The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18

oil the Eastern Shore was perfectly APP
| parent. but when the Federal forces.
| early In the war. Attempted to take
| Fr"N'on OF the country near the
present city OF Cape Charles. thcy were
promptly met and repealed by that pa :
triotic band, whose camp was In sight
Oh the spot on which wo now stand.
But for any organized force to re-
main mere then was to Invite inevitable
| capture. and so these brave boys, bid
| oing farewell To home and loved ones.
forsaking all clso. crossed the stormy
chesapeake and cast in their lot with
sons OF the old Commonwealth. fol-
through four years OF constant and
| bloody battle.
| where are they who marched away.
| Sped by smiles that changed to tears %
ot all tho bright young lives spent
In that terrific conflict, only this hand
1a1 OF survivors can gather here to-
day. saddened II may be at the loss OF
comrades and brothers who fell beside
them on the field after glorious victory.
but stu, in their declining years
strengthened and sustained by the
| proud consciousness Of duty we'll done
and honor we'll earned
| From brief list Of those survivors,
| who served with the Army of Northern
! Virginia, / note here n goodly number
~
! Virginia Infantry, General Dick Gar
| nets Brigade, whose ndomitable shirt
carried them In that immortal charge
at Gettysburg over the encmy's work
| at the Bloody Angle. and won for
! them an etornity OF fame
| l note also others of them borne up
on the rolls OF the Sixteenth Virginia
In Mahone's old brigade, who. In that
| world-renowned charge at the Crater,
| in front Of Petersburg, won imperish
| able glory.
In sweet little story called "Thc
House Of Happiness the talented Vir-
ginia authoress has lately voted the
sentiment OF our younger brothers and
sons who never saw a battle, making
! one OF her characters sorrowfully ex-
claim: II was born too late to fight
Tor my country and eternity has no
| compensation for that
| =. And so we feel tho influence OF that
IConfedcrate Spirit here to-day. which.
though chastened by final and everlast-
memory of brave men and women. but
| still lives In the contemplation Of SO
much that was glorious in our past.
We eNult not in the progress of our
arms, nor in the unquenchable valor OF
our brave dead, though there is enough
In all conscience to stir our pride of
! Grafton but we do feel deep sense OF
f, JOY In their noble manhood. their de-
voted faith and love for truth and right
and their supreme sacrifice in its de-
/ fenso.
My comrades of Iarmanson West
camp, you need no reminder that the
named are known to you rs exemplars
| of all was brave In life and admira bl @
in death. Hence, 1t is that you select
| them, Lieutcnants James b. Harmanson
and Q. *. West, old Eastern Shore
names. as worthy of the highest honor.
Ihey led the march of heroes to that
Judgment bar. whose secrets when
! revealed will disclose no stain upon
their bright escutcheons.
| This cornerstone OF your Confeder-
ate monument Is hero placed to-day in
memory of these gallant souls and
| their companions in arms.
| 1T would be as persumptuous as It is
| unnecessary for me to remind this in
telligent audience Of the facts of your
Before ever Virginia was called the
king's Wen Beloved Old Dominion. this
|! beautiful peninsula was known as aye
then it ali Became a "Sortha GepwmaK anj
when findally the County of Accomac
was set apart from 1t, the oldest set
,iement remained, as 1t is to-day, the
fair favored County of Northampton.
Your great discoverer--the boldcst
explorer that ever set foot on North
American soil. Captain John Smith
pronounced its culogy in these ia
miliar words:
Heaven and earth seem never to
nave agreed better TO have framed n
place for mans commodious and de-
liEhtful inhabitation."
| That this is everlastinEly true no man
who has ever lived here and eaten n
SOFT crab from the seaside or a bushel
of oysters from Cherrystone Creek can
entertain the shadow OF a doubt
But are we not all Virginians? And
s sion ws IN the garden spot OF ALI crea
OF an eXiled son who has recently paid
ms MS mother State this tribute OF affec-
There is something in the blue sky
which arches over her mountains and
NILS and plains. something In the air.
tho higher sweeps of Appalachian
range, which holds captive the hearts
Oh those who are to the manner born
| TO her sons and daughters VirEinip
rs as the Holy Land to the wanderers
Fate. destiny, the necessities of ex-
istence. may lead them far away--inay
even eyer hold In the eternal bondage OF
! Of life dwclt for little whiIeEhut
treG at last the Immortal part turns
back to the land IL loved"
Great as were tho men who werr
porn on this peninsula. what heights OF
reverence and honor must we reach to
MY portray the women of their race
latest generation? LIKE faith father 70 ike ike
son. son, 50 may az w, we'll give place to better
phhnse' Like mother. like daughter
When we reflect that the success OF
your efforts to build upon this corner
Sennnds monument to your gallant dead
iington" Chapter of the United Daugh-
tiers of the confederacy.
WI, ~ know what you are thinking about.
tWhen gentlemen get into trouble they
something to build monuments. and
l venture to assert that at this very
moment YOU all are thinking OF Mrs
Edward i. Nottingham, daughter OF
Lieutenant James r. Harmanson, and
ner devoted sisters of that Old Ar
lington Chapter. who have done and
are doing so much to crown their noble
work with the completed monument.
one cent on each barrel OF potatoes
shipped from Northampton next spring
VIII build you the handsomest Confed.
crate Monument in any county OF tho
Fellow-citizen save your pennies
ana come to the help of the annointed
VINO are these Daughters? Children
or a dead Confederacy. Aye, though
h IL be dead. yet shall it live in the
ne near or all who sorrow for 1t, but
noI as those without hope.
Ihey are Daughters of Virginia The