1607 JL k.J O /. \'^ ■rt — ^/ ^-^^^ ^. 'V^-oC^ iP^f^, ^t^, tiyn^t^ ^ ^Jamestown Tributes and Toasts JULIA WYATT BULLARD Illustrated by Bessie Thorpe Lyle " I wish we w^ere all more thorough students of the mighty past, for we should be rendered braver prophets for the future and more cheerful w^orkers for the present." — Frances E. Willard. Copyright, 1907. BY JULIA WYATT BOLLARD J. P. BELL COMPANY Printers Lynchburg, Va. TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT A VIVID figure standing out in as bold relief against the background of Ameri- can life to-day as did that of Captain John Smith in the affairs of the infant nation at Jamestown. They found not pearls and gold For which they came in quest Across the trackless deep — The Jamestown pioneers of old — Instead, the priceless pearl of Freedom, vast. For aye to keep; The virgin gold of boundless Opportunity, Which grows with ev'ry age more grand. A golden harvest any man may reap Who will. Yes, these the jewels rich The Jamestown settlers found Within the wilderness safe-keep. Julia Wyatt BtniAED. Radford, Va. ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Captain John Smith and Pocahontas Frontispiece Exposition Official Seal 13 Exposition Official Seal 15 Captain Newport's Fleet 18 English Coat-of-Ajbms 21 English Flag 29 United States Coat-of-Abms 31 The Red Man 33 The Exposition Unofficial Seal 34 Jamestown Church Towee 44 Geobgb Washington Faxjing 49 Independence Hall 56 Bullock Hall, Georgia Building 66 Coat-of Abms of France 69 Seal of Order of Cincinnati 70 Seal of Colonial Dames 71 Seal of Daughters of American Revolution 72 Liberty Bell 74 Coat-of-Abms of London Company 78 Virginia Flag 80 Old Bruton Church, Whxiamsburg 86 Old St. John's Church, Richmond 88 Maby Ingles' Cabin, Radford 92 The Virginia Building 94 Governor and Mrs. Swanson Facing 96 Aunt Jemimy 102 "A Tune From the Banjo" — Draion by Lillian May Bein- kartvpen 108 United States Flag 125 Battleship Virginia 128 Mount Vernon 136 President and Mrs. McKinley Facing 138 Theodore Roosevelt Facing 144 Mrs. Roosevelt Facing 152 Confederate Flag 165 Ulysses S. Grant Facing 166 White House of the CoNFEOEatACY 170 Robert E. Lee Facing 180 Beauvoib, Home of President Davis and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Building 186 Seial of the United Daughters of the Confedebacy. . . .187 6 CONTENTS PAGE The Jamestown Exposition — G rover Cleveland 13 Virginia Hostess — Lucy Preston Beale 14 Cardinal Gibbons' Tribute 15 Expositions — President McKinley 16 A Jubilee of Patriotism — Governor Swcmson 17 Bon Voyage — Michael Drayton 19 Long The Hail — Jolm T. Maglnnis 20 Our English Ancestors — Professor George W. Miles 21 Jamestown — Hon. John Goode 22 The Unknown Pioneer — Ellen Glasgow 23 On a Portraiture of Captain John Smith 24 On a Portraiture of Pocahontas 25 Jamestown Island — James Alston Cahell 26 Captain John Smith — Dr. J. M. McBride 27 The Lady Pocahontas — Captain John Smith 28 To Old England — Governor Claude A. Swanson 29 Pocahontas — James Barron Hope 30 Birth of a Nation — J. C. Wysor 31 A Vision of Raleigh — Thomas Nelson Page 32 The Red Man — Julia Wyatt Bullard 33 Jamestown — An/tia L. Randolph Price 34 To Pocahontas — Evan R. Chesterman 35 Indian Corn — Julia Wyatt Bullard 36 Matoaca — John T. Maginnis 37 King Edward's Greeting to America 39^ Pocahontas — Nora L. C. Scott 40 The Tercentenary Message of Our Ancient Mother- land— Right Honorable Jam^es Bryce 41 Pocahontas — Miriam Sheffey 42 To the Jamestown Church — Rev. William A. Barr 43 At Jamestown Church Tower — John T. Maginnis 45 New Hampshire — Gov. Charles M. Floyd 49 Massachusetts — Henry Cahot Lodge 50 To Connecticut — Governor Rollin 8. Woodruff 51 Toast to Rhode Island — Governor James H. Biggins... 52 New York and Virginia — Hugh Gordon Miller 53- New Jersey — Governor E. C. Stokes 54 To New Jersey — Prof. Henry Dallas Thompson 55' Pennsylvania and Virginia — Col. A. K. McClure 57 Delaware — George H. Dick and M. H. Arnold 58: 7 PAGE Maryland — Dr. Ira Remsen 59 ViBGiNXA — Leslie M. Shaw 60 To Virginia — William Jennings Bryan 61 Toast to Nokth Carolina — Governor R. B. Qlenm, 62 The Oli) Xortii State — Governor R. B. Glenn 63 South Carolina — Governor Martin F. Ansel 64 To South Carolina — Dr. Benjamin S^oa?! 65 To Georglv — President Theodore Roosevelt 67 The Empire State of the South — Dr. Francis H. Ornve. . 68 A Sister Across the Sea — Attorney General Bonaparte . . 69 The Order of the Cincinnati — Heth Lorton 70 To THE National Society Colonial Dames of America — Mrs. Catherine Cabell Cox 71 The Daughters American Revolution — Mrs. Donald Mc- Lean 72 Daughters American Revolution — Lucy Claire Atkinson 73 The Liberty Bell — Edtoin A. Herndon 74 Virginia — Governor Claude A. Sivanson 77 Virginia — Amelia Rives, Princess Trouhetzkoy 79 "Sic Semper Tyrannis" — Julia Wyatt Bullard 81 Williamsburg — Professor J. Leslie Hall 82 Wtt.t.tam and Mary College — President Lyon G. Tyler ... 83 To the University of Virginta — President Edwin A. Alderman 84 Washington and Lee University — President George H. Denny 85 Bruton Parish Church — Rev. W. A. R. Ooodvnn 87 Old St. Johns — Mrs. Nora L. C. Scott 89 Hollywood Cemetery — Evan R. Chesterman 90 Virginia — Walter Edward Harris 91 To Mary Draper Ingles — Julia Wyatt Bullard 93 To the Old Colonial Homes of Virginia 95 ]\Irs. Claude A. Swanson — Julia Wyatt Bullard 96 To Virginia — Senator Hoar 97 Virginia — Selected 98 The F. F. V.'s—Lily Tyler 99 Virginia — Edward Fairfax Naulty 100 Old Virginia Selected 101 Aunt Jemimy's Toast — Cally Rylwnd 103 To Ol' Ferginny Eatin' — Anne Virginia Culbertson 104 Tobacco — The Idle Reporter (Evan R. Chesterman) 105 To the Nameless Unforgotten — Edwin A. Herndon. ... 106 The Julep — John A. Moroso 107 To Joe Sweeney — Edwin A. Herndon 109 Virginia — Lily Tyler 110 To the Old Black Mammy — Mrs. Lily Patton Kearsley. .Ill George Sandys — Mary Johnston 112 The Writers of Virginia — Anne Pendleton 113 8 PAGE To A Trio of Virginia Aetists — Julia Wyatt Bullard. . .114: Virginia's Poet Princess — Julia Wyatt Bullard 115 Our Mother — Charles T. Lassiter 116 Onward, Proud Virginia — Dr. C. E. Fifdier 117 The New Virginia — James Branch Cabell 118 Virginia Reawakened — Rabbi Calisch 119 Virginia Rejuvenata — Rabbi Calisch 120 OuB Nation — Judge Lunsford L. Lewis 123 America — Henry St. George Tucker 124 Old Glory — Selected 125 The Flag — Edioard Everett Hale. 126 The Obligations of the Flag — Leslie M. Shaw 127 The Navy — Admiral Robley D. Evans 128 The Abmy — Secretary Taft 129 The Alma Mater of the Men Who Officer Our Ships — Captain Paul Augustus Cooke 130 The Soldier's Alma Mater — Dr. Edward S. Holden 131 To the Stately Sisterhood — Edvnn A. Herndon 132 Onward Columbia — F. Y. N. Painter 133 The Immortal Washington — Dr. George H. Denny 134 To the Man Whose Natal Day Americans Celebrate — Grover Cleveland 135 To THE First "First Lady of the Land"- — Julia Wyatt Bullard 137 A Modern Knight and His Ladie Faibe — Julia Wyatt Bullard 138 To Ms.b. Cleveland — Julia Wyatt Bullard 139 The "Glorious Fourth" — Carter Glass, M. C 140 Our Birthright — Governor Charles E. Hughes 141 To Expansion — Julia Wyatt Bullard 142 The America of To- Day — Governor Swanson 143 To OuB President — Julia Wyatt Bullard 144 Pets of the White House — Julia Wyatt Bullard 145 The Strenuous Life — President Roosevelt 146 The Mighty West — Dr. C. E. Fisher 147 To THE Individual Citizen — President Roosevelt 148 The National Game — Edivin A. Herndon 149 American Motherhood — President Roosevelt 150 To Our Beauties and Belles — Mrs. Julia Magruder Tyler Otey 151 The First Lady of the Land — Juliy^u^'t^-ir^>^>^^ 15 EXPOSITIONS Expositions are the time-keepers of progress. They record the world's advancement, They stimulate the energy, the enterprise, and The intellect of the people, and Quicken human genius. They go into the home. They broaden our daily lives. They open mighty storehouses Of information to the student. Every exposition, great or small, has helped some onward step. The good work will go on. It cannot be stopped. These buildings will disappear, this creation of art and beauty and industry will perish from sight, but their influence ^vill remain to "make it live beyond its too short living with praises and thanksgiving." Who can tell the new thoughts that have been awakened, the ambitions that have been fired, and the high ax^hievements that will be wrought Theough This Exposition? William McKinley. Buffalo, September 5, 1902. 16 A JUBILEE OF PATRIOTISM The settlement of Jamestown marks alike the commence- ment of our noble commonwealth and our glorious union. There was the joint cradle of State and Nation. From that small beginning grew Virginia, whose superb career added new majesty and glory to Statehood. There also arose the mighty Western Republic, whose prodigious shadow, as it projects itself into the future, startles the imagination and almost challenges the possibilities of human destiny. This great historic episode is a veritable JuBrLEE OF Patriotism blending our past achievements and future possibilities. May the inspiring memories it engenders kindle our hearts with that fervid patriotism that animated our fathers and made them feel that public honor was private honor, public calamity private calamity, public success private success. Grovemor. Richmond. 17 18 BON VOYAGE You brave heroic minds Worthy your country's name, That honor still pursue Whilst loitering hinds Lurk here at home with shame, Go and subdue! Britons! you stay too long, Quickly aboard bestow you. And with a merry gale Swell your stretch'd sail With vows as strong As the winds that blow you! And cheerfully at sea Success you still entice To get the pearls and gold. And ours to hold ViKGINIA, Earth's only paradise. Michael Drayton. Toast of the old English poet, to the Jamestown settlers when they sailed for Virginia, December 19, 1606. 19 LONG THE HAIL A FAB cry and long the hail. Aback and adown the years, From the bristling "regiments of the sea," To the craft of Newport's little fleet, That roused the Red Man's fears. A little fleet of tiny ships. That came like winged things. From the myst'ry land beyond the deep. To the wilderness of the unknown west, Where deadly shaft had wings. A far cry and long the hail, A hail three hundred years, From the doughty ships of Captain Smith, To the modern giants with armor clad, From which the twelve-inch peers. But every clime, in homage felt, Now sends its argosy, From the nations great of all the earth. To the honor of Freedom's warriors true, Who won their Victory. John T. MAomwis. Norfolk. 20 OUR ENGUSH ANCESTORS The planting of the Virginia Colony in the virgin land hidden away in the West, fastened and bound in on the wilderness trees a rare grafting of Elizabethan culture and enterprise. It was England's Grand Age. It was Ameeica's Geandeb Opportunity. Out of the brains and souls of men of such an age and nation the planting of Virginia was conceived and ardently fostered. Geobge VV. Miles. Radford, Virginia. 21 JAMESTOWN "Here the White Man first met the Red Man for settlement and civilization. "Here the White Man wielded the first ax to cut the first tree for the first log cabin. "Here the first log cabin became a part of the first village. "Here the first village became the first State capital. "Here was laid the foundation of a "Nation of Freemein, "\\Tiich has extended its dominion and its empire across the continent to the shores of another ocean." And if Governor Wise, the author of these words had been speaking to-day he might have added, "A nation which has extended its empire to far-ofif isles beyond the seas." i^^d?- Bedford, Virginia. 22 THE UNKNOWN PIONEER Whose free and valiant spirit gave birth to all that is free and valiant in our history. Who lived and died that a small adventure might become A Great Cause of Libebty, And a coxmtry without a name The Fobemost Repubuo of the Wobld. %u^6uiv,^ Richmond. 23 ON A PORTRAITURE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH ■'This Smith, whose name shall never passe. Was not a wight to delve in brasse, But all his works, both bright and bolde. Were ever wroughte of solid golde." 24 ON A PORTRAITURE OF POCAHONTAS 'This maiden of the Indian race Had but a copper-coloured face; But hear her story trulie told, You'll say her hearte was virgin golde." 25 JAMESTOWN ISLAND This sacred spot is hallowed with priceless memories. The very air we breathe is fragrant with the incense of offerings laid upon the altars of liberty and constitutional government. Here was made the first permanent settlement of the English race on this continent. Here the weary voyagers "sang the Lord's song in a strange land," and first established the Protestant church in this land. Here this continent received its first baptism of English blood. Here the infant nation was nourished. Here the first legislative assembly was established. Here the Magna Charta of American liberty, which culminated in the American republic, was received. Here were sown the seeds which ripened into the great American principles of human rights and liberty. Here success crowned the first armed resistance to British tyranny, and hurled from his palace, which stood upon this spot, a royal hireling. With loving and devoted hands the women of this coiintry have saved Mount Vernon from dilapidation and decay, and have made it the trysting place of a nation. With untiring devotion they have preserved the landmarks of our history. To them now belongs the honor of rescuing from the ravages of the flood this island of Jamestown; this birthplace of the nation ; this gateway of the greatest country the sun ever shone upon. James Alston Cabell. Richmond. In address delivered at Jamestown Island May 9, in receiving the Gates erected by the Colonial Dames of America, and turned over to the Association for the Preservation of Vir- ginia Antiquities. 26 CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH To the foremost actor in the opening scene of Virginia history, whose rescue by the Indian maiden, Pocahontas, threw around it the glamour of romance; the man whose courage, energy and sagacity Saved the Infant Colony feom Destruction and made possible the glorious years of its subsequent history, years pregnant with heroic figures and stirring incidents — one of the most notable of them all the latest, this year of grace nineteen hundred and seven, in which a grateful people celebrate the tercentenary of the Jamestown Landing; the hardy and valiant adventurer. Captain John Smith. J. M. McBeyde, President Virginia Polytechnic Institute. 27 THE LADY POCAHONTAS "The Lady Pocahontas, Powhatan's most precious jewel; "She next under God was the instrument to preserve this Colonie from "Death, "Faioio "and Uttee Confusion, which if in those times had once been dissolved, Virginia had laine as it was at our arrival to this day." Captain John Smith, In "The True Relation of Virginia." 28 TO OLD ENGLAND The great English-speaking people, who hold to-day in their strong hands the destinies of the world, have two sacred spots where they first planted themselves and began their world's mission — Ebbsfleet in England and Jamestown in Virginia. The history of our race from Ebbsfleet to Jamestown is one of heroic achievement, gleaming with glory in war and peace, in science and literature. During centuries of darkness, oppression and tyranny, our English ancestors alone preserved constitutional government and held aloft the torch of liberty. We are proud to be joint heirs in this priceless heritage of splendid deeds, which illumine forever the pathway of human progress and endeavor. We are proud of the rock from which we are hewn. We are proud of its granite strength and solid proportions. We are proud to speak the language of Shakespeare and Milton; proud to be of the blood of Hampden and Chatham. In this year of our jubilee, our hearts with abounding and abiding affection return to old England, and we wish all manner of happiness and prosperity to the land of our fore- fathers. We hope in the coming years the colossal power possessed by these kindred people will never again be used against each other in contest and strife, but will ever be invoked and used for the enlightenment and advancement of all mankind. ■t^^i^^x.*^ -^^^nT^ Governor. In Tercentenary Address, delivered April 13, 1907. 29 POCAHONTAS Heb story, sure, was fashioned out above. Ere 'twas enacted on the scene below! For 'twas a very miracle of love When from the savage hawk's nest came the dove With wings of peace to stay the ordered blow — The hawk's plumes bloody, but the dove's as snow! James Baeeon Hope. 30 BIRTH OF A NATION Like giant oaks of the forest, great nations have small beginnings. They are not born, like Minerva, in complete armor, strength, and wisdom. Three hundred years ago at Jamestown our nation had its birth in the indomitable will, courage, and patriotism of John Smith and his little band. Indomitable will, courage, and patriotism afterwards wrested it from the sway of a monarch's sceptre, and have ever since preserved it. And indomitable will, courage, and patriotism will uphold our flag, maintain our nation, and secure to our country The Blessings of Liberty for all time. J. C. Wysor. Pulaski, Virginia. 31 A VISION OF RALEIGH I OFT have eeen in watches of the night — Was it a dream or seer's far-thrown thought? — A vision of a realm I never knew — For men grew in that air to rule themselves, And set a beacon high for all the world, A pilot star whereby the nations steered. Methought me saw three little caravels, . . . They clove the stormy leagues of wintry seas To limp at last within Virginia's capes — Those lone and silent sentries of the west — And cast their anchor in an inland sea. . . With cables fine, spun by the silent fates, Then anchored they the Old world to the New, The Golden Future to the Age- Worn Past. . . . I saw them land upon a little isle, Rear first the cross; then plant a starry flag . . . And lo! a new-made England swam in view. . . . 'Neath a new Heaven I saw a new Earth dawn. In yon vast spaces of that virgin land Men's minds grew great; their thoughts upsoared to Giod. As in old days, Jehovah spake again. On holy ground, from out the wilderness. And taught men secrets veiled from highest kings: That God's best gift to man is liberty; His chosen altar aye the patriot's heart. . That neither Lords nor Kings can blind men's minds; That neither State nor Church can rule men's souls; That loftier far than gentle birth is birth Of Noble Aspirations and High Deeds. And deeper than all deep foundations lies The People's Will. On this and this alone All government whate'er must rest at last. . . . This radiant beacon my Virginia set, When Queenly, high enthroned amid the seas. She lit the torch that flamed across the world 'Til joyful peoples clung about her knees, And at her feet the grateful Nations sued. •/ TPijr.' ri^^O^ From his poem written for the Virginia Day Celebration at the Jamestown Exposition, June 12, 1907. 32 THE RED MAN Keeper of the Continent 'Til the coming of the Race for which it was destined. A Picturesque Figure Gradually vanishing from the Scene of former Supremacy, and Retreating westward before the encroachments of civilization. High Above the Old-World Savage In pride and prowess, in courage and dignity of character. Child of Nature, Deep-tinged with poetry, and harboring in his soul the Rudiments of Religious belief and aspiration. The Race of Hiawatha And "Laughing Water"; of our own dear Matoaca. Hebe's to the Red Man: In life, all the blessings of our great Country! In death, the joys of "The Happy Hunting Gbounds" Of his fathers! Julia Wyatt Bullabd. Radford, Virginia. 33 JAMESTOWN 1607-1907 Behold a ship, whose faithful sail measured the ocean vast. And near this historic spot her solemn anchor cast. What then? Forest and stream, wigwam-huts, and the Red man's sovereign step in this New World. Three cycles pass — Behold once more! A host by land and sea, To celebrate the settlement! All Praise! So let it be! Lone town, And scenes adjacent. Pale face home, how strange the history! PooB Indian! Anna L. Raiowlph Peice. Marlinton, West Virginia. 34 TO POCAHONTAS Child of the forest, though daughter of an emperor, scion of a savage race, yet mother of a sterling Christian stock, the redolence of thy loyal womanliood hath lingered wellnigh through three centuries, and ever will refresh the page of history. Though English royalty claimed thee as its favorite and a Briton took thee from the wilderness as his wife, Thou Abt Vibginia's Peouuab Heeitaqe and her lasting pride. Thy mortal remains long since have mingled with the dust of Albion, far, far away from the leafy haunts of thy forbears; but in memory, O Sylvan Maid, thou livest to-day in the Old Dominion as the type of all that maketh thy sex lovable. Evan R. Chestebmaw. Richmond. 35 INDIAN CORN Hebe's to the Maize, Gift of the Red Man! The "Manna in the Wilderness" to Jamestown Settlers! "The last cnist" to Lee's starving Gray-Coats prior to Appo- mattox ! The Gold of the great Prairies! A Native of our good Soil, waving its green banners from the Lakes to the Gulf, from the Atlantic to the Pacific! Fit Emblkm of Oub Gbeat Nation! Julia Wyatt Btjllabd. 38 Norfolk. MATOACA Pocahontas, sylvan princess, Fairy good, of pioneers ; Wand, a heart of gentle sweetness; Soul prophetic, tender years. Daughter of the Indian chieftain, Feather White, of Powhata; Sprite of mercy, in the forest; To our fathers, Guiding Star! Thou Matoaca! Woodland Angel; Of Virginia, Nonpareil; Thou took up the White Man's burden, Saved him from a Savage hell. Pocahontas, Sweet Preserver! This the song, to thee we sing; Down the pillared aisle of ages. Echoed by a race shall ring. John T. MAomias. 37 38 KING EDWARD'S GREETING TO AMERICA On the occasion of the celebration commemorating the Ter- centenary of the foundation of the first English settlement on the American continent at Jamestown and the birth of the American nation, His Majesty's government wish to offer their warmest congratulations to the United States government on the magnificent progress and development which have brought the United States government into the first rank among the greatest nations of the world, not only in material prosperity, but also in culture and peaceful civilization. The connection which must ever exist in history between the British and American nations will never be forgotten, and will contribute to increase and foster the ties of affection between the two peoples. Edwabd VII, Rex. Message of His Majesty, King Edward, delivered to President Roosevelt by Ambassador Bryce. 39 POCAHONTAS To the gentle daughter of a savage sire; The dauntless savior of a gallant gentleman! Loyal in her friendship, Tender in her womanliness, Picturesque in the pages of history, and Pathetic in the brevity of her life, Pocahontas, Princess and Pearl of Virginia. NoEA L. C. Scott. Radford, Virginia. 40 THE TER-CENTENARY MESSAGE OF OUR ANCIENT MOTHERLAND In this season of fair weather it is natural that your eyes should look back across the sea to the ancient Motherland, from whom you were for a time divided by clouds of misunder- standing that have now melted away into the blue. Between you and her there is now an affection and a sympathy such as perhaps there never was before in the days of your political connection. To-day she rejoices with you in your prosperity and your unity. She is proud of you, and among her many achievements there is none of which she is more proud than this, that she laid the foundation of your vast and splendid republic Could the ancient Motherland, with her recollections of fourteen centuries of national life and seven centuries of slow but steady constitutional development, send to her mighty daughter a better message than this old message: "Cherish alike and cherish together liberty and law. They are always inseparable. Without liberty, there is no true law. . . Without law and order there is no true liberty, for anarchy means that the rights of the gentle and weak are overriden by the violent. "In the union of ordered liberty, with a law gradually remoulded from age to age to suit the changing needs of the people, there has lain, and there will always lie, the progress and the peace both of England and of America." Right Hon. James Bbyce. In Tercentenary Address delivered at Jamestown Island May 13, 1907. 41 POCAHONTAS Angel of the pathless woodland! Daring, dusky little maid! With hair as black as blackest midnight, Eyes the same Egyptian shade — Whkt a debt we owe to you, Dear! One that ne'er can be repaid. Long ago, when cruel war-chiefs In bloodthirsty council sat. You performed your little stunt, Dear. If it had not been for that. Prithee, tell me, dark-eyed Princess, Where, O where would we be at? To-day you would be called "Buttinsky" — Thus be kno-wn to modem fame — Or else, "Johnny-on-the-Spot," Dear, Now would be your honored name. Your charms, of course, would be snapshotted. But we'd love you just the same. To your eyes we drink a toast. Dear — To your heart so brave and true; To your voice, so sweet, so pleading — Little feet and fingers, too! We'd not have no Exposition. Pretty Princess, but for you! MiEiAM Sheffey. Bristol, Tennessee. 42 TO THE JAMESTOWN CHURCH 1607-1907 We stand beneath old spires beyond the seas And hearken to the thrilling tale they tell Of aspiration, self-devotion, well Wrought tasks, and penitents upon their knees. But ah, the tale of lust and cruel ease, Of bigotry and pride that tolled the knell Of liberty and light and truth! The fell Relentless hands that stifled piteous pleas! But thou, oh simple ruin upon this isle. Dost weave a tale whose every thread is fair. Thy sun that rose upon the darkling way Has faltered never, creeping up the dial, And now its splendid rays shine everywhere. Proclaiming liberty and peace for aye! William Alexander Babb. Norfolk. 43 44 AT JAMESTOWN CHURCH TOWER Where the early settlers sank upon their knees to beg pro- tection, guidance and help of a Divine Providence, we in this commercial age forget our sordid cares and bow our heads in reverence for him who hewed his way into a new world to make a happier abiding place for his children; reverence for this ruin that tells of another generation's faith and dependence on Almighty God. Who shall say we are not better for the pilgrimage? John T. Maginnis. Norfolk. 45 CHAPTER II THE ORIGINAL THIRTEEN 'In their ragged regimentals Stood the old Continentals, Yielding not." 48 NEW HAMPSHIRE The North Star of the colonies, New Hampshire, joins with Virginia in celebrating the birth of Anglo-Saxon life, liberty and civilization on this continent; and in honoring the memiory of Captain John Smith, Dauntless Navigator of Uncharted Seas, Whose visit to our Isles of Shoals in 1619 is there recorded in graven stone. Governor. Concord. 49 MASSACHUSETTS The State of the Pilgrim and the Puritan, where Plymouth Rock marks one of the comers of the great republic of the United States as JaniestowTi marks the other. Side by side with Virginia Massachusetts led the way to the Revolution and to Independence. "Massachusetts! There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. "There is her history; the world knows it by heart. "The past, at least, is secure. "There are Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill ; and there they \vill remain forever. "The bones of her sons, fallen in the great struggle for Independence, now lie mingled with the soil of every State from New England to Georgia, "And There They Will Lie Foeeveb." United States Senate. 50 TO CONNECTICUT The home of the schoolmaster and the inventor and of the industrial pioneer. She loves the rough mechanic's' arm and the gallantry of work. Her heart rings true to the music of the anvil, at the living forge by the running brook, or where the intellect of genius finds its lodge in the poet's soul. Governor. Hartford. 51 TOAST TO RHODE ISLAND Although small in area, Rhode Island is great in Civic Spirit, Business Enterprise, and its Devotion to the Best Ideals Of Modern Civilization. Within these Plantations the deserving persecuted from every land first found religious freedom and liberty of con- science. To this great American trait of toleration we are proud to proclaim our leadership and our glory. We estab- lished a precedent which has been acknowledged by all States in the Union. Ehode Island! The most densely populated of all the States still remains true to her old traditions, and, in addition, stands for the highest and most thriving forms of business life and enter- prise, as well as Fob Public Morality. ^'f^^^t'^>t'^^-€^ I Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 52 Governor. NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA Before the Pilgrim Fathers, whose memory we delight to honor, had moored the May Flower to Plymouth Rock, the adventurous Cavaliers had established themselves in Virginia, and the first permanent settlement of English-speaking people on the American continent was made at Jamestown. New York was one of the provincial out-posts of Virginia — her territory extending as far as Nova Scotia, and Captain Smith writing King James in 1612, that the Dutch had taken possession of one of the Virginia islands — Manhattan. It is especially fitting, therefore, that the foundation of the Jamestown Exposition should have been laid through an endorsement of Ex-President Grover Cleveland, a former Governor of New York, and that most of its subsequent success as a national and international celebration, should be due to the untiring and patriotic efforts of another former Governor of New York, President Theodore Roosevelt, who represents to-day the best type of the Twentieth Century American. The State of New York, that lives in the present, and contributes modem statesmen of the Roosevelt class, in par- ticipating in this great celebration, can afford to be generous as of old, when Jay and Morris, Clinton and Hamilton and Schuyler took counsel with Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Marshal, Mason, and Patrick Henry. So here's to New York and Virginia, the North and the South, the Colonists of 1607 and the Colonists of 1609, to the Empire State of the Union and the Old Dominion and its present successor — the great New Virginia of 1907. New York. Hugh Gk>RDON Millee. 53 NEW JERSEY New Jersey! Whose patriots fi'eely gave their blood for freedom from the British yoke, whose hills and plains were the scenes of some of the fiercest battles of the Revolution. New Jersey! Whose sons again valiantly went forth to defend the Nation and extend the freedom established by their fathers. New Jersey! Peerless among her sister States for her industries, her public schools and the purity of her govern- ment. New Jersey! The meat in the sandwich, with New York on one side and Pennsylvania on the other. Governor. Trenton. 54 TO NEW JERSEY An aliquot part of the original thirteen United States, and one of the battlefields of the Revolution, with Washington commanding in person at the affairs of Monmouth and of Trenton and Princeton. The campaign of the crossing of the Delaware at Trenton by Washington, his progress to Princeton, and his masterly march to set in his winter quarters at Morristown has been characterized, by certain eminent German and English histo- rians, as on the one hand, in its inception, one of the greatest of modern strategic plans, as on the other hand, in its results, the turning point of the ebbing fortunes of the Colonies. May this not be an empty toast, but be overflowing with those invisible realities which make the cup of life itself sweet and invigorating. It contains the assurance to all the other States of the esteem and admiration of this State; of deep affection and good will, and the sincere wish that the coming years be crowned with Unity, Happiness and Serenity. Henry Dallas Thompson. Princeton University. 55 66 PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA There is eminent fitness in Pennsylvania joining hand to hand and heart to heart with Virginia in the Jamestown Exposition. No two other States were so closely interwoven in the heroic efforts made to establish free government in the New World, and the two States have ever stood abreast in the forefront of our national progress. Here we have Independence Hall, the cradle of Liberty, where Jefferson, the great Virginia statesman, presented the immortal -r-v t Declakation of Independence. Here in Carpenter's Hall the constitution of the new republic was moulded by Madison and administered by Wash- ington, the Father of the Liberty of the law then established by the Colonists. Here were fought by the Virginia Chieftain the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and it was the overpowering influence of the great Virginian that held our starving and despairing troops without disintegration under the terrible sufferings at Valley Forge. Virginia and Pennsylvania stood abreast and high over all in valor on the field of Gettysburg, the decisive battle of the Civil War. Virginia, the battle-ground of that bloody fraternal conflict, has arisen from the ashes of her desolation, and for years has been rapidly recovering. Pennsylvania has made matchless strides in all things that ennoble and enrich a great commonwealth, and has shown by the generous mingling of our people with our Virgiiria brethren at Jamestown our reverence for Virginia's past, and our hearty interest in her future. Philadelphia. A. K. McClure. 57 DELAWARE To the grand old State of Delaware, the third to have a settlement formed within her boundaries; the first to sign the Constitution of the United States. The home of the Rodneys, the Bayards, the Salisburys, and the Burtons. She has always, in times of need, responded promptly and liberally to the calls of the General Government for help, giving both of her means and her sons, to help repulse the foe from without and to put down dissentions within. The land of the luscious peach and juicy grape. Noted the world over for her pretty women and courteous men, she yields to none in the cordiality of her grasp of welcome to all who may visit her. George H. Dick, Secretary Jamestown Tercentenary Commission. Smyrna, Delaware. Del.\ware, though Rhode Island's rival in area, leads the nation in despatching her State aflfairs with the least number of legislators. Deeplj' sensible of the transcendental leadership of Wash- ington in war and of his sane counsel in peace, she, first and foremost of the Original Thirteen, rallied to his support by signing the Federal Compact on December the seventh, 1787. M. H. Abnold. 58 MARYLAND Maryland: The State whose gallant sons saved Wash- ington's army at Long Island, and left their bones on battle- fields from Stony Point to Savannah ; and whose just and firm statesmen secured for the nation the great territory of the West. President. Johns Hopkins University. 59 VIRGINIA Independence and National Union owe much to Virginia. She furnished the Author of the Great Declaration, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, the prime mover for the most conspicuous figure in the Constitutional Convention, and the Gbeat Interpreter of Oub Fundamental Law. The first President of the United States and six successors were bom within her boundary, and when national authority ■was first imperilled a son of the Old Dominion, "Lighthorse Harry Lee," was called upon to head the forces the approach of which dispelled the threatening storm. COo— 60 TO VIRGINIA Virginia! Leader in war and in peace. Mother of soldiers and of statesmen. Home of Washington, Lee and Jackson, Of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. May the memories of the past Inspibe Thy Sons of the Putuee. ^''^'p-il^^ 61 TOAST TO NORTH CAROLINA Here's to Xorth Carolina, where, in the year 1585, the first English settlement in the New World was attempted. Here was the birthplace of the first white child born of English parents, Little Virginia Dare, and here the first English prayer ever uttered on United States soil ascended to God for protection, and the first baptismal rites were here celebrated. Here's to Xorth Carolina! where on May 20, 1775. in the County of Mecklenberg, her sturdy sons threw off the yoke of oppression, and where later the inhabitants of the same county earned for it from the British the distinction of the soubriquet, "The Hornet's Nest of America." fl^rvkju^ — Governor. Raleigh. 62 THE OLD NORTH STATE Here's to North Carolina! Next to the last State to secede from the Union, but, once enlisted, furnishing more troops to the cause they loved than any other State, and earning by the valor and the heroic deeds of its soldiers the right to inscribe on its monument First at Bethel and Last at Appomattox! Here's to North Carolina! The home of true men and pure women. To thee we drink in trust and love and devotion, and declare in the words of the immortal State poet, "Carolina! Carolina! Heaven's Blessings Attend Thee; While We Live We Will Cherish, Protect and Defend Thee!" (9/ruui^ — Governor. Raleigh. 63 SOUTH CAROLINA In the galaxy of the sisterhood of States, South Carolina has ever held a place of glorious honor. As a Colony hopeful and expansive, as a State strong and steadfast, she early took rank and kept pace with the marvelous march of Com- monwealths in this great Eepublic. Rich in resources, princely in power, constructive in civili- zation, large in measures, mighty in men, transcendent in achievement, the Palmetto State has made a splendid contri- bution to the American Nation. Whatever of wealth she has, of fair lands, "sunlit streams," starrj' skies, together with the poetry of a Timrod, states- manship of a Calhoun, leadership of a Hampton, patriotism of a Marion, valor of a Jasper, heroism of thousands of glory- cro\ATied sons and the peerless spirit and chivalry of her people of all times, these she has given gladly to the common country as a priceless heritage forever. With a past full of noble and historic achievements, a present pulsating with the throb and thrill of new life, this proud State is a-tip-top-toe Avith expectancy of hopeful tri- umphs in the future, while her destiny is committed to the hands of her loyal sons. Cohiynbia. Governor. 64 TO SOUTH CAROLINA Animated by an ardent love of liberty, she was the first of the Colonies to throw oflf formally the yoke of King George, and to declare herself a free and independent State. Throughout the war for the independence of the thirteen States she kept in good faith, steadfastly and valiantly, the pledges made to them at Philadelphia on the Fourth of July, seventeen lumdred seventy-six. The burden of that war fell largely upon her. Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island, won undying fame. Marlon, Pickens, the Rutledges, Wade Hampton, and the Pinckneys, so harassed Tarlton and Cornwallis, and so delayed and crippled the latter that he fell an easy prey to Washington at York- town, thus ending the war. And so in Civil affairs, her Lawsons, her Pinckneys and Rutledges and Middletons and Ileywards were wise in council and eminent in shaping the destinies of the great American Government. The blood of these great men still flows in the veins of South Carolinians, and The Love of Liberty is Still Her Beacon. Benjamin Sloan, President. University of South Carolina. 65 66 TO GEORGIA Georgia's history is unique, for she alone, among the original thirteen colonies and the subseqiient new states added thereto, was founded with a consciously benevolent purpose, with the deliberate intent to benefit mankind by upbuilding a Common- wealth along carefully planned lines of social, political and religious liberty and justice. Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, was a true apostle of philanthropy and of equality of opportunity for all. His set purpose was to foimd a State the gates of which should be open to the oppressed of every land and creed, and closed to every form of political, religious or industrial bondage or persecution. His colony welcomed alike those who fled from political or social tyranny, and those, whether Christian or Jew. who sought liberty for conscience's sake. It was a high beginning Since then Georgia has grown at a rate even more astonish- ing than the rate of the growth of the nation as a whole: her sons have stood high in every field of activity, intellectual or physical, and rapid though her progress has been in the past, it bids fair to be even greater in the wonderful new century which has now fairly opened. In Georgia Day speech at the Exposition, June 10, 1907. 67 THE EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH Georgia, one of "The Original Thirteen," Is patriotic and, I ween, Unflinching in devotion; At Jamesto^vn — in Virginia fair — She wants to meet her sisters there, From Ocean to Ocean. In Colony and in State She always with the first did rate — This is her reputation; Her motto is a noble one, Regarded by each worthy son: "Wisdom. Justice, ^Moderation." Francis Hodgson Orme. Atlanta. 68 A SISTER ACROSS THE SEA In those exploits which made Paul Jones famous, French sailors were his comrades in arms. In the long and bloody war which gave us national life, France was our generous ally. 69 By the Order of the Cinciivnati, Instituted by the Officers of the American Army, May 10th, 13th and June 15th, 1783. Its Principles Ake Immutable. "Interest in the lives, characters, and exploits of our ancestors forms no small part of the sentiment of "Patriotism. "It is natural, generous and unselfish." Selected by Heth Lobton, Secretary the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati. TO THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLO- NIAL DAMES OF AMERICA Through the gray vista of years we behold noble women making homes in spite of uncertainty, suffering, and death. They rocked the cradle of the nation; they helped to build a glorious country. Their courage, their gentleness and their tenderness grow with the years. To perpetuate the memory of their virtues and to preserve the highest ideals, the National Society of Colonial Dames was formed. May the members of this Society always maintain That courtesy which gives no pain; That heroism which faints not; That charity which suflfereth long and is kind; emulating the virtues of their Colonial Mothers, and trans- mitting the highest aspirations to their daughters! President-General Colonial Dames of America. Richmond. 71 D. A. R. Docile, Daring, Daughters. Amiable, Ardent, American. Reasonable, Resolute, Revolution. Mrs. Donald McLean. President-Greneral National Society Daughters American Rev- oiutioB. 72 DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Hebe's to the daughters of the American Revolution, WTiose grandsires framed our Great Constitution, And here's to the Patriots with hearts so true Who fought for our Flag — the Red, White and Blue. Then pledge me a toast to this noble band, Who teach these principles to children of our land: Love ! Honor ! Libekty ! Lucy Claib Atkinson, Regent Old Dominion Chapter. Richmond. 73 THE LIBERTY BELL Clarion my tone in years gone by, Now silent I lie; Once sounding the hope of the people I blessed, Now voiceless I rest, Peace — peace in my breast. The high souls' ambition once roused me to speech And I summoned the heroes to die in the breach — Now tongueless am I. No sound from me more — I have uttered for you A note bold and true; It rang out for aye, it is echoing still. To stir and to thrill. Dumb in my peace, would I peace e'er bestow — May it ever be so; May the threat of the tyrant forever be vain — Else my ancient refrain Will swell in brave hearts into music again. Edwin A. Herndon. Lynchburg. 74 CHAPTER III VIRGINIA "ViEGiNiA, like the Mother of the Gracchi, when asked for her jewels, points to her sons." Selected by Thomas Nelson Page. 76 VIRGINIA Virginia, standing on an eminence that overlooks three hundred years of endeavor, can proudly survey the pathway she has travelled. She has met perils which she bravely overcame, and encountered misfortunes which she proudly bore in silence and finally conquered. She has seen many fierce conflicts involving her rights, to which she has sent the noble sons whose courage and valor, superb military genius and achievements, have encircled her brow with unfading lustre. The Voice which speaks to us from the past, the inspiration which springs from the present, the possibilities which crown the future, should arouse in all Virginians lofty aspirations and confirm the resolve to aid in every way possible our glorious State along the pathways of progress, growth and development. Governor. Richmond. 77 finiiii^trgwa -wCO/07. 143 TO OUR PRESIDENT Who holds Conviction high above the earpings or phvudits of the multitude. A Servant of the People — manly, fearless, resolute, disinter- ested. A Pioneer of Reform, blazing a trail in the dread domains of corporate encroachment. Soul of honor in every relation of life, public and private, and \Vinner of Fame in varied fields of endeavor. An Idol of tlie People, regardless of section, regardless of party affiliation. One of the most illustrious leaders of all time, and of all earth's rulers to-day — the strongest, the bravest, the most powerful and respected. Here's to Theodore Roosevelt! Julia ^^■YATT Bullard. 144 PETS OF THE WHITE HOUSE Here's to a bra«e of birds high in favor with the present Master of the White House — The Stork and the Albemarle Wild Turkey! Julia Wyatt Bullabd. 145 THE STRENUOUS LIFE I PBEAOH to you, then, my countrjTiien, that our country calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavor. The twentieth century looms before us big with the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace; if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for themselves the domination of the world. Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully, resolute to uphold righteous- ness by deed and word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only thru strife, thru hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win to the goal of true national greatness. 146 THE MIGHTY WEST The Mighty West! I love it best, 'Tis not so "Wild and Woolly," Our Teddy Boy, our Greatest Joy, He always calls it "Bully." The Mighty West! I love it best, 'Tis there they make things hurry; No loit'ring there, no sloven's share, 'Tis stir and spur and scurry. The Mighty W^est! I love it best, Out there they keep things moving; 'Tis where they work from morn till night. They always are improving. Of sentiment they also have "Right Much" and more a-coming; Yet? Notwithstanding? If? and But? They WORK, and keep things humming. The Mighty West! I love it best, The Great Rich West we hear of. The man who cannot make his way, That Mighty West steer clear of. C. E. Fisher. Chicago. 147 TO THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN The corner stone of the Republic lies in our treating each man on his worth as a man, paying no heed to his creed, his birthplace, or his occupation, asking not whether he is rich or poor, whether he labors with head or hand ; asking only whether he acts decently and honorably in the various rela- tions of his life, whether he behaves well to his family, to his neighbors, to the State This great republic of ours shall never become the govern- ment of a plutocracy, and it shall never become the govern- ment of a mob. God willing, it shall remain what our fathers who founded it meant it to be — a government in which each man stands on his worth as a man, where each is given the largest possible liberty consistent with securing the well-being of the whole, and where, so far as in us lies, we strive continually to secure for each man such equality of oppor- tunity that in the strife of life he may have a fair chance to show the stuff that is in him For we believe that if the average of character in the individual citizen is sufficiently high, if he possesses those qualities which make him worthy of respect in his family life and in his work outside, as well as the qualities which fit him for success in the hard struggle of actual existence, — that if such is the character of our individual citizenship, there is literally no height of triumph unattainable in this vast experiment by, of, and for a free people. In Opening Address at the Exposition, April 2G, 1907. 148 THE NATIONAL GAME Look we now on seven ages — Six are past and one still here, On we march by steady stages, A little foFAvard every year. Heroic age, when spirits bold Undaunted blazed the way; Romantic, when the dames of old And cavaliers held sway; Then glory's age, when freedom won, Became our right divine. Then age of Gold 'neath Western sun Appeared in '49. Time sped us on to Cuba's aid, To rescue her from Spain — A knightly quest 'twas we assayed, 'Twas chivalry again. Learn we of these, but they are small Compared to this good day. For now the patriots all play ball Or pine to see the fray. It's Casey at The spot called "bat" And see him swat the sphere And hear us shout. As he hits out The home run of the year. Read we the past, but now's the age Evokes our vocal powers — The diamond age is all the rage And thrills this land of ours. Edwin A. Hebndon. Lynchburg. 149 AMERICAN MOTHERHOOD No piled-up wealth, no splendor of material gro\v-th, no brilliance of artistic development, will permanently avail any people unless its home life is healthy, unless the average man possesses honesty, courage, common sense and decency; . . . unless the average woman is a good wife, a good mother . . . There are certain old truths which will be true as long as this world endures, and which no amount of progress can alter. One of these is the truth that the primary duty of the husband is to be the home-maker, the bread-winner for his wife and children, and that the primary duty of the woman is to be the helpmeet, the housewife and mother. On the whole I think the duty of the woman the more important, the more difficult, and the more honorable of the two. . . . The woman who is a good wife, a good mother, is entitled to our respect as is no one else. Into the woman's keeping is committed the destiny of the generations to come after us. . . . The woman's task is not easy — no task worth doing is easy — but in doing it and when she has done it, there shall come to her the highest and holiest joy known to mankind. . . . . she will have the reward prophesied in scrip- ture; for her husband and her children, j'es, and all people who realize that her work lies at the foundation of all national happiness and greatness, shall rise up and call her blessed. 150 TO OUR BEAUTIES AND BELLES Here, dusky Matoaka, we drink first to you, With pity so tender, and friendship so true; And Evelyn Byrd, with your pride and your fame, The belle of two countries, who ne'er changed her name; To the Mary and Martha of Washington's time We bow low our heads and salute you in rhyme. Dolly Madison's wit in the White House hall, Parke Perkins, the Queen of Centennials ball. The "Gibson girl" too, with form so divine. All, All, we now hail of Virginia's line. But the beauties that raise our glasses higher Are our girls of to-day that we all so admire. Julia jVIagruder Tyler Otey. Walnut Hill, Va. 151 THE FIRST LADY OF THE LAND Hebe's to Mrs. Roosevelt! Rich of sympathy and intuition, large of vision — worthy comrade in the mental life of a great intellectual leader. Ide:al Wife and Model of JMatebnity! The peer of any queen in dignity and poise, whether doing the honors of the White House As Hostess to Royaxty, or cooking breakfast at Pine Knot, do\\ii in Albemarle! Julia Wyatt Bullabd. 152 THE PIONEERS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Men are educated more by the eye than by the ear. We read history, the history of our own country and of one's own people. We listen to eloquent speakers on this inspiring subject. But it is naught compared with the effect upon a thoughtful mind of the study of the early map of our country. There the eye takes in what the mind refused to grasp, the wonderful expansion of that which is now an almost bound- less empire, from the narrow inhabited strip bordering the Atlantic. Not territory alone is suggested by this expansion: Power ! The power of arms. Of statesmanship, Of political acumen. Of well-established commerce, Of wealth. Of social prestige. But, above all, the power of educated thought. I give you then, and let us lift high our cups, high into the free air. The Pioneebs of Christian Education! who nurtured and matured the National mind and made our country God's Country. Julia M. Woods. Martinsburg, West Virginia. 153 LITERATURE There is but one fundamental question for Americans, and that is whether they are to keep their souls alive. Idealism is not a vision of the poets; it is the real come to perfection. The only honest man is the idealist, for no man is honest save he who puts into his work the best that is within him, regardless of the wage he receives. We never grow old so long as the spirit is young, and the great books feed the fountains of life. Vitality and freshness are the qualities of all great literature. We renew our youth by companionship with great books. A^a^yyu//^ ^ ^. haS^ Outlook 154 AMERICAN MEN OF LETTERS To the American men and American women who compel us to look \i]), and not down ! Literature may be This — and it may be That! We praise it, and praise it, and are grateful for it — when it tells us what the Avriter has seen or done or is. It is unhelp when it only tells us how such things should be described. There is no style worth a straw unless the writer Has Something to Say. 155 VINDICATION OF SELF-GOVERNMENT The People : Their rule in a representative Republic is, with all its faults, far better than autocracy, with all its virtues. Compare the men whom the people of the United States have chosen as Presidents, with an equal number of hereditary monarchs of any other nation, and self-government in comparison finds its incarnate vindication. jP-f'-t,^: United States Senate. 156 A SHIRK'S TOAST Madame, a toast you ask? 1 feel like quoting "Sir, the Toast be 'Deab Woman,' " for verily I can not do it. You know what the Shirk said to the Laggard, "Do not thou entreat me, seeing that the thing you ask is both difficult and impossible. "Find Some Other Victim." Believe me full of grief because of an empty head. 157 OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE When our territory shall all he improved, Our desert-places made to hlossom as the rose, Our mineral wealth developed, And all our power utilized, may our eighty millions of people, then multiplied many times, bear witness anew to the great truth that "Righteousness Exalteth a Nation." U^ ■ 158 THE SHIP OF STATE "Sail on, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years. Is hanging breathless on thy fate! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears. Our faith triumphant o'er our fears Are all with thee, — "Abe All With Thee!" Longfellow. 159 CHAPTER V THE BLUE AND THE GRAY Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Love and tears for the blue, Tears and love for the gray. Francis M. Finch. 162 THE BLUE AND THE GRAY The stern arbitrament of war has fixed for all time the status of a perpetual Union: Let us hope that it will ever be composed of co-equal States in patriotic accord, with the memory of fratricidal strife obliterated, and only the glory of heroic deeds performed by Those Who Wore the Blue and Those Who Wore the Gray treasured up in the sacred traditions of the whole American people. Stith Bolling, Major General Commanding United Confederate Veterans. Petersburg. 163 THE STARS AND STRIPES "Flag of the free-heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were bom in heaven!" Joseph Rodman Drake. 164 THE STARS AND BARS Ftjrl that banner! True, 'Tis gory, Yet 'tis wreathed around with glory; And 'twill live in song and story. Fathbe Ryan. Norfolk. 165 ULYSSES S. GRANT As a conqueror, he was oue of the greatest and most magnanimous that the world has known. As a man, he was the kind that the world loves to remember and talk about — Loyal to his friends. Forgiving to his foes, Calm in the face of danger. Firm in the hour of decision, Modest and unassuming in his daily life, Loving and tender in his home, A Leader When He Led, a hero when called upon to face either danger, disaster or death. And as time goes on, while the words Honor, Duty, Courage, Faith, Simplicity, mean anything, so long ■will the world reverence and uplift the name and fame of Ulysses S. Grant. Eldridge S. Brooks. icn ROOSEVELT'S TRIBUTE TO LEE I JOIN with you in honoring the life and career of that great soldier and high-minded citizen, whose fame is now a matter of pride to all our countrymen. Terrible tho the destruction of the Civil War was, awful tho it was that such a conflict should occur between brothers, it is yet a matter for gratitude on the part of all Americans that this, alone among contests of like magnitude, should have left to both sides as a priceless heritage the memory of the mighty men and the glorious deeds that the iron days brought forth. The courage and steadfast endurance, the lofty fealty to the right as it was given to each man to see the right, whether he wore the gray or whether he wore the blue, now make the memories of the valiant feats, alike of those wh« served under Grant and of those who served under Lee, precious to all good Americans. General Lee has left us the memory, not merely of his extraordinary skill as a general, his dauntless courage and high leadership in campaign and battle, but also of that serene greatness of soul characteristic ©f those who most readily recognize the obligations of civic duty. Once the war was over, he instantly undertook the task of healing and binding up the wounds of his countrymen, in the true spirit of those who feel malice toward none and charity toward all; in that spirit which from the throes of the Civil War brought forth the real and indissoluble Union of to-day. 167 LINCOLN His birth was not heralded by pomp and ceremony. The entire world mourned at his bier. He loved liberty, and so loved it that he wished that all men might be free. He loved the American flag, and so loved it that he wished that no stain should rest upon it, and that all the children of men might stand upright in the enjoyment of the priceless jewel of freedom. He comprehended within the ample scope of his purpose freedom to all, irrespectlTe of race and condition. ^i3w< c^.z^ 168 TO JEFFERSON DAVIS A Southern gentleman, of distinguished bearing and gentle chivalry. A gallant soldier, brilliant orator and highly gift- ed statesman. Secretary of War under Pierce, and the "Power Behind the Throne" of the Administration. One of the most distinguished Exponents of Southern Thought, First and Only President of the Confederacy! Serving with disinterested devotion the people who had called him to the helm, and bearing the burdens of the Conted- eracy with silent uncomplaining; in defeat, he became the vicarious Sufferer of the South, meeting the humiliations visited upon him with the bravest dignity and patience. A leader of high integrity, of spotless public and private life and lovable traits of character — his name will ever be cherished in the South with loyal and tender affection. Julia Wyatt Bullard. 170 THE WHITE HOUSE OF THE CONFEDERACY To what thou wast, Old House! To all that has passed from sight, To the dreams of the dead — the visions fled, I lift my glass to-night. And I drink to thee, Old House, i As home of my Nation's head! . A nation whose life was bitter with strife, And now is counted dead! Slowly I drink, Old House, Silent and standing — I raise To my lips the glass while before me pass The wraiths of other days. I love thee well, Old House! And with rosemary in my heart, For the dear dead's sake my glass I break To what thou wert — and art! Richmond. 171 THE CONFEDERATE MUSEUM FiBST it ranked high among the hospitable homes of old Richmond, a st-age for many a brilliant scene and distin- guished players. Then the "whirligig of Time" with a tragic turn hurled it into the pages of history as "The White Holse of The Confederacy." For a few years a painful memory, then woman's zeal and woman's fidelity made it the place of wonderful and touching interest it now is. Each room tells its own tale, and the conjuror, Imagination, brings before us the whole gallery of pictures. War. with its glory and its horrors ; victory and defeat, priration, death's harvest-time, all that gory war brings in its train, and above all, Courage, High and Endubing. A wonderful monument in itself, and all this made pos- sible by the women of the South. NoBA L. C. Scott. Radford, Yirginia. 172 TO RICHMOND, VIRGINIA The Capital of the Old Dominion and of The Confederate States of America. The Forum of Statesmen for Generations. To take her and defend her, Hundreds of thousands of America's bravest Fought four years, and Tens of thousands laid down their lives. When she fell — the whole South fell with her. She now holds the hearts of the loyal living, And the ashes of the heroic dead. Richmond. 173 "STONEWALL" JACKSON Outwardly Jackson was not a stone wall. He was An Avalanche from an Unexpected Quarter, A Thunder-bolt from a Clear Sky. And yet, in character and will he was more like a stone wall than any man I have ever known. In the two years of his military career, he made a record of campaigns without a mistake, and of battles, in a just sense, without defeat; winning, in this brief time. The Confidence of his Superiors, The Worship of his Troops, The Wonder and Admiration of the World. Military Critics, Von Moltke among the number, pronounce Jackson's Shenandoah Campaign the finest example of strategy in the world's history. Religion was everything to Jackson — it was the man himself. And as the years go by, he rises into the ranks of the SoiDiEK Saints of Histoby. James Power Smith. Aide-de-Camp to Jackson. Richmond. 174 WOLSELEVS TRIBUTE TO LEE EvEBY incident of my visit to General Lee is indelibly stamped on my memory. He was the greatest general, and, to me, seemed the greatest man I ever conversed with, and 1 have had the privilege of meeting Von Moltke and Bismarck. General Lee was one of the few men who ever seriously impressed me with their natural and inherent greatness. Forty years have come and gone since our meeting, yet the Majesty of his manly bearing. The genial, winning grace. The sweetness of his smile, and The impressive dignity of his Old-fashioned style of address come back to me among the most cherished of my recollections. His Greatness Made Me Humble. Viscount Wolseley, Field Marshal of England. 175 LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln: One of Those Rare Spirits which a few times only have appeared in human history! The South's present estimate of Lincoln is 6o high — his life, character and achievements, that we of the South unite with our brethem of the North in placing him with Washington at the forefront of illustrious men whose lives and careers Adobn the Pages of American History. Governor of Louisiana. 176 THE OLD SOUTH Heb Ivory Palaces have been destroyed; but MyrrJi, Aloes and Cassia still breathe among her dismantled ruins. •/ nx' \^^^^^i.^^m^^^^^^ ni TO SOUTHERN WOMEN By the work of her hands she has reared shafts of granite and marble and bronze in a hundred cities and hamlets of the South, to tell to the coming ages of the chivalry and cour- age of our valorous dead. Her tender ministrations to the sick, the wounded, and the dying, and her patient work in supplying want Enshrine Her in the Hearts of every true son and daughter of the South. d^^^. ^^ , Ex- Governor. East Radford, Virginia. TO UNMARKED CONFEDERATE GRAVES Silently we drink the toast to the memory of those whose uncoffined dust lies somewhere in the stillness of earth, OiTE Brave Confederate Dead, who sleep in graves unmarked save on some suffering heart, and unadorned by flower or marble suaft, whose very silence and self-effacement tells the courage Which No Human Lips Can Speak. Sue Hammet Tyler. East Radford, Virginia. 179 LEE AS A SOLDIER The world has never seen better soldiers than those who followed Lee; and their leader will undoubtedly rank as without any exception the very greatest of all the great cap- tains that the English-speaking peoples have brought forth — and this, although the last and chief of his antagonists may himself claim to stand as the full equal of Marlborough and Wellington. 180 THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Hebe's to the Memory of the heroes who at the cannon's mouth gave up all in life save Honor. The Tbuest of The Teue, The Bravest of the Beave, The Confederate Soldier. Lucy Lee Hill Macgill. Pulaski, Virginia. 181 THE WOMEN OF THE SOUTH The virtues and graces of the beautiful and accomplished Women of the South have gilded its memories through every generation With Unfading Splendor. William H. Stewart, Grand Commander United Confederate Veterans. Norfolk. 1S2 THE CONFEDERATE CAVALRY Hail to the riders of the South Who 'neath that banner fought Which lowered in disaster now Is yet with glory fraught. The horsemen who with Stuart rode Around the hostile ranks; Or charged with Ashby at their head By Shenandoah's banks. To those who fought with Fitzhugh Leej Who followed Hampton's plume, And made the Old Dominion's soil With added laurels bloom. The men who sped at Morgan's side Like hawks upon the wing And crossed the broad Ohio's tide To teach invasion's sting. The troopers who by Forrest led On many a march and fray. Through every danger found a path Or made themselves a way. And those who never backward looked When Wheeler bade them go; And those who o'er Missouri's plains With Shelby chased the foe. The rapid dash of Mosby's band Upon the camp at night; And Terry's rangers rushing on In thunder to the fight. And still in many a Southern home The Story will be told Of how they dared the battle's wrath In the bravo days of old. Basil W. DtrKE. Louisville, Kentuchy. 183 LEE Were I asked to name the most characteristic feature of this Idol of the South, my answer would be, "A complete absence of the melodramatic in all that he said and did." All who had the privilege of his personal aquaintance at once recognized a character in which were blended The Noblest Qualities of ;Mind and Heabt. RichvioJid. 1R4 THE VALENTINE STATUE OF LEE "As one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams," so lies the matchless Lee — Majestic and Sebene! The masterpiece of a genius dear to the Southland, and honored the world around for the matchless marble that will forever entwine the fame of Robert Edward Lee and Edward Valentine. Julia Wyatt Bullabd. 185 186 UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY To the United Daughters of the Confederacy: That body of women who, when the South had arisen from its ashes and desolation, banded themselves together to bind up the wounds of war, — building homes and establishing pensions for those who had given themselves and all they had for the Confeder- acy; erecting monuments to departed Confederate heroes; see- ing that the children of the South were taught unbiased facts of history, and that new material was gathered and preserved for history yet unwritten. The Southland bears abundant evidence of the labors of love performed by these devoted women; and the kindly aid that has come to them from men and women of the North must bind us closer and still closer as one people. The United Daughters of the Confederacy: May they ever go forward with longer strides in their work and still greater love in their hearts For a Reunited Country! President-Cieneral Qreenwood, Mississippi. United Daughters Confederacy. 187 AN AMERICAN HERO The public men of this country are those who shape its destinies and inspire its ethical life. Among the educational forces of this country none is superior to General Lee him- self. He is no longer one of the heroes of the South, but of America. His Stainless Life was worth more than millions to the cause of education. The time is coming when the statue of General Lee will stand in the cities of the North as well as of the South, and it is already ripe for this recognition of his greatness. The Outlook. 188 GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE Restrained in Victory, he wore Defeat as 't were a Laurel Wreath. / koiSUUj, f, cM-cfLcirm4 189 "STONEWALL" JACKSON To the man who is the recognized military genius of the war between the States! He impersonated Saxon grit, which is the story of a thousand years. His faith was that of the Scotch Covenanter; and whether he prayed or fought, he was dead in earnest. In all the struggles of millions of men, on thousands of battlefields, no figure stands out more preeminently than he. He had the soundest judgment. He kept his own counsel and struck where least expected. "He was inspired," said General Ewell, and he inspired his troops to follow his lead without a question. They fought as he fought — like tigers. Call the rolls of the battlefields on which victory perched upon his banners! Hero of First Manassas, Front Royal, Winchester, Cross Keys, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Bristoe Station, Second Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Sharpes- burg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. Such Is "Stonewall" Jackson. Selden Longlet. Radford, Virffvnia. 190 THE OLD CANTEEN Old and battered and grim and rusty, Lonely it hangs on the wall to-day. Never a soldier had a friend so trusty, In the weary camp and the bloody fray. Oft 'twas dipped in the wandering river, That sang to the seas so far away, Now the old friend 's off duty forever, Comrade staunch of a boy in gray. Silent? Yes, but it tells a story. Only for these old ears of mine; Oft we went to the fields of glory. Into the shadow and out in the shine. Soon I'll be with my comrades sleeping. Where the roses bloom and the grass is green. Then on the wall, its vigils keeping. Will dangle alone the old canteen. T. C. Haebaugh. iJasstown, Ohio. 191 THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS As long as they live we will love them and honor them. When they "cross over the river," may they "rest under the shade of the trees." Mbs. Wm. R. McKenney, President Virginia Division United Daughters Confederacy. Petersbv/rg, 192 Chicago. TO VIRGINIA'S SONS Virginia's Sons, of Varrous deed, Virginia's men of olden time, Their blood was shed on battle-field. Felled were they like oak and pine. To them their cause seemed Just and True, To them their State deserved their lives; Would it be the same, 'twere I or You? In righteous strife the True Man strives. C. E. FiSHEE. 193 ARLINGTON A DiSTTNGUTSHBD Frenchman, meditating amidst the graves of tlie soldiers of both sides at Arlington National Cemetery, said: "Only a Great people is capable of a Great Civil War." 1 would add that "Only a great People is capable of a Great Reconciliation." Let us, People of the North and People of the South, prove additionally our claim to greatness by the Greatness of Our Reconciliation. Governor. Baton Rouge. 194 NATIONAL UNITY Reunited in the bonds of National fraternity, all sections of our beloved country now march shoulder to shoulder in the great forward movement of our people toward the achievement of their splendid destiny. God grant that the spirit of fraternity may grow deeper and ever deeper, in this fair land of ours, and that distinctions of class, unjust discriminations as between man and man, the exactions of greed, and the sophistries of the demagogue may find no lodgment in the hearts of our people. 195 L' ENVOI ]My heart's desire and prayer to God is that when the gates of this Exposition shall be closed in November next, And the fleets of the world, which gracefully ride these waters, shall have turned their prows homeward. That all the nations of the earth here represented, with mutual respect and admiration increased and strengthened by their nuitual intercourse, may be cemented by the ties of an EVERIASTING FRIENDSHIP that shall encircle the earth in one continuous band of unity and peace; and that those of our people who have gathered here from every part of the United States, for the purpose of kindling anew the fires of liberty in their hearts from these ancient altars, or with open hearts to renew the friendships of olden days, may with one heart and one voice joyfully unite in the aspiration of Massachusetts' great orator: "Liberty and Union One and Inse2>arable, Now and Forever." President Jamestown Exposition Co. Tn address delivered Opening Day, April 26, 1907. 196 THE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW. ' HCNOV 012005 •JUL 12 im Series 9482 3 1205 02528 8505 UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACl^^ AA 000 879 706 o Unive] Sou Li