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The Daily Dispatch: March 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Liberty, for all the possible advantages which have been so glowingly pictured. The reporter does not pretend to give more than a faint outline of Mr. Holcomer's remarks. Indeed, the omission of a sentence, or even a word, of his thrilling eloquence, would, unquestionably, mar the beauty of this grand effort in behalf of the rights of the South. He spoke of the humiliating attitude of Virginia, bowing her neck to the yoke of Northern tyranny, and said that the retribution of a just Providence must sooner or latter overtake a people who would surrender their cherished rights to a mere consideration of interest. Tell me not, said he, of what our ancestors said in their day. Their maxims and sentiments were wise in their time; true reverence for the memory of our fathers consists not in applying their precepts to the events of our day, but rather in applying them as they would now, were they living and in the field of action. No doubt they hoped the Union might be perpetual — th