The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
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yl,sn aaay we're told ~ fheir saperiot
q Tiie Judge y tribute the Old. time
4 statesmen Of Eirginia was feeling afld
! st0uuept, mentioning especially Henry A.
n wise; William Smith and John fletcher
Ind Thomas S. BocAs R, and how they
FACED the emergency that tile war be
\ tween the .Stntes placed befofe them. lie
expressed the belief that we have so ~,
boys OF to-day who would face q ike
x emergency just as braveiy. Governor
Swanson would Ii, a similar emergency
u prove hi,nselt,sas he has ALREADY done
i MS far MS he has gone, q worthy success.
ror OF Wise, Smith AID Letcher. And
who IN Appomattox county doubts thai
Hal Flood Will always be the worthy suc-
cessor to Bocock7'' .3ts
The Judge paid tributes to the va e,
Y Of the Confederate officers and the brave
torivatcs who Followed them. and then
In b few more words OF eloauerce he
on behalf OF the camp turned the monu-
1iaent over to the Keeping of the conn-
XIV. t i5s5ss
The four little misses nauned above
Sriuiled the cords. the canvas gracefully
and slowly came down, and as the cheers
died away Judge Hundley said !,
4 II 4 .iThrrn 4 Is our tribute to valor and
+ Sheroisn,. Long may 1t stand, that the
4 sun each morning may kiss that sacred
head and Mt night the star canopiad
heavens shed Its dew tears upon 1t to
K the sacred memory Of the brave men Y
n represents. n 8ss
Mr.. Flood Introduced.
i. 4 Sntr. w. c. Franklin introduced Hon. Hal
ID. Flood. who In the name of all the
teople of Appomattox county, accepted
\ the sacred trust and pledged the men
5lof this and future generations S, TO guaru
and protect it. Mr.. Flood 8 tribute to the
Major of the men who fought in the
y greatest Of wars was a perfect gem,
4 hut the young Congressman did not rea '',
Il His highest and hest flights until he
came to speak Of the women OF #8tho
South. ts 81
1.-THE balance of his speech was plea
for the preservation of the ideals pro-,
claimed and set up by the old time South.
Il lie recognized all the benefits md beau
ties OF advanced thought, Of science, and
* all the bencficent results Of modern pros
II Eress but he hoped the day may never
come when we shall cease to cherish or
" fail to form our practice and conform
NJ orr lives to the ideals Of our old-tine
\ Southern civilization bravery, honesty
reverence for women, love of country
unselfsh Hospitality and fear of God.
Governor Was Happy.
II Governor Swanson was introduced by
"a Mr.. Samuel L. Ferguson, Commemorative
attorney OF the county.
4 n The Il Governor was III a A most happy
frame OF mind, and nfter5the applause
Il with which he was greeted had subsided.
he proceeded lin most genial, almost rol-
Slicksome, style to get right into the
hearts OF the old5lveterans. de said he
4 was told that lie wa expected to a ay, TO
;vindicate the Lost Cause. 81 II & believed
u the cause y for which the South fought
{; was right. is right and always WI be
right. The Confederacy fought for the
4 right of States to govern themselves,
fought for the doctrine of local self
government, and that must always be
right, and now nowhere on earth is the
H Sou tn condemned for the pa IT she played
Z except by those who condemn anything
& that does not succeed Those who con-
N denim the South because she failed are
IT. Ignorant Of history. He cited Instances
h to- show this The Governor expressed
II the opinion that the time will come, IL
y 1t has not already come. when the YER
dict OF the world will place the laurel,
& not on the head OF the stolid Grant, but
4 upon the brow Of the peerless Lee.
'3s' Two Battles Per Day.
Speaking Of the tremendousness Of tile
great war between the States, the Gov
2sernor said that more than two battles
Il per day for four years were fought,
land. lie said when. he heard these little,
NJ Spanish War veterans tai king; about San
Juan lIill and Santiago he was amused.
u The whole Spanish Mar, he declared,
would not amount to one off, thu. AIR
sized III skirmisles in v Northern Virginia
Il Or around 4 Richmond. s NJ. III 81 L
SEs8li II ere the III Governor got into another
S5joll y, roll icksome hunlor, and he kept
IS the throng in Sroars of laughter over his
our s w r. and the snlallness of NJ the
ID skirnlish in Cuba by comparison. Ills
humorous references to the Confederate
way OF capturing Whites and clothes
d from the Yanks was very fine. and then,
coming to a serious vein, he Governors
atribut tie to the genius Of Lee and Jackson
was a gem that is we'll worthy a place
in COME dcrate archives,
3sss Had Jackson Lived. 55
yNfcClellan's failure to capture Rich
u mond. the defeat Of Z Pope, the dcscrip-
SStions OF the battle OF fredericksburg. the
story OF the battle OF Charlottesville
were most graphically told. and, nj
n though the speaking was In the air and
before a tremendous crowd, the Gov
II ernor's graphic and realistic story was
Il listened to with almost bated BREATH
Il except now and then the calling of the
4 names Of. the y great heroes brought
I stumultuous applause. He declared? that
lice and jackson together Ind never
II been defeated. and he declared Ills belief
THAT, had Jackson lived, the South would
& have won.i lie said General Lee recog-:
q nized that, after Jackson's death. he
u had no general to whose genius he could
III trust one Of those bold flank move
q ments.
3ls The Governors tribute to the Army Of
i Northern Virginia was grand. and he
4 declared that Virginia can never forget
"a her brave soldiers. (.
IL sit is WELL he said, ITO build 3monu-
& ments to Confederate soldiers. ] hope
u ere long there VIII be one in every coun-
X ty. but Virginia owes a duty to the vet
q Grams still living. and that is to take
care OF the needy ones, and this old Yir-
b ginia will certainly do. for no State Is
q worthy OF n flag that will not care for