The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-01
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Mckinley. ! !!
Virginian Speaks at at Celebration
jss,I.s ii Birthday sof Late
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NORTH L i; AND SOUTH ONE AGAIN.
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VA CANTON, q, ,Ss pfl ss5 &c Conlme erllorag,
ting the snatal day NJ OF ,lass late resi-
dent SAIcKlnleS !, the . Young y Men,s NH kin-i
|Eley Glpb ot Can ton Stps held Sn nota-
Sble banquet he .alla tsaa ItSs
d.
Prcsid idcnt-elsqt lsI
central posi- tom as IL, efs 4 gliest of honog.
Justice lliam R !. Day Fien ghboi
and confidnnte or 5thes ate$ Presi dent. was
master Of ceremonies. 10 i his lef was
General ITitzhuSh Lee, Il dol and hcro of;
tho south.SY wis sat General 2 Black g
ono OF tic her roes j Of the Civil War. md
former commando chief %of thof Grand
Army OF tho Repub !c,,!a 70 thorft side!
of$tlese guests were Governor M yron z. y. 4
.Herrick aud Lieut. Governor Warren
e. Harding. Of n Ohio. 7 heso wero II tho
speukers OF y tho evening. Among tho
listeners was Mrs. Mckinley. I;
General Lee Speaks.
cKinley and the south;'' was General
Lees subject. He said: 81 6
Sgis"Ohlo, tits true, , is the State OF his
nativity. Her ctizensy knew. and loved
1.-the living Mckinley; ller soil is sa cred
place Of TIC dead Mckinley; her people!
will cherish his lofty oharac ter. and his
splendid services as long as tho noun
tnins kiss tho heavens, or tho rivers roll
s'g"ohio, ,NS however, cannot bound hisS
houndless fame, for, on the wings of re- 2,
!gnown, his glory has been waited to all
parts tho world. /. 4. ,Is
l5'"ro-night cnch Sta tegswhicll Is repre-
scented by a star iii the national crown
which binds the American Union, Is
equally Interested in all that concerns the
lSnnlne and fame OF the man who sleeps
l Ills last sleep In your midst. so quietly
that 10 sound can ever wake him to glory
again. 4, I, y ! ! !, (, !, 4, a, . S, i
birth was a blessing to your lcountry;
your death a calamity which has excited
! tho lamentations of n world. "a
Era Of Goodwill.
''Tho poison under tho wings tof the
American eagle, which John Randolph
said no saw when first pl!lming himself
for his splendid flight has been eXtracted
and all tho sections tonight hear ca. tho n,
echo Of the3yoice of. the great soldier. ~,
s. Grant, when OH his death,bcd, he said:
r feel that we .nre aproachng5 an era q
great good feeling between Federal and
Confederate soldiers. shan not be here Z,
to witness It III Its perfection, but ]. feol
within me that It isEto bo 80 80 Let Let US
II have trled in my own pers,ons to
make good this expression or the re-
nowned soldier and to-day here are
hanging In my library two swords link
ed together, side by side, one used as
IA Major General. when Confederate
erai OF the United States Volunteers.
| n mrho Wenponss of Grant and Lee have
been sheathed forever The sabres OF
/ Sheridan and Stuart have been returnedk
Etu their scabbards and the tents.of Shar-
man and Joe Johnston have been pltctled
forever on the eternal %camplng GROUNDS,
and all over this land. at this hour, ~
shining tho great orb OF peace III all the
spendor OF undlmmed ma Jesty.
NO unite in recalling tonight isla great
| event, and should bs annually celebrated
by ali our people. Lest We forget; lest
I'VE forget that he was n foe without
Ithate, u friend without treacheIy, sol
out vices, a private citizen without re
proach. u Christian without hypocrisy, q
man without guilt. Therefore we al
should delight to unite TO honorh ms mem
MAY tho tho harmonious inyocations
from forty-iiye states rise to the heavens,
sweep above the stars, Invoking on our
country progress. peace .and prospeflttyi Y
T s Al sha nsaH tsd ha hsns ws sa h
be revealed the upward and onward course 20
of tho American union; that q republic
will be visible, represent Ing 2. power ana
commanding a.r respect that the mlghty my,
Won for tho Imperial eagles, and that IN
( it's section may never lift Its hand against
seotion again. neither shall they know
war any more and that the reign OF
,lastiss lasting us as ths homo Of the stars, as
eternal as the foundations OF the ever
Justice and Mrs. Day this afternoon
gave a luncheon In honor Of General Lee.
Local Posts OF Grand Army of the Res
public gave q post-roonl reception a N
honor OF Generals Lee and l'lack.