The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-14

HILL thrilled forth that watchword OF the
revolution that birthright of the unborn
nation. Give me Liberty or give me Death.
Here took shape those State papers a.
ready referred TO, the Virginia Bill of Righ $,
and the first written Constitution the world
ever saw.
Here George Washington lived and moved,
and his headquarters still stands. Here
Jefers9n. the Lees, Nelson. Ben Harrison
the Tvlers. Madison, Monroe, Pres dents, and
fathers of Presidents spent their time, ana
Wondered their problems of state-and many
others Of the giants lived and loved and
s.rove. Here Tarleton, the Raider, swept
everything before him, till young Lafayette
Gro. sed his rath.
Here John Marshall the r- at Chief Justice
lived. His house yet stands, an object Of
yeneration 10 every man whose soul Is higher
than beasts. Some day 1t will belong to
the CITY. unless some sharper shall trade on
the indifference Of the South, TO its highest
memory and turn it into second rate tene-
ments.
Here was brought Aaron Burr after being
indicted by grand jury of which John
Randolph was foreman, to be tried before
Judee Marshall with VIM. Writ, Luther
Martin, John wickham and John Hay OF
counsel.
Here the great Daileys Of old times framed
tho edicts which made and unmade Presi-
dents and Cabinets.
Here General Winfield Scott, the Com
mander.in-Chief of two wars lived and
married.
Here LAFAYETTE came as 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 he returned to iyethe applause and
affection Of a people he had done 50 much
to save.
Here lived Edgar A. Poe Americas
greatest literary Genius. The house which
was his home has so far survived noble
old pile. fit for a 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
vealths stood face to face ready TO spnng,
took place the momentous, but unsuccess-
;, ful effort Of VirGni', the Mother of States
and statesmen. TO avert the ca 'amity' ana
here at last she adopted the ordinance OF
secess. on. 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 T. Lees, Judah I. BenJa-
minis James A Siddon' and other Southern
leaders houses are objects Of interest TO the
Northern visitor if of Sdifsnce to 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 Confederate army after
the amy was dispatched against 1t, General
after General flung himself desperately
upon II. Hundreds of thousands OF men and
hundreds of millions Of money were lost IN
the endeavor to capture the Confederate Cap
, ital. defended as it was by gallant army
and a devoted people. For two years 1t was
. practically a 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
tie fields Of tVoOf the bloOdiest campaigns
of modern warfare, and within easy ride OF
those Of two more.
Thus stands Richmond full Of memories the
! Mecca Of the historian, every road associated
b with events whose recall must kindle the I'M
p agination. every spot fragrant with recoliec-
Z tons whichmust elevate the mind.
As regards it's commercial importance Ken
moud's position j. no less remarkable lis
motto SIC itur AL astra is not unfounded. The
unexplored country, which when Colonel
Byrd. with prophetic soul, laid out this city
e beside the rapids of the James. stretched be
5 vond the mountains through an unknown
wilderness. across trackless forests 10 the
French poss' ssiO0s, then twenty times as dis
tant as France itself is 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 10 the queeniy city
e he founded. Mines richer than Golcondas
q have been discovered. Plains which are the
! rranaries Of the world have been found aud
5 cultivated. The cattle upon a thousand hills
p are there in countless myraids. For
, ests 20 make the nayies Of the
, world grow there. and with it all space and
time have been practical y annihilated. and the
e coal mines OF the Aleghanies. and the grain
7 fields of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys are
d nearer Richmond 20 day than Colonel Byrd
plantation was when he laid OF the city.
The foremost nav gajOr and geOgrapher OF
this century was Commodore Maury Until
= he threw ia his lot with his own people of Nir-
d GINA he was a man whom the United States de
lighted to honor. He discovered the laws Of
. -la winds and he tides. he laid down charts OF