The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-06

| revolution, that DirtnrSht Oh lhe UNIV
nation. Give me Liberty or give me Death.
Here took shape those State papers al
ready referred to, the Virginia Bill of Righ
and the first written Constitution the work
ever saw.
Here George Washington lived and moved
and his Headquarters still stands. Her
LETTERS n. the Lees. Nelson. Ben Harrison
the Tvlers. Madison Monroe, Pres dents, snc
fathers Of Presidents spent their lime, and
Wondered their problems Of state-and many
others Of the giants lived and loved and
strove. Here Tarleton, the Raider, swept
everything before him, till young Lafayette
Gro sed bis ath.
Here John Marshall, thegr AZ Chief Justice.
lived. His house yet stands an object OF
veneration 70 every man whose SOU Is higher
than beasts. Some day 1t viii belong to
the citv. unless some sharper shall trade on
the indifference Of he South 10 rs highest
memory and turn it into second rate tene-
ments.
Here was brought Aaron BUR- after being
indicted by grand jury Of which John
Randolph was foreman. TO be tried before
Judge Marshall. with VIM. Writ, Luther
Martin. John Wichham and John Hay Of
counsel.
Here the grest Daileys Of old times framed
tbe e5icf. which made and unmade Pre,i-
dents and Cabinets
Here General Winfield scott. the Conn
manderin-CLief Of two wars hved and
married.
Here lafayette came as a young soldier
with sword drawn for Liberty 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 be returned to receive heapplause and
affection Of a people he had done so much
10 save.
Here lived Edgar A. Poe America
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 Spectator.
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 momenious, but unsuccess-
FIJI effort of Virgini the Mother Of States
and statesmen. TO avert the ca'amiiy, and /
here at last she adopted the ordinance Of
secession, and flung herself across the path
of war.
Here was est blishsd the Government Of |
that child Of war, the Confederate States If
America.
He-c the leaders Of the Confederacy had
their homes, and Jefferson DAVIS house
General Robert Z Lees, judah =. Benja-
Minis. James a siddon' and other Southern
leaders houses are objects Of interest 20 the
Northern visitor if Of indfience 20 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 Confederate army, after
he army was dispatched against It, General
after General flung himself desperately
lpon Il. Hundreds of thousands Of men and
hundreds of millions Of money wire lost in
he endeavor TO capture the Confederate Cap
tai, defended as il was by gallant army h
md a devoted people. For two years il was
practically beleaguered city.
In three different campaigns the guns Of
he enemy could be heard from her hill ,
ops.
Almost within walk Of the city are the bat
lie fields Of two of the bloOclest campaigns 4
f modern warfare, and within easy ride Of |
hose Of two more. }
Thus stands Richmond fun Of memories. the :
fecca OF the historian, every road associated
nth events whose recall must kindle the in
ginatlon, every spot fragrant with recoilec-
ions which must elevate the mind
As regards lis commercial importance, Rich
lond's position is no less remarkable Its
lotto sic itur I'D astra is not unfounded. The
nexplored country, which when Colonel
yrd. with prophetic soul. laid out this city
eslde the rapids of the James, stretched be u
ond the mountains through an unknown u
ilderness, across trackless forests 10 the :
rench posss ssiops then twenty times as dis al
ant as France Itself Is now, have since that
nv been opened VI. His dream has been g
allied HIS widest Imagination far more OF
nan verified. a.
Even the French possessions have been Sc .
lred and made tributary 10 the queeniy city h,
e founded Mines richer than GolcOnda's "
ave been discovered. Plains which are the -
anares Of the world have been found and
ltlyated. The cattle upon thousand hills
re- there in countless myrAids. FOR =.
rs TO make the ngyes Of the :
orld grow there. and with 10 all space ard :.
me have been practical annihilated. and the :.
lal mines Of the Alleghanies, and the grain -,
elds OF the Oaio and Mississippi valleys are ~
carer Richmond day than Colonel Byrd's -
antation was when he laid Of the city.
The foremost navigator aud eeogapher Of o.,
lis century was Commodore Maury. Until -
threw 10 his lot with his own people OF Viz y,
MIA he was a man whom the United States de- o.,
GIFTED 10 honor. He discovered the laws of
IL winds and the tides; be laid down charts 81
e ocean. and mapped out lis currents. The
a was 20 him as familiar as the forest 10 tine al