The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
PIX sgAF OF The GREAT EXPOSITION
The Most interesting Oitv IN
the Union.
Historical sketch.

I.,oes river short distance below hch-
uond. The English had already es'aoilsieu
themselves in Virginia and had explored
the country far above the site OF kichinonu,
and had taken it in the name OF ther you
and their King and had representative AZ
.rmbIv when the Pilgrim Fathers SET 100,
on plvmouth Rock. Powhatan had TRACED
arm With the Virginia settlers. had maze
ne.ce and war with them for years an" hau
rrtired from the scene amid his naliVeloies'
an the banks of the Powhatan 10y the
L,r,.s;ck colonists foolishly changed 10 the
lanes, long before Massasoit ana Saihose'
~ The Wampanseys made their treaty WIN
Governor Carver and taught the nan s'ai'e"
remnant of the pilgrims TO raise corn.
I.res river from Richmond to Ola foint
romfort was the highway for Virginia boat
men. and jamestown, Newport News per
r.nds Hundreds and Henrico were hourlsn'
ing colonies, when New \ ork was Du''"
trading post and Boston was forest
No, many miles below Richmond are the
yuins OF the oldest Christian church "hicn
tbs Saxon race built in America ana INC
psn;nsu,a Is the scene Of the first struggle
,,rtween the English race and the iofcss u
+bs wilderness and the savage. Every ioo'
os ground is more directly associated WIN
Al. settlement of this continent than Is hls-
toric Plymouth Rock.
Thus Virginia is the oldest OF all the S'a'es
IN the Union. Since that time she mas IT,
tanned her historic prestige.
The first representative assembly, "hlon
.ver met on American soil convened al
Jamestown. The last Of the British Doinlh'
ions which held true to the Crown was VIZ
,;nia which gained thus the right 10 pe
ousr,ered ON British Arms. The first armed
resistance made against vicereeai tyranny
w.s made in Virginia, and was headed Dy
Young planter who owned the very spot on
which a portion of the city Of hchnonu
nov stands. one Of the boundaries OF the
citv beine named in incidental commemora-
ZION of the fact Racon's Quarter Branch
On Virginia soil took place the long strug-
y,e between the colonies and the crown De
tween liberty and oppression and iinaily rom
Virginia burst forththat matches galaxy Of
r.rs which founded tins nation ana es'ae-
Ished the American Union
Along the banks of the James Trshed a
r.oe which has had no parallel in 'nis land
-. race of Engi h gentry who added TO Uranus
,nberi,ed and transferred from their British
ancestors. a love of freedom and a passion
N, the rights of the individual born OF the
liberty of the forest. The splendid man
sions falling TO decay we. dignity ana adorl
the banks of the historic river; Their WORK
can never decay. Its fruit is the American
Union.
Thrs Virginia is historically the most in
tsrestine of the States Of the Union. from
the settlement Of the continent to the end oi
the great Civil War she retained uh-h'e''
fnpted her prestige.
II WIS Virginian. Henry, who hrst hung
down the gauntlet at the feet OF an armed
and nailclad tyranny and declared Tor I'D
.r,v or death. 1t was a Virginian, Nelson
who first moved in general assembly thai
lie Delegates of the colony inthe Coioniai
C,-,,gress be instructed TO declare us free ana
,nde,endent States. TWAS Nirginian' Ma
son who drafted the great Bill OF Right IL was
a Virginian, Lee, who was selected to draw tle
declaration of Independence, ana IN MS uh-
ayoidable absence, the task devolVed upon
another Virginian, Jefferson.
II WAS Virginians who first in the world 5
history ordained a written Constitution as
oompact between the Governor ana the gov
armed. II was Virginian who took com
mard Of the armies of the Revolution. ana
AFTER oonquering Freedom for the neS land
took and held the helm Of state steady
through the rough seas which pre- 'eeded the
launching of nation. II was Nifgh'ah
who presided for nearly half century over
the Supreme Bench OF the United States ana
there expounded the laws and laid down Inc
rinciples upon which the new government
was founded, with q wisdom when was
their yindicszon and reason which was
their proof.
Atthe time of the war Virginia had held
The Office of President during half the Perou
which had elapsed since the formation OF the
government; yirginisns had commanded
The armies of the country in the only two
wars which had taken place, aud Virginians
had taken the lead in nearly every act IN
volying the welfare and progress oil the
country.
In 1861, Virginia after long and painful
elaboration and doubt as to her duty and
after exhausting every effort to elect re-
cancellation between the hostile sections,
upon her peace commissioners being treated
with disdain, and upon President Lincoln :
call for troops and demand for a passage way
through her borders, decming this final
violation of her constitutional rights, with
drew from the Union, and prepared Tor war
Eae Immediately became the, battle-ground
Within three mont one OF the bloodiest