The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-13

Hill thrilled forth the watchword OF iha
revolution, that birthright Of the unborn
nation, Give me Liberty or give me Death.
|, | Here took shape those State papers al
ready referred TO, the Virginia BIZ OF hieh
and the first written Constitution the worlt
ever saw.
Here George Washington lived and moved
and bis headquarters still STANDS. HER
Teaers-n. the Lees, Nelson. Ben Harrison
the Tylers. Madison. Monroe, Pres dents, ono
fathers of Presidents spent their TIME, anc
rendered their problems of state-and many
4 others Of the giants lived and loved anc
stroye. Here Tarleton, the RAIDER sweep
eve,vtbing before him, till young Lafayette
GRO sed his path.
Here John Marshall, thegr q! ChiefJustice'
lived. His house yet stands an OBJECT OIL
veuera,ion 10 every man whose soul is higher
than beasts Some day It Will belong TO
the city. unless some sharper shall trade on
the indifference Of the South, ID 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 tfied before
Judge Marshall, with VIM. Writ, Luther
Martin. John wickham and John Hay Of
counsel,
Here the great DaiIeys Of old times framed
thk edicts which made and unmade fresi-
dents and Cabinets.
Here General Winfield Scott, the Com
mander.in-C Chief Of two wars hVed ahu
married.
Here LAFAYETTE came az a young SOLDIER
with sword drawn for liberty and heart fired
with dreams of the Cid and herean old man
wbo had seen and had tempered as ne might
the horrors of the most appalling revolution
which shocked liberty with her own
name he returned TO receive the applause and
affection of a people he had done so much
to save.
Here lived Edgar A. Poe, Americas
greatest literary Genius. The house which
was his home has so far survived a noble
old pile, fit for poets home hoverlooks
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
weaIths stood face 10 face ready TO sprng
took place the momentous, but unsuccess-
full effort Of Virgin, the Mother Of states
and statesmen. TO avert the ca amity' and
here at last she adopted the ordinance OF
secession. and flung herself across the path
of war.
Here was est ,blishtd 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 L. Lees, Judah P. BenJa-
Minis. James 4. Siddon's and other Southern
leaders houses are objects Of interest to the
Northern visitor if of indidence 10 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.
II 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 II. Hundreds Of thousands Of men and
hundreds Of millions Of money WIRE lost IN
the endeayor TO capture the Confederate Cap
ital. defended as II was by gallant army
and devoted people. For two years It was
practically beleaguered city
In three different campaigns the guns oil
the enemy could be heard from her hill
tops.
Almost within walk Of the city are the bat
tle fields Of two Of the bloodiest campaigns
of modern warfare. and within easy ride oil
those Of two more.
Thus stands Richmond full OF memories. the
Mecca of the historian, every road associated
with events whose recall must kindie the IN
animation. every spot fragrant with recollec-
tons which must elevate the mind.
/ AS regards It's CohuciN4"i 'H'f'4 '"''N A'-N~
moud's position is no less remarkable It's
motto sic itur ad astra is not unfounded. The
unexplored country. which when Colonel
Byrd. with prophetic soul, laid out this city
beside the rapids of the James, stretched be
yopd the mountains through an unknown
wilderness, across trackless forests 10 the
French possr ssions, then twenty times as dis
tant as France itself lie 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 TO the queeniy city
he founded. Mines richer than Golconda's
have been discovered. Plains which are the
gr,naries Of the world have been found and
cultivated. The cattle upon thousand hills
are there in countless myraids. For
ests 10 make the navies Of the
world grow there, and with il all space and
time have been practical y annihilated. and the
coal mines Of the Alleghanies. and the grain
fields of the OHIO and Mississippi valleys are
nearer Richmond to-day than Colonel Byrds
plantation was when he laid of the city.
The foremost navigator aud geographer OF
this century was Commodore Maury. Until
4 he threw in his lot with his own people Of Viz
gina he was man whom the United States de
lighted 10 honor. He discovered the laws OF
the winds and the tides; he laid down charts OF