The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
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In the year 1850 there lived III the
raj Mills and clover clad valleys OF the
olI Virginia state upon a naguia-
cent plantation. 81 happy family wao.c
hunnc was raliafsrro. In II colonial
mansion. surrounded by beau,iful shade
trees. and nursed in tho lap OF luxury.
tho subJcc, of this sketch was born
and raised. as were two broth.rs. both
older than he When the tucStn OF
war was sounded, all three Joined tn.
Confederate Army, James r.. the
Homngest, being - lad IN his teens III
ss5. after ..ppoma;tox had sounded
tho denua knci, tho Confedcracy ana
the stars and Bars" OF tho Lost
Cause" had gone down In dcfest but,
covered with glory. James p. Taiia-
ZERO returned TO hts ancestral estate.
10 find--what? The home In ruins. tho
helds devastated. the fencea burned.
the magnificent oaks and shade trees
iaid iow ~ the soldiers axe. all the
stock chickens, hogs and all tne pro
visions even, connscated 10 the use OF
the army in blue. the negroes freed
and scattered. and not q dollar in hand
10 begin litc anew. Both armies had
marched countsEmarched and fought
over the entire estate. There wss
nothing iifct but tho land.
When next We hear OF James p.
Taliafer.o, we lind him rafting logs
that vlsor OF mind and body which
mas led him. step BY step. 10 wealth
and High position. and which eventual
~ Justly earned for him the sob-iuuc:
az tho Business senator" Now. my
couniTymcn.' is sIch rot o. this beinr
promulgated by Rroward and his
satellites 10 militate a=ainst a man
VINO las had tho mauhool the grit
and The brains 20 rise above tic en-
v'ronm2nts az the situation, aud upon
Nvhosc cscutchcon no living man can
ind a blot? when and how has
J;roward ever shown himself any more
INC poor mans fr!snd than Tal!aferrn?
IN tho darkest days Of the reconstruc-
ton era. when bond was needed to
states jail. Taiiaferro's name was
ever ready. Can Broward'r friends
claim rs much for fiimg when money
was required to relieve the necessities
az the poor man, either IN or out OF
tho political prison. or the needs OF
MS family. the pookethook OF James
J.. Talja!erro, like his heart ana life
was ever open MY countrymen.'
can you say as much for Broward?
Tho attempt is being made To lnnu-
cnce The poor man not 10 vota for
Talinferro because he Ia rich Every
dollar has been made BY the honest
toll OF his own hand and brain Which
one VI you, y. my couNtrymen,
would not have heen ylnd to have done
likewlsA? Let him who is w!thou, sin
cast tho lrst stone. How can any mar,
vote for Broward after reading mis-
-epiies 10 the questions OF the Hon
w. d. Lamar. ex-Attorney- General OF
Florida? How can any man vote for
Broward after reading the letter of
Mrs Eppes, in which she tells OF the
cruel murder OF her husband by three
~ ,t.t,o
having been tried, convicted and SON
fenced TO DO hanged. had their necks
saved by having their sentences
commuted to Imprisonment for life by
MIN ms Governor, in direct opposi-
ton TO the earnest protests OF her and
hers and her husbands relatives?
MY countrymen." had Taliafsrro or
GilchrIst been Goyarnor, thoxe brutal
savagcs would have been hung higher
than Hannah And now, there Is an
other powerful reason which should
appeal TO the heart OF every man who
wore the graz for his vote: Taliafarro
wears the Southern Cross OF Honor.
In the year 1904 Napoleon Bona
parte organized the Legion OF Honor
OF France. Napoleon was recognized
the world over is the greatest mill
tary genius Of modern times. taking
rank with those great captains of
ancient history. Hannibal OF Carthage.
Caesar of Rome, Alexander the Great
of Macedon. ana Achilles OF Greece.
whose deeds OF valor wer, sung by
both Virgil and Homer. Napoleon
created the cross of the Legion Of
Honor" as marked tribute TO cour-
age on the battlefield, and bestowed
II with his own hand only upon him
who had won It. Al tac Bridge OF
Lodi, at Austerlitz. at Wagram and
I-eipsic, and hundred other battle
fields. thousands died in their errort
to win the coveted cross. happy I'm the
thought that If, in marching up to the
blazing lannon's mouth. they we-.
blown to pieces, that thu Emperor
would find a fragment sufficiently larr,
TO pin upon II the cross Of the Legion
OF Honor.
Later on the Iron Cross OF Prussia
was created by Frederic William III.
the father OF the present Emperor OF
Germany, as Il reward for distinguish
ed services as a soldier. Revised In
1871, during the war with Franco, the
Iron Cross was bestowed upon many
n gallant soldier by William ILL.,, who
stood with him on the battleflelds of
Solferino, Sedan. and at the siege and
capture OF Paris.
In 1858 England, by royal warrant,
established the Victoria Cross III
is Maltese, made from cannon cap
bastopol. So difficult was II TO win
that, up to the close of tho Boer War.
In South Africa. only 500 men had won
IT.
And yet little later. upon the soil
OF America. the Southern Confederecy
eprhns into existence. and from ISs1
to 1865, four years. little band of
heroes, numbering only 100000 from
beginning to fnish, upheld tho Stars
and ars" against more than 5000. 900.
Tnl'nferro was ono OF that little
band.