The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-28
THE SOUTHERN CAUSE
NOBLE AND JUST
The South in the Making of the Nation-This
Now Reunited Countrywide Odds Against
the Confederacy-Vir ginia s In
Place.

tention Of Mcdowell, with 10000 troops.
for the protection of the capital
| The war over. the Southern soldiers
! turned with sad and brave hearts to
thelr desolated homes Their family
affairs had been ovcrthrown: the fields
mad grown UP; they were without
| money and the means to commence the
struggle of life again To the sur
| prise of the outside world they did
not sit down by the rivers and weep.
as they remembered the prosperity OF
! Former days; but bravely determined
70 -pegin lie anew. and they accom-
] plished results gratifying TO every true
man, North or South. Their magniti,-
| cent varied climate and productive
| soil responded generously to labor
Tney moved onward bravely in the
| struggle for life. as in war they had
| fought fearlessiy for weary years
Here It may not lie inappropriate to
| mention what Virginia, grand and
| mpcrial, has done for our great ccain-
| Try, Familiar as he facts may be,
| the? cannot be too often repeated
When the conflict began against the
infant colonies for the freedom nj this
| fnlr land she gave to America-ayc
| 70 the world--one of the grandcst men
known In the tide OF time need not
mention his name The great poet
BYRON says: Ills name will lie a
watchword for freedom while breath
! Is left TO echo H. Phillips, a. great
orator across the water. declared he
was a hoon OF Providence to the human
race. tina no one PEOPLE could claim
him. and he surpassed all the rrca,
leaders Of the world. In victory he
was great Virginia also gave the
world his twin brother in grandeur
| our peerless leader in pursuing his
| struggle for The South was not only
10 ~ ,,I,,.
IN our favor. hut probably grsater still
! IN the hour Of defeat Tho pages az
history will be scanned In vain 10 dis
cover the equal Of the pecrless Lee in
| the hour OF adversely
The great Bill of Rights, formulated
ny Your Mason in our Revolutionary
IstruEgle, now deposited in your state
Library. was the most Formidable meas
uFe presented during that time The
| first declaration for our rights and
emancipation from Great Britain was
presented by your Colonial IeEislaturc
The great Declaration Of Inde-
pendencc was drawn by virEinian
the great Northwest was conquer red
| by Virginia militia during the adj
ministration Of Governor Henry, the
man who. in old ST Johns Church IN
| your City. made that great speech
| which thrilled and aroused the hearts
of our struggling patriots that he
would have liberty or death" After
seven long years OF contest peace was
declared. y peace that mean new
| ma lion. iFh
The colonies were separated; the
ravages Of war and the destruction of
| properly left them greatly impover-
| ished poverty as usual. brings with 1t
discomfort. Enemies were fermenting
dissentions, and the question arose
how was 1t possible 10 make n united
peof!e? Virginia then generous as she
has always been. magnanimously came
forward, acd instead of. like Brennus.
throwing her sword into the balance
TO assert her rights, she magnanimous-
| ~ said TO her sister colonies, Take
this great territory. which Is my own.
10 relieve your necessities: your coun-
| try shall be my country, and we ),
stand together as friends, and not a,.,rt
| as strangers"
The Union was formed. The autonomy
iiof the States was established, and tho
government moved on in the road OF
Iaucccss, until made too confident BY har
prosperity, from time 10 time mnttcr-
ings of discomfort and threats of dis
solution were prevailing throughout
he land.
Who, then. should question Viz
Ginia's right 10 he known as the
Mother OF states and of Statesmen?
| With so small population as she then
possessed, the question which has puz-
zled mankind was how she could
furnish within SO small n country such
a galaxy of distinguished rulers, and
take charge Of the government after
the restoration of peace. and for the
period of thirty-six years, With the
lintermission of four, supply the coun-
Try with presidents and leading public
men. tins nnifying the government
J. IL ttr1x. rt,1
peared. The researches of historians
discover that prominent among your
people were numerous descendants Of
the dominating Anglo Saxon race, n
race that declared Resistance" 10
tyrants was obed ience 10 God" That
wrested from reluctant King al
Rnnnymedo, the great Magma Charta.
That executed Charles the First for the
inyas sion of their rights. that gave to
mankind the examples OF Hampton,
a Marlborough, a Chat ham. Burke.
the Virgin Queen. for whom this state
is named. and many other iilustrious
examples
Why then, not ascrihe her ascendency
In tho colonial struggles. to that an
cestry that doth hedge King?'a 1t
is not surprising. therefore, that Vir-
ginia. with sorrow and regret, should
view the unnatural contention among
the States OF the Union which she felt
assured must-ultimately result in an
effort It dissolution. Occupying as she
did position. which in the event of
warwould make her the Flanders of
America. she did all she could to pre-
vent this nnrelenting struggle.
Time and again she voted against
the ordinance OF secession. and the sis
ter State. North Carolina, stood atch-
full and faithful by her side. Even
when the cause or pacihcation seemed
homeless. Mt the instance OF her most
distinguished citizen, onco a President
OF tho United states. peace confer
ence wns suggested and met In NASH
ington. IN the hope that tho dire dis
astcr ola Civil War might be avertcd,
The kSurClnCl nm ssio rousad hv a itu-