The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-26

reoolleotions'
Here. as has been said, the first settlers
stopped, here Nat Bacon the Rebel, sprang to
horse and rode hence clam oring 10 James
town With revolution and liberty armed for
individual rights al his back.
Here came the repre- cntatiye branch OF
the Colonial Government in the tire when
revolution again brooded over the land, and
when men were gravely weighing their
liberties against their heads and lands
Here met the great convention whose
members here devised this Government and
formulated ordinances which till hen nm
known. have since become inaiienable hcrI-
tagc of mankind.
Here. in old st. Joho's Church. still stand
ing amid the 'rees and graves on Church
Hill thrilled forth hat watchwonl Of the
revolution, that birthrsht Of the unb m
nat on, Give me- Liberty or give me Death
Here took shape those State papers at
ready referred to, the Virginia Bill of high
aud the first written Constitution The world
ever saw.
Here George Washington lived aud moved
and his headquarters still stands Here
JeiIers n, the Lees. Nelson. Ben Harrison,
the Tylers, Madison. Monroe Pres dents, nd
fathers Of Presidents spent their line, and
pondcrcd their problems e stat5-and many
Others Of the giants lived and loved and
stroyc. Here Tarleton, the Raider, swept
everything before him, til young lafayette
Gro sed his ath.
Here John Marshall, tncgr az Chief Justice,
lived His house yet stands, an object OF
yencra,ion to every man whose soul is higher
than beaste, Some day It xiii belong to
the city. unlca, some sharper shall trade on
the Indifference Of the South. o. . highest
memory and turn it into second rate tene-
ments.
Here was br ught Aaron Ba1 after being
indicted by a grand jury Of hich John
Randolph was foreman, % be tired before
Judge VashaI. with Nm. Writ Luther
Martin. John VIC ham and John Hay Of
counsel
Here the rc.t Daiieys Of Old times framed
the c3ic,s vhica made and unmade Presi-
dents and Cabinets.
Here General Winfield Scott. She Com
mandcr in-Chief Of two wars lived and
mar ed.
Here Lafayette came az q young solder
with sword drawn for Liberty and hear. fired
with dreams Of thu Cid. and here An old man
who had seen aud had tempered as he might
the horrors Of the most appalling revolution
which shocked liberty with her own
name he returned b. receive applause ana
affection Of 4 people he had done SO much
TO save.
Here lived Edar ! Poe Americas
grea' est literary Genius. The house when
was his home has so Ear survived, noble
old pile, fit for pets home ltoveriooks
the reaches of the James for miles and is the
envy Of every Spectator.
Here when Civil War with half drawn
sword glowered on the land, when common
wealtbs stood face 20 face ready 10 spring
took place the momenious, but unsuccess'
ful effort Of Virgini', the Mother OF States
and statesmen. 10 avert the ca'amity, and
here at last she adopted the ordinance OF
on. and flung herself across the path
Of war
Here was est blish the Government OF
that ch I'D of war, the Confederate 'tates OF
America.
He,e the leaders Of the Confederacy had
their hons, and Jefferson DAVIS house,
General Robert Il. Lees, Judah +. benJa-
minis, James a. Siddon' sando.hci Southern
leaders houses are object Of interest to the
Northern visitor if Of indi.ltace to the resi-
dent.
Throughout the four years Of the Civil
War. Richmond Vas ;he point Of attack, the
prime object Of eudeayor Of the Federai
armies.
twas the heart OF Virginia, and Virginia
was the heart of the Confed rate army, after
The army was dispatched against 1t, General
after General flung himself desperately
uron it. Hundreds Of thousands OF men ana
hundreds Of millions OF money were lost IN
the endeavor to capture the Confederate Cap
ital. defended az it was BY gallant army
and devoted people. For two years 1t was
practically beleaguered city.
In three different earn paigns the guns OF
the enemy could be heard from her hall
tops.
Almost within walk of the city are the bat
tle deits Of tvoof the bloodiest campaigns
of modern warfare, and within easy ride OF
those Of two more.
Thus stands Richmond full OF memories, the
MECCA of the historian, every road associated
with eveuts whose recall must kinde the i'm
agination. every spot fragrant with reeohec-
lions which must elevate the mind.
As regards its commercial importance, Rich
mond,s position is no less remarkable It's
motto sic itur al aslra il not unfounded. Inc
unexpkored country, which when Coione
Byrd, wi h prophetic soul, laid out this city
beside the r,lpids Of the James, stretched be
vond the mountains through an unknown
wilderness, across trackiess forests tn the
French pos, s.ions, then twenty times as dis
t,rt "a France Itself is now, have since that
dav been opened up. His dream has been
ro,liyel. His widest Imagination far more
than verified
~. .ba French possessions have been Sc