The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16


dren :~-AA pAle lnto = 1Mel9J
caetde ana are inctdentAl t0 the e9-s3
rreme crime 81 oelioerateiys eet0-
nioodedy, plotting aeainst Wu9l0
1ree ana 81 peAce. 10 euDJue9tion %
German lust Of conquest. y waa
cnareeo aeainp the Andlans tnN @de-s
cimatea the colony of Virg1nM in
1875 tnat employed the guise Of
ir'enosnip % sniow the coIonists on
Zen suaro tnat tney maent sIiks
tnem tnc more suddenly ana eef-
amy. Iney were eavages ana their
.nos nao nccn raVisned from them.
1ut wat ala tnose responMoie Tor
e1MAny 40 tney na0 piOtsc0, ano
E.@ .. oVe1ytHin9 OsB1a4AtlOh.
- mo CIVIC nAo nesn ta'sed %
.He N-tn power. % Tar - science
sou tssure ana mAtnemaucs couia
go ~ ene IeeuN Va Ce 1T
49,. p,nneo 70 Movo IKE ci0cA
49, onLy one .actor N tne vast
iat.rt =, e ny ossOoks ~. az io1ces
~,.I. - 1Ieo nsu1utions: me Lncai-
p,.. power o. tne spirit OF Hperty.
-,stt, en.s .ney woulo nave Won
w.r. 800 asainss .hem .ney
ms 1880. " WnA. DIouSns
h-oLer hA a.. wi lauMions, .ne un-
- ant.r thts oul ~. '.Ory
tha Iihs Tvs. enae
r,rs in,1vasa rn.u w. lHpsl1nen.
tire sitma,ior 1WS anssu .ne en-
victorvo Tn.. 81. me
fhe .njr;t ~ rr.saS, po"e,. Ina1
II be in tha hres.t. - -. wnc n,.
roodsn,ar $500 49, - 9 pAck
+bc virr;r. -. '..e .no oAHNs OF
IN +ha ar.t as.aa,.,,. ne ouT nuIsesses
Or in their de.can1a,t. sna s,,ass
sors ranging from the nrexidert ~
the JJnhed States. the hrst man IN AZ
the world TODAY dowr "a ~.
simplest private in the rank. ~ ~
armies of freedom or the huro hia.+
worker in our factories or f,eIds w.
we're rich. we wire eraat. wa w..
strong in number, ana resource.. ~,
il was not our wealth nor cur
sources nor our numbers that WON N
this world struggle. we nnfsh, hara
been all these ,yc might Aav. 49,
even richer and nn.h,ier .nd hsvn
lest. II was the ,ncaleulah,e sn,r,, -
freedom the so1,, ~ liberty that 49,.
mated the rrcat Aruer,c.r NJ
mocracy that President wilson snot.
TO and in whose nam. ha .noLs 81
the snirit ~ lihe,.y th.+ Yjvaa
ever suppressed amonr ~. r.
mocracIes ~ tha world =, ~. ~
that won as ara,n., au dayea1s .nS
sethacks n has Wv s;,cs - az.
6rxf {r{
xaroh,y y,s+ =, ,.r.sstar
ycted their enerries 70 sat. r',.stu
tho liberties GO. for+h ~ .ss.s as
t.rs. and as ~ MI, r,.ir H. ~. "a"
N com, ar,,rv, ~, annX.;n ~;
forr,s or rsan.;o,, az 'Aio
nETnrp.~
'.
any tn'f that ~Hnout those
VINO ,eo IN those early years the night
ha'e mad the champions VINO wrested
Ireedom from the German potentates
ne ruteu over England; or thar
without those VINO IN virginia led In
GU srea. strussie agalhst England
we snouio nave won IN TINS war. the
.noueh, IS VAIN 1t was the virginia
spirit ina. won. In those years this
SpiIn. su.ncientls Euioeo ana inspired
ny tne sireinlans' 10 JUSTIFY our term
ins u ,ne virginia spirit nad spread
.Hrousnout America had. indeed.
HOWL IKE ,he SEEDS OF the plant
cIea'lo7 across the lands and taken
100. among the peoples of the world
~ was 70 this spir' .rat IN the
efucia contest between the TWO sys-
.eins ior the'r very HIe.-a son OF
'Hslnia appeaieu wheh IN the winter
isi"-i ne spoke 10 the democracy
,ne Woria 10 arise and race tho
Leln INA. threatened It's existence TIE
"orio over.
say ne was son OF virginia. not
Simply because ne was born on Vir-
gina SOL. OUT because wherever No
Hnsnt nave mrs seen the iiznt. the
SUR. IA WHEN nc SPOKE II tnat wnich
pc sot iroin Virginia from ner great
aposties OF HoeTy. Hegot MS DE-
Elocrass from tnose apostles ana ae
a.ueu as Heience AT her uni.
Versty al tns ieet OK that Gamailal
OK the IA" VINO IN ms time ana mine
'auEht the young men OF the south