The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-04-21
The 18th OF ARRIL

The 18th OF ARRlL.
Three events contribute 10 make the
1905 celebration OF Jeflerson's birth
day OF more than usual interest.
First in importance certainly TO the
people Of Virginia and TO the brilliant
array Of alumnie Of the noble institu-
ton is the installation Of DR.. Alder
nan as president Of the University Of
Virginia. Loyal and devoted child
rem Of alma mater gathered from di-
verse and distant walks Of active life,
great scholars from many institutions
of learning, eminent statesmen and
gifted preachers OF the Gospel, and
there in classic shade and in the sun
shine Of the splendid occasion march
ed and sang with the boys, listened
10 outbursts Of purest elOquence and
G. u ght fresh impulse for higher living
aud cleaner thinking. Surely it was
good TO have been there" But many
Of us could not be there and for such
DIR. Alderman closed his matchleSs
address with these words:
10 the absent ones whose thoughts
turn hitherward today, for love Of
Alma Mater and belief in her ideals,
send the message of her unbroken
loyalty to the faith that the scholar
should be a patriot and the patriot n
scholar, and that scholarly patriotism,
eXslting country above self, rich in
social knowledge and sympathy, UNI
afraid Of difficulty and unashamed Of
sentiment, is the nOblest offering uni
Versities can make toward the integ-
rity and majesty Of republican citizen
ship"
With such history and such
leader who can doubt the future
growth and glory Of JetIerson's liter
AIRY home?
And after the installation we men,
ton the two Democratic dinners on
evening Of the 18th, the one in New
York at which Judge Parker was the
centre Of interest, the other i'm Chicago
at which Mr.. Bryan was chief speaker.
During the evening much of genuine
Democracy was heard and the future
was made radiant with hope, but that
which most impressed was the noble
and as we believe heart-tribute of
Judge Parker 20 the Democracy Of the
South. Read ii and unless you are
dead to the feeling Of gratitude your
heart must thrill with new admira-
ton for the speaker:
Surprise is sometimes expressed that
the South has remained solid, and vet {
no student, whatever his prejudices, /
could overlook the fact that in politics
there is sense of gratitude, not for
favors expected, but for unselfsh and
services to humanity.
Indeed, nothing in all the recorded l
history Of mankind has been more pa
thetic, more heroic, more deserving of
and sympathy, than the c
attitude Of the South since 1865. As
tate would have it, their defeat in war s
was the smallest of their woes because =
I could neither threaten nor bring n
lishonOr. But the new contest-with .
PARTISAN rancor, with military power .
With theft and robbery, with poverty !,
md the enforced domination of a race
ately in slavery-forced as it was
time for recovery and that, n
DO, in their own homes, required OF
ourage little less than superhuman. Il
Maintaining the struggle with theOne p
reat and almost insoluble problem of pI
ur time, working under the most SER b'
rus difficulties, courageous in the face II
many discouragements, these peo- cl
lie have manfully represented the
opes, the ideals and the traditions Of
leir country and the logic as well as w
re heroism Of our national history. VI
any man is so foolish as 10 ask why 'e
re Democratic party has been true to ~
re South, in its time Of trial, and why ~
lis attachment has been requited. it vi
nst be because he knows little of his WI
ny and less Of human nature. III
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