The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-19
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share In tho evolution OF the American
idcn md tho upbulld!ng OF q splendid
rcpubllc7 Greeting tho reading. world
fS9 iS Se saao s &c e q .s e
strong nnd dlgninod III every way
worthy OF tho hour nnd tho theme.
ing among tho chickering's Of PROV !dcnce,
OF the West tho seeds of religious and
fiyii OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES indeed tho mos,
lis tho fact that two great forces,
ever ut war ACROSS the sen. with
sheathed swords made common cause
gcther labored through all tho strug-
giles OF tho colonies, thnir privntions
their periis and their disanpointments
Through tho heroe fires OF the Rovolu-
strong, free. compact government.
The Purtnn--whosn lth and kin,
left behind IN the smoky huts Of the
Elens Of Scotland. in tho cottages on the
hunted like partridge on tho noun
tains" by tho bloody Graham or Clhver-
house, tho tiger. Dalzell and tho fierce
Monmouth-on his knoes In the CON
venticle OF the band of devoted friends
and followers ut Leyden or Antwerp,
prayed not only for dolivernnco from
exile, ,, but for Gods blessed alr Gods
derncss" Of u far away land, where nc
might build tho altar Of his conscience
and Up plant tho roof Of his domestic l!fe
fallen from his limbs
Tho CaValier-who shared the vfcto-
RES. moro than once the fate of tho
great Marquis of Montrose. tho mailed
| n In Ill,
his Kings head cut or his castle dis
mantled by the petards Of somo storm
ing party Of Cromwell's army. his goods
e conf and his rank dcspised, fled
from the abhorrent rule of the Proteo-.
torate his sword his fortune and his
heritage his high lineage and shining
courage.
What contrasting types OF the Anglo
saxon We're these two-the stern, stiff
necked Puritan, tho "Stoncwall Jack
son" Of the pioneer fight for cIvillza-
ton on mt, the tcebound coast and SHOW
vaultins Cavalier. the tawny- haired
| Eladiatorinl "Jeb Stuart" Of Colonial
| Virginia, who planted his foot on tho
banks Of tho Chesapeake. and lorded
| it grandly from tho York to tho Apo
mattox.
It Is no matter for wonder that the
e teit,ng OF two such rn, types produced
bones" soldier OF tho Ironsidcs army,
who went into battle with prayer in his
heart and hymn on his lips. and tho
knightly royalist, who spurred TO the
, nmmrg H o, WITH laugh and good
4 Harry Percy called It. was n man OF
great achievement. The union of such
blood and Drawn sufficed to carve from
Its granite rocked bbed" hills, an
Gent as the SUM- hardy New England;
to found the Middle States. empires in
4 themselves In resources and extent; to
plant the Old Dominion and her sister
Southern States-the original thirteen
commemorative, about which n century
has grouped a magnificent Statehood.
possessed of n teeming realm from tho
Rocky Mountains to the Gulf Of Meai-
co, from tho bleak coast of Maine to
the semi-tropics OF Florida.
What hath God wrought" in the
eventful life and stirring career of this
nascent virile, aggressive nation! In
b iuafy youth y turned like lion
\ mother/country a second time. and An
drew Jackson won a victory at Now
, Orleans day or two after America had
compelled n peace from Great Britain
Passing onward conaucring and TO
5 conquer. It wrested tho princely do
. main OF Texas from the Aztec civili-
: cation Of Mexico, and threw over that
land OF mystery tho spell Of It's brilli-
ant victories. Rent within itself by
, the commissions OF a mighty political
movement. internec!ne warfare ragged
from Gettysburg to Atlanta, the world
electrified by Southern yalor and Nor
thern courage. until tho Union was re.
, welded and cemented in the best BLOOD
iof both sides. When Admiral Dewe;
got ready to fire. at Manila. the Philip,
Spain. while It's most valued posses
sions in tho West Indies threw OF
: their letters, and rose to their feet II
: the independence of self government
!. undcr the .protectorate Of the "up'
~
s which, in the sixteenth and seventeenth
!. centuries. from the reign Of F'erd
q nand and Isabella to that, Of Philil
u H., son Of the emperor Charles ", wa
of early modern times. which had con
{ quered Mexico and South America, an,
had planted its royal standard on tn
: shores Of North america before tn, tn
s blaZed away into the wilderness.
n The metropolis of this country, Is
a years OF age. has climbed, In extent
e population and splendor, to a plac
e historic cities OF the earth, while ther
are two other cities of over 100000
g Inhabitants each--onc, hnllowed b
y = Colonial and Revolutionary tradition, o
v the Delaware, and the other an infnn
s prodigy Of the West, struggling ham
: let on the confines of Il rude civiliZatio
only little while ago.
Within the memory of man
Il ~
q village stood In tho neck of the wood
II where now thousands and tens OF thous
10 ands push and grind and toll and swea
y, y in tho foundry and the mill, the count
% ing-ro and store; herds of buffalo,
vast, formidable mass of anEr
strength. trnmpled and fought over tn
, beaten track across the alkaline plain
~ whcro the Pullman train speeds to-da
"a at sixty miles IN hour; the bearde
es miner laid his pila Of gold dust on tn
81 gambling table Of the wooden shack 0
ia the Pacific Coast. whore now San Fran
to cisco talks to New York and Bosto
e. by tho wires flash, and mt the leisul
ne MONDAY hour Eossips with Chicago b
IN long distance Telephone.
VI The most schools. the most newsps
nj pers, the most libraries, the most raj
az az roads, the most telegraph lines tt
- most millionaires and multi million
aires, the most trusts and combine
the most of the "earth"-these arc IL
proud achievements OF this republi
militant and triumphant, In three HUI