Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-02-09

and valiant defenders. Oar increas-
ed revenues should make. us extend
to our Confederate soldiers ard their
widows most liberal and generous
ald. The measure proposed to col
Iect Confederate records and to col.
late and preserve the materials of
our war history, commends my siu-
cere respect and sympathy.
jamestown Exposition.
Mex; year Virginia will stand
on an emiuence that oyerlooks three
hundred years of endeavor, and she
can proudly survey the pathway that
she has travelled. In her soiourn
she has met perils which she brayely
overclme, encoun tered misfortunes of
which she has made DO plant, proud.
lY bore in silence aud finauy CON
qoefed. She has seen many wars
aud fierce conflicts involving her
rights, to which, with reckless pro-
fusion, she sent her noblest sons,
whose courage and valor, superb mill
tary genius and achievements have
encircled her brow with an unfadiup
luster. la every part of national life
and endeavor she has furnished illus
trious sons, the splendors of whose
fame are immortal. la the plenitude
OF her prosperity and power she gen
erously gave to this Union, when it
was weak aud poor, large territory,
an empire in its vastness and rich
ness. In the hours of her sorrow
and distress, when the Union ruth
iessly tore from her one-third her
territory, with proud disdain, but
not d'espirit, she submitted and COM
menced ut once to make better and
richer her lessened domain.
AS she glapces down this
pathway she measures with patriotic
pleasure the great service she has
rendered, and the great sacrifices she
has made to this Union, and she re-
Jolces at her vast contributions TO
natural grandeur and greatness.
After she views with retrospective
pride this magnificent past, let Vir-
ginia press forward and face the
future, which beckons her on to a
still higher and greater destiny. Let
us exert all our efforts 10 make this
occasion q great historical episode, a
jubilee of patriotism blending our
past achievements and future possi-
ollities. May the inspiring memories
that this celebration will engender
once more make our hearts pulsate
with that fervid patriotism that ami
mated onr fathers and made them
feel that public honor was private
honor, public disgrace private dis
grace, public calamity private ca
lamlty, public success private success.
May it make our public off.
clals, as of old, men too honest to be
corrupted by the rich and too brave
to be coerced by demsgogues.
Splendid Invocation.
AS we ponder the perils over which
we have passed and perceive in all
we have had the sustaining hand of
Divine Providence may it make as
In this age of skepticism and doubt
still cling to that simple trusting
Christian belief and faith of our
fathers, which formed their guidance
In power and their solace in sorrow.
May the recollections of our former
deeds serve as stimulus for the
future. The voice which speaks to
us from the past, the inspiration
which springs from the present, the
possibilities which crown the future.
should arouse in all Virginians lofty
aspirations and confirm the resolve
with each of us to aid in every posi-.
bic Way our glorious state along the
pathways of progress, growth and
development.
(Here the soon to-be' new Execu-
tive turned to Judge Whittle, the
friend of his boyhood, ready to
take the oath, aud in this unique
way announced the elimination of
his eloquent, chsste and dramatic
address while the vast throng looked
on breathless):
| am prepared now to take that
solemn oath to serve faithfully and
fearlessly the people of this common
wealth aud consecrale myself to their
welfare aud in terast