The leader., 1903-07-01


If the South contains a statesman with
eminent qualifications for the presidency of
this great nation, there shohld be no hest
fancy In urging his nomination and cleo
ton.
In England, the white and red roses OF
York and Lancaster bloom on the same
STEM" and in patriotic, service to country
and Cavalier. On the sides of the same
monument in Citadel Square, Quebec, are
the names of Wolfe and Montcalm, oppos-
ing generals who were killed in the same
battle on the heights of Abraham. And
today England is appreciative, even to pro-
fuseness, of the Beers. her late stubborn
have been received in London with almost
royal honors, have dined at the kings ia
BILE, and the colonial secretary. recently
returned from South Africa, rs eloquent to
courage and splendid leadership of kruger's
stern battalons. England's effort now is
to make loyal subjects lat OF honest and
school of bitter experience that great fun
damental doctrine SO admirably stated by
Edmond Burke, that "a nation Is not gov
erned,, which is perpetually to be con-
quered."
If the same generous judgments and gen.
utne brotherhood and broad craftsmanship
obtain in America, what could be more ap
propriate than for Virginia to place In
statuary hall at Washington heroic figure
of that peerless patriot and fawless char
acter and stainless Christian and dauntlesS
IedueI, Geu. AtODl Il. Lee
'Ah, Muse you dare not claim
A nobler name than he,
Nor nobler man has less of blame,
Nor blameless man has purer name,
Nor purer name hath grander fame,
Nor fame-another Lee"
When William Mckinley, himself a gal
liant soldier. in the magnanimity of his
great soul, and voicing the sentiment of a
reunited nation, proposed that the govern
ment should garland and protect the graves
of our Confederate dead, the angels of g.
new apocalypse swept through our Ameri
can heavens and sang again the song Of
the Judean hills, peace on EARTH good Will
to men," This nation is more united in
heart and hope today than ever in its his,
tory. The honor of our flag. is as dear to
the sons of the South as the North, and
been laid to sleep in the same heroic grave.
cannot forget that we were
'One people in our early prime,
One in our stormy youth,
Drinking one stream of human thought
One sprig of heavenly truth&
And / trust that we may forever fight
the battles of our God and country under a
common flag, on which there is a star
sissippi
And from such a wide national outlook
there will come immediate and permanent
terance of distinguished Mississippi
statesman, that: The one great need Of
the SoqR is great national HhspiratGGn
sweep of our horizon take in the whole
nation. Our domestic troubles may find
easier solution in the broadening of our
cialism vanish in perspective.
But, above all else, let US put the EN-
phasis on manhood
The strenth of every nation is measured
purpose Is the country great If the men are
small" On the other hand, great men are
the incarnation OF great principles and
of nations and civilizations
The glory of Greece went down with the
decay of her men, and they declined with
personal and national ideas. How sad the
change! There are yet the same soft skies
and blue seas-the same purple hills and
shadowy vales-the same Olympus and
mer and Pericles, of Hesiod and Demosthe-
mes. Greece lives only in memory. She
has become little more than national
Let us remember, therefore, that the life
of our country is not in things material.
A nation cannot live by bread alone. The
of his hands.
Finally, I would urge upon all patri-
t otie !, Mississ'slppians an active participa.
lanta, Ca, a statue erected to that great
senator. the echoes Of whose strangely mu-
steal voice yet thrill the heart of Southern
these words, spoken by himself:
who saves his country saves all things
and all things saved Will bless him.
who let's his country die, let's all things
die, and all things dying will curse him.
That sentiment would engrave upon the
heart of every young Mississippian and
make 1t the inspiration of every patriotic
service. One as much betrays his country
by disregarding her needs as in deserving
her colors. Patriotic activity in public
affairs is the present and imperial demand
upon every American citizen, and the hum
blest service, If courageously and coEsci-
entiousiy performed 1I viii be Of Infinitely
dawdling of some petted lounger in con-
spicuous place.
have seen it stated that along the
line of the great Siberian railway men are
stationed at certain short distances, each
furnished with a green flag by day and a
green lantern at night. BY the waving of
and safe track and confidently fly over the
steel rails with the speed of the wind.
They are never out of sight of waving
flag or a swinging light. Theirs is mod
'tous service. Oh, If ! can do more good
for the land / loye-the land which gave
me birth and in whose generous bosoGl
flag In day time or swing a light In the
darkness for the safe and swift passing OF
her triumphal car of progress down the
And now, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. suffer me
concluding word As we today dedicate
this splendid structure to the cause OF
pure demoeracy-to truth liberty, justice
for each sovereign citizen to replight his
faith to the principles of the republic and
repledge his devotion to the progress and
prosperity of our great State. My sin
cere hope is that the fair faces with yelled
eyes that adorn the interior of this fault
less dome may not be. simply triun2hs of
art, but true prophecies of that absolute
and even-nanded justice that shall distin-
guish the judicial. executive and legislative
history of Mississippi for the coming years.
May the colder. eagle asls on the marveloIsly
fifty symbolic the inspiring spirit of Mis-
sissippi! Look at him, proud bird of love,
perched on the pinnacle of this triumph
of architecture. his undimmed eye is fixed
upon the unclouded sun and his mighty
pinions are outstretched ready to
Soar through heavens unfathomable
And bathe his plumage in the thunder's
home.p
So may this day Of jubilee be the begin
ming of larger plans and loftier hopes and
wider visions and grander achievements.
Gilded by the earliest light Of the morning
and crowned with the mellow glory of each
parting day, may this capitol also be SYM
Dol of the perpetual benediction vouch-
safed to our great commonwealth by ia
Voring Providence.
NY earnest prayer for my native State
is that Mississippi may ever rank among
the greatest, strongest, purest, proudest
and most prosperous commemorative in
this mighty nation. And for the nation /
have vision, simple In its majesty, sub
lime In Its beauty" best described in the
eloquent words Of our Incompatible Lu.
cius @. G. Lamar. 1t Is that Of one grand.
mighty, indiYisible republic upon this con-
tinent, throwing Its loving arms around
all sections, omnipotent Tor protection,
lpowerlass for oppression. c,arsing uons
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