Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-07
ANGLO-SAXONUN|TY
STRESSED AS HOPE
OF WHOLE WORLD
Sulgrave Institute Speak
ers at Williamsburg Pay
Tribute to Virginia.
JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER
Is ORATOR OF OCCASION
Tells of States Early Opposition
to Spread of Slavery
System.
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WILLIAMSBURG. VA, Oct. g.
Anglo-Saxon unity. as the greatest
bulwark for world peace in the future
and the perpetuation OF those prin-
ciplcs for which the race has fought
from Runnymede ,to the Argonnc.
were stressed today as British dele
gates of the Sulgravc Institution
gathered here as pilgrims on the
spot where ideals OF free government
were natured :nto the beginnings OF
great republic.
The principal speech OF the day
was delivered by Judge Alton Z.
Parker, Democratic candidate for
President of the United States in
1908. and now chancellor of the Sui
grave Institution OF America.
Great Oak From Acorn.
Little did these pioneers dream"
he told the pilgrims. after touching
upon the beginnings of government
in America that the ;h-ce hun
dredth anniversary of the first at
tempts at government would be cele-
hrated by an independent nation of
over llo.o0o.oo0 people, possessing 4
territory extending from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific and from the Grea,
Lakes 10 the Gulf o. Mexico. con-
trolling a great ship canal which
II had built connecting the Atlantic
win the Pacific and possessed of
wealth greater than that OF any
three nations in the world, ccIebra-
tion participated in By Great Britain
and Holland
Judge Parker gave Virginia credit;
for greater share than any other
other in that respect.
Or. Leslie Hall. professor OF His
tory. struck a responsive chord in
the hearts of his audience when he
declared that, whether America enters
the league Of nation OF not. she and
great Britain will ever be found
acting in concert in the matter of
preserving the peace OF the world
and OF upholding those principals for
which both stand.
Loves Soil OF England.
II have always taught my stu
DENTS" he declared TO love the
sacred soil OK England. disagree
with Thomas Nelson Page that vir-
giRia gave the world n new spirit Of
, liberty. II was the old Anglo Saxon
spirit-the same spirit which car
ried our forefathers to Runnymedc
and actuated John Hampden. Oliver
Cromwell. Wellington, Patrick Henry.
George Washington and host of
others"
Lord Rathcardeen. head Of the
British delegation, delivered a brief
speech OF thanks for the friendly
sentiments that were expressed by
all the speakers.
Exercises, commcmoratlng the
three hundrcdth anniversary of the
attempts at government on the
Western Hemisphere. were held in
the chapel of William and Mary Col
lcse. older in antccedents than any
institution of learning in the United
States, though Harvard was first in
actual operation. The building in
which the Pilgrims were welcomed
was designed by sir Christophcr
Wrenn. was built in the year George
Washington was born, and has
served as the meeting place OF stu
dents who actually launched a giant
republic in the western wilderness.
Jamestown Near by.
Just few miles TO the east is tho
spot where the first permanent Eng
lish settlement in America was made
and where are the ruins of the
church in which the first legislative
body of the New World met and
passed laws for the government OF
Virginia settlers 1t was from Will
lam and Mary College. named in
Eonor OF the reigning sovereigns OF
Great Britain. that George Wash
ia OF a lie
country, was appointed surveyor for
Fairfax County. and started OH the
road of achievement which led TO
Immortality.
Hero Thomas Jefferson was
schooled in the principles that he
laid down in the Declaration OF
that the stage. was set for the wei
come by new America OF British Pill
grims to the very cradle OF the re-
DR.. J. a. C. Chandler. president of
the. the college. traced rapidly the his.
welcome to the visitors.
Judge Parker Spcnks.
In the principal address OF the oc-
casion, Alton B. Parker. of the Sui
grave Institution in America, paid q
beautiful tribute TO Virginia. "Massa-
cnusetts cnsnati s has my tilIal and profound
but Virginia. the fair and fertile.
the first spot on the continent that
an anglo-SaNon called home, the land
which gave George Washington to a
grateful country, the soil from which
sprang so man, leaders in the
creation of our government. the
mother OF Presidents. the cornerstone
of our free government---whcn | re-
member your patriotism and loyalty.
your scars Of battle and your dis
mcmberment. your carly. opposition
to slavery. and your latet sufferings
from tffs serpent. which had been
thrust II. your bosom in spite of
your repeated protests. my heart and
soul go out In profound love and
respect to the sunny Hills and fertile
valleys to the great and Hohlo com
raunfty known in history and
romance as tile "old Dominion"
Judge Parker's address was de-
voted largely to an exposition OF
Virginla's attitl1s towards slavery,
an institution which, he, laaid, tho
State had been opposed from tho very
Tells OF virsinians, Protest. &
ASA descendant OF a, Revolution
ary. folder from GMassa chusets." he