The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
NAMED for Buckingham to write the frst

mained for Buckingham to write the first
Declaration OF Independence in the great
Revolution OF 1776, prior not only to tho
immortal Declaration OF Thomas Jeffer-
son. but also to the equally immortal
Declaration written at Mecklcnburg, North
Carolina 1t Is peculiarly meet ana
approprIate that the sons and daughters
OF Buckingham should enclose WIN a
railing and place tablet upon the tree
under which was The Last Camping
Ground OF General Robert e. Lee. Buck
ineham has cause to be proud OF her sons
in the great contest OF 1861 TO 1863, Tor
some of them sleep on the heights OF
Gettysburg. belonging as they ala 10
Picketts Division, which made the I'm.
mortal charge; others rest at the second
battle OF Cold fIarbor. the bloodlest Of
which the world has any record: s.il,
others sleep on the soil OF Maryland ana
Pennsylvania; some away out on the
banks OF the Cumberland In TENNESSEE;
the murmurs OF that strenm whisper to
the wind the memory OF the fated nell
OF Fort Donaldson; the birds OF che
forest sing sweet music over the last
resting place Of the yeterans VINO nave
fought that last fight, and whom no SOUND
shall wake to glory agaln-may God
bless; may God pc meTcllu! 10 lhesp
masterful men!
It may be said OF them
ION fame's eternal camping ground their
silent tents are spread
;"And Glory guards with solemn. round
bivouacs OF the dead"
"The past is In the eternal past" NOW
that the passions OF the war are over
fought on both sides. Both believed their
cause to he right. II this be true (and
It cannot be denied) not q word more
need DO written, and tho SURVIVORS OF
both armies can forget and forgive II
must be remembered that Wa are OF the
same blood and the same llneage. !
must be remembered that In 1776 the
blood of hundreds, yea OF thousands Of
Virginians was mingled with the soil OF
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Masshchu-
setts and New York, for 1t was the
great historian. George Bancroft, VINO
wrote that in 118 virginia rose win
equal unanilnity with Massachusetts, but'
with more commanu1hs 'e1 49,, 1sa,
The yictors in the great war, from lsol
70 1865, between the states OF this Union,
can afford to be magnanmolls,
The Reunited Country.
II ia pecullarly appropriate that our
bonored President. Theodore Roosevelt,
With half Northern blood and half South
orr, In his veins presides over the des-
inv Of this great country. lie cannot,
IL he will, beat down and suppress ,.te
cavalier instincts Wnlch AF'se w ~ ~
bosom intellect has no geosraP,nra,d,
Init. and he has proved to the woria
that he can rise above I naar.,san ~ tot ~
alterations, and be the Presldent, ny ~
n section hut OF the United STATES ss,o y,
America, The fame OF hate ana pas aiun
las died out and We are eon'n!s"u val
,,pon career so prosperous MS a. Mis-.
riah to dazzle the imagination. ms r'a
s,ssinpi and the Missouri, both are s,gar
rivsrs, before their junction, nut a Hiyer
thev ioin they make the mlghtlese ,! tlr1I
Of eS Inc world Thuslt is WITH tH eo No arc
ana the south, aud now thal tNey 10
G d,ned together they are 80 ~, ~
; I"anI the Greatest country on TINS ehtt,i
''a Ana 1T Il must be remembered ~. .nh
f, Aha Var y With all its mlsfortunes, , and
G ~ ~ so om was not Without its bless
inas Tor the herolsm OF US cohtpata. .hs
~ po Women Of both sections, the splehal
tr ron which were won by both armies;
~ superb power and great resources
VII were shown, are the common her.
We We arc now, rapidly in the south,
regaInins all that we lost and N another
decade We will reach higher ana
greater state than we would have reach,
ed il there had been no war. Paradoxlca4