The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-16
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-Four years Of wsr had stripped her; he
labor was rnetemorphased into an incubus
her institutions were overthrown; her debts
land burdens were increased; her property
and taxable values were annlhi.ated; hel
energies were paralyzed; her very existence
was suspended.
This was twenty-three years ago. During
a large part of this period the problem OF
existence, the paramount question OF simple
being engrossed all her powers. MisundeT-
stood and Stunned by all without, threat
ened and burdened by many within, sh' had
TO devote all her facilities to the imperative
demand of the hour, the preservation of her
being as a State and people.
At last she stands upright again in the
yigor of renewed strength, in the joy OF re-
stored health, in the full power of sovereign
State and the pride of a hale and prosperous
people. .c,
AS such her Capital City, her beautiful
Richmond on the James now sets her
house IN order, prepares her feasts, sets out
her wares and stretching out her hands unto
her sister cities, Gays 10 them
GONE AND SEE ME-
Richmond, the Capital of Virginia Is the
Queen ofthe South enthroned upon her tree
clad hills, and crowned with the diadem Of
beauty and health.
Situated on the elevated plateau at the
Falls of James River once the Powhaian, she
stands at the gateway between heuplsnds
Of the Piedmond and the lowlands Of the
Tidewater. The breath Of the mountain
fans her brow, the tides Of the Ocean wash
her feet
Old William Byrd Of Wesioyer, whose
historic mansion not msny miles below is
one Of the landmarks Of the continent and
one Of the he.rlooms Of American history
gentleman Of Virginia. member of the Kings
Council, Representative Of the Colony Dur
CESS Of his County. was entrusted TO run The
much questioned line between Virginia and
her sister North Carolina. Thus occupied,
living awake one night in tn juniper recesses
ofthe Dismal Swamp, came to him Thoughts
of his home. and with them one Of those in
SEPARATIONS which may be the whisper Of
pas.i G angel. and may be the emanatlon oi
genius. He would found a city, nay be
would found two, one should be On the APP
nomattox. but the other should be on a yet
fairer spot on a queenier riyer bis own
mai stic James.
He knew the spot for it. There Nature
herself had laid the site-a more skiiiiul en-
gineer than he had drawn the plan-a diylner
architect had laid the foundations.
1t was already city and wanted but the
buildings and the people. These must IN
evitably come in time. Indeed that most
rash but most brilliant and farseeing young |
man who had been once his fathers neigh
Dor, had chosen the spot with his rare WIS
dom and had there a plantation or quarter
and when the Indians had come down ana
killed his oyerseer and cattle, had he not
,Iamored for revenge until he had started
evolution which came deuced near up.ettins
His Maiesty's Government, and played the
leyil generally. 1t would be the chief city
n Virginia, the largest in the Southern
,olonies if not on the continent, if the Peo-
lie would but recognize its advantages and
,uid it up. What spot it was'
An elevated plateau right at the falls Of
he river. above malaria and ague with
he fresh air Of the mountains, keeping 1t
DOL in summer, and incompatible climate
nd purest water from unpopulated
prings; view of the foaming ,
waters, CHANGING and dashing over
immense bou.ders for nearly two miles,
made landscape whose beauty was un-
iyaled as place ofresidence for beauty-loy-
ng people. this side Of the oak clad reaches Of
he Thames The river front was easily &C '
essible, and evenly strbuted and at the
ame time so immense that il would grind
be grain Of a continent, and run the factor
es of nation. Behind il was the rich Pied
lont RAINING up to the Blue Ridge and yet
lrther back behind the azure mountains an
nexplored region which stretches to the
french territory, Louisiana. Before it was
be
HEAD or DEEP WATER NAVIGATION
nth its diurnal tides which could float any
essel that His Majesty's marine could send q
cross the seas.
How could il be otherwise than a city,
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM.
yrd lying under the stars reading the future
18th prophetic vision, for on the completion
T his mission. be laid out the streets and
luares of city, on the fair spot at the Falls !,
the James, and the head Of deep water
hich had haunted his dreams in that then ,
II distant shore Of the Dismal Swamp, and v
; there was no place this side the sea whose a
eauty was comparable, he named it after I
Ia. Incompatible spot upon the loved and
inding Thames !.
RICHMOND.
This was in 1877 and from that day to the !
resent, Richmond has been the Gem City of b
he South. y
For beauty, for salubrity, for convenience, v
II all the charms and advantages which can /
AXE home delightful OF place of bust I
sss desirable Richmond stands supreme.
Since it WAS founded the most momentous :,
ents Of the nation have clustered around it,
cusing it us it were in the focus of a sun Of