The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-11

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Disturb his quiet morning.
Breathe ovor him forgetfulness as
OF all save deeds of Kindness,
And, save to smiles OF grateful eyes,
Press DOWN. lids in blindness.
There, where with living carAnnd eye,
u He heard Potomac's flowing, ID IL
And through5shls tall ancestral trees,
Saw autumn's&sunset glowing,
He sleeps, still 3looking to the west,
Beneath the dark wood shadow,
AS he still would see the sun
Z Sink down on wave and meadow
Bard, sage and tribune! In himself A
All moods of mind contrasting
The, tcnderest wall tof human WOE,
The. scorns lilA 4llghtning blasting;
The pathos which from rival eyes
Unwilling tears could summon,
The singing taunt, the fiery burst a.
OF hatred scarcely human.
s"Mirth, sparkling like diamond shower,
From lips Of lifelong sadness;
Clear pcturlngs OF majestic thought
Upon a ground Of madness;
And over all romance and song
IA classic beauty throwing.
And laureled Clio5SatS his side,
Her stored pages showing.
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s"All parties feared him; each in turn
Behold it's schemes dsjointed,
AS right or left his fatal glance
And spectral finger pointed.
Sworn foe or can't, he srnote 1t down
With trenchant wit unsparing,
And, hooking, rent with ruthless hand
The robe pretcnse was wearing.
Too honest or too proud to feign
A love he never cherished,
Beyond Virginia s border line
Ills patriotism persisted;
While others hailed in distant skies
Our eagles dusky pinion,
He only saw the mountain bird
stoop DER his OldsDominlon
"stlll. through each change of fortune
strange,
a Racked nerve and brain all burning,
His loving faith In motherland
ig Knew never shade of8turnlng;
by Britain's lakes, by Neva's tide,
Il Whatever sky was Ger him.
He heard her rivers rushing sound,
Her blue peaks rose before him.
"IIe held his slaves, yet made withal
No false and vain pretenses,
Nor paid lying priest to seek
For Scriptural defenses;
His harshest words of proud rebuke,
Ills bittercst taunt and scorning,t
Fell firelike on the Northern brow
That bent to him In faWnng.
"He held his slaves, yet kept the while
Ills reverence for the human,
In the dark yassals Of his VIII
lie saw but man and woman;
No hunter of Gods uotraged poor.
His Roanoke valley entered;
No trader in tho souls OF men
tbpno1, n fnra6. Y
"And when the old and wearcd man
Lay down for his last sleeping,
And at his side, u slave no more,
Ills brother man stood weeping;
His latest thought, his latest breath,
10 freedon's duty giving,
With falling tongue and trembling hand
The dying blcst the living.
"Oh, never bore his ancient state
a truer son or drawer!
None trampling wit ha camer scorn
On foreign hate or favor; @
lie knew her faults. yet never stopped
Ills proud and manly Keeling
TO poor excuses OF the wrong
or meanness Of conceallng."
No wonder This strange man attracted
the admiration and held tho allegiance
OF his constituents in rare degree.
And he did so in q way! WHICH made
him say that no man eyer had or ever
would have such %constlt uents as his
We're Doubtless the same causes ac-
count for this Institution being named
after HIM and these motives VIII be
found. not in hisSprodiga and amazing
wit not In the iraro d,ialiiies Of his
mind, his comprehension, retentlve and
unfailng memory; his intuitiye powers Of
arriving at Just conclusioDs IN % way
which seemed Ia dispense With the la
borious and gradual processes of.sars.l-
mcnt necessary 10 ordinary men; not ~
the rich resources Of his classical and
! literary attachments, nor in his luminous.
impetuous and unique powers Of orator Z
In which he BROUGHT these resources %
bear upon his argument and his hearers r.
| but the reason will be found IN qua 'tles'
which were moral and pattIlatls; M hn aaal-
not his personal gifts, tut which al
good men might aspire 70, and every
good man must approve. u.
His faults We're as nlanlfest a. llis
most brilliant ana admired aualll,es'
The greatest were his terrj aha p''soY'