The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-13

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nation. Give me Liberty or give me Death"
Here took shape those State papers al
ready referred to, the Virginia Bill Of Rigb
and the first written Constitution the world
ever saw.
Here George Washington lived and moved,
and his headquarters still stands. Here
jefferson. the Lees. Nelson. Ben Harrison,
the Tylers, Madison, Monroe, Pres dents, snd
fathers Of Presidents spent their time, and
wondered their problems of state-and many
Others of the giants lived and loved and
stroye. Here TaretOn, the Raider, swept
everything before him, till young Lafayette
GRO: sed his path.
Here John Marshall, thegr at Chief Justice,
lived. His house yet stands, an object OF
yeneration TO every man whose soul is higher
than beasts Some day 1t will belong to
the city. unless some sharper shall trade on
the indifference of the South TO its highest
memory and turn it into second rate tene-
ments.
Here was brought Aaron Burr after being
indicted by a grand jury OF which John
Randolph was foreman, to be tined before
Judge Marshall, with VIM. Writ, Luther
Martin. John Wickham and John Hay OF
counsel.
Here the great Daileys of old times framed
the edicts which made and unmade Presi-
dents and Cabinets.
Here General Winfield Scott. the Com
manderin-Chief of two wars lived and
married.
Here Lafayette came as young soldier
with sword drawn for libe- ty and heart fired
with dreams Of the Cid, and here an old man
who had seen and had tempered as he might
the horrors Of the most appalling revolution
which shocked liberty with her own
name he returned to receive theapplause and
affection Of people he had done 50 much
to save.
Here lived Edgar A. Poe, Americas
greatest literary Genius. The house which
was his home has so far survived, noble
old pile. fit for poets home ltoyerlooks
the reaches Of the james for miles and Is 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 to spring,
took place the momentous, but unsuccess-
fui effort of Virgini', the Mother OF States
and statesmen, to avert the ca'ami,y, and
here al last she adopted the ordinance OF
secession. and flung herself across the path
of war.
Here was est bishtd the Government Of
that child of war. the Confederate States Of
America.
Here the leaders of the Confederacy had
their homes, and jefferson DAVIS house,
General Robert T. Lees, Judah 7. Benja-
minis, James a Siddon's and other Southern
leaders houses are objects Of interest TO the
Northern visitor if of indifisnce TO the resi-
dent.
Throughout the four years Of the Civil
War. Richmond was the point Of attack, the
prime object of endeayor Of the Federal
armies.
It was the heart of Virginia and Virginia
was the heart Of the Confed rate army, after
the army was dispatched against It, General
after General flung himself desperately
upon it. Hundreds Of thousands Of men and
hundreds Of millions of money were lost in
the endeayor to capture the Confederate Cap
ital. defended as il was by gallant army
and a devoted people. For two years 1t was
practically a beleaguered city.
In three different campaigns the guns OF
the enemy could be heard from her hill
tops.
Almost within walk of the city are the bat
tie fields of tsoof 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 events whose recall must kindle the i'm
agination. every spot fragrant with recoiiec-
tons which must elevate the mind.
As regards It's commercial importance Rich
monds position is no less remarkable It's
motto sic ltur al astra is not uniounied. The
uneNplored country, which when Colonel
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beside the rapids of the James, stretched be
yond the mountains through an unknown
wilderness. across trackless forests to the
French ross ssous, then twenty times as dis
taut ~ France itself is now. have since that
day been opened up. His dream has been
realized. His widest imagination far more
than verified.
/ Even the French possessions have been sc
cured and made tributary 10 the quecnly city
he founded. Mines richer than Golconda's
/ have been discovered. Plains which are the
crnnarics # the world have been found and
cultivated The cattle upon a thousand hills
are there in countless myrsds. For
ests to make the nayies OF the
world grow there. and with it all space and
| time have been practical = annihiated. and the
coal mines Of the Alleghanies. and the grain
fields Of the OHIO and Mississippi valleys are
nearer Richmond to-day than Colonel Byrd's
plantation was when he Laid Of the city.
The foremost navigator and geOgrapher Of
this century was Commodore MauGy. Until
me- threw O. his lot with his own people Of Nir-
ginia he was q man whom the United states de
| lighted 20 honor lie discovered the laws Of
the winds and the tides, be laid down charts Of
| the ocean. and mapped ont its currents. The
sea was 10 him as familiar as the forest to the