The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-11

GRADUATES ana undergraduates
accepted the invitation to speak
on the work of the Virginia Division
TO the students or the State Normal
School because it is our hope that
you will be our successors in perpetual
Ing the aims and ideals OF our organi-
zation Our motto Is Love Makes
Memory Eternal and 1t might well be
supplemented BY The royal device
which the Black Prince adopted "at
Crecy, Itch diem" q serve for service),
is the badge OF all our tribe" The
virginia Division numbers over S.U0U
members. enrolled in 100 active chap
ters We Will gladly welcome each
one or you as recruits.
Our Objects arc memorial. bcncvo-
tent. historical and educational. TN
der the first two heads may be group
ed our monument building, the obser-
vance OF the days we celebrate. our
undyiTg affection for the defenders OF
state sovereignty, and our efforts TO
alleviate the Inisfortunes which have
Deiaiien some OF tho men and women
OF the sixties. These are the voices
calling TO us from the dear, the dead.
the glorious past. Our historical and
educational work represent the cry or
inc future Loyalty 10 the slain upon
Nirslnla's s.! battlc-Gelds demands
that We snail heed 1t: love OF country,
the high asd holy patriotism which l..
the purcst passion or the nu,iau
requires that we shall continually
minister to the development OF our
citizenship
IL biography is history teaching by
example, religion is history teaching
by precept The mystic hand which
recorded upon Belshazzar's banquet
h.a IaEr
the balance and found wanting" traced
the same message OF failure in
the broken marbles OF the Acropolis
ana In the dust OF the Roman forum.
Ihat hand Is posed now ready 10 add
new names to- the tragic lis; OF the
nations which forget God. Let us be
warned. and remember that righteous
ness exalteth nation. but sin Is n re-
proach to any people. In Grays al
lusion> to Milton's blindness he SAYS
blasted with excess OF light. lie closed
his eyes IN endless night" The peril
OF our age is dazzling briIliance
which obscures our vision also, and
leads us TO substitute the material 70,
the spiritual. and 10 mistake progress
IN wealth and the trumphs OF science
for the advancement ~ humanity to-
wards the serene heights where Faith
views the Promised Land. The solu-
ton OF all our problems can be found
in III. sermons of the gentle Rabbi OF
Nazareth, and IL His gospel was writ
ten in our lives, perchance our two
dangerous classes the selfish rich ana
starving poor. might find in it the
peace that passeth understand
ing. and the equal menace OF boarded
millions and accumulated misery
might cease to haunt the horizon AS
patriotic women, we must consider our
responsibility and strive to be an in
iiuencc for the uplift OF the race
The founda ton Of history is truth.
and the well in which II may he found
is not always the nkwell OF the North
ern historian II we declined To pur-
chase any history which was unfair
to the South or which described the
War Between the States as rebel
lion. soon, soon the word rebel would
drop out OF print. some better noun
than Shareholder would he found TO
dcsig nate q Southern patriot and the
same commercial instance which caus-
ed Massachusetts. New Hampshire and
Connecticut TO vote for twenty-year
continuance OF the slave trade would
suggest the advisability of conforming
to facts. II their volumes are TO circu
late in the South.
In vivid contrast to the hospitality
Of some Northern writer's. note the ut
teranccs OF Charles Francis ADAMS.
Mr.. stowe tIarIN.t Beecher's own SOM.
Ganaliel Bradford and many others.
Truly. the pen has been mightier than
the sword In the vindication OF the
South, Ponder this delightful remark
from John Fiske, I'm every crisis OF
the republic. Virginia has known how
10 produce great leaders,
quote that sentiment to you. young
ladies, because its future accuracy de-
pends upon the girls Low earning
their diplomas You will largely de-
termine whether our young men. yo,tr
contemporaries, viii! be men of aciion
and fiyh purpose. = NEE idltrs cpon
the houlevaris o. Ifr Many ,f ,ou
will teach Consider well y.ur puw",
over the plastic clay your hands will
mould. and see that il is not married In
the hands Of the potter. Emphasize
the greatness of our reunited coun-
try rather than the SORROWS OF set
tied strife. and teach the children tc
love the flag which Betsy Ross made
for George Washington, the nag which
Lee and Jackson followed TO victory
or the plains or Mexico. and which
would have no place now among the
standards of the great nations if our
George Rogers Clarke had not car
ried II westward. and our Thomas
jefferson had not made II wave over
the Louisiana purchase It was
Southern genius which transformed
this republic from n narrow strip
along the Atlantic Seaboard into
mighty empire. bordered by two
oceans. In 1912 the issue involved
was whether that flag could shield Our
ships from British search. So averse
was New England TO the war that
Massachusetts and Connecticut refused
to furnish their quota of troops, and
the Hartford Convention debated with
drawal from the Union. The treaty
usherinG i'll the 100 years OF peace with
the Mother Country put an end 10 the
discussion but the doctrine of States
Rights had been clearly asserted II
took violation after violation of the
Constitution. and the decisions OF the
supreme Court to drive the South TO
seek the remedy of separation. not as
q choice. but as necessity These
rctrospects nll our hearts with pride
and when we consider the vast area
enriched by tide of emigration from
our commonwealth and the return OF
statesmen. grandsons of the old Do