The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-03
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YVg SEAT 0Y TIE GREAT EXPOSITION
The NJ oet Interesting Citv IL
the Union.
Historical Sketch.

Engfish speaking race on the American 'Vn'
t,pept was Oh peninsula JutiiDs out lhlo
lanes riyer a short distance below Rch-
mond. The English had already e established
themselves in Virginia and had explored
the country far above the site Of Richmond.
and had taken it in the name o. .hcr TOO
and their King, md had ret rcsoniati'e as
snbly when The Pilgrim Father set 1907
I'm Plymouth Rock. Powhatan had TRACED
urn with the Virginia settlers, had maze
peace and war with them for years ana hap
,etircd from the scene amid his native forest =
nm the banks of the POwhat9n lDy re
horncsick coIonisls foolishiy changed TO 1lf
Jamcs) long before Massasoit and Samose
az the Wampanscys made Their treaty VII
Governor Carver and taught the half starred
remnant of the pilgrims TO RAISE corn.
James river from Richmond 10 Old Pcrt
fxmfort was the highway for Virginia boat
men. and jamestown, Newport News, Be-
muda Hundreds and Henyco were ioursh-
ing colonies, when New York was Du,cn
trading post and Boston was a forest
Not many mile below Richmond are the
yu,ns Of the Oldest Christian church wheD
the Saxon race built in America. and ne
Peninsula Is the scene Of thf FIST struggle
between the English race ano Tie forces q
the wilderness and the savage. Every ioo.
of y1ound IS more directly associated VII
the settlement of this continent than IS LIS
toric Plymouth Rock.
Thus Virginia is the Oldest Of oil the State
in The Union Sncc that TINE Size has re-
tanned her historic prestige.
The fist representative assembly Wh--h
over met on American Sol. convened e
Jamestown. The last Of the British Domil'
ions which held true to the Gown was w
rinia. which gained thus the night to he
ouartcred on British Arms The first armed
resistance made against yice fss@l tyrau.'.y
vas made in Virginia. and was headed t.
Young planter Who owned re scry spot o.
which portion Of the city q Hchmcno
now stands, one of the boandA-,es OF tie
CITY being named in incidental comnemofa-
ton Of the fact Facon's Quartz; Branch.
On Virginia soil took place the long s;r~c-
,le between the colonies and the crown, De
tween liberty and oppression, and finally ron
Virginia burst forth that ma.chless galaxy o.
stars which founded tins nation and est.o-
ished the American Union.
Along the banks Of the james ho"Fished
race which has had 10 parallel IN THIS land
race Of Engli gentry who added to uaiis
inherited and transferred from thcif BRUSH
ancestors love Of freedom and a passion
for the rights of the individual born OF The
bhsrtv of the forest. The splendid man
mons falling to decay yet dignity and adofn
the banks of the historic river tbcr woik
can never decay. Its fruit is the American
Union.
Thus Virginia is historically the most H.
teresting of the States Of the Union. From
the settlement of the continent 80 the end O.
the great Civil War she retained unlp't'-
rnp,ed her prestige.
Itwass Virgnian, Henry, Who FIST lang
down the gauntlet at the feet Of an armed
and mailclad tyranny and declared for lib
erty or death. 1t was ViTsiDian Nelson,
who first moved in a general assembly that
the Delegates of the colony int Colonial
Nongrcss be instructed 10 declare rs free and
fndependent States. II vas q N.rfinian, Ma
non. who drafted the great BIZ II Right. Il was
Virginian, Lee. who was sclec.edto draw tie
Declaration Of independence, ard 10 bis vn-
ayoidabe absence, the task deyolyed upO1
another Virgnisn, Jefferson.
1t was yirgnians who hrst IN the wo'lc's
history ordained written Constitution as =
compact between the Governor and the gov
erned II vas Virgiuian who took com
mand of the armies Of the Revolution. and
after conquerirg Freedom for TIE new la1e-
took and held the helm Of State steady
through the rough seas which preceded the
launching of nation II was a Nirglntan
Who presided for nearly half a century over
the Supreme Bench Of the United States and
there cSpounded the laws and laid down the
principles upon which the new government
was founded, with a wisdom which wa
their yindica,ion and reason which was
their proof.
At the time Of the war Virginia had held
the Office Of President during half the period
which had olapsed since the formation OF the
government; virgnisns had commanded
the armies of the country IN the only two
wars which had taken place, and NHgrlars
had taken the lead in nearly every Sci IN
volying the welfare and progress Of TIE
country.
In 1851, Virginia after long and painful
dehberaiion and doubt as 20 her duty, and
after exhausting every effort TO eiiec; a ie-
Cancellation between the hostile sections.
upon her peace commissioners being treated
with disdain and upon President Lincoln s
call for troops and demand fora passage way
through her borders, deeming this q iinal
violation of her Constitutional rights, With
drew from the Union, am. prepared for war.
he Immediately Became the. battle-ground.
"a Within ,hrer m0n,hs one oi the. bloodies;