Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-02-24
uld .lirginia,

their early settlements along tic ma, J
gins oftke RappaIiaiine ok and X.
Potomac. especially in the Northern
Neck Of Virginia, the county boundea'!
by these rivers. Isl -
In, 1912 Sir William Berkelv ],
rived ID, the colony, rs its. Govern
III e47 Col. Richard Ice IL men
toned as one Of the bnrgesses. d.
164s the honest S.py yesant, d 81
dicr Of experience aud d scholar
was promoted for his service to Ial
land, and entered on tie governmen,
of New Netherlands, now the Sta,a
Of New York. Van Renssclaer ,nas
have prcccdedcd him; and IN ia
transfer Of the colony 70 Great Bril- I
inLivingstep, Gluten, Golden
Delaney, &c, fallowed.)
One of the Caters, about that ora q
entered upon his princely possession
in Virginia, andsfroln his habits mi
style Of living, was termed ..Kiinr
Carter" b,lt as a deccndans wittily i. !.
marks s.Morc probably, King. Gar.
ter; as his cccentricities have hon
bequeathed to his lineage, rather tban ]
his broad lands, which have nn,ler
gone many divisions In 165ss
I,committe Of the members Of the No
sembly was appointed, Of which Johna
| Carter, of LANCASTER county, was tl,e
head, and q complete declaration Of
popular sovereignty was made, at d !
period when apprehensions were en- Il
tertained OLA Limitation Of, colonial
| liberty, By the reference Of political
Equestion tp England, then ruled ~.
Cromwell.
Virginia is represented to have
formed s'precipitate attachment
Ito Charles Ia Her statutes, on his
accession to the throne, favored the
planters. The Representatives Of CO. {
loniaI landholders voted s.thc total
election of mcrcenary attorneys
+. At the restoration, 1860, Virginia
enjoyed freedom Of commerce With
tic whole world. s,Thc country.
says. Bancroft, s.telt itself honored BY
those who were & irginiansn born,''N
and elnigrants never desired to live
again in England. At this epoch,
the population vast about thirty thou.
sand So 600 at the English reyoln.
ton of 1888" Many Of the recent
emigrants,'' (see Porter's Spirit, No,
10, Tor some Of their names, had
kecn royalists in England, good Off
cers in the war, men Of education Of
property, and Of, condition. I The !.
Inca. ancestors 81 orr two inostillns-
trious Generals, Washington aHtz
Scott, both Virginian born, AMI onr
Eonly Lieutenant Generals. h,'i fought
foh the royaIside in England.
AIMING the. early c,nigran.s. the.
tstyle Of living, the habits and l,,,r.,-
snits IF their ancestors were initiated.
Many OF the royalists who came over
after the death Of Charles tho E'irsf !.
brought to the colony the culture md
education that belonged to The Eng
tish gentry nfthat day. The chase
was pursued with great spirit and
st was. not long before the horse WAS
lnultipliedsin Virginia. and his i'm
rroYement was favored by Legislation.
"Speed was especially valued, and
''the planters pace became a pro-
verb. They rarely met in numbers.
except at the horse-race orthe county
court" Phe inventory Of Sir Will
lam Berkely gave him seventy horses.
Unlike New England, Virginia was,
q continuation Of English society,".
The early settlers came over under
the auspices Of the mobility, the
Church, and the mercantile interest
Eof England. lSee Bancroft's History
ist and Cd yols.)
The aristocracy of Virginia was,
FROM its origin, exclusively landed
aristpnracy Thus 4 body of large
|proprietors existed from the infancy
ofthe settlement Their ast.posses.
sipns, often an inheritaDee 60 tho els..
|dest born, awakened the feeling Of
family pride. Military. judicial, leg.
islative, and executive powers we're
deposited in the hands Of an estab-
lished aristocracy.
The restoration had changed the,
course of events took from the peo-
pie Of Virginia the power, which was
not recovered for more than d centu-
Try and gave to the farming aristoc-
racy apowerfnl ally in the royal gov
eminent and its officers. Their char
acter and education (chiefy in Eng
land) procured them respect and In
Ifuence. The governor and council
were appointed directly or indirectly,
by the crown. Just after the execl-.
| ton Of Charles First, during the ex-'
treme anxiety and despair of tie roy.
alists, patent for the Northern Neck
had been granted to a company Of
cavaliers, as a refuge for their parti-
sans. Hence the Carriers, Corbins
Lees and Washingtons were Of that
ilk, preceding the restoration.
| For many years thereafter, VTiir-
Ipinia had neither foyvnc ,,o,. Ia rv,n,.c y