkness sur
II rounds. III. ca,,se
u but this noble and inspiring recoii ',
VI lion. IT is now but as luileras 49, 49,.
containing a handful OF asnes ~ snioa
V female figure leaning on It, the ois sh,.s
5. hanflnr over them, the rlvulets in'lriiiu,
Il ~ nea : them and the grassy mounu MOUNDS
h,oon,inp round them But. IN lutule
times some Homer will write out ~. -
stnrv An epic worthy Of his theme, ana
. when he does the illiad Will De reuo ~
4 more. ca,,ornor
Mr.. Royal next presented Govern no,
Montng,,e. the son OF the father, VINO waS
a3a member Of the Virginia Secession
* Conyention and was ono OF inc "
i dinanee signers. Governor Montague
3iSpelghed tho measure Of Southern iaitll'
hone and endurance In war and IN peace
II ,sn,rn,nst tho false balance Of OPPRESSION
and showed It's sublime survival. l -,
Il Governor was frequently and strongly
X applauded. n.
II FLORIDA, Ala bana, Mississippi, Louisiana,
ii Texas "a Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri,
Il Kentucky and Maryland. my MARYLAND!
3 4 representative Confederacy In efllorcs-
cnnce. are all here The roll answered BY
y Inns which had been touched by tho live
u conl OF memory! !.
our mother, she. Of course. is
here with them, all the richer and more
Il glorious for the brave blood that she
and they have poured out on ~. so, ~
That you ladies'. have given me tne
s5iG,n,ri ,,ijepe Of being hero with Virginia IS
. q honor which none could surpnss IN my
Raati,natinn 10 be here with her. heart
Il and soul, Is but the fultillment OIL inc inc
Il primal and constant instinct OF my hnart.
10y thank YOU ladies, for this honor fhd
could entertain no better WISH fof you
i than that your success through the agency
~ this brilliant occasion may be equil
Il TO your merit.
a.f The Confederate woman Was the lore
i most Of the heroic spirits Of the South.
I}al1,hnre can be no ,heroism without sell
S = sacrifice and her sacrifices were greater
MS her courage was moro sublime, even
5thnn that Of the soldier who carried
thc tattercd battle-hag. leapcd into the
Imminent deadly breach and gave ms
BODY to the sword and to the SHOT ana
shell of battle. She was the soidler
best and truest friend IN war as sle ne
I, bee, IL, peace his hepmate ana cohsoih-
81 Hon Hers. too. wns the greatest glory;
/: na,d M the circle, whose line hath neitn-
ar 9beginning nor end. Is the emblem or
# etprnity. so must our silent ana }reYereht
4 borna se TO her memory be the sign OF oul
Z 4 doratior, which no word OF the mp ana
A. image OF poesy or brush or chissel
d could express or typify, save TO mario"
and to diminish.
s. ma rder Looked upon his dauutless rem
&3nant. which, to use a Northern historian $
ss,,,vorcs 34.stood with q vnlor all spartan,
ready to die; not, indeed. In response 20
civic laws denying surrender, put ope,
dent to the lofty impulse OF honor. ana
VA he thought that gave Laclsioh 70 ms
conduct was what will become OF the
women and children OF the South u these'
Non shall PERISH The sun that went
down on that stricken field had seemed
zone to rise no more for the Confederate
81 soldier lad not the Confederate woman
remained TO sustain and sooth Win amer
Sunfnltering trust and deathess fortitude.
ST acts,rds with the immortal harmonles
ii NJ nature that the daughters OF hef
whose soul rose transcendent ana si'o .'
= S,ea,it;flllly over n sea OF troubles, sAouid
& gather the precious memories that Gus
lar tblckly all over the Southern land,
but in no part moro thickly than over
Virginia. and in no part Of Virginia SO
thickly as here in Richmond,
Battles Without Number.
M$ or ,n4 two thousand two hundred bat
,8lIt,es fought by the newborn Confcderacy
.E for its life-more than ono a day FOR ca en-
tat day nf Its ex!stcnce-over six hundred
we're fought upon the face OF this Com
K $monweaIth, and the gifted authoress o.
3s Richmond has justly named her Nirglhla
"rhe Battle Ground" and there 3 scarce
a city or village. hamlet, plantation
y ! river. creek, grove or mountain that has
mot given It's name to one Of her many
4 battles.
~ But Richmond was the heart OF the
PA state. great enough 10 become the hear,
h OF the new nation. and here were eucf
issDres and scores Of battles that the
.i sound OF the booming cannon was tht
8 morning call OF the house wife. the DAY
,,one month long. year long, war long
Accompaniment OF her toll In home anc
hosplta,. the curfew OF the night-fall. ane
the lullaby OF her children. and th'
,mother's sternest care was to hold th'
sGre-eyed boy to her apron string, Will
Tho fretted to Join his happier brother
$ whose guns were making a pillar Q
smoke By day and pillar Of fire by nigh
,nround the circed horizon
In all these battles Vtrginia's son
did their part. She gave more artiler
u the military service than any State {
the North or South AL honor ~ ~
capnoneersl They were loudest OF