The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-15
PR SgAT OF The GREAT EXPOSlTlON'
Tho Mort Interesting |ltV IN
the Union.
Historical sketch.

Isrups river short ulSldlCe poiV" '
mond. The English had already established
themselves in Virginia and had Explorer
the country far above the site OF kchihohu,
uabad taken IL in the name Of Their Oou
and their King, and had representative a.,
rembly when the Pilgrim Fathers SET 100,
nm Plymouth Rock. Powhaian had TRACED
,o,p with the Virginia settlers had maze
reaoe and war with them for years aho hau
rst;red from the scene amid his native iores1s
~, the hanks of the Powhatan 10y the
homesick colonists foolishly changed 10 'he
James) long before Massasoit ana Saihose'
NJ the Wampanseys made their treaty WIN
Goveruor Carver and taught the half starved
rs,onsnt Of the pilgrims TO raise corn
lanes river from Richmond to Ola foih'
romfort was the highway for Virginia boat
non and jamestown, Newport News Der
md. Hundreds and Henrico were nourlsh-
try colonies. when New York was Du'cn
..sh;,o most and Boston was forest.
Not many miles below Richmond are .ne
vu,ns nj .be Oldest Christian church which
The Saxon race built in America ana tne
Peninsula is the scene of the first struggle
...aween the English race and the forces Oh
a.. ~-,,dorness and the savage Every foot
Of ground is more directly associated WIN
the settlement of this continent than Is us
toric Plymouth Rock.
Thus Virginia is the Oldest OF all 'he 0'a'eS
in the Union. S nee that time she mas IT.
nractipp
The first representative assembly "ni0n
sver met on American soil convened al
Jamestown. The last of the British Doinlh'
inns which held true to the Crown was VIZ
vinia which gained thus the right 10 De
nuarered ON British Arms. The hrst arileu
resistance made against yicer'gal tyranny
vas made in Virginia and was headed by d
Young planter who owned the very spot Oh
which a portion of the city OF kchinonu
now stands. one of the boundaries OF 'he
c;tv being named in incidental commemora-
ton Of the fact Bacon's Quarter Branch
On Virginia soil took place the long strug-
ole between the colonies and the crown' be
tween liberty and oppression and hnaiiy from
xy;r,;n;a hurst forth that machless galaxy OF
rars which founded this nation ana es'aD-
Iished the American Union.
Along the banks of the James 'irisheu
race which has had no parallel IN 'his lahu'
a race of Engli h gentry who added 10 lrai.S
Inherited and transferred from their Blush
ancestors. love of freedom and passion
for the rights of the individual born Of 'he
Uhe,tv Of the forest. The splendid man
mons falling to decay yet dignity and adorh
the hanks of the historic river; their worh
ran never decay. Its fruit is the American
Union.
Thus Virginia is historically the most IN
teresting Of the States of the Union FROM
the settlement of the continent to the era o'
the great Civil War she retained uhih'ei-
rspted her prestige.
7, wesa Virginian. Henry, who first huhs
down the gauntlet at the feet OF an arineu
and mailclad tyranny and declared lor HO-
.,4vor death. II was a Nirginlan, Nelson
Who first moved in general assembly Una.
tNe Delegates of the colony inthe Colohlal
r,..,,-ess he instructed to declare us Tree ana
trdenendent States. ltwasa Nirghiail MA
,on who drafted the great Bill OF Right IL was
.y;r,;,ian who was selected to draw the
Declaration Of Independence and IN ms un-
ayoidsble absence, the task deVolVeu upon
another Virgnian, Jefferson.
7, was virdnians who first in the world ;
history ordained written Constitute" ~ "
compact between the Governor ana 'he gov
armed Ii was Virginian who TOOK CON-.
uard of the armies of the Revolution anu
.f,,, conouerirg Freedom for the new lahu'
.ooI and held the helm OF state STEADY
through the rough seas which preceded 'he
launching of a nation. 1t was Nlfsihi"n
- ,resided for nearly half century over
the suoreme Bench of the United States anu
there expounded the laws and laid down 'ne
r;pciples upon which the new government
WAS founded, with a wisdom "h-0n was
their yindication and reason "hioh "Hs
their proof.
AT the time of the war Virginia had heid
.Ha Office If President during half the period
which had elapsed since the formation oi lue
.ovsrpment: Virgnians had commanded
shs armies of the country in the only TWO
Wars which had taken place and Virginians
had taken the lead in nearly every act IN
yolving the welfare and progress oil the
country.
In 1861 Virginia after long and pain'u,
a.,,beration and doubt as to her duty' anu
after exhausting every effort TO ehec' ie'
cancellation between the hostile secuois,
upon her peace commissioners being treated
with disaain, and upon President Lincoln
call for troops, and demand fora passage way
through her borders, deeming tins nilal
violation of her Constitutional rights, VIII
drew from the Union, and prepared Tor war
She Immediately became the. battle-ground
Within three mont one OF the bloodles'