The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-21

sembly TO greet him and the club
parlors were thronged with hand
( somely gowned women for the occasion,
many notable guests being IN the
audience.
Mr. Byrd is a charming and most en-
PERTAINING speaker and his address
before the members OF the club yes
terday was not only fitting TO the occa-
sion. but to the speaker as wei Mrr
Is. o. James, who. as chairman OF the
afternoon, introduced Mr.. Byrd to MS
audience in very happy little speech.
said that he was one whose iiiustrous
ancestors had ever been connected
with the history of this State, as ne
himself had given every erort an its
behalf In the very beginning OF Dis
contrast OF Puritan and Cavalier. the
{ speaker stated that there was some MS
torical difficulty in making such a con-
trast While Virginia has done more
in making history than any other state
in the country. it has not preserved IL,
and there remain only few scattered
landmarks by the way Tor q student
of history to go back to and compare
with other grea. masses OF Hateflai
preserved by other states.
There has been no great event that
affected society in any way that ola not
have its beginning on stage lhdt was
set many centuries before, and SO MT
u Xf0 LOOK MS AUDIENCE VIII nm Ne~--
20 very laughabie and iudlcrous
description OF the beginnings OF Puri-
ianism in the time Of Henry Will,
and the history OF the parent country.
In those days such z thing as the sepa-
ration. OF state and church had not
been heard of and a dissenter was pro-
testing against the government ana MS
king when he dared TO entertain views
other than those held by the Established
Church of England. Everybody perse-
cuted every body else, and they must
have had quite merry time Of II with
so much burning and cutting on OF
ears and such. The more they were
prosecuted. the more fanatical they DC
came and since they grew in power ana
strength the Puritans desired TO go out
in freedom. hence the Mayno~er Win
its shipload of people bound for Massa-
chueetts.
Mr.. Byrd made a number of humor-
GUS comparisons between the people
OF that stern settlement ana the gay
and bonnie people that settled IN NIr-
GINA He said that in comparing the
two II was necessary that one under
stood the weaknesses and foiDlee OF
each in order that contrast be made
The Puriuans were not people import
ant in their own country. but they were
serious and purposeful and strong
minded They called themselves pc
culiar people. and they certainly were
they tolerated no other faith than their
own, utterly casting out from among
themselves any who might dare 10
differ The most striking characters
tic about these people was their super
stition IL was most extraordinary.
They believed in cruel and Furnishing
Jehovah and ia the devil great deal
more and thought IL was sin to De
happy, and SO they blotted out happi-
ness from their days and hVes
Virginia's Cavaliers belonged. as
rule. to the established church. and
we're equally as tolerant of Puritanical
views. so there seems to have been
good deal of hard headedness on both
sides but their theories of life were
very pleasant and happy ones Their
ears hadn't been cut on and their
lives had always been comparatively
happv ones. They got large grants
from the King.Iwhere great and power
full families were established on wide
plantations That sort Of civilization
always produces great men ana great
women. II developed magnificent
women, who became the mothers OF
distinguished sons. and out of 1t all
has come for the men and women OF
so-day a splendid courage and ability
that hasn't its counterpart in tho world
II has produced men with = dominating
personality. this very fact or CONTROL
ing broad acres and hundreds of slaves
of the State
Henry Cabot Lodge has boastfully
said in his comparison OF the two that
the theory OF life exploited by the
Puritan had become victorious, and Mr.
Byrd threw down the gauntlet to his
statement There has never been a
time. never crisis in the history of this
country. when the eyes of the people
were not turned to Virginia for a leader
and a guide The Puritan blood in
Massachusetts is a thing of the past: u
has persisted from the earth. but the
Cavaliers are still here. they inhabit II
and control and govern Virginia and II
Is their theory Of life that has prevailed.
and il is Virginia that has given the
great men to our country and not the
Puritans.
one sees on the mountains an even
more glorious vision than the past. but
II is in contemplation Of the past that
one is to look for ms piration for future
acts The leaders have come from this
commonwealth and the formation of
the very government is based upon
Virginia and not the State Of Mas
sachuse:ts Mr.. Byrd concluded with
a glowing tribute to the great men OF
this State whose names are written
etcrnaIly on the hearts and minds of the
peopIc. and now that a twilight time
had come. when the country was again
apDroarhing a crisis. she had turned
aesin TO Virginia and she has given
them the next President of these
United States
ENGAGEMENT Announced
Mrs. Charles Corner. OF Midlothian.
announces the engagement and ap-
nroachinr marriage OF her daughter.
MAJ. TO Robert A. jackson. The
wedding will take place some time in
February AZ Midlothian
North Carolina Wedding
An event OF marked interest was the
marriage Of Miss Margaret Bogart
P.ftraan to John Warner Moore. both
Of Milton. -. C.. which was solemnized
81 the Episcopal Church there on the
evening Of January y. az O'Clock. IN
ire presence OF q large assemblage OF
relatives and friends.
The ceremony was performed By
Rev. J. Cleveland Hall. rector OF the
church Of the Epiphany In Danviiie.
The church was Handsomely decorated
FOR the occasion, the entire chanccl
being niIed with ferns s1d evcrsreens
arsInst q background OF white. vhlo
a. .o<s oIorr from many candles and