The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-05-25

Old Dominion and the Late Con-
federacy-HOw the Old Buildings
Look After a Lapse of Twenty
Years-A Visit to Hollywood Gem
etcry and the Graves of Monroe
and Tyler.
RIoHMoNE, Va The city OF. Rich.
mond may be well called the Rome OF
the South, for within her limits are the
monuments OF an empire greater than
lha. ever ruled by imperial Rome. Like
that ancient city on the Tiber she has
risen from her ashes and is forging her
way to place among the chief cities OF
the world. Stranger, tread lightly over
these streets; they are precious With
memories; look kindly on these historic
buildings.
But il is not our province to speak OF
Richmond as business center, and she
is the second In the South, but We pro.
pose 10 carry the reader with Us in our
ambles about the many historical places
that can be seen on every side. These
are, interesting to the people Of every
section, and especially go to the soldiers
in the late war and their descendants.
Ot course the place OF the greatest in.
terest is
THE CAPITOL,
the oldest building of the kind in Amer.
ica that is still used for its original pur
pose. 1t was built under the supervision
of President Jefferson and is one of the
most historic buildings on the continent
1t stands upon a commanding hill and is
surrounded by beautiful grove Of about
fifteen acres, interlaced with wel'.kep,
walks, and oInameHted with ststuary
and other works of arr. In one corner
Of the square is the Governors mansion
where sits Fi'zhugb Lee, in the seal
where two members OF his family have
ga, before him.
TO the left of the Capitol is perhaps
the most magnificent and costly group o.
statuary in the Union. Surmounting 8
huge star.snaped base Of Virginia gran.
ite, is Crawford's famous equestrian stat
ue of Washington and around it on each
points OF the star, are FIVE of the Old
Dominion's most celebrated statesmen
and soldiers They are Patrick Henry
the orstor; Thomas Jefferson. the "Peu
OF the Revolution" Gov. Thomas Mel
son, who fred upon his own house a,
Yorktown; Andrew Lewis. the Indian
fighter, and John Marshall, long Chiei
Justice of the United States.
On the other side OF the Capitol is the
statue OF Stonewall Jackson, by the
great Eneliah sculptor, Foley, unveiled
In 1875. The inscription is:
presented BY English gentlemen as 9
tribute of admiration for the soldier and
patriot, Thomas j. Jackson. and CRATE.
fully accepted by virginia in the name
Of the Southern people. Done A. D.
1875 in the hundredth year of the com.
monwealtb.
"Look! There is Jackson, Standing
like q stone WALL"
No other American soldier has evel
been 9 /, honored by the people OF anoth
er country.
Inside the building are other statuary
the most celebrated of which is Houdep'.
Washington. "a fac simile," Lafayette
pronounced it. The mask for the Statue
was taken ten years before the death o.
the President and the statue cast in Par,
is. A copy OF the work Is in the Capi
tol at Washington, There Is also mar.
hle statue OF Henry Clay. presented tt
Virginia by the ladies OF his adopted
State, and while spesking OF "Harry o
the West we may as we'll cay that BIZ
birth place, "the Slashes." is only abou
eight miles from Richmond. Besides tb,
statues in the rotunda OF the building
there are many valuable paintings OF th
colonial and revolutionary celebrities, a.
we'll as those OF later times. Most o
these paintings are the originals. and il
many cases the only ones in existence
There are, perhaps, the portraits Of NOR,
great men hung on these walls who hav
made name In American history thai
any other State can boast. There ar
original portraits Of Washington, Mad
ison, Monroe. Tyler. Harrison, Marshall
the Lees, Jackson, Johnston and hos
Of others whose names are the light O
many q page Of history.
Virgin ans are counted proud pee
pie and truly they have right to
proud, for no people in this country hav
given TO the nation such group OF me
as these, whose portraits grace the wall
and whose statues ornament the ground
Of this beautiful Capitol. Truly the
have q right TO be proud, when the nam
of her sons is associated with every even
of importance the Republic has seen.
This old Capitol has been the scene Q
much that is greatest in the history c
Virginia and the South The old wall
have looked down upon Arnold, To
traitor, and bis relocated troops; the
have seen the soldiers of 1872 and of th
Mexican war march from ber gates; an
lin her legislative and SeEaie halls palp
tated the s.beart of the Rebellion" Her
we're held the sessions Of the Copfederst
Congress and Senate. In the hall Of IL
House Of Delegates the trial Of Aaro
Burr for treason VAS held. John Maj
shall being the judge and John Rsr
dolph, Of Roanoke, the foreman OF th
jury.
Grouped irregularly around the squar
are the buildings once occupied by th
various departments of the Confederac
and the residences OF the chief officer,
All of them are now used as hotels an
stores and net much of interest is q
tached to them.
Going down Nam street toward th
river We soon come to the famous
LIBBY PRISON,
an ordinary, red brick structure, used
ante bellum days for the sale and storae
of tobacco, later fnr the storage of pri
oners OF war, and now for the manufa,
tnre Of fertilizers. The building is in n
wise different from the dozen other war
houses around it. No one would motto
the famous house but for board naile
to the wall on which is marked
/: LIEBY PRISON.
II: Any one caught defacing this build
ing in any way will be prosecuted to
+: the fullest extent of the law
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Yet. next to Andersonville, it was Il
most noted prison ih the Confederac