The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-26
MAYOR EXPLAINS
FLAG SPEECH. ]. ! !: {: | !.
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CAPT Mccarthy an an Amer ll
iCan Patriotffriom.ll5 .ll Cen ;''' !
tre to circumference. II
FLAGS INTERVENE: | N'.l::;
IN HIS OFFICE !'l ).
Devotion to One and Respect ana Nd
Regard for Other Are Thus Elk Ex-
prcssed-Would Promptly
Rcpel Foreign Foe. F7e"
Affection and
Hopes.

Mayor Carlton MCCARTHY su'o - ~ -,
,,,,t IL. amended statement rcsard1IiGi,s
~. o,y famous ..nag'' speech delivered
,,,n,oro ,hc Southern Ice Exchange las
Wednesday:
~ baye been the victim of numerous
f ,,os,o, cards ana letters and news
paper clippings since J dropped 81 z pass. $.
inr remark about iass N tue i1,lasl
ofaa speech which would mar =
column or two.
eric report OF what SAID WAS VIZ Wy,
/. fen byi some stcno.rapher Wi'o ~. n.".s -
syident his illitcracy " ms elioi !, -
translate his sterographlc i,otts i,', ,,.,,o w.
English. For instance, III ING .'s..s ,,as
quotation which tyou use, he ,na W.
,,n sneak OF the "battlefias o. ~
,,,,,t.,n IA such flag ever fioatcd.-
evnrSex,stcd! i have counted ~ ms
stenorraphic report perhaps hity,4.r1 y,
T ,ors-so,ne OF which arc. gramiilia 'lN tieai,
so,,,a vnogra ptical and others errors
80 faci.. some things never s'iiu,
so,nn things as they we're No. sa'u, ,
,.,,,o,: ,l,Inps which are absurd, any any
some which arc silly. Il,
,The s,enographcr evidently 'ihu
diaiculty In reading his own hotes .
and substituted his own illitcrate jar
yon for ms statements, For8instance,
hone I never said ''any nation tlat
ovnr raised or ever fell. l8hope also
thut i never said anywhere ma
1ion that knew no graft ainoHs
+ thieves" II would be amusing II ~
was not go distressing TO poihl &ou.
ITO helpless muddlc OF this accom-
t,,ii.bn1 Z s5stanOpruDhCr. al
His Love for the South
..Thc association which addrcsseu /.
wns the Southern Ice Exchaiise'.5 g.
Everybody talked about the desirarr esI1lsrt
l,ility Of; building sup the INDUSTRIES, Iidu ]
Tie manufactures, the enterprise. anu
TIC Dusiness Of tho South ana ~ II II
z ,,inia. ana what I meant by SAYING
Il recognize but two flags was one
4 w.vf OF saying that my interest," ana ah1u
my devotion and my hopes we're m
dissolubly associated with my state
and the South.
Il had the honor Of making me
acquaintance OF the Star-Spa1Sicd
Banner before plany OF my criliCs
were old enough tn rceoshlzc u ;,
they met It IN the street. ana \ "o'lia
like to relieve these anxious peopie
Of any unnecessary labor bS INFORM.
ing them that ! :tnl nnr-1n need OF
any missionary work whatever. !
had the pleasure Il few months ago OF
giving an order for fifteen thousand
stars -Spanglcd Banners. and, fur
thcr, the pleasure OF suggesting that
these be nut IN tho hands Of twelve
thousand school children of Rich
mond. that they might greet the Pres
fr,iS and color. of i
scntimcnt OF countless waving en-.
HENS OF the greatness and benefit
ccncc OF our country ! freely inter-
twinc in my ohlce the Star-SpanEed
Banner and the battle flag o! the
Confedcracy. and thus acknowledge
my affcctionntc devotion to one and
my respect and regard for ;t,e other.
Would Meet Foreign Foe.
~ have no doubt that would be
more prompt to meet foreign foe
with the Star-Spangled Banner than.
many Of these anxious Idiots who
are tearing their hair over a passing
remark.
.'As to the Confederate battle flag.
these words which follow about ca
press my sentiments towards II:
Like tho lingering charlli G.
dream that Is fled,
Tho roses breath when the rose Is
dead
Tho echo that lives when the time
4 Is done.
: Sunset glorlcs that follow tho sun
Everything taig tender and fvery'h'"s
That was and is not, ynt stills
there!
~ am an American from centre
to circumference; others prefer to be
Americans from circumference to
centre. Ny patriotism begins with
my home, Virginia; my nelghbors,
the South, and extends to my coun-
try's furthest bounds-thls was tho
patriotism of Washington, Henry and
4 Jefferson. Others prefer, for reasons
best known to themselves, to get their
patriotism from Washington and
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