Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11
From the Boston Traveller.
4 scrap OF Hissory.-Nhay the Yanlkeea think OF
+ fian southern Ca nltal. o.

From the Boston Traveller.
4 scrap OF History.-What the Y4Rl<sss think OF
7s the soutnern Capital.
ar ali. H. towns tibet have become famous since
the Revolutions perhaps one has greater claims to aep
ton that which The eyes OF the world are now
81 that soaa @ s1S the the whole World
Richmond to wit the capital OF the state OF virginia
community that viii dure and also OF tie southern Con-
fe1eraey which may not have many weeks of life in it,
Richmond is not of the cd places OF America ana do
within living memory. The place begun 1888 but
was Incorporated until I742; and it made the
but few hundred inhahisants Nor vas it fasf
town. it had less than 600 people the close of the
eighteenth century when the of the third Presden
tia had prepared the way the incoming of the
Virginia dynasty of Presidents But the had
then certain solid and respectable position in America,
which since maintained while respects
it has increased it's influence BENZ the capital of Virginia
being then in every the chief State Of America and
full o. men of aient-most of whom had distinguished
themselves in the contests of the Revolution and for the
Cons ution-it impossible that Richmond should
attract as much American attention it does to day
though from very different great deal has been
said about power which gpa then had in the
try was state of thing that she Should
be powerful, remembering what she then was, and wha
she contr be down almost middle Of the pres
en century Her Revolutionary services had been great
may say transcendantv great when cast the mno
eve over the of first class Ia various capaci
ties whom take leading parts in the work Of
making the american nation Washington Jeersoa Pat
rick Henry, George Mason, R. H. Lee, George Wythe,
Hsnry Lee and Others lille Madison had one tie
trainers the Fedora, Constitution perhaps he sbes
man in the House OF Representatives Monroe to-
distinguish national legislator and Edmund Randolph
thongR not fau tiess man. respected his talents
and Tor valuable services which, various occasions
ha r ndered to his country John Marshal had laid solid
B the foundation Of Of the greatest regulations that
American is ever likely to have.
1t would require much space to mention merely the
names other prominent Virginans who then emf
pen rising to emnence and some OF whom became not
unworthy successors of the of the Revolutionary
such mer, for mpe, as John Randolph "m B. Giles
LW Tase vel John W. Eppes ana and wam Ws In
premacy the ascendency that great talent ever has held
and which will hold; complain CT it's exist
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the result of usurDaon Of ca exclu- Venes or
of the existence OF slavery Virginia elng what ehe was
1t Ia rule her capital should be tie grand centre
American political life III ugh the town then not so
large Northern towns If the third class, that
have weight beyond what they hold from their votes
No town in tie free States held position like hers OF
looked to- and looked up to- the tSwn the
Yellow ush PRONUNCIATION. 1t there that disunion
was My discussed while Washington yet alive and
earlier than Rchm md Elevated the
dubious honor cf becoming the cspit OF the on herr
cipes the alien and sedton laws created much discon
tan and the of the Southern leaders, in oppo
sti0n 10 them psrtOOk Of secession though
of any deeper dye than lopged certain Northern
ments of after days. Whether the Southern men d
l79s had they possessed power, question for tn Sc
~ho love to speculate VT It m2ht have been
whether from beitg in OPPOSITE not did take the be
ra slice in the great that then divided the world
desposm would have been glad to see England anc
her aias victorious France This that threw
the Northern Democracy and the Son bern
gethI and created Union Il at to end In dsuntbn
OIgina ly that combination which became IF nsive il
me natural alliance, and but for the incre
cotton culture would Or baby have worked well for the
country for rnany years yet to come.
The society Richmond has ranked high that
other American town for seventy years or threabOut
con- aimed many cultivated men and women could be
found in many places OF much large population lie press
powerfulthe Richmond Enquirer Mr.. Ritchies pa
per- having national reputation, re conducting it fol
more than fo'ty years. other American journal
had great Ihdence that which belonged to th
Enquirer for the of its existence down to
when Mr. Richie went to Washngt n, to take charge
Polk hand the Union, by which he lost hs
ton, and did not find fortune. The Wing which
tabshed mech later the Enquirer great weigh
On he anti Democ ratio sde There and are,
other papers published at Rchm0nd-a bakers dozen II
almost OF which have than local reputa obs tn
min in particular hav ng been notorious fog
years the savage ability with which has assasd tn
North and free labor and upheld slavery and "soather
= rights"
: Religious societies, educational ins buttons of variou
kinds and places OF amusement common ia hich
mOnd or were so in the early months of 1861 The Cit
prosperous AID full part 10 the materia
growth OF the country. Its business large and hat
world wide renOwn because OF the responsibility of it
-four tsde, and the vastn"ss of It's dOings in tobacco
was town OF mills and FORCES. and machine shops, etc
etc. a. we have learned TO cost since the beka
Richmond has furnished the rebel arnies with many
those thi gs that render useful the Held Tn
position OF the place st the lower falls of the James,
at the he Id OF tide water, did to promote it's
mercia growth and its natural advantages improve
by ths making of canals and rail WAYS the Rchm md tr
though the wer of chivalry of course, shown
themselves to be sh wd in alters o. business the
had been born under the shadow of Bunker Hall
and had read Popr chards advice aot uopg from Ply
mouth Rock The population of Richmond at ths time tn
the made the capital of the southern COniede
must have been hard 40 000 II would ba difficult
to say what is but after the shall be lie
the event of It be what doubt Richmond will
become as prosperous was, and ise grea
eminence than Her nat ral advantages
of her population who Yankees In fact whatever the
n may be III name.