Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-08
ACCLAIM VIRGINIA
AS REAL CRADLE
OF THE REPUBI IC

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merry III new world. We are o;
th''r lineage. ihc!, deals are no;
foreign 20 Us: their motives yc ,Yp
comprehend. their hearts arc omen 10
our Gongenial souls. We know WHY
'neS came; We understand what ;bnv
intended; we appreciate t,.s~ SUM-
'rsS and appraise their cour.se u,l
eH'a"ce with justice "hIch only
'ie!r own blood can accord
Pays Homage to Liberty.
Nor do we come as separa:e peo.
PIE ella aiming especial distinction for
"c: oorbears or ourselves. We az.
mere not 10 reconcile and dcIimii
connecting Interests OF The o,J Do.
minion and New England or Tho
Episcopal Church and Puritan s.s,s
We do not think o! the I'i,sr:,rs as
having stopped the noi;a OF Chesa.
peake Bay with Plymouth Rock
history has expiol.i that OBJ
SirnettoA. For otherwise Is III. mr..
pose OF he spirit OF :h3s asscmbl.ce.
we come 10 pas HOMAGE o a .scd az
h"'Ioha! growth thst. Mow.n. ;urouri,
many sccis ana classes OF ,n.l,sb
me- hEa:tT developed !at5 a mi-,,,>
e. winch has risen ami c,c., the
son ana grown a moss If sparl.ss
o"'N and lays on every SIDE :. thcu.
sand times and brush 10 III. sun :,
An. freedom is a noble thing snn-
Iohn Barbour in 1875, and nanlai
webster. nearly ;ivc centuries ,a,.~
proclaimed. the spirit OF liberty 10
indeed e bold and fearless sniri,. q
was that sp!rit ;hat harmonised and
inspired these unrelated efforts
American coloniza;ion: /, was .h,,
SriFIi that crowned with immeasur-
ah'e success the narrow beings az
S'n"s! people. and it is tina, spir!, 10.
H"y whfch calls ever the banner.
bearers ~ the world. the English
speaking cxcmptcrs OF POLITICAL s.-
RAJ and religious liberty, 10 the yraa.
ASK of making wide the paths for
the f"ct OF mankind and m,kin-
straight the way for the progress of
thc work OF Gou.
To paraphrsse the spIend;d conn
n!iment that Caesar paid 10 Cic.ro
may We not say OF our common an.
esstors, those pilgrims Of Massachu-
sets. THAI they deserve more glory
ana more honor from the world for
having advanced the boundaries O,
Ahsio-SaNon genius beyond me IN
'eHGcd borders % Anclo-Saxon rule.
N"rfoik Receive. Parchment.
Lord taihcrcada on behalf Of tn.
Su'SraNe delegates presented 10 III.
city of Norfolk yesterday par,h
ment, TO which the name of ,.ch
dcicsat IS appended. The inscria-
ton reads: ON the occasion of III.
Visit TO N!rg mia OF the delegates from
Great Britain. Canada. The Neither
ianos ana the United States 10 cele-
pirate me terc"n'euary of the James-
town assembly, the. tercentcaayy o..
tAe Mayhower compact and tne pii-
grim fathers and the beginnings o.
free Institutions in America, we. The
Undersigned Delegates desiring 20
perpciuatc the glorious memory OF
the founders and 20 affirm our 10y
atty 10 the principals Of law and free
dom which they established do mere.
by appeal our names.
May Great Britain and the United
States be ever united in bonds o.
friendship and b. their common SER
vice may cad Inc world into the
paths OF law. liberty and peace"
Signed a. Jamestown in virginia
october :. ,s2o.
Z. The delegates viii be entertained
toaay by tne Colonial DANES OF
America. They Wi! be- met there by
delegation from Richmond, 10
which thty VII go on pilgrimage
ar,er the Hampton ceremonies are
concluded