The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-28

Judges called to preside over one Of
the greatest tribunals OF the present
age three of that number wor, The
gray. Tho Secretary Of War Is an en-
Confederate soldier. The Speaker of
the House Of Representatives Is %
Southern birth. Should attempt 10
cnumerate all the positions of honor
and usefulness that have been filled
since tho close of the war by ext Con-
federates and their descendants. II
would be like "pl!ing Ossa upon Pc.
lion" Therefore I conclude by adding:
Virginia. leaning with unmailed hani
upon her broken staff. MAY say, "Vidua
ct victor''-if vanauished am still
victorious. For while. had she loved
honor less. she might have bent the
hinges Of the knee In the hope that
thrift might follow fawning, no such
dishonor blurs her name.
The feelings of those who partici-
pated in the nternecine struggle he
tween the States cannot be entered
into by those of the present genera
ton. To us It is a grim experience,
TO you 1T is a fine legend TO lis the
5000 comrades who rest beneath the
dew and sod arc present with us. The
Chimborazo Hospital. with its accom-
,nodations for 10000 manned and
wounded sufferers looms before us.
The strain OF scven DAYS struggle tn
preserve your capital. which resulted
in the killing and wounding OF une-
thtrd OF each army: the Wilderness
campai ign. which. according TO the au-
'hority of Northern historians. caused
the death and stability OF a greater
number Of the Union troops than con-
stituted the total of Lees army at the
beginning of this scene Of carnage.
are part of Its glory. The achieve
ments OF orr commander in anticipate
Ing and defeating, with his reduced
numbers, any movement Of his great
antagonist. all rise up before us upon
this impressive occasion
The long blue lines seem still NOV
Ing forward to encounter the gray. the
resultant daily conflicts tho rush Of
artillery, the regular tramp of the cav
airy. the undying steadiness of the
lines of gray: after all. the Union
army is no nearer your devoted city
tnan It might have been by supreme
strategy and comparatively small loss
of life. Then the intrenchments
around this city. the vigilant defense
OF them against overwhelming num-
hers of we'll supplied soldiers by the
poorly fed and less comfortably clad
Confederates; the manning OF forty
miles of breastworks with so 900 CON
Ieoerates against the ever-incrcasing
Union troops come hack to us until
our lines OF supplies being ultima telv
cut on. we are compelled to withdraw.
All these things rise up vividly before
us ] Will not detain YOU in recount
ing the scenes of the hattlehelds. where
the wounded and dying friends and
ioes are lying In close proximity. the
ardor of combat over. the hone of life
sun giving courage for ether battles
Let us draw the veil over the dismn,
part and simply add: No Confcdcraio
ever OCCUPIED place in your hospital
hiit telt II glory enough 10 have strug-
s!ed IN Protect and shield such wo-
manhood as niinistered out Its very
necessity 10 the wants Of the humblest
private soldier M
With pure. incorrupt!ble woman
nood-nation huiidcrs-contcnt 10 rulo
and he ruled BY orthodox standards
ana who prize more highly lie Jewels
OF noble endeavor planted in the hearts
and minds OF her offspring than the
outward adurnment of the .,uinca's
stamp Virginia Is still rich.
AS no man can ne truly great who
ma not good mother. In vicw of The
good and great men she has riven ~
mankind. assuredly no State nor Nd
nc has had more grand mothers than
THIS old Commonwealth.
while cherlshing the memories Of
the past. we look not to things IN,
are behind, but press on TO thst hivh
goal that Will make this presen,
worthy OF her past. MN