The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-16

Cyfeal I1atnOtOn) Will stui iei DraVh
The South 2 t,trtured In her elors'a tlrns;
Hest sheei there Ia no prhtider grave,
EYER al N, ser ea aTn w pr9.'a s ss
For thou afts Freedoms now. and t'ame's-
onS e y The Fey sot Sorn ds names
! r-ro,,, Tie depths Of loyal loving hearts wa
sbreatiie for both. the roldiar.s,a,eiaan md fls
holy cause. the feryent prayer; RequIeScat III
4 nv last word spoken lin feeble portrayal Of
dsps "a s5ss aks1 ne II wan.
t pror,o Service Ii is7e in relieving Ills State.
enisalric south Carona; soath CAROLINA mitch
iiiEned, but grand. magnificent In her Integrity
nhd her lnfexibe adherence to the spirit as
emaiabiisisd 4 t Thiladlepha; ammo doniini ono
tusand seven q s,,a, HUNDRED ed, and eighty seven
duiy accredited representatives Of thirteen SOW
eriin Commonwealth or nations Thirteen ma.
ZACH Zach other as are England and Russin, France
ana , ,vo 9r any Others q Tie grea
rosihs q That H then and there soeny eovenft.
Inherent rlghts; that e 70 say, )he rights eaeh
veil understood and fully admitted Mt the
trne) md that were no. specifically surrender
cd be ana naer 70 eas n,d
sConin,oiiwealth Of which no act OF any one,
or q. ali the Others, sinsly or Jointly, could
os II is also well known tina, without this SOL
erln ana binding stipulation South carollpa .s
free and fredericksburg people at home would
have refused promptly and emphallcally 70 en- !;
ter shsfS would % hsa m
ter into an alliance which afterward proved
and tho whole world Is witness to the fact--
tho State, when the snake she had taken to
her white bosom had been warmed back to its
And now those people" or. what amounts to
tho same thing their descendants and resp ord
children to believe that the South and r .n
themselves inaugurated the war Of 1901 60.
lated homes, broken hearts and multitudlnous
and that o9ly 70 eftend ana pap
had Seen ny thought repea q
this SUPREME service q General Hampton at
that crucial epoch Of the southland's history
deserved terms tho bitter burning wro ,n,
on, so long years Of hopeless desoation and
frultless effort to restore broken fortunes and
Ssd h' mnso feelings IT ram
pity for 'thoss people" who perpetrated them
and having nrst thanked g. yeu. comam nm de,
courteous hearing, especially the fair ana pa
triotie women, whose. presence here Is alike
but o few words more have finished speaking,
already at greater length than had intended
tft Not long since the Legislature SOulH
Carolina voted an appropriation for an caues..
trian statue OF her great son to be erected at
her capital Columbia. Tonight Company a a
he biz Bloom OF manhood their exalted admiration
and deathless love FOR their, old comma nder
t tSe w So hands Of r F. Lee camp NO.
in full assurance Of Its welcome to this
the eans beautiful ~ ha q ZANE Sere NOTIFY
is there doubt in the mind OF any survivor
Of old Legion Of n1ede
d syors here will cheerfully make room and
saIute with tho old time mark Of respect and
We're it for Us q =. 2. Lee Camp, No,.1.5
/ to choose an epitapht for tho monument yonders
at one or Is Is
in the supreme testimony OF Lieutenant General
Wade IIanptons virtues and as!tIes ny ms nv
in letter from the latter TO HIN; IN tho sum
II I might venture to make a request OF
those to whom have here 20 iesbly spoken,
it would be that they ponder well the words
Ien5sR wT p1nder 'aa vim M deep
uEnllstakable significance as they wend their
homeward way from this hai to am MI HE'LL al
praise OF one great soldier and every way
great man from another.
rs What world OF meaning General Lee
words con yey! What q world OF meaning!
They arc these: Listen! 3. "a -s Il
Had you been there with all our cavalry
the result OF Five Forks would have been
Taken in their obvious connection ana COM
prehensive sence, what unspeakable pathos IN
4 the words: HAD you been there with all our
cavalry the result at Five Forks would have
COLONEL o FERRALL SPEAKS.
After pleasantly expressing his gratifi-
cation ut being SO honored by the camp
on this occasion, former Governor O. Fer
rail- In accepting the portrait said IN part:
South Carolina, the first State to secede and
dence was the last State to throw on tho
detestable rule OF the carpet-bagger; the iast
to emerge from the slough OF negro DONNA DONNA
In 1869 this mother State O: ours 1wrenched
from her limbs the shackles o. s
Palmetto Paine state was still writhing under the
corrupt sI government Her population then was
$50 72i whites, and her eolored population was wa
5 TS;n ~ neTro ma1 naFro majority u
2a a,NS Five colored voters to every three
white voters and the c9ored Weided togelns fa
born determined e strike ler their l,b S ties
As with one voice they selected "a leader
fate Of South" Carolina In his hands He was
virtually clothed with dlctatorinl power; his
VAN Saa w ws re sons q hn epen
battehelds of Virginia and douby proud Pre- T. o.
him the Of the caNas nder la Of
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the cavalry corps OF the glorihed Army OF
Northern Virginia, and they We're willing 10
trust their ali to him. In tho untried position
to which he had been called he displayed the
supreme courage ana ne
cannons roarcd and the missiles OF death flew
thick as hail ": ~. s.. -, !,
to town and hamlet to hamlet. we went arous.
[ inr the men OF South Carolina with Caucasian
blood in their veins to rise In the majesty OF
their manhood and strike for oil that was
sacred and dear-strike with nll their might
and power.
bearing, his bold and ringing utterances, his
flushed cheek and flashing eye stirred the
brnye gave courage to the tinid and HE
to the aiaEgard, and when his canvass ended
* every true white man was mbued with his
spirit animated and inspired, and every car
bet Dagger stood trembling like an. aspen leaf
FOR like Belshazznr OF iold, he could read thu
hnndwritIne upon the wall--he knew his days
were few and that before the setting OF many
+ suns he would have TO pack his grip and seel
/ n more congenial Cline Never was superior
i civic leadership shown; never was clyit
lea der more absolutely obeyed and followed.
| 80 ''S'F WITHOUT A PEER.
Mr.. Commander and Comrades, Ladies' and
| Gentlemen this man had no predecessor II
| South t;aroua and he will have no successor,
| Ho wrought more good for bis state than any
! SON hefors him and more than any son that
has come after him or VIII come IN futufe
! ages. ..is5,e.,,.. ., tba jTrnttcd