Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-15
A MoNrAGUEAN GRAFTON.

/ loving, which II credlts 10 lts slaI cor
respondent ct Lickskillet:
Gov. Montague arose early, and having,
according to custom, consulted his die
tionary and carefully eonned the latest
edition of "Phrase and Fable, announ-
ced himself ready for the days work.
The Governor was booked tomake the
annual address at the commencement
exercises of the Afro-American public
school at Licksillet. The pupils, of whom
there was seventeen, of both sexes, lis
tened to the orator with openmouthed at
tention. The Governor was in splendid
trim and his effort was entirely worthy
of the occasion and the audience. The
Governor said in part
81 desire to say, fellow citizens, that
am the only living protagOnist of the
Revival of Old Fashioned Patriotism. |
do not believe in fashioned partiot-
ism. New fashioned patriotism is not
idea, ii is not consecraled, nor is it con-
sistent with the finer and higher al
titudes of civil righteousness. 1t is the
patriotism of the grubworm, with none
of the inspirating beauty of the butterfly,
the patriotism of plain common man,
who believes it his duty to work for his
constituents and TO obtain practical re-
suits
.'rhe State of Virginia is cursed today
by The presence in the United States
Senate of representative of this new
fashioned patriotism. This man, Mar
tin, who selfshly refuses to give me his
seat in the Senate, is one of the worst
exponents of this new fashioned patriot
ism. He even goes to the extent OF Sc
curing appropriations foi his constituents.
He busies himself with such sordid mat
ters as making a great seaport OF Nor
folk, with improving the commercial ia.
cilities of the city Of Richmond, and
with securing for Virginia churches fl
nancial recompense for war spoliatlon.
Aud, worse than all this, he so far for
gets the true dignity Of the statesman as
to answer promptly all letters written to
him By his constituents.
"He also runs to the departments in
Washington and transacts business in
their behalf; and, to crown all, he ad-
mits that he is loyal to his friends.
"Fellow citizens, | demand that you
rebuke this man, Martin, by electing
ME in his place. promise you here
and now that | will do none of these
things. You have all heard how the
youthful Hannibal, standing at the altar
of his gods, swore eternal enmity to
Rome, so l. at very early age, swore
that the State of Virginia owed me a
living and am going TO get it.
"To this end | continually devote my
Old Fashioned Patriotism, as TO which
am now personally conducting re-
vival; my civic righteousness; my chris
tian citizenship, and to this great en- d
also consecrate my social service.
at is for this that have constantly
demanded the Decentralization OF the
public schools, and it is for this that L
am here today, that | was elsewhere yes
terlay, and will be some other place to-
morrow.
"Do not misunderstood me, good
friends. do not intend to do any
work save to exercise my heaven-born
gift of beauteOus speech. | never have
worked and never will, but | will make
such lovely orations in the Senate that
the old Senators will gather around me
as the bewitched animals did about the
divine Orpheus, and | will tell them IN
words of sweetness and light of the
beauties of civic righteousness, OF chris
tian citizenship, of social conservation,
and of Old Fashioned Patriotism. Then
will these hoary sinners, one and all,
leave their evil ways and dwell with me
in the sweet contemplation of virtue.
"And now, fellow citizens, and child
ren. wish to call your attention to a
few profound and original thoughts. If
YOU will always keep all of the ten COM
mandments, you will never at any time
break one of them. If you want good
roads YOU can have them, provided you
build them. Another profound and in
teresting thought You can have good
schools if the taxpayers contribute
enough money, and the teachers are
good teachers and the scholars are dill
gent students.
Remember, that am in favor Of
opening the door of the White House TO
every male boy, and the door of hope to
every female girl. But, above all things,
remember that / am the only living
statesman who is worthy to wear thu
shoes of Reeves and the hat of Hunter. y
The Governors Grafton was ffeqnentl,
punctuated with applause, and at 1t
close the received an ovation. The chill
dren fairly fe! over each other in thei
efforts to grasp his hand. A little Incl
dent occurred which illustrates the Gov
ernors stern sense of duty. Instead o
listening to the oration, Wash Johnston
and Julius Caesar Grant we're caugh
playing craps behind Deacon Jones barn
The Governor solemnly reprehended tn
! culpriis and stated that he would rePor
| the matter to the Superintendent OF Pub
lie Instruction.
Tomorrow the Governor will, by inyi
tatiou. deliver an address to the SOciet
for the Encouragement of Mules, whic
. meets at Hayfeld on Applepie Ridge, a
2p. m. All persons who are intereste
in the propagation, education and demol
J, aIizslion OF mules are cordially invited
attend.
q Furious Fighting.
o .,po- so,,au vears - writes Geo. w. Hoi