The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-20
Richmond
m agir or TIE GREAT EXPOSITION
Che Most Interestin& Sitv In
the Union.
Rhetorical Sketch.


~...,.,, .reak;ng race on the American Coh-
s,.srt vas on a peninsula jutting out in.o
I.-.a river a short distance below hch-
...ra. The English had already established
tAsuselyes in Virginia and LAD e1piofea
A.. country far above the site OF Richmond,
ana had taken it in the name OF their oou
and their King. and had representative a'
..,,hlv when the Pilgrim Fathers set 1901
=, Plymouth Rock. Powhatan had traded
-, With the Virginia settlers. had mace
.s.oe and war with them for years ana nad
,.s,r.d from the scene amid his native forests
=, The banks of the Powhatan (by the
I,,,,es;ck coionists foolishly changed 10 the
I.-,ss, long before Massasoit and samose'
n the wampanseys made their treaty WIN
nov.rnor Carver and taught the half starved
remnant of the pilgrims 10 raise corn.
lanes river from Richmond to Oid foih'
romfort was the highway for Virginia boat
man. and jamestown, Newport News Der
,,uds Hundreds and Henrico were hounsn-
-. colonies when New York was Dutch
trading post and Boston was forest
No, many miles below Richmond are the
yu,ns OF The oldest Christian church Wnion
ths Saxon race built in America ana 'ne
p..;n.,Ia ia the scene Of the first struggle
.,stween the English race and the forces oi
a.. w;,derness and the savage. Every 1901
nc ground is more directly associated WIN
the settlement of this continent than 10 MS
toric Plymouth Rock.
Thus Virginia is the Oldest OF all 'he o'a'eS
I'm ,be Union. S nee that time she mas re-
tanned her historic prestige. 49,
The first representative assembly "hich
aver met on American soil convened a'
Jamestown. The last Of the British Doinih-
,on, which held true to the Crown was VIZ
vin;a. which gained thus the right TO De
ouarered on British Arms. The hrst armed
resistance made against vice-rsgai tyranny
v.s made in Virginia, and was headed by a
vcunv plauter who owned the very spot on
which portion Of the city OF klchinohu
nov stands one of the boundaries Of enc
c,tv being named in incidental commemora-
ton of the fact Bacon's Quarter Branch
On Virginia soil took place the long strug-
Gle between the colonies and the crown De-
tween liberty and oppression, and hnaily from
Virginia burst forth that matches galaxy OF
stars which founded this nation ana es'ap-
Hshed the American Union.
Along the banks Of the james Tnshed
race which has had no parallel in This land
. race of Engli gentry who added to trans
inherited and transferred from their Biitish
ancestors, love of freedom and passion
for the rights of the individual born OF the
liberty of the forest. The splendid man
Mons falling to decay yet dignity and adorn
the banks of the historic river; Their Work
can never decay. Its fruit is the American
Union.
Thus Virginia is historically the most IN
terssting Of the States Of the Union from
Abe settlement of the continent TO the end OF
shs great Civil Wsr she retained un'h'ei'
rnpted her prestige.
II YVES virginiah, Henry, who iirs' nuis
down the gauntlet at the feet OF all alneu
and mailclad tyranny and declared ior h"-
80 ., death. II was a Virginian, Nelson
Who first moved in general assembly that
d. Deleqates of the colony the Colonlai
C<..,oress be instructed to declare US Tree anu
,ndependent States. 1t wasa Virgnian' Ma
.on who drafted the great Bill CT Right II was
. v;rs;nisn. Lee, who was selected to draw the
Deol.ration of independence, and IN his uh-
svoidable absence, the task deyoiVso "Po"
another Virginian, Jefferson.
II WAS yirginians who first in the worids
history ordained a written Constitution "S d
compact between the Governor and the gov
.rned II was Virginian who took com
n,.rd of the armies of the Revolution. and
.ese oonouering Freedom for the newsand'
took and held the helm oil state s'eauy
through the rough seas which preceded lhe
launching Of nation. 1t was a Nirgimah
,,ho nresided for nearly half a century over
the Supreme Bench of the United States ana
there expounded the laws and iaid down 'he
rinciples upon which the new government
was founded. with wisdom when was
their yindication and reason whicn was
their proof,
AT the time of the war Virginia had helo
N. office of President during half the PERIOD
which had elapsed since the formation OF the
government; virginians had commanded
ths armies Of the country in the only TWO
Vars which had taken place, and Virgfnians
Sad taken the lead in nearly every act IN
solving the welfare and progress Of the
country.
In 1861, Virginia after long and painiu,
elaboration and doubt as TO her ou'y' anu
siter exhsusting every eaor'to effect re
cancellation between the hostile sections,
vpon her peace commissioners being treated
with disdain, and upon President Lincoln's
call for troops, and demand for passage wa,
through her borders. deeming this q ma
violation of her constitutional nights, WIN
arew from the Union. and prepared for war
She Immediately became the. battle-ground
Within three month one OF the bloodies'