Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-22
HUGHES ADDRESSES
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Patriotic Speech In Hall OF House
Wins Enthusiastic
Applause.
ALL SECTIONS KNIT TOGETHER
Former Supreme Court Justice Says
War Is Testing Our Democracy
With an Acid TcSt-Pcace by Nc
gotiation Regarded as Dclusion.

The hall OF the House Of Delegates
was crowded to its capacity ycstcr-
day afternoon to hear the address be-
FORE the General Assembly by Charles
Evans Hughes. former justice OF the
United States Supreme Court and the
Republican presidential nominee OF
1916.
Senator Cannon presented a message
to the assembled Delegates which
stated that the Senate had concurred
with the resolution OF ,hc House to
form joint session. Much applause
was then occasioned by a motion Of
Delegate Brewer that a committee of
! three members from the House and
one member from the Senate be named
with instructions to request Governor
Davis to be present during tho joint
session.
Mr.. Hughes appeared at o'clock.
ana was presented to the House and
Senate by Colonel s. NJ Newhouse
doorkceper OF the House. AS soon as
the distinguished visitor appeared in
the aisle every person In the chamber
arose and acclaimed him with deafen-
Ing applause. Mr.. Hughes was intro
duced TO Governor Davis. Lieutenant
Governor Buchanan and Speaker Hous-
ton, and as soon IA he could be heard
above the tumult began his address.
II am in the historic hall OF the
virginia Assembly" said Mr.. Hughes.
1 In Virginia for the third time. 7 shall
never forget the hospitality with which
your people have received mo on nv
TWO former visits. and take the op-
portunity Of saying to you now that
there Is no American heart but which
beats In unison with the heart of this
great State. for Virginia has given to
America her great triumvirate by
whom the republic was founded AMI
by whom the foundations were laid
TOT the great cradle OF Liberty.
This is time when North, South.
East and West are united in common
realization or common need and in
common determination that the prin
ciples or liberty on which they rest
snail be safeEuarded against the as
sault of brutal, insidious and treaty
breaking foe,
All sections are knit together with
a great unity which will be of beneft
long after the war is ended. for we
are now fighting for the principle of
democracy. But democracy Is not
| anarchy OF rule: democracy is an
| orderly rule consistent with and based
upon the constitutional rights OF every
| citizen by which he might attain the
great end introduced in the Declare
ton of Independence
TESTING DEMOCRACY
WITH AN ACID TEST
We are testing this democracy with
garded as just. because it will be
spoken by n people who have n free
speech. n free platform and free
press. We trust the future because we
recognize the essential conditions of
the present.
1T is useless for any one TO delude
himself that peace by negotiation
will be effective. Germany is obsessed
with the idea of world power and
world dominion and there is no cessa-
ton of hostilities that will not leave
It greater and more baleful power
than ever before in spite of peace
treaties. We must now use all avail
able man power-all available powers
Of organiZation-and we must success
fully oppose this foe until we have
temple where liberty and justice
shall reign and where international
rights shall not be desecrated: where
we might fulfill our destiny in a peace
so abiding that we may forever dis
regard militarism and brutishness of
conduct: all because the United States
saw this issue and determined to fight
it through.
mississippi, California, Alabama
and Montana are enlisted all together
in a common struggle that the COM
mon triumph might be secure
ut is very serious time in which