Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-09

forwarded elsewhere. From an aged citizen OF Sta
ten Island, mir Isaac Bell learned a few years ago,
that ths marble mercantile palace of T. Stewart
10 built upon the burial place Of OuQ oil
Inmates.
Ii Virginia still spoke of loyalty to the crown, it
only until she could fully adjust her armour. No
who will consult the annals of that daycan doubt
upon the subject. 1t was fitting that colony nur
tured and reared, should bo the fret 10 lay down and
announce the great principles OF public and private
right. II was fitting that She, the Oldest of the crown,
should have been the first to give to the world the
example OF permanent written constitution. Ii was
fitting that che should have summoned her sisters to
aConinenal Congress. 1t WAS fitting that she should
have issued, in advance of Others, her instructions to
her delegates to move declaration of independence,
aud that they should have obeyed her commands; ad
it was right and proper that her noble and ever go'
rious son should have conducted the armies OF tue
contederacy to victory and to triumph. 1t was rign'
that her Morgan should have led her nvinciole rne
at Saratoga, aud that he should have thrown tneia
like thuuderbolts against Burgoynes serrled ranks
and that then and there should have broken lv.u
for the first time the animating strains OF auA1o
Doodle, since become National air. IL WAS no. ouy
right that her ensign should have hoated over %,
battle field, but that her bugle notes snou'9 a.So
have been heard IN triumph at Yorktown. ~ .a as
and is full Of glory, eternal az the mountains, n"' @
the first Impress Of the AngloSaxon was maue u
this beach. the drst impulse to lndepeheeuE;o 80,
given at Williamsburg, and the last oattie iof ioo'y
was fought at Yorktown. The voice OF al ihulenau'
eloquence proceeded from THE OLD cAriloL' a"S sno
shouts Of an exulting army at Yorktown n,s, 49,
been heard by Illuminating mere anu =. hIS
OF the early settlers; aud 1t was rsnl '.a. y s.ad
be So Those settlers were the pioneers TWO hundred
and afty wears ago of all that has followed lhey
perished-but out of their ashes has arisen an EN-
hire of amo,t boundess extent. Observe the grand
procession as it moves ON its way 10 reci"!m ne"
world There no exodus OF nvs "a hut fb
addition of new link to the chain OF empire Inc
,ous have left the hearthstones TO hnd Tor themselves
new homes; but fathers and mothers ana kihsoik are
lsft behind and constantly recurring memories Keep
che cb.;n br;oht and free from rust The wilderness
ia reclaimed, cultivated fields abound. and villages,
towns and cities mark the stages OF its progress anu
the procession moves on and on, IA IN the lno'Ug VI
i.s existence As their descendants and OF those VIM
followed them we have right to demand OF all sucn
a, reylle and abuse Virginia, from what great act or
noble deed recorded in the history OF America, mas
| she withheld her name, or when did she give shns
" of her blood or treasure to the public goooi ou'
der the conduct Of her gallant son. George Rogers
Clarke. through her uuaided means, she swept away
from the North. West the combined hosts OF French
and Indians, thus vndicating her chartered rlsh'e'
and rounding off empire great as that OF the Cesars'
and with liberay when nothihg OUT the ,no'a =,
which prompted it can excuse, she yielded II All
m annsasa the ieslousy of her confedera'es, and 10
consolidate the Union. Did she withhold her aid In
building up and giving form and substance to the
political institutions under whlch we Ve ana Gn.u
, have become the admiration OF the world Go To
ths historian and he will show y"u, upon his pages
the names of her eminent sons 10 connexon win each
GREAT work. When those institutions have been As
sailed in any vita part. has she careessly folded her
arms chanting praises to the Union, without resell.
, inc the assault or admonishng her confederates oil
the danger Her course in 1889 when the liber
~ of speech and the press were assaled and through
all time demonstrates the reverse. And there she is
stil sentinel the watch tower, to repel tho cap
pers and miners who would overthrow the great con-
sttutional charter OF these States Has She by sup
porting mistaken policy, retarded the growth OF the
conederacy paralyzed its commerce. or abridged itE
powers! Let answer to ocean, and while bearing
upon their waters the largest commercial marine tht
world has ever known belonging TO one people, le
them testify to the happy fruits the policy which wal
nsusuratsd by Washington, and enforced by Jetfer
son, adson and Monroe. Political demagoues may re
vile aud abuse, but they cannot deract from the hgt
and lofty fame which belongs TO this time honoured
Commonwealth, or disturb her in the continued advo
sscy Of that course Of policy, conservative and nstona
it is, which she has through all time persued Here
!, | amid the graves of our ancestors renew on
pledges to those principles Of selfgovernment which
have been consecrated by their examples through
two hundred aud fifty years; and impore that grea
Being who so often and signaly preserved then
through trials and difficulties, to continue to couI
try His protecting guardianship aud care
At the closing of the Grafton, which was listene
to throughout with uninterrupted and breathess a.
tention, Mr.. JAMES BARRON HOPE, of Hampton, Va
was introduced, and delivered very appropriate AM
excellent poem, which as published III the Enquire
| a few weeks since.
GOVERNOR WISE'S ADDRESS.
Governor Wise, who was on the stand IN response
10 numerous and enthusiastic calls from the audience
thus addrsssei il:
can add nothing to what has been said am no
prepared with speech and there is apology 70
ons after what We have heard. Your story has beer
we'll "said" and wall "sung." Your Stale can s'il
boast as this day proves, that she has yet lett to he
a sage (Mr, TrLERl and a poet tNr. HorE) hav
heard it said to msn ''Shake off the dust from tn,
feet for the ground which you stand is holy" ant
this place is sacred; but say to you that we will no
shake its duet off feet, for the place whereon
stand il our Homedust. We will cling to this soil
and this soil TO Us, forever.
Our State, believe, is the only State which he
had her three capitals. Here 10 the spot where ra
her fr and hers the FIRST of all the States. Her
the Old World FIRST met the New. Here the Whit
man first met the Red, for settlement and colonies
ton. Here the White man first welded the axe to GU
III. FIRST tree for the first log cabin, Here the frs
log cabin built for the first riHage! Here tn
first rillaee to be the first STATE capital! Her
the first capital Of our empire Of S:aes-hara wa
the very foundation Of nation Of freemen which LA
stretched its dominion and its millions across tn
continent to the shores of another ocean. Go to tn
Pacific now, TO measure this progression aud powe
of great people
vireinian.. the Fauaiian. Head of this mighty rive
of Life and Liberty is oars-ours to keep, ours I
guard. And like "the blue eyed boy" at the Four
tain Of old, think see the winged white horse i
the Heavens, fast descending hers again; and if W
will but wait, and watch, and be worthy and be Dol
20 be Free e hare the birdie Of magic reins and gold
en- bt an our orn hands, aud we may mount the 2,
gasus to slay every Hydra and Gorgon dire, whic
threaten our peace or our fate
But she circelebraton this day is ended; the mil
tary are waiting for and the drum beat Gale me
the Review. l cannot longer detan you, for 20
must not forget that am Commander-iu. Chief {
your army, aud We must now 70 TO the battle field!
BY previous arrangement, the military who too
part in the ceremonies reviewed by Gov. Was
after the exercises at the stand had concluded. 1t
a grand and imposing display, and reflected grea
credit upon the companies that were engaged in it.