The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-15
LINCOLN Plan
TO END [ ! / |: !. WAR v n
Fl E Would Have E,m.;ancip'al ties: g
Slaves by chase i: at at q: -Four -l.5
Il 52a Hundred Millions. s8
WITNESS ITO STATEMENT {. 4 i: Y M

n e 3 rua and representative audience Sc
greeted Colonel Alexande k.s NJ cStuie's
az Philadelph! who made a IN nd i
ast ight al tn 8 AcadeFn q Music 1or
the beneiit OF the Home for Ne 60 e'oil-
federate Women Colonel cclure' s SUD
lat was our country a philo OPP heal
and l1stori cal review OF the deyeioplerts
az the worlds greatest re pau u DIG, "i'ieh
~ 4 1, ened Is Rome In the pr de Z hat its
citizens take In their government, NJ ~
al dress was made the more eWorlfly3
by tho fact that It elribrasA ced hlsf orlcal
"a with which few are e sHl MIA: -
was a broad and patriotic historical re- re-
view 81 the devclo pnerlt Of the q nlted
states from colonial days down So ; me
present. ssS Y a ii Il NJ
rho distinguished speaker was very ~
ppily present. BY y. y On
Stague. n i:;s
S Colonel Nc clure attributed the growth " =
and and tho prospect OF perpetutyo Of the the
American republic, the est SIT &C.
Rome, Is the fact that ours Is found led 60
upon the license OF law. The Latin attn GOV
gcr1nn1c1,ts are founded on the ~ " Il OF
license. and were therefore unstable and and
unable to & cope with the great an
saxon civilization OF which the y init nited ed.
states is the most consp icuous exponlet y *
Following out the antithes,s between zen the
two races, the speak or review a me
can history to- show that Latin peoples
had been una bile to stand against the An
elo-saxon; attributing this Ina bilityag8to
the 8latter's license, OF law. It was IN
Y this connection while referrins g 3 me
conflict between the Latlns and the "a n
glo-Saxons L In more Y recent years, " tnat
Colonel Mcclure referred to the Spanish
uyar. and took occasion to mention SchleyS
as 4 the victor at Santiago. quoting his
famous message !: There Is glory enough
for lis all.,,'t This tribute to the Admiral
found y favor with the audience
Would Buy the Slaves.
nj, < II st striking feature OF the ad- "a
dress was q tho speakers treatment ot
sthe5wai. between the states. or the Civil.
war. and Its causes, and In this conn &C.;
&tionis he verified from his own personal
knowledge that president Lincoln had
submitted to writing a prop osltion y 70
offer the Southern slave-ho lders si09,-
600, 600 for their slaves, and had sll1Rln the
speaker his proposit lon.a a 8 70 ne rell
causes OF the war. the venerable speaker.
$deprecate ed erefuted and olnced VlsoorT-l
fously the statement sometimes made that
this great clash Of arms was due q the
ma ohinations Of demag CUES and the de-
x signs OF inscriptions pollt clans. ~, Ae
h 4 eclared with the utmost emphasis that
tho war was one of conviction on pom
sides. 355 a great principle was involved
which inevitably brought the settlement ~ J,
to#theS awful arbltrament OF the SWORD
The war had yeen ayerted II forty years s!'
before 1t came, Ind gain & tW y
Years before, and still again: ten years
he fore. The question whether tho & Fed
eraI no,wcr or the power Of the States
was to bio sovereign was the real issue,
and ii had to be fought out, Lof ty pa!
ftriotism and loyalty to deprecated con-
yictions actuated both the conf %
n vnst n shnderTto assert thar denla-
gognes and politicians brought Is on M
gtruggle The question OF sla Wa z
hut an incidents; the question OF s Nia ?
or national soyere On ~ the real issue, .iSi
coin, oloncl Mcclure depicted zee as q
nan like him. devoid of malice and with
charity To- all n He classified Lee with
Nanoleon, llington,a Won Mol 70 inp
L r4rant and eulogized him above al ne
rest as a Christian gentleman. =. no spec y
/ er,s splendid eulogy.of Lee was wa "
I appreciated blythe audlence. saG
"A In In the Concluding portion Of his nd,
( dress tho speaker commended Presto ent
q Roosevelt tor his broad ss Americanlsln !,
ana his Punishment OF sectional Ism, ana
stated that for the first time IN forty
years tho South was FREQ from the threat
t OF Northern hostility on the suffrage
and at peace. IIo especial " commended
tho recent restoration to the South OF
the captured battle flags, an ohieyenent
FOR which Captain John Lamb cong ress-
man for8th distrlct, Us entit tiled to much
credit ne ,,t A II #
The boxes were occupied by prolnipent
ladies and gentlemen n including Mrs, A. 7,
Montague, Judge 4, IL, lewis, Mr., John
SHELTON Williams. Attorneys General and
nlrs. William A Anderson, Major James
\ H. pooley, Mr., John +. branch Y and
i others, On the stage with Colonel Me-
! FClure were Colonel "A fired craI ghead. Of
I PhIadelphia, and Governor Montague. a
sdetachment Of the local military occur
| pied the upper boxes. Ssi
| 3 Tho stage and aud torinnl We're grnee7
| fully garpished Nor the aston with
\ palms and with bfestoons and lrosettes OF
lAmerican hags, while over the stage en-
trance were grouped small Confederate