The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-11
Richmond
srR AgAr OF The GREAT EXPOSITION
T.he Most interesting ~itv IN
the Union.
Rhetorical Sketch.

G.. ,e,manent settlement OF the
r-,;sh sneaking race on the American oon-
Hnsn, was on peninsula Jutung out into
lanes river short distance below hich,
-ord The English had already established
locomotives in Virginia and had e1pdoreu
Tho country far above the site OF hici'nonu,
and had taken il in the name OF thelr "oo
and their King, and had representative AZ
..rhlv when the Pilgrim Fathers set 1901
p,ymoutb Rock. Powha,an had traced
.oxr With the Virginia settlers had mace
800 and war with them for years ana h"u
,etired from the scene amid his native forests
an the banks OF the Powhatan 10Y lno
n.ues;ck colonists foolshiy changed to the
lanes, long before Massasoit and sainose'
=, ,he Wampanseys made their treaty WIN
Governor Carver and taught the pan s'ai'0
remnant of the pilgrims TO raise corn
I.ues river from Richmond TO Old POINT
comfort was the highway for Virginia boat
men. and Jamestown, Newport News Der
-. Hundreds and Henrico we're hourish-
Ing colonies, when New York was d Du''"
r,ding post and Boston was a forest ~
No, many miles below Richmond are ,ne
-,,,,s o, the Oldest Christian church "hlcn
A.. caxon race built in America. ana the
p..;nvu,a is the scene Of the first struggle
.,..ween the English race ana the 'o'oes u
a.. ..i,aerness and the savage. Every ioo'
g rround is more directly associated WIN
~ -, of This continent than is his
toric Plymouth Rock c.
Tins Virginia is the Oldest of all the States
g, the Union. Since that time she mas It.
tanned her historic prestlge' III,
The first representative assembly, "n'0n
-. mot on American soil convened at
Jamestown. The last of the BRUSH Doiii"'
TOW. which held true TO the Crown was ' ,'-
80. which gained thus the right 10 DC
npartered on British Arms. The trs' aiine"
-..;s,snce made against vice-regal tyranny
v.s made in Virginia, and was heaneu oy "
Young planter who owned the very sPo' VI,
vbich a portion Of the city OF hici,no '4.
..ooas one Of the boundaries OIL the
-,,v heing named in incidental commemora-
hon Of the TACT paOoh V
n, virginia soil took place the long strug-
81. between the colonies and the crown oe-
tween liberty and oppression ana rhai,y run
virginia burst forth that ma'chiess gaiaNy u
80. ,h;cb founded this nation and es'ao-
Hsbed the American Union
Along the banks Of the James '"'s,iep a
,.co which has had no parallel IN 'hls lanu'
. race of Engli>h gentry who added 70 .a,s
,.har;tea and transferred from their bil'lsn
ancestors. love Of freedom ana pas'iv"
%, the rights of the individual porn VI 'r'
,,ho,,v Of the forest. The splendid man
IONS falling TO decay yet dignity and adorn
the hanks of the historic river; their WON
car never decay. Its fruit IS the American
Union. 800. IN.
Thus Virginia is historically the mos, III
teresting of the States Of the Union IRON"
the settlement of the continent to the enp u
The great Civil War she retained unnn'ei'
rppted her prestige
Twas a virginian, Henry, who ilrs' nu"s
L. tbe gauntlet at the feet OF an armed
and mailclad tyranny and declared ior nD
.rtv or death. It was Virginian' Neiso"
vho first moved in a general assembly ''"'
10 Delegates of the colony inthe oo'on'",
T,~.,,oress he instructed to declare us Tree aho
INDEPENDENT States. twas Nlrg'h@n' w"
.on who drafted the great Bill OF higii'' II wa
yireinian, Lee, who was selected 10 ara" 'n'
Declaration Of Independence ana III IFS vi
.vo;dable absence, the task devolVeo upon
another Virginian, Jefferson
II was virginians who first IN the "o''"
history ordained written Constitute" a.
connact between the Governor ana 'he gov
.rrsd II was Virginian who took com
mard Of the armies of the Revolution, "'i.
amer conquering Freedom for the ne" ialiu
took and held the helm of State STEADY
through the rough seas which pre-, eedeu lh'
,.unchi,o Of a nation. Ii was Nirglnar
~bo presided for nearly hall century owe
the Suoreme Bench OF the United States an'
there expounded the laws and Lana down 'n'
r;nc;ples upon which the new government
vss funded with a wisdom when W"
their vindlcauOn anu q ic'~'o"
their proof.
At the time Of the war Virginia had heiC
the Office of President during half the perio'
which had elapsed since the formation oil TN
government, Virginians had commahue'
che armies of the country in the only '"'
wars which had taken place and 'irgihiaih
lad taken the lead in nearly every act III
volyine the welfare and progress OF th'
country.
In 1861 Virginia after long and pa'hiu
elaboration and doubt as to her du'y' ah'
after exhausting every effort to effect a re
Cancellation between the hostile sections
upon her peace commissioners being treate'
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
4. drew from the Union. and prepared for war
She Immediately became the. battle-ground
Within three moD't one Of the bloodes