The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-15

us heart to heart in the kindred heir.
ship of our patriot father Before that
august name feud and faction stand
abasitd. Civil discord turks into awed
silence. schism and sections are sub
dued and vanish. for in the very nam-
ing of that name there is sweet cons
cord of love. venerntion, gratltuds.
duty, patriotism and self-devotlon. In
it there is the harmony OF pence and
the power only of victorious war and
the spell of order and liberty and law
and the strength and beauty of ma
tional union. 1t typfies all that there
is and ought to be Of goodness, great
ness and majesty in that country we
call our country, the United States
of America.
I'VE will then, this day gather to-
gether the national affections and bind
them as American fasces, around this
statue erected by the Mother State. @
eFhcll't mfwtaomfwtao
!" Parent of valor, cast away thy
fear.
Mother Of men. be proud without =.
tear.
! What a theme. what scene for men
and angels
May our God, in Whose bosom he
rests. who guarded him in our coun-
| try's battles and who guided him in
our country's councils. vouchsafe that
| his spirit may continue to hover over
! tho land he saved and sperpetuate II,
peaceful, powerful. plentiful and free
| through all yicissltudes of storm and
sunshine. until earthly monuments
shall moulder into dust and humanity
| shall triumph over the mutations Of
| time. or time shall be no more"
| Although Mr.. Wise had many friends
| throughout the country who earnestly
desired his nomination by the Charles-'
4
| become a candidate. but notWlthstan nd
ling the infirmitles of ase he rendered
valuable and conspicuous service to.
| the Confederate cause as hrigadiar-s
general in South Carolina. Western Viz
| ginia, the defenses around Peters,
burg and many other places. He was
always found to be faithful among.
i the faithless in maintaining the cause
! OF civil liberty and constitutional frea-i
dom. The last time ! ever saw Ms.
! Wise was when he appeared before the
/ Committee on Elections in the House
4 of Representatives in the Forty fourth
Congress In a contest for a seat In
which James H. Platt was the contest
ant and ! was the cnntestee.
/ Mr.. Wise. together with Edgar Allan
/ and John Lyon, appeared for the con-
testant, and had no counsel. In tlns
course OF his long address to the COM
mlttee Mr.. Wise amused them very
much by telling the following S scry:: \
He said his attorney-general, John
Randolph Tucker. had delivered an
opinion in contested election casa
growing out OF an election for a Judge
| In Southwestern Virginia. This opin-i
ion was very severely criticized, and
among Others by Judge Robertson Eve
called him JACK Robertson in Vlrgtnia).
as being unsound. Permit me 70 tell
you story about him. "On one occn-
sion he was very sick here in the city ot
! Washington, and thought he would
die He sent for his friend. John III.
Patton. a Representative from Virginia.
and told him he wanted no craze. tab
let, hack hire or other paraphernalia
at the public expense over his funeral,
but he desired to be carried across
the Potomac into Old Virginia and
buried in simplicity, to which Mr.. Pat
4 ton replied. We'll. Judge, IL you do die.
and hope you may recover. I shall
feelit to be my duty to see that you
ars buried like any other rspresent1-
a tive OF tho people Of Virginia who may
die In the city Of Washington TO
4 which the Judge, scarcely able to sit
z up, replied Z Well, sir, ~ you 90. y Will
4 be constitutional