The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-10
For the Dispatch.
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1fr Ea;tor: AS an indr,ccnteHt TO lmni
grafton. l send you the following: i. "
Hradford. in his splendid Illustrated Atias
fC;eorrapicaI. Statistical, and HistoFicai,) o.
she United States,' &C., published In the yeal
1883, says:
"Thc largest and most central State In the
Union, perhaps the most varied In her pro
auctions, and the richest In natural resources
blessed with most happy climate, apuh
dainty supplied with noble channels OF com
,nunication, exhibiting over her broad sur.
face pleasant interchange ofthe widest ano
most lovely scenes, Virginia Seems 70 posses
within herself the elements OF an empire.
Every portion Of Virginia Is traversea os
fine rivers and streams, useful either as ch.n
ncls of navigation or for mechanical pur'
poses" d,-oss
The following Is sn extract ffom an address
OF n Young friend of mine, and though SONG
what sophomoric, It contains naught but the
truth. It was delivered soon after inc ciosc
of the late war before memorial assoch'Iioh'
lie says: ,...
"But when ] refIec. upon the condition OF
This nv native State the emotions OF my heari
are TOO tender for utterance. How sac mas
been her fate! For four long years was she
the battlefield of the war. Her soil is sacred
She has quaffed the richest libation that valor
ever poured out in any cause. Hencelofti'
shall She he the Mecca of America, to
which sad hearts shall wend their mourntul
way to do honor to the valiant dead that lie
entombcd within her bosom. Though hcf
fields have been hid waste, her mansions,
villages, and towns, destroyed, and her no
blcst sons cut down in the bloom of youth
and vgor Of manhood; though her motto
her SIC Semper Iwannis-the 'proudcst tiiat
ever dcckcd a nations shield mas Dccl
reversed and the tyrant heel OF despotism
now Expresses her fair neck, YET snail she
again stand forth 'thc mother OF states ana
Of statesmen Virginia! Virginia Goa
bless the old State! Let her sons but
lie true to her and to themselves, ana she
shall yet arise, PhGniX-like, from Tue
ashes of her desolation, and the wreath OF
empire shall again deck her sacred prov.
Eevond any country In the world has q
hcneticent Creator blessed her with NIL the
clements that combine to make country
rich, flourishing, and great. Her mountains,
which give to her scenery such variety and
magnifcence of beauty, and which seem with
their heads to beckon the poor invalid to
come and partake of the fountains OF life
which gush In such profusion from her
sides, hold entombed within their bowels
minerals of untold wealth. Soon the
ring Of the hammer and the pick shall
arouse the dormant energies of her sons, and
ere long she shall become the manufacturing
State Of the Union. Her facilities for COM
mcrce 90 hand in hand with her mineral re-
sources. Her rivers, taking their origin III
her very mines, with the partial aid OF lock
and dam, are ready to convey her coal, iron,
and copper to magnificent ports, whence her
white-winged birds of the ocean shall trans
port them to every country Of the haDltable
globe. Her air, viciug with the skies OF Italy
in its purity, together with the powers Of her
native streams, affords facilities for manuiac-
lures surpassed by those of no country in
the world while her noble James, her Rap
pahannock, and her other rivers, watering
fertile fields, shall reflect from their liquid
mirrors haryests in splendid luxurance,
scarce surpassed by the Niles famed pro-
ductions."
send you the foregoing. The first is by
New Highlander; the last is bya Virgnian.
Praise Of Virginia by Virginians can never
becxtravagant, think, unless she rcpudiates.
Pro Dec, iege, ct gregg.
Yours truly, rs before, Is.