Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-05-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
STATE PRIDE-HIsT0RICAL REMINISCENT
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We are Glad to zee that the people of Virginia infenG
TO celebrate the two hundred and hfteth anniversary
ofthe settlement of Jamestown which occurred IN ioU
and that ample arrangements are oelng maze lot tne
occasion. If NE would cultivate spirit OF patnot'e
regard for our country, aud be prepared to suitably
appreciate the bene6cence OF it's should
carefully commemorate and reverence the incidents
connected with the gres. historical events that have
marked our career as a nation. The New England
peops have surpassed all the other States in this duty
and tho consequence is the greater familiarity with
their historical associations The fountains ofeoquence
have been largely drawn upon, IN narrating the land
ing of the Pilgrims upon Plymouth Rock and in de.
scribing the gallant and heroic contest that marked
the commencement of the American Revolution.
Lexington. Concord and Bunker HILL have become
classic ground to the patriot and their names are al
familiar a. household words, and whose mention never
fails to excite thrill in every American bosom. BY
her Wise and prudent regard for the memory Of hel
ancestors and their illustration of in every form Of
rhetorical defamation, New England has contrived
10 monopolize greater share OF our history in the
popular regard than justly belongs to her We almost
forget that thrtsen years before the Pilgrims had SET
foo: upon Plymouth Rock, a company Of heroic colo
nists bad made settlement at Jamestown, Virginia,
aud that six years before the fret house was built on
Manhattan Island, where now stands tue city OF New
York. These were the early pioneers OF the United
States to whose courage and resolution quite as much
10 due an TO those who aterward landed upon the cold
and sterile coast of Massachusetts,.
They are quite as worthy vi as frequent mention
ana OF being embalmed in the popular recollectlon.-
Each section of our country is profusey illustrated
by historic events If Massachusetts, has her Bunker
Hill aud Concord Pennsy lvana rejoices i'll her "ln
dependence Hail." where that charter which gave
liberty 20 Continent was first promulgated, and
where the Constitution of the Union was adopted
She can point to Valley Forge aad Germantown and
ottor fields of Revolutionary glory. Within the CON
noes of New York occurred that terrible Revolution
BYy tragedy, the treason Of Arnold and the execution
of And.e-her hills echoed to the thunder which told
Of the capture OF Durgoyne-aud were the mute wit
nssses Of the terrible massacre at Orskauy. Within
her chief city the Government of the Union or
gsnlssd, and there George Washington took the
oath as the FIRE. President Of the United States
Virginia the Old Dominion-the land Of Washington,
Jefferson and Hsury-is unusually rich in historical
associations. There is jamestown, where was built
the ist tenement in the English portion Of the United
States and there is YORKTOWN. where was struck the
dnsl and closing blow of the American Revolution
Yorktown flushed what Bunker Hill began-if one
the Alpha the other was the Omega Of the Revo'
luton.
There are Mount Vernon, Monticello and Montpe-
ler-three Of the moot sacred spots to the American
patriot and student-whOse shrines should be the po
li,ical Mecoas of our history. Within the Carolinas
II MeckleHburg, where the first popular movement
are Camden, Eutaw Springs and Guiford Court.
house, and other fields of ame nssparaby connected
with the gallant exploits and most important results
of OUT Revolution. These fields were baptised in
blood shed in patriotic struggles and in no quarter
of our Union were there greater displays Of patriot
isu courage aud heroic endurance than charac-
terzed the conduct Of the men of Sumter and Marion
All there incidents aud associations Of our history,
and many others equally important. which we have
not spacc 20 notice, furnish themes Of local and
tional patriotism quite as worthy Of remembrance
those of New England to which SO much greater
prominence has been given that they have really be-
oup to nonOpolizs All undue share Of American his
tory Cincinnati Enquirer.