The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
Voice Of the People
Protests Against Proposed Pence


Jubilee.
10 the Editor Of The Times Dispatch;
Slit seems NOW tbat further
protest against Tho peace jubilee" is
\ work az supercroGhtion IN regard
10 the Wtiitncss Of Such q celebration.
ihat IT IS distinct misuomcr foi that
date. is true, but this is but :. small
part OF our protest
.April was the beginning Of the end
OF actual war, but il was also The be-
giilnug Of far worse thau wur-the
southern states had even tScir names
uthirh tlicn. ana were held under
m mn,,}G law simply as "districts" 1t
OF peace did begin tp the dcSolitcd and
diSmcmbcrcd South
, ~ IS o. only by Ihal par, Of Inc popu-
dorst"od or cared FOR tho principles OF
the south and those OF the south who
GROWING up after the priVatious al that
cfuci experience. Lave put from them
the story OF tic shame ana loss forced
upon their sunny aud generous land
mat such celebration could he con
This attitude has come too much
ron NE desire for the hcsh POTS Of
n:eNpt and tn. "loavcs and Ashes"
II ls almost as If in insuring fortune
ieil h> loving mother. hcr grave had
no"n neglected and forgotten aban-
honcd, that swine might fattcn on the
grass that lad sprung up and the
aCornS that mad fallen upon il
IhSre IS INC between loyalty re-
ca gain that Should never he oblit-
Grated. Which does not mean that VIC
Of the south are not now loyal citi-
Icns in These changed conditions re-
loicir@ in tho prosperity that has come
willing and glad TO give support Ia
ne best welfare Of the united States
whcn forced to give mp what was to
as right and hest That dream and
IDEAL ilupossihl". We have bravcIy and
honcStI\ turned TO making true re-
union.
Ru, the graves Of our hearts must
not be dcsccratod -our anniversaries
must be held mviolatc.
Docs II not seem too. that this
younger generation, though throbbinC
with - own nov life. might pause
just little IL give y tender ana SYM
pathetic understanding of conditions
aud facts That crushed. though made
glorious tho lives Of their ancestors,
many of whom are sun bearing Srcy-
iouS wounds
What hone can there he for - noble
/ future II VIC tramplc upon the loftiest
instincts of human nature In our sacred
past? Surely VIC can be true 10 these
while We give faithful adherence to our
pledge OF So.
we can bc true to that pledge and
give our efforts to The good Of what
rs now our cause aud country. without
StultifNing ourselves AMI dishonoring
our ideals. IN last Sundays paper
! ! read with pleasure the editorial on
the iiftlcti annlvcrsary Of Stonewall
Jackson's death. IT sounds as If the
Of The Times Dispatch. brcathcdi
through the pen of the writer. His
mantle must have fallen upon the son
! who follows him. But can Virginia
say Of Stoncwall Jackson. IF | forget
/ thee o, Jerusalem. let my right hand
i forget her cunning and her sons
/ make Il jubilee OF the saddcst ami
versarN OF the cause for which he
gave his life:
Can the sons and Crandsors and
great grandsons Of the heroic dead
who feel an emotion that can never
he expressed" Join in celebration
a. such d time and in such Il place as
I that proposed? That splendid
I Young business men intended any dis
I respect To our past no one can believe
I but may not we, their mothers. faith
ers. sisters. who lived and loved. and
suffered aud sacrificed ask If them :,
J more thoughtful consideration and in
I their hearts and minds ~ deeper re.
I spcct and understanding and a clearer
/ fuller knowledge Of the cause for
/ which the noble men and women OF