The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-23

recollections"
r Here, az has been SAID, the first settler
/; stopped, here Nat Bacon, the Rebel. sprane t
8 horse and rode hence clamoring to Jane,
J town with revolution and liberty armed 70
r individual rights at his back.
e Here came the representative branch O
the Colonial Government in the time whel
; revolution again brooded over the land an,
+ when men were grayely weighing the
9 liberties against their heads and lands
d Here met the great convention whose
b members here devised this Government and
formulated ordinances which till then IN
known, have since become iualicnahle hori.
tagc If mankind
Here in old - johns Church. e,iil stand
ing amid the trees and graves on Church
Hill thrilled forth hat watch yord Of the
revolution, that bir,hrght Of the unborn
nation, Give me Liberty or give me Death
Here took shape those state papers al
ready referred 70, the Virginia Bill Of Righ
and the fry. written Constitution the world
ever saw.
Here George Washington lived and moved
and his headquarters still stands Here
letters n, the Lees Nelson. Ben Harrison
the Tylers, Madison. MoD'oe, Pres dents and
fathers Of Presidents .per, thcir imc. and
pondcred their problems Of state-and many
Others Of the giants lived and owed and
stroye Here Tarleton, tie Raider swept.
everything before him, til xoungI.ggssette
Gro sed his ath.
Here Joha Marshall. ,aegr "a: Cn.efJa.tice.
liy9d. His house yet stands, an object Of
yenera,ion to every man whose soul is higher
than a beasts Some day It will belong TO
the city. unless some harper shall trade on
The Indifference Of the South O. p highest
memory and turn J, into second rate tone
ments.
Here vas brought aaron Bur after being
indicted by q grand jury Of mich John
Randolph was foreman, to oe t-.ed before
Judge Na,shall, With VIM. Writ, Luther
Martin, John VIC ham and John Hay Of
counsel.
Here the gre It Daileys of old .me- framed
the eiicts which made and unmaoe presi-
dents and Cabinets.
Here General Winfield Scot; 'he Com
handkerchief Of two wars lived and
married
Here Lafayette came as q young soldier I
with sword drawn for Liberty and heart fired /.
with dreams of the Cid. and here an old man .
who had seen and had tempered as ne might !
the horrors of the most appalling revolution
which shocked liberty with her own
name he returned TO receive the applause and
affection Of people he had done so much
to save.
Here lived Ed ar 4 Poe Americas
grea' est literary Genius. The house which
was his home has so far survived, a noble
old pile, lit for pets home. Ito'erlooks
the reaches Of the James for miles and j. the
envy of every speculator.
Here when Civil War with half drawn
sword glowered on the land, when common
wealths stood face to face ready 10 spring,
ook place the momen,oBs, but unsuccess-
III effort of Virgin, the Mother of States
md statesmen. 10 avert the ca amity, and
lere at last she adopted the ordinance Of
ecess on, and flung herself across tie path
# war.
Here was est blish d the Government Of
hat cl lid Of war the Confederate states Of |
America.
Hc-e the leaders Of the Coniederacy had
heir hom's and jefferson Day ; house,
General Robert +. Lees Judah r. Benja-
nin's, James 4 Siddons and othe- Southern
eadcrs' houses are objects of interest TO the
Northern visitor # Of indihtnce to The resi- {
lent.
Throughout the fo1r years Of the Civil .
Var, Richmond was the point Of attack, the
rhine object Of cLGeayor Of the Federal
rmies.
Il was the heart OF Virginia and Virginia
yas the heart Of the Conled rate army, after
he amy was dispatched against il, General
fter General flung himself desperately
pon il. Hundreds of thousands Of men and 7
hundreds Of millions Of money " re lost in !
he endeavor to capture the Confederate Cap j
tai, defended as it was by gallant army '
nd devoted people. For two years it was
Practically beieaguered city.
In three different campaigns the guns of
be enemy could be heard from her hill
ops. G
Almost within walk OF the city are the bat +,
lie fields of tvoof the b.oodiest campaigns
+ modern warfare and within easy ride of T
hose OF two more. 7
Thus stands Richmond fui OF memories, the !.
iecca OF the hstcr ian, every road associated
18th events whose recall must kinde the i'm {
gination, every spot fragrant with recoilec- +
ions which must elevate the mind.
As regards its commercial importance, Rich +,
lond's position IL no less remarkable Its :
lotto sic itur al as'rl Is not unfounded The O
country. which when Colonel !,
.yrd. wi prophetic soui, laid cut this city
eside the rapids Of the James, stretched be c
ond the mountains through an unknL~n %
ildernoss, across trackless forests u the y
rench Yoss' ssiors, then twenty ines a. dis r
ant as France itself il now, have since that 4
az been opened ur. his dream has been
ealized. His widest Imagination far more II
nan verified. q