Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-19
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! liam Jones, Lees chaplain, Rev
George w Wray. introduced DIR. +,
| Pendleton Jones as the orator of the
afternoon. declaring that the son is a
chip of the old block" DR.. Jones
was received with applause as he
| came forward &c begin his address.
He said in part:
| MIR. Chairman, Daughters of the Con-
federacy. My Fathers Comrades,
Ladies and Gentlemen:-
Il am proud of the honor which
your partiality has conferred upon me
| today and | feel THAI it Is a sweet
privilege TO stand upon tbs platform
and in some measure take up the
work CT one who for nearly a half
century gave his heart. voice and pen
| for the comrades he loved so well.
Although ! can only claim TO be an
echo Of that voice, may my hand for
get its cunning and my tongue cleave
to the roof CT my mouth, if | forget
or fail to honor the memory of the
men who marched and fought in the
graDdest army of all the tide of time.
I'VE honor ourselves today and we
come TO cast the lily and the rose
upon their tomb. And 4 would that
my tongue could utter the thoughts
that arise in me-
As We come in loyal love. today
to honor their memory a1d keep
green their graves;
1--WE sigh for the touch of the van
ished hand,
And the sound of the voice that is
still.
But the tender grace of the day that
is dore
Will never come back again
who? may / ask, were these
men. whom we hold in such honor?
Not Milesian or Hessian mercena-
ries; not an ignorant, uncultured folk
as Miss Boyson, DR.. Alderman, ct al,
would have us believe. No, thou
sand times no. They come from
The knightliest of that knightly
race,
Who in the days of old
Kept bright the lamp of chivalry
Aglow in hearts of gold
In the rank and file of the Con-
federate army were the brightest and
best of the grandest civilization tine
weird has ever seen. In the famous
Rockbridge Artillery there were
seven Masters Of Art from the Uni
versity of Virginia. forty-two gradu-
a;es of other colleges and nineteen
theological students, and other com
mands had like representation it its
rank and file.
Before we can allow any such
SANDER TO stand in history be ii re-
membered that a large portion oil
that army was made up of the flower
of Virginia's sons. You cannot write
the gIories Of American history with
out writing. in leiters of living light
| the name of Virginia on every page
lIrpon her banner is engraved every
town: in her hands are the scrolls
lupou which are written the Deciara'
| ton. the Constitution. the bill for re
frious liberty upon her phyiac-
tories blaze thsShames of Washington
and Henry, IN Lees and Marshalls
Jefferson and Madison and the death
less host she has given to liberty
and today in face Of a world We crown
h<r Queen OF COmmonweaESs.i
In thus rrocIaiming tic vir'ues o
my native State, would net place
a star from her glorious SIsterhood
Who were in every way worthy t'
stand By her side. Bnt in vindicaiins
her from the Islander Of ignorant o.
malicious historians. I defend the rest
In looking over the names Of TN
men who have become famous In IN
world I recall a few Of the SoJtAerI
men who stand as bright stars y
world wide achievements. Commo
dorc Matthew ?. Maury gave the hrs
lccmpiete description Of the GU
Strtam and marked ont the safes
routes for commerce. he FIRST sug
eesicd The ocean cable and marke'
It's path. Palmer originated the piai
for splicing the cable in mid-ocean
Mccormick invented the reaper. Dc
clared by the French Academy o
Science. to have done more for agr'