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And I then-fore repeat the statement: The men who died for the Con ft <! -r.nc cause, have not died in vain.

"They never fail who die

In a great cause. The- block may soak their gore; Tln-ir heads may sodden in the sun; their linil)^ I'll- strung to city K atc ' s an( l castle walls; But still their spirits walk abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others and conduct The world at last to freedom."

HON. JAMES MERCER GARNETT.

AN ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR JAMES MERCER QARNETT,

On Presenting the Portrait of Hon. James H. Garnett in the Court- Room at Tappahannock, Essex County, V a., Judge Thos. R. B. Wright of the Circuit Court Presiding June 20, i898.

[Judge Wright, who as worthily wears the ermine as he did honor to the cause, as a Confederate soldier, has been indefatigable in his efforts to secure for the court-room at Tappahannock the portraits of distinguished and worthy men of the vicinage of his circuit. This comprehends a section which has been singularly productive of men whose lives have been excellent and who have signally aided in mak- ing the history of our State and country. The walls of his court- room are now graced with a galaxy of the countenances of men of whose virtues and abilities any people might justly be proud. Such an assembled view can but prove in the highest degree inspiriting and helpful in directing the character of youth. Judge Wright may look upon them with a pleasure peculiarly his own as in his life- springs he draws from more than one of them.

Nobility of character not only impels reverence, but it inspires the emulation of virtue of greatness. To look upon the man, as his compeers saw him, aids potently in the mind the inspection of the record of his deeds. ED.]