The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-18

Isto get our revenues" or words to that
erect. hut Isn't 1t strange that when
| Mr.. Roosevelt was In authority, when
| the Nation fairly trembled ut tile word
OF his power. he did soallttle to enlist
the South In constructive statesman-
lSship?' Head the Blue Books OF the
|fGovcrnnient at Washington when he
was the Government. and one Will be.
l$ustonished at how little hc depended
upon the constructive Soutl, then
Practically. the South was shared out
of participation in both the domestic
and foreign affairs or tho Nation
read the list. a second-class mission
here and there, nensly consular
office now and then, Department
clcrkship occasionally; always "n,ichs
cry and little WOOL thenas now.
Mr.. Roosevelt touches G IN alt, how
ever when he expresses the earnest
hope that the young men all over
America to-day will keep ever In mind
these glorious memories of every Sec
ton OF our common country, and that
the men of the North and OF the
West will remember the South's past
with the same pride that the South
itself does. for the undyng glory Won
| by the men who SO vnlinntly and with
such sincerity fought for their con-
| victions, whether they wore the blue
or the gray, is now q common heritage
I OF all OF us, wherever we dwell. !"
"Bullyv' That has familiar sound.
| It reads like leaf from tfle past, the
unreturning past, thank Heaven! when
4 we, too, were moved by such concord
4 Of sweet sounds. There. however,
i in the house Of our fathers at Wash
Il ington, stands the statue of Robert
f. Lee, In Confederate uniform. and
his memory" we are assured by Mr..
4 Roosevelt in his letter to Mr.. Davis.
A "is honored no more by the South than
II 1t Is by the North, and in the North
4 and in the South alike I think we are
now learning to apply absolutely In
4 good faith the great words Of Grant;
4 Let us have peace, again, we exclaim
.Btllly!' But how about it? Las
Monday, the day before Mr.. Roosevelt
gave expression to his noble senti-
ments. the New York Evening Pos
4 printed long letter from Thoma:
Sturgis, First Lieutenant and a. d. c.
4 FirstDivision, 9th a. c., about the Lee
4 statue and Wickershams "opinion,' II
q which he says that the halls Of Con:
gress and the streets and parks Of
4 Washington should be used to per-
petuate only the names of those VINO
have served the Nation in It's broadest
sense" and that these places. "es.
pecially dedicated to the spirit OF
Nationality, should not be used by any
State or party to commemorate those
: whose lives do not measure up to this
standard, and specifically should no.
4 be used to commemorate any one FOL
whom the honor is sought, in any de
~ gree. for his efforts to destroy thu
Union" Sturgis speaks in high term
of Lee but protests against his statu
in Washington 'as a degradation Q
our National IDEALS In conclusion
= he says: THE incident is not closed
Like Paul Jones in the Bon Homm
= Richard, the Union soldiers and tn
y loyal North have only just begun t
= fght.''
? Instead OF wasting his time on tn
= South, how wouldit do for Mr.. Roose
Z Welt to direct some of his aboundin
>, energy and eXuberant patriotism !
: efforts to Know the North. Their
q is far greater need in that part
Z our common country for real cor
structive" work than in the South. NJ
y Roosevelt hopes that 1T can be Al
y ranged that the Southern Commerce.
g Congress- be held, then Con his rt
= turn from California next March),
y one OF the cities through which ! a
IS able to pass" Why not? Why ne
hold it in New y ork, where 1t will J
convenient for him to attend?