March Sirteenth The great mind of Madison was one of the first to entertain distinctly the noble conception of two kinds of government, operating at one and the same time, upon the same individuals, harmonious with each other, but each supreme in its own sphere. Such is the fundamental conception of our partly Federal, partly National Government, which appears throughout the Virginia plan, as well as in the Constitution which grew out of it. JOHN FISKE (Massachusetts) James Madison born, 1751 March Seventeenth "THE GALLANT PELHAM"-ROBERT E. LEE Just as the Spring came laughing through the strife, With all its gorgeous cheer; In the bright April of historic life, Fell the great cannoneer. We gazed and gazed upon that beauteous face, While round the lips and eyes, Couched in their marble slumber, flashed the grace Of a divine surprise. JAMES RYDER RANDALL Lieutenant-Colonel John Pelham killed at Kelly's Ford, Va., 1863 Roger Brooke Taney born, 1777 March Eighteenth John C. Calhoun, an honest man, the noblest work of God. ANDREW JACKSON He had the basis, the indispensable basis, of all high character, and that was unspotted integrity-unimpeached honor and character. If he had aspirations, they were high and honorable and noble. There was nothing grovelling or low, or meanly selfish that came near the head or the heart of Mr. Calhoun. DANIEL WEBSTER John Caldwell Calhoun born, 1782. Marcb Nineteenth Into the woods my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent. Into the woods my Master came, Forspent with love and shame. (Massachusetts) But the olives they were not blind to Him, When into the woods He came. SIDNEY LANIER (A Ballad of Trees and the Master) March Twentieth Out of the woods my Master went, And He was well content. Out of the woods my Master came, Content with death and shame. When Death and Shame would woo Him last, From under the trees they drew Him last: "Twas on a tree they slew Him-last, When out of the woods He came. SIDNEY LANIER (A Ballad of Trees and the Master) March Twenty-First Those who dominated were intelligent, masterful, patriotic, loving home, kindred, state and country, dispensing a prodigal hospitality, limited only by the respectability and behavior of guests. Among girls, refinement, culture, modesty, purity and a becoming behavior were the characteristic traits; among boys, courtesy, courage, chivalry, respect to age, devotion to the weaker sex, scorning meanness, regarding dishonor and cowardice as ineffaceable stains. J. L. M. CURRY General Joseph E. Johnston dies, 1891 (The Old South) March Twenty-Second Father Tabb's discernment was clear and touched by the purest fragrance of the muses. To Shelley, Coleridge, and Keats he was devoted. Poe he regarded as without a peer in modern literature, and was his uncompromising, inflexible champion. HENRY E. SHEPHERD John Banister Tabb born, 1845 March Twenty-Third Come, Texas! send forth your brave Rangers, Come stand by your rights as of old; A record which ruin is sparing Come forth to your country's loud call! V. E. W. VERNON Texas ratifies the Confederate Constitution, 1861 |