The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-12
Richmond
PIX SgaT OF THE GREAT EXPOSITION,
Tho Most InterestinE INV III
the Union
Rhetorical sketch.


English speaking race on the American co'''
u,ent was on peninsula juttlng Out lh.o
,.oo river short distance below hlch-
.,ond The English hadalready established
.h.ruselves in Virginia and had explored
The country far above the site OF klchiuo u :,
.ns had taken it in the name OF thelr w"
md their King and had represeh'au'e 49,
,emblv when the Pilgrim Fathers SCI 100,
- p,rmouth Rock. Powhatan had taueu
.,;,t the Virginia settlers, had maze
..ace and war with them for years anu nav
r.,;red from the scene amid his native iOies's
,ho hanks of the Powhatan (oy 'he
So,oes;ck colonists foolishly changed 20 'he
I.mos, long before Massasoit and Samose'
~ the Wampanseys made their treaty WIN
covernor Carver and taught the han s'ar'e'
rsmnant of the pilgrims TO raise corn
Ta,,.s river from Richmond to Old foih'
r,,neort was the highway for Virginia boat
~.n and Jamestown, Newport News Der
muda Hundreds and Henrico were nO r',
a.. colonies. when New York was a Du'on
trading post and Boston was a forest -.
No, many miles below Richmond are the
+. -, .he Oldest Christian church whlcn
AZ. caxor race built in America ana the
peninsula is the scene OF the nrs' s'i"Es'. !,
...tween the English race and the forces Vi
,ha u,;,derness and the savage. Every ioo'
g oroprd is more directly associated win
..,,o,,o,t of this continent than Is his
foric Plymouth Rock CHI
THIS VIRGINIA is the oldest OF all the states
IN the Union. Since that time she mas IL
tanned her historic presuge' Ill,
The first representative assembly "h'ch
aver met on American soil cohVeneu AZ
jamestown. The last of the British Doilil"'
ions which held true to the Crown was II
.;n;s which gained thus the right 10 NC
on.r,ered ON British Arms. The flrst afneu
resistance made against vice-regai tyranny
~.s made in Virginia, and was heaueu W
Young planter who owned the very Spot VI
-h;cb a norton Of the city OF Richmond
row stands. one of the boundaries Oh TIC
c;tv being named in incidental commei'ioi'-
ton Of the fact Bacon's Quarter Branch
IN VIRGINIA soil took place the long s'rug-
~. he,voen the colonies and the crown oe-
tween liberty and oppression and hhaiiy rom
v;ro;nia hurst forth that matches gaiaA! VI
usrs which founded this nation and e''a'-
usbed the American Union.
Along the banks of the James 'H'sneu q
race which has had no parallel III 'his i"nu'
race Of Engli.h gentry who added to 'rai,s
inherited and transferred from the'' ID nus"
ancestors. a love of freedom and passion
o. ,ha RIGHTS Of the individual born OF the
uha,,v of the forest. The splendid man
lions falling TO decay yet dignity and acorn
,ho barks Of the historic river Their work
can never decay. Its fruit is the Amefic"n
Union. 100. IN.
Thus Virginia is historically the mos, III
..,.as,i,c of the States of the Union. foi4
the settlement of the continent 10 lhe eiiu VI
the great Civil War she retained UH'i'''
rupted her prestige.
1t WIS a Virginian, Henry, VINO i'rS' n''"5
down the gauntlet at the feet Oh al "iii u,
and mailclad tyranny and declared LOT i4O'
-, or death. IT was Nirginian, Neisoh'
vho first moved in general Assembly ina,
,,e Delegates of the colony in the Coiohial
Cs,,eress be instructed to declare US Tree anO
,ndependent States. 1t was Virglnish' vi"
.on Who drafted the great Bill Of Right 1t ~a'
.V;reinian, Lee, who was selected 70 ara" '"'
Dscl.ration of independence, and III MS uh
ayoidable absence, the task ue'oi''" OiO'
another VirGnian, Jefferson
II was virginians who first III the WORM
s;.,orv ordained written Constitution as
contract between the Governor and Inc gov
armed. II was Virginian who TOOK com
..ard or the armies of the Revolution ah'
.oe, conouerirg Freedom for the new lana
,oot and held the helm Of state sleauN
through the rough seas which proceeded tn'
Launching of nation. 1t was Nifgiii'"i
.r,o n-es;ded for nearly half century owe
the suoreme Bench of the United States ah'
So exnounded the laws and laid down th'
rinciples upon which the new government
WAS founded, with a wisdom when VI"
their yindication and reason winch W"
their proof.
Al the time of the war Virginia had hel'
the Office of President during half the perio'
which had elapsed since the formation Of ,h
government; virginians had cominanoe'
the armies of the country in the only 1--WE
wars which had taken place, aud Virsihiah
had taken the lead in nearly every act III
volying the welfare and progress oil III
country.
In 1861. Virginia after long ana painiu
elaboration and doubt as to her dufy' ah'
after exhausting every effort to effect a re
cancellation between the hostile sections
upon her peace commissioners being 'rea'c'
with disdain, and upon President Lincoln
call for troops, and demand for passage way
through her borders, deeming this ma
violation of her constitutional rights, with
drew from the Union, and prepared Tor war
She Immediately became the, battle-ground
Within three mop'N one OF the bloodies