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the confines OF this dear old Corn
"h"caIth May We never forget the
place OF its first establishment til
the River James shall cease TO flow
by the shores Of our historic James
town Tho present Senate OF Vir-
flhia Is the lincal descendant Of tha.
epoch making Assembly From Au-
gust. 1919. down to the time az the
existing Constitution the Senate was
IN continuous session without inter
mission. Why tho trainers or our
present Constitution saw TT to make
IL change and cause US To adjourn
sine die every TWO years am a, a
loss TO understand.
Furnished Many Notable Men,
Nr. President. this Senate has fur
n!shed many notable men who have
played the part OF men in the his
tory of our state and nation | can
no, paus" TO name them all. OF their
number are those who were promi-
| nent in the incidents leading up to
/ the war of the American Revolution,
That prodigy Of all ages. at once tho
wonder and blessing Of tho world.
winch lighted tn" torch that kindlcd
Inc revolution in France that freed
that great people from the bonds Of
tyranny and dcspOtiSm. which struck
on from the people OF Germany the
! Shachlcs OF fcudaiism and made the
Ei"rious British empire the synonym
for justice and individual liberty
throughout the civilized world.
Mr.. President, IL was that won
drous war which gave to mankind a
Henry. n Washington. a Jefferson. a
Mason and Marshall Not alt of
them had the opportunity for dis
tinction upon the field OF battle. bur.
nevertheless. no mortal can look any
one Of them in the face and fail To
say In the language OF Rober,
| Burns. Aye, he's Il man for a tha,
we come nov, Mr. President. Ia
later period in our national his
| tory--the War of lSl2-and again ~
was virginia who gave to that con-
/ net ITS most distinguished character
| IN the person OF our Monroe whose
Famous doctrine is influencing the
ncstIhics OF The world todav Tho
| Mexican War was So soon followed
anu oEershhdowed by tho greater
war OF tho SOS that our memories
OF II have become somcwha, hay.
/ out there was one Eirginian vim dis
| played in II such qualities of soldier.
SNIP as challenged. at that time. the
admiration OF the military experis al
the world and made him the cynosur,
OF al! eyes in the mighty confic,
| which so shortly followed il.
Tribute to Confederate Heroes,
~
lowered over our devoted Southlan,
In 1861 II was Robert f. Lee vino
resigned his hiCh commission in III.
United states Army and unsheathc,
ms sponcss sword in defense Of hi
native State. He was soon follorc,
ny galaxy of patriots--native son
or virginia. among whom may b,
numbered tho Incompatible jackson
the dash!ng Stuart. the intrepid Pen
fa afln Aehl
the valiant and scientific Maury. an,
most OF others who Will shed lustc
upon the cscutchcon OF old Wright:
as long as there is historian I,
recount their valor
Mr.. President, may disgrcss
little and ask question? What T.
mat combination OF Influences which
make n particular country or par
tcular locality productive Of grca
men over all others on earth and Il
all ages OF all times? Ancient Greece
from her earliest period. was III,
mother Of heroes in war. OF poets an,
painters. and sculptors. and Stands
forth, after the lapse Of centuries. a
the greatest educator Of the inte!lec
OF mankind, never surpassed an,
scarcely cqualcd by the gigantic pro
auctions OF which modern civilization
with all its cultivation and refine
"lrHN' can p"aSt. And why. III tho 3C
years or American history. II shoul,
be given to the Old Dominion TO %.
'he mother. not only Of states. hu
or the men by whom States. nay. en-
pIres. are formed. IL might be inter
est!ng and likewise Instructive 10 in
quirc
'tndouhtcdly. Mr. prcsi,ian:. Their.
is III this problem the element q
race; for he is blind to all truths @
history. to all the revelations Of tn,
past. who does not recognize" a scicc
race as we recognize a selcc: individ
VA! OF race. i;ut. prctrrmittinG nj
such speculation. when Virginia IN
holds the scroll OF her immortal son!