The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-30


of the AneIo-saxon race; they have
been achieved by the battles of q thou
sand years; and that for which our
country is most famous IN the fact that
y has been the sternest and the truest
~ that race in their defense
y Of possible war with Spain:
1T is said that this means war.
nefy 1t. / do not wish to see the Amer
.can people involved In war. I look
lamities that can befalI the human
race. But there is one other much
greater calamity, and that Is Tor the
nigh public spirit of a nation TO be so
aeadened that 1t can look upon plumber
and pillage and murder and arson with
Indifference and can sttfle the truth
Tor yenal considerations 1t Ii worse
than war for the public spirit OF that
nation to be deRdened that II hesitates
I%or delays .one instant to go forward
and to dosany act OF high and great
1nstice because Of fear of war
OF the Monroe Doctrine:
With us are the Law and the
Prophets. and behind us are the In
tenigent, patient and patriotic masses
OF a great people, whose approval OF
american principles Is unmistakanle.
as against inflammatory and irritat-
4 Ing speeches. But common
sense looks at facts as they are. and
II is a fact so plain that he who runs
cede from the Monroe Doctrine II Is
not to be expected OF us who have
time honored principles to vfndicafe,
an obvious and wise policy to subserve.
and a noble aspiring nation to uphold
~ Its dignity as the paramount power
Of the Western Hemisphere. TO speak
In whispers. to start at shadows, or to
NOPE In pusillanimous silence when
the corridors OF the Capitol are ring
ing with denunciatfons OF our course
and with iil-conceived beiittiements
of our fixed faith"
High Hearted Americanism.
Not the least interesting outcome Of
Daniels senatorial career Is the steady
development In his own nature OF that
Z spirit of high hearted Americanism
which made him In his later years a
great national figure In our public life
60 gradual was the change that y may
Z conscious of that tidal stream In his
own soul. which bore him forward In
10 new seas of emotion and belief. IL
N when we read his public utterances
In their chronological order that We
come to see how far the Federal SEN
Apr has voyaEed from the port whence
the Confederate Major drst set sail
II would be too long TO trace out his
spare time TO look AT only few of
tbs landmarks left by him along the
ehore.
Here Is Daniel the Law student of
1885. Final Orator of the jefferson
Society of the University OF Virginia.
~ he makes his vaiedictory 20 mis-
Fellow students:
From first TO last Virginia was
foremost In the picture ny the flash
ting of the Guns, and though her fair
domain has been redeemed with the
hearts blood of her children and black
ened with the ashes of happy home
Steade. we rejoice today ms we rebuild
par ruins and scatter roses DER our
brothers, graves that all have pre-
served 1HstAiHea their sacred honor"
Here is the Daniel of 1877. now
member of the state Senate. speaking
from the same platform and once more
70 an audience of student
Revere the Past. but remember
that we cannot live in IT. As Christ
said of the Sabbath. SO NAV we say OF
the Past--it was made for man. not
uuer the form: be II ours 20 strive to
, conquer the souls of our Northern
brethren, with a subiimer faith, a more
gracious courage a broader maEnanim-
Hy Msgnanimity of the conaueror Is
q generous concession Magnantmity
OF the conquered is an heroic achieve
mcnt. The form of Saxon Harold was
conquered at Senlac: His soul lives and
) conquers still in the blood of our con-
4uering race"
In 4 $40 he delivered before the Cen
sral Assembly of Virginia and by their
Invitation = discourse on the llfa and
character OF Jefferson Davis. He dis
cussed the legality of secession and the
causes of its overthrow:
The United States have been unified
7 By natural laws. kindred 70 those which
unified the South Tn secession. but
greater because wider spread. It's ply
sicai constitution answered In 1851 for
the Northern mind that written con-
vtitution to which the South appealed