National Republican., 1880-07-08
Correspondence OF THE NATIONAL REPuBLrcAS.l
Letter from Old Virginia.
Oh PoINT COMFORT, JuIY 2, lssO.

Letter from ola virginia.
OLD Point COMFORT, July Q, 1850.
One can hardly be surprised at the wonders
of interest that cluster around this grand old
state With all her age, and all her loss of
territory, all her encounters with her sister.
hood Of competitors, She still seems AS young
and fresh and fair as ever. There is nothing
mean about old Virginia. She is not only the
mother of presidents, but, through her daugh-
tcrs especially one of her favOrite daughters
-Ohio-the grandmother. Well may tho
ancient dame be proud Of her progeny. And
she is. There is good reason to believe that -
large part-perhaps it may turn out a ma
jority-of her own immediate children will be
equally proud to own the recent choice of
Ohio for president and indorse it at tho polls.
calm and careful review of tho national
field in Virginia shows II strong feeling for
Garfield. There are so many points in which
no resembles Henry Clay and William Henry
Harrison, both of whom Virginia seems to
have held to her bosom as very dear to her,
that the moro patriotic and thoughtful Vir-
ginians of our day look upon him with special
favor. The agricultural, manufacturing, min
ing and commercial interests of Virginia find
SO able an advocate in Garfield that she in
stinctlvely tuIns to him as tho coming man.
She is ready for the harvest, aud needs only
the rcapers to enter her fruitful field. Who
will be the first to thrust in their siGkles?
70 the intelligent Virgnian Garfield is the
embodiment of the Virginia idea, enlarged.
1t is the Old Dominion of u now growth be.
yond the Allegheny mountains. 1t is tho
humanity, philosophy, industry, scholarship
aud moral principle OF VIrginias better ma
ture transplanted and favored with an ubuu-
dant growth in II free soil. No souuder illus.
tratiOn in the concrete of Virginia OF the bet
ter sort in the abstract could he afforded than
is presented in republican Ohio at this mo.
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bodimcnt of that illustration, us Henry Clay
was OF the American system. Virginia will
again join Massachusetts in helping TO give
the country u ruler worthy Of its past career
and future destiny. The classic motto of the
state, sic seRper tyrd,nis. shall yet fluid its
most apt enforcement. The Genius of Vr-
giuia, with her feet placed on the necls Of tho
bourbon tyrants who have SO long oppressed
her from her glorious mountains to her broad
sea shore, shall yet stand erect in the sister.
hood of the American union, regenerated in
all her borders among the noblest Of our
| mobiles and the treest of all our free.
Ono Of the most striking proofs Of the near
approach Of this glad day is the steady in
crease Of Virginia manufactures and me.
chanical industries The day has gone by
for the John Randolphs aud Henry A. Wises
of Virginia 10 10 out of their way over the
grand old comnlonH ealth to smash printing
press. The ancient William aud Mary col
| ege and the modern Virginia university
are bidding welcome now to Hampton school
and kindred institutions. Norfolk harbor be.
cones the alley-port to Boston, New York
Philadelphia, Baltimore aud New Orleans
| Tho cotton fleet Of Hampton roads shall ye,
rival that Of the Merey. "All hail TO new
| tree, glorious Virginia" q. w. d.
p. ST. horo to have the pleasure of writ
| ing you soon from Norfolk and other parts
| of the state. ID.