The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-17
Richmond
sgg sglr OF THE GREAT EXPOSITION.
The Most Interestink ~t" y"
the Union.
Uistorical sketch.

g.. permanent settlement OF the
-, s,,soting race on the American Con
,,nsnt was on a peninsula Ju'uhs o"' -.
lanes river short distance Deio" -
.,ord The English had already es'"'','"N
.o,,es in Virginia and had expioieu
A.. oonntrv far above the site Of Richmond
snaA taken II in the name Of Their uou
s.ho;r Kine. and had a representative az
..mblv when the Pilgrim Fathers SCI ioo s
On Plymouth Rock. Powha'an mao . ."aSo
Oh - .,;,h the Virginia settlers. had maze
80. and war with them for years aiio l"'
- from the scene amid his native loles'S
A.. hanks Of the Powhatan 10y 'he
soresick colonists foolishly chans,u ~ ~.
I.mss, long before Massasoit ana oaino ..,
80 .he Wampanseys made their treaty wi'n
o =. Carver and taught the hall starved
nn.nt of the pilgrims 70 raise corn.
- riyer from Richmond TO ola foih'
cc,0fort was the highway for virginia poa'
w.r and jamestown, Newport News Dc
IL. urndreds and Henrico were nourisn-
~o,ou;es when New York was q Du''i'
ing $50, and Boston was forest.
any miles below Richmond are tne
-,,,ns y, he Oldest Christian chuicn "A.-
A.. SAXON race built in America anu '"e
nN.;n.r,a 10 the scene of the first struggle
.,.,ween the English race and 'ne 'oi.ea ~. -
se'"',n and the savage. Every 1901
of ground is more directly aSso.,A'eu 49, 49,
.hs settlement of this continent 'nan % '-''
toric Plymouth Rock States
Thus Virginia is the Oldest OF al ID. '''''. a
rSr,;nn Since that time she has re-
,.;ned her historic prestige -.
The first representative assembly, ~a'. .,
.v.r met on American soii coh'.n''
Jamestown. The last Of the BRUSH i'o', ~.
49,. uh,cb held true to the Crown was VIZ
Gn;. which gained thus the rght 10 D.
...od ON British Arms. The INST ari'eu
assistance made against yice-regai '!,"""'
-. made in Virginia, and was heAueo oS
80 rlonter who owned the very spot Vi,
yh;ob norton Of the city OF klchiho,i'
s,ords one of the boundanes Of 'he
c;tv being named in incidental commence
t,on If the fact Bacon Quarter bIaiiPn,
On virginia soil took place the long s'rug-
u,s no, ueen the colonies and the crown DE-
tween liberty and oppression ana inaiis llol -
went hurst forth that matches galaxy oi
..ars which founded this nation anu eS'"'
usbea the American Union.
Along the banks Of the James n '1au5
,.ce which has had no parallel ID 'Hls i"nu'
go ofEnen h gentry who added to Iai.s
Inherited and transferred from 'heil pi' 'i,l
ancestors a love of freedom ana PAS"
o. ,he rigbts Of the individual born oil the
uhor,v If the forest. The splendid man
SONS falling to decay yet dignity and acorn
the banks of the historic riyer' 'nen VIZ
can never decay. Its fruit is the Aine'''"A
Union. ,,s, IN
,eresting of the States Of the Union ioin
Che settlement of the continent to the emu u
<Le great ciyii Wei she retained "''N'''
yppted her prestige.
1T WIS avirginian, Henry who hrs' nu',5
down the gauntlet at the feet Oh al a. ', ~,
ND nailclad tyranny and declareu ,oi ~
death. II was a Virginian' Neison'
- ri moved in a general assembly, INA,
10 Delegates Of the colony III the .o'oi -,
- no instructed to declare us Tree anu
,ndsnendent States. ltwas Nirglnian' ""
.on who drafted the great BIZ OF isi,'' ! We
.v;rg;nian Lee, who was selec'edio ora" 'hs
Dscl,ration of independence, and IN MS u'i-
ovo;dable absence, the task deVo'Feu "pO"
another Virginian, Jefferson
Twas yirginians who first IN the "oi'" :
history ordained written Constitute" a. "
,ao, between the Governor and the gov
.rned 1t was Virginian who TOOK com
,,,.ra of the armies of the keVoIu'io'i, anu
49, conouerirg Freedom for the ne" i"n.''
go and held the helm of state STEADY
,,rouch the rough seas which proceeded 'iie
-, of a nation. Ii was a Nirgiiiah
Who presided for nearly half century owe,
,be suoreme Bench of the Uni'eu o'"'es ",''
.hsroov,ornded the laws and land down the
r;rc;p,es upon which the new government
.s founded. with wisdom when WAS
their yindication and reason winch was
their proof.
At,he time of the war Virginia had heid
The Office of President during half the pericu
vh;ch had ELAPSED since the formation Oh .ne
government; virginians had conmahueo
ths armies of the country in the only TWO
v.rs which had taken place ana 'irg'iiiaiiS
h.d taken the lead in nearly every ACT III
solving the welfare and progress oil the
aountry. ;,cJ
In 1851, Virginia after long and pa'hiu,
a.lbera,ion and doubt as to her duty ana
after exhausting every effort to enecl re
cancellation between the hostile sections,
upon her peace commissioners beng treated
With disdain, and upon President Lincoln 5
eau for troops and demand for passage way
through her borders, decming this ni'ai
violation Of her Constitutional rights WITH
drew from the Union, and prepared Tor war
she Immediately became the, battle-ground
Within three moD'h one Of the bioodiest