. Minutes . entlemen to theSoldier of God and his country. Here, too, is A. P. Hill, whogave his native land a soldilcrs finished service, and yet towhom, also, the glory of a patriots death was not here, ready to be unveiled to the eyes of a loving andfaithful peoi)le, stands the monument to the soldier, the states-man, the oiator, the historian, the jnire and chivalrous gentle-man, reared by the hands of Sonth(a-n wcunan, to him wlu*suHered most for them and for us all; who bore in his ownbody the shame of our det^eat, and gathered unto his ownbreast avcvy si)ear of malice r
. Minutes . entlemen to theSoldier of God and his country. Here, too, is A. P. Hill, whogave his native land a soldilcrs finished service, and yet towhom, also, the glory of a patriots death was not here, ready to be unveiled to the eyes of a loving andfaithful peoi)le, stands the monument to the soldier, the states-man, the oiator, the historian, the jnire and chivalrous gentle-man, reared by the hands of Sonth(a-n wcunan, to him wlu*suHered most for them and for us all; who bore in his ownbody the shame of our det^eat, and gathered unto his ownbreast avcvy si)ear of malice raised against his countrymen—Jolfcrson Davis. There are many sacred spots on Virginias soil -James-town and Williaiiishnig liav(^ llicir great memoiics; Voilclownhas its splendid Irinniph bnt Kiclimond is twice; (Midcai-vd 1othe Southern lieai-t. Dear arc; Manassas, Seven Pines, ColdHarbor, Gaines Mill, Alalveni Hill, Krederieksbnrg, Clianeel-lorsville, llh Wilderness, SpolsvK ania, releishui ^ ,\ppoiii;il \: .u. C- 1-3 . O t^ a- C « fit- pqS. o |S si t- C J3 C ^ ■fo ^ o —< aO. 52 SevoiteaitJi Rcnnio7i, RicJnnond, May 30-Ju)ie 3, 1907. tox—her history has inade Virginia to bo roinoiiibered witliMarathon and Therniopyhie. Too no])le to be nontral, Vir-ginia stood gnard over lier yonnger sisters. Every wound ofthe dying Confederacy was over the prostrate body of long as heroic actions liave a cliarni for noljle liearts; aslong as desperate courage api)eals to biave men, and tlu; lieartof woman cheiishes the memor^^ self-sacrifice, Vir-ginia Avillnot be forgotten. I love the South of to-day. The galhnit and generousyouths, who sometimes gather with us, are my pride and ad-miration. But I shall never again love or honor men as 1 lovedand honored the Confederate soldier. We needs must love thehighest when we see it. There was masterful s[)irit in him; aspirit that laughed at disaster; a spirit that privation and dis-tress could not tame; a spirit fe
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