Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-11

Ever since Colonial days Virginia |
welcome has been famous. We have
been made to feel that your hospital
ity is indeed boundless The oftener
we pay you visit, the better we like
you. Every good S9utherner claims
either to have come from a Virginia
family. or at least to have relatives in
the Old Dominion. 1t is sort Of
American patent of nobility, while to
belong to one Of the real FIRST fam
lilies" is distinctly royal
When the ConfedArate soldier comes
to Richmond, 1t is q Homecoming. The
greatest OF England's queens said that
when her heart should be opened, up
on it would be found written the word
| "Calais" lin every Confederate heart
/ Richmond is written forever. Here
stands the capitoland the white house
of the Confederacy. Yonder Is the
statue of its great commander, trib-
ute from the genius of France to the
glorious manhood of Virginia. Here
] is Stonewall Jackson in immortal
bronze--a memorial by English gem
tlemen to the soldier of God and his
country Here, too, Is A. p. Hill, who
gave his native land a soldiers I'm,
ished service. ana yet to whom, al
SO, the glory Of a patriots death was
! not denied And here. ready to be un-
yelled to the eyes of loving and
faithful people, stands the monument
II to the soldier, the statesman. the ora
tor. the historian, the pure and chiv
alrous gentleman; reared BY the
hands of Southern women, to him who
suffered most for them and for us all;
who bore our defeat, and gathered
) II unto his own breast every spear o
E malice raised against his countrymel
; Jefferson Davis, saes
p Sacred son of'vlruInis !. 49,.
There are many sacred spots = 4
! ginia's SCI jamestown and WlliGiSl
I: burg nave their memories: 16gEl61|
has its splendid triumph b1l Rjcn
9 mond is twice endeared to the S6utl
ern heart Dear are Manassas, Sevel
Pines. Cold Harbor, Gaines Mill, Ma
vern HILL Fredericksburg, Chancellor
ship, the Wilderness, Spottsylavanis
y Petersburg, Appomattox--her histor
n has made Virginia to be remembers
with Marathon and Thermapylae. To
noble to be neutral, Virginia stoo
guard over her younger sisters. Ever
wound of the dying Confederacy wa
:, over the PROSTATE body of virgini;
AS long as heroic actions have acharl
for noble hearts; as long as desperat
Z courage appeals to brave men, and Ii
: heart of women cherishes the memor
= Of self-sacrifce, Virginia will not /
!. forgotten.
l, love the South of today. The ga
liant and generous youths, who som
times gather with us. are my prit
- and admiration. But l shall new
again love or honor men as love
anu uOuOTcu tic CtUlicuCkdtC bViuiS
- I'VE needs must love the highe
when we see it," There was maste
!, full spirit in him; a spirit that laugh'
: at disaster; spirit that privation al
10 distress could not tame; spirit tn
u felt stain upon its honor like
wound. His was love of count
that burned all the brighter amid t
chilling floods of defeat. His was
is
THE passion Of a hope forlorn;
The luxury of being great;
The deep content of souls serene,
Who gain or lose with equal mien
Defeat his spirit not subdued,
it Nor victory married his noble mood
Of these men General Lee sal
1.-THE choice between war and abb
submission is before them. To sucE