March Twenty-Sixth Dear God! what segment of the earth Can match the region of our birth! Though ice-beleaguered, rill on rill, Though scorched to deserts, hill on hill-- It is our native country still. Our native country, what a sound To make heart, brain, and blood rebound! JAMES RYDER RANDALL March Twenty-Seventh Jamestown and St. Mary's are both within the segment of a circle of comparatively small radius whose center is at the mouth of the Chesapeake. In this strategic region, the Jamestown experiment succeeded, after Raleigh's head had fallen on the block; the Revolution was fired by the eloquence of Patrick Henry, and was consummated at Yorktown; the War of 1812 was settled by the victories of North Point and McHenry; the crisis of the Civil War occurred; and seven Presidents of the United States were born. ALLEN S. WILL _Calvert's Colony lands at St. Mary's, 1634_ March Twenty-Eighth Nor less resplendent is the light Of him, old South Carolina's star, Whose fiery soul was made by God To blaze amid the storms of war.... ORION T. DOZIER _Wade Hampton born, 1818_ March Twenty-Ninth A great event of this [Tyler's] administration was the Ashburton Treaty. This settled our northeast boundary for 200 miles and warded off the long impending war with England. In most histories the whole credit for this treaty is given to Daniel Webster. Of course this great man should not be robbed of any of his well-earned laurels; but the President is entitled to a share of the honor. Webster himself said: "It proceeded from step to step under the President's own immediate eye and correction." Moreover, it may be added that at one stage in the proceedings Lord Ashburton was about to give up and return to England; but President Tyler by his courtesy and suavity, conciliated him and induced him to go on with the negotiation. J. LESSLIE HALL _John Tyler born, 1790_ March Thirtieth In discussing the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Senator Hale warned Senator Toombs that the North would fight. The Georgian answered: "I believe nobody ever doubted that any portion of the United States would fight on a proper occasion.... There are courageous and honest men enough in both sections to fight. There is no question of courage involved. The people of both sections of the Union have illustrated their courage on too many battlefields to be questioned. They have shown their fighting qualities shoulder to shoulder whenever their country has called upon them; but that they may never come in contact with each other in a fratricidal war should be the ardent wish and earnest desire of every true man and honest patriot." PLEASANT A. STOVALL _Texas readmitted to the Union, 1870_ March Thirty-First CALHOUN'S NATIONALISM