The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-21


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~ rejoice, however. as l know you 90.
+hat in regard to events Of more recent
date, WI have been more careful 70 see
That history shall do jastG e n 70 H ther
,erited glory and would not dctract one
,',finitessimal fragment from the fair
me of any Of her sister states, ndt SMe
&C 10 the record OF. her own achieve :
ants. and will henceforth see that it Is
ri full and clear. She cherishes an
nest pride in the fact that she mas
eserved. as perhaps no other Southern
ate has done. her record ~ the war iof
outhen Independence. and tliat II Is mag
nricent. Il not unparalleled, ., - north
Addressing the exiled Sons OF MOI "
you have made your homes here
L among the brave and generous people o.
I this grand old state. and in doing, so YOU
\ nre perpetunting relations which nave
existed between the people Of North Car
DINA and Virginia for nearly two cen
turtles.
1T has been my fortune more than
once on public occasions In this city to
refer to these relations with unfciHneo
sa,'sfac,9n and they VIII al 1,ayss oe or
they recall a long series OF the most stir
ring events In American history, begin
ming in the early colonial days and s1-
tending down TO the present. In which the
heroic men OF the two States shared u
common glory.
An Inquiry or Two.
"The ties between them are numerous
and strong, May they increase ana pc
perpetual. and may the people OF me
ms they have been In the past the united
and 5infeaiblc defenders of constitutional!
liberty and AngIo-saxon civilization; For
PEOPLE OF the South. they have borne a
burden and been subjected to strait.
which would have hopelessly crushed
neo e and every year OF the ordeal has
demonstrated more and more clearly
their, claim to the respec. Of the civilized sei
World They hays 81 5ho face stea
revolution. the proportions Of which they
themselves have not yet measured. and
The ultimate result OF which In Its mag
nficence the most sanguine cannot con-
ceive. They have done this without rec
ognlzing the necessity OF any tutelage
or guardianship by others: are t tl,s,a any
ual resources? II not. what urgent call
IS there for display OF anxiety in re-
gard to our educational welfare By others
which manifests itself in missionary tours
and the distribution of largness? Civ
ing credit for all the benevolence thar
may be claimed for such an enterprise.
still It is impossible for those OF US whose
memories reach far into the past not TO
be reminded OF DR.. Johnson's reply to
ord chesterfelds offer OF patronage:
not a patron, my Lord. one who looks
,nsa man struggling for life In the va
ter, and when he has reached ground
encumbers him with help?' And think
1t cannot be considered ungraclous In this
connection for a Southern man to sug-
/ gest that as a matter of fact the South
! IS really not the only region of the coun-
try that is in need OF enlightenment. and
s'''rrrore. t is hardly fair for her to alb
t...ai floating. capital OF the land.
This is n theme upon which would
like to fully unbosom myself now and
hare, but long since abandoned the use
OF profane language. and am deeply SEN
sib!e OF the shortness OF life.
Don't Want Two Teddies.
but / would not be entirely pessi-
mistic. There are Skill some things tor
which we may be grateful. the first or
which is that Mr.. Roosevelt was not porn
he had been double aTeled! Again, a.
though little late in coming. the riEht.
lsness OF secession IS now at !ast lu wy
dollars thrown sn-there is some hope
what colored gentleman out West
I'd the white element OF Our populi-
viii yet be rn bret
zen are becoming really acqualn,t!ea VIII WI
the negro-and Congress las adjourned!
j, There never was a time when We
didn't yell for the flag; indeed at tho
/ risk OF our lives, We frequently took i
away with a yell from those who had u
between 1861 and 1865, and would probably
have continued to do so If lin addition
To being a little fatigued by. the opera
TOM we had not discovered that they
were going to give 1t to us anyhow as Il
permanent Joint possession.
For long time after this discovery
we did get more flag than anything else
more than our share-enough, indeed, TO
satisfy the most ravenous appetite for
Tag and, therefore, 1t still causes us 10
, veil whenever we see 1t. 1t represents
now more than 1t ever did before. The
'Tlurbus' on its motto embraces the
varegated' populations of the earth, from
the Philippines, via Hawaii and the
lsthnlus of Panama, to Porto Rico. and
the 'Unum' occupies the reconstructed
White House. hut the F. still stands for
tout Of so far as Southern interests are
concerned.
terests, thanks to the courage ana pa
tence, the brains and energy of the
Southern people themselves, are Ia.
more Furnishing condition than ever bn-
tore In our history, and are growing II.
BeXtent and Importance every day. YOU,
gentlemen are part of the great indus,
j trial army of the South which Is accom-
pl.shing this marvellous transformation,
WIRE AT MY ExRENsE."s It'll
"Wire at my expense II any one I'm