Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-15

was pleased 10 ra,ify this adventurous iesoln.
lion. and ultimately 10 crown with complete
success. the sfdeut efforts. and the unexam
Piled difficulties ola seven years struggle. We
are now permitted eoiemporaneously with
hundreds OF thousands Of Eteemen IN CONNIE IN
crate the patriotism aud fortitu1e of our fore.
fathers. aud 10 eXult IN the enjoyment OF the
fruit oil their tnils. II has olien been re marked
that the enjoyment Of any blessing is greatly
enhanced by contrasting II with the dItheully
of It's acquisition, Let us then. IN order 10 attx
due value To our present easlable nfe.emi-
aence among the nations of the earth. endea-
yor briefly TO review the dangers, the labo,s
and snilerings thar preceded aud accompanied
the American Revolution. Garry back your
imaginations 10 the year 1907. aud consider the
condition Of things then. with the pregnant g.
vents that uansplred IN thai memorable year.
This immense Country,now diversified with nu.
merons large aud thriving CITIES. houf,shing
aud beauiiin villages, extensive plantations
AID finely cultivated faims, with nunberless
profitable manufactures, intel secisd with roads
and canals. teemiug with lie, ACTIVITY and bos.
tie, this now improved and still Improving
county was then ono wide ,ntern,nabe forest
stretching frum the Atlantic shores TO the tar
distant west. M bennieous landscape Then
opened lis expanding glofles TO the lace OF day
No city nor town, then rising ss II by magic
hands, No steamboat then swiftly dashing
over lis majestic waters. The only Sounds
that broke IN upon the stiffness ot the solemn
scene we're The roar ot the Wild beasts or The
get more dscordau, yell OF the Indian. The
only relief 10 the general gloom that brooded
over n continent was ahorued ny The lew
wretched wigwams huddied together, ihhhhi~
ted by squalid III dressed, Ill ted sa'agts, with
II few scaniY patches Of maihz and iohacto.
How long this state 81 Thugs MAI es''rh, PRIOR
To the year iooI no" many successive i"f-
esis had grown up 10 maturity. ilonrished their
allotted period, ihtn SUNK 10 nteas 10" many
races and generation Of savhses h@d ,oamed
ihrnu n the "'dtints', ~ h'phe 'eooius OF
dou1 al traditions can aa~ tel.
Ina year iorms a memorable epoch IN the
annals of America,
In Apr'i ii tn"l t~ar'aiter long aud tedious
voyage, Captain Newport entered tue Capes
OF thes"rahhe Day, ana amer ascending what
was then called fowhnian River landed bis
weary b""n oil apo"' '"o e"'eh'hrefs. M
spot selected ny mem '"f sf',emenh as wen as
the RIVER hti"re mehlloned' nom received the
name OF ~" 'hen '''sh'hg honhroh 81 lug
lhndt James is'' IRON" ms 'teble germ, hnuer
'he auspices OF pfeP'"o"s iiehVeh, arose ny
gr'dhai 'honSh 'hlih increase ms nh''on' now
counting not less 'hhh IL m'liious al souls
VINO can LOOK naek 70 'his s'ennn' 'rnnshc'lon
the h"Ibinger "' snch interesting results, WIN
out experiencing me h'fpes' ehn'Iohs oh
tue one mana sha' anu W'ailta o"hu oi men
leas'hs me aooaes at csll'zen me- Vp'nnihfhy
efhing themselves 'o" country, "'nhs anu
sacred nome, 10 take up th'ir in'"'e fes'hchce
among tue sh'a9es o' 'he "no'in''s, ho' per
maps entertaining inc 'a'h'es' imagining o'
what waste gro" ON OF iheH attempts on ihe
oiher, me as'onishea lnd'an' cfo"d'hg me ri'
ers bank, gazing IN mute wonder 90 the Hoai-
mg castle ahd egnhhs UNCONSCIOUS OF Tue
woe, The desso'ai'oh hnn oi'iii"'e eh"nsho" "f
ms race that were III p'oee's u ohe ID enaus
from tins visitation
pld possfss me ma'ellhIs OF rfghihr us
tory OF TINS 'olony, ANA were competent 10
the 'hsk, bp'h OF "beh requisites am enurrH
unIgfo'shed wnb' sel would 'Imf in'' 10 give All
account with any mlnurness suffice II 10 sny
IN lew words, that they had 10 serve a long
and desrruc' i've apprenticeship ~ colonization.
tfore they got larry under way, on the road
10 greatness AZ one time they were neatly all
cut of by the lreaeherous hostility OF the In
dians al another they were reduced 10 the
last degree OF suffering By famine they also SUI
fred tue loss OF many lives ny the diseases su'
perinduccd by the ua.holafo ne mnte oil u ne".
" cleared country. such was the waste OF Ida
attendant 90 colonlz'ns, that historians inform
as OF the 5000 emterants Ia Virginia, during the
first % wears only 1900 survived, I'D at tn"
end of 80 wears thefG were but about 10000
They were now however steadily progressing.
and from that tine 10 the present then march
has been onward. Similar ami even gfentet
difficulties characterized The first colonization
oil New England, which commenced about the
year 1920. From these two elder sisters, Que
after another, came on tine other Colonies, until
the Atlantic Coast from latitude 81" north 10
4S ~as occupied by 10 thriving settlements.
Inc long interval between The hrsi settlement
AT Jamestown and the commencement of The
Revolution is by no means bnrren of instructive
lncIdent but tIuIe lads us 10 eater INTO phI'icn-
lars. The Golonlsts by their enterprise and
persevetng industry had gone Tar III cleai-
Jug the forest aud providing domestic comforts
had increased With unparalleled rarldiIJ M
population, having by the American Revolu-
ton, amounted 10 about 3 millions. Nor were
the good effects OF their prosperity confined Ia
themselves. The mother country feli the lnvigu.
rating eff els through every vein aud artery oi