The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29

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| which America shall sst to the world
Itself. Do you suppose that that
| gives . man . very light heart 1t
II couid pick out some gentlemen
not confined to one state, gentlemen
| likely to be associated with the gov
eminent OF the United States. who
! have not yet had dawn upon their
/. intelligence what It 10 that govern
ment ID set up to do. There are
men who will have to be mastered
In order that they shall be made the
Instrument OF justice and of mercy.
This 10 not rose-water affair.
| This In an Office. In which . man
must put on his war paint. Fortu-
natsly. am not OF such q visage
~ to mind marring 1t; and / do not
care whether the war paint u becom.
ing or not. And II need not be worn
with turbulence. A man can keep
| his manners and still light. Indeed
I have found that he sometimes dis
mays his opponents by keeping his
manners and fEhting; becauve they
| apparently do not know how to ight
with affability. But the nice thrust
| Of the sword that u delivered with
smile 10 more disconcerting than
| the thrust that II delivered with q
| scowI.
And there must be some good hard
| lighting. not only in the next four
| years. but In the next generation, in
| order that We may achieve the things
that we have set out to achieve"
After expatiating on the necessity
! of giving q proper return for what we
get in this world, the governor con-
| tinued:
Il want to proclaim for my fellow
| citixens this gospel for the future.
| that the men who serve will be the
| men who profit.
Society Has Revcngcs.
Now, society has always had its
revsnges. Society has never consent
| ed to remember with honor the men
| who thought only Of themselves. The
| honors OF the world have not been
| distributed upon the basis Of wealth.
| They have been distributed upon the
| basis of moral worth. ] mean, Of
course. the permanent honors, the
! honors that are supplied by the judg-
| ments Of others. and not by the judg-
| ments of the men themselves. A
man may make himself powerful,
| but he can not make himself hon.
ored by serving his own interests.
| And one OF the only things that ever
makes a State great in the number
Of men whom 1t has contributed to
| the service of tho Commonwealth or
I OF the nation, who thought of the
people they were serving before they
| thought about themselves.
Il was speaking just now OF the
! obliteration of sectional lines. Do
you not know that long ago the time
came when the people OF the North
honored the men who had served In
| the ranks of the Confederacy in the
! War Between the ST ttas--honored
| them because they believed that they
were laying their lives down for things
| that they believed in. Such rnn never
| fail of honor. even from those who
were opposed 10 them. or course,
| there was a special reason why the
South should have honored itself.
| You remember the quaint story OF
| the old Confederate who was trudg.
Ing home after the surrender. and
| who had heard to mutter to himself
| Well, I'm not sorry went in. / be-
| lieve / was right. I'd do II again,
| because l loved my country, but III
| be hanged II I'll ever love another
| country
ut came high In the circumstances,
and think that is the reason we have
valued 1t SO highly In the years that
have followed.
What sword Represents.
ut In an interesting circumstance
to my mind. ladies and gentlemen,
that even In this age Of peace q
household will hang a sword or q
musket up above the mantelpiece,
that would never think OF hanging
spade or a yardstick. And that IL
not because we believe In war. not
because we would not prefer peace,
but because we know that the man
who handled that sword or handled
that musket did not handle 1t for
himself. He stood for State or a
nation; he was fighting for a cause
and his size is measured by the cause
not by himself Therefore. those
of us who love peace. honor the EN-
hiem Of the sword. for 1t Is the en-
blem Of service. that great word
which is going to redeem mankind
We believe that we are finding out
more and more and more ways bs
which service can be rendered with
out the splitting OF blood, but whether
with or without the spilling of blood
II is service that they demand and
service only.
~ am glad that you Virginians are
glad to see virginian lent to the
service Of the United States. For II
we may be forgiven the pride OF re-
membering 1t. that Virginia has lent
an unusual number of men to the
service Of the United States.
What Jefferson Did.
"A great many people praise what
MIR. Jefferson said without knowing
exactly what he did say. But what
they are really praisinR Is the spirit
which they know permeated every
thing that Mr.. Jefferson said. That
little house. for 1t Is little house,
with all its dignity. that caps the mill
with all Its dignity, that caps the hill
at Monticello. and stands at the end
OF the spur OF the hills, and looks
down upon the beautiful valley. was
the coign Of vantage from which he
looked forth and saw the fertile
fields Of Virginia, and beyond them
saw with his minds eye the spread
ing acres of the United States, and
there though what 1t was that man.
kind should derive from the think
ing done at Monticello, tried to divest
his mind Of the prejudices OF race
and locality. and speak for those per-
manent issues of human liberty which
are the only things that render hu-
man life upon this globe itself i'm
mortal.
Races are immortal In proportion
as they think the thoughts of hu-
mainly and until humanity ceases t.
exist the world will be debtor to Vir-
ginia, for the thoughts conceived at
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