The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-19
battles of modern warfare was fought on her


surrendered at Appomattox Virginia wa
PROSTATE.
-Four wears Of wsr had stripped her; hel
labor was metemorphased into an incubus
her institutions were overthrown; her debts
and burdens were increased; her property
and taxable values were annihi ated; her
energies were paralyzed; her very existence
was suspended.
THIS was twenty-three years ago. During
a large part Of this period the problem o.
existence the paramount question of simple
being epgrossed all her powers. Misunder'
stood and Stunned by all without, threat
ened and burdened by many within, sh@ had
10 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
vicor Of renewed strength, in the JOY OF re-
stored health, in the full power of sovereign
State and the pride Of hale and prosperous
people. IT'D,
As such her Capital City, her beautliu
Richmond on the James now sets her
house IN order, prepares her fcasts' sets out
her wares and stretching on, her hands unto
her sister cities, says 10 them
COME AND SEE NJ
Richmond, the Capital Of Virginia u the
Queen ofthe South enthroned upon her Tree
clad hills, and crowned with the hadem Oh
beauty and health.
Situated on the elevated plateau at the
Falls ofJsmes River once thu Powhalan, she
stards at the gateway between the uplanus
If the Piedmond and the lowlands OF the
Tideva,er. The breath Of the mountain
fans her brow. the tides Of the Ocean wash
her feet
Old william Byrd Of Westover, whose
historic mansion not many miles } Glow is
one # the landmarks Of the continent and
one Of tie he'rlooms Of American history
gentleman Of Virginia. member Of the King
Council. Representative Of the Colony bur
oess of his County. was entrusted to run TIE
much questioned line between Virginia ana
her sister North Carolina Thus occupied
living awake one night in the Juniper Iecessts
ofthe Dismal Swamp, came TO him thoughts
If his home and with them one Of those IN
spira,jons which may be the WHISPER CT 2
nas.j angel. and may be the emanaiion OF
cenius. He would found a city, nay lie
would found two one shouli be on Inc APP
pomat,ox but the other should be on yei
fairer spot on a queeliier river his own
majestic James.
He knew The spot for it. There Nature
herself had laid the siie-a more skiiiiul en-
qipeer than be had drawn the plan-a diyiner
architect had laid the foundations.
1t was already a city and wanted Du' me
buildings and the people. These must IN
eyitabIy 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
clamored for revenge until he had started a
revolution which came deuced near up eluIg
His Maiesty's Government, and played the
devil generally. It would be the Chief cry
In Virginia, the largest in the southern
colonies if not on the continent II the peo-
ple would but recognize its advantages ana
build it up. What spot It was'
An elevated plateau right at the falls Of
the river. above malaria and ague' Win
the fresh air of the mountains, keeping II
cool in summer and Incompatible climate
and purest water from unpopuiaied
springs: view Of the roaming
waters, CHANGING and dashing over
immense bou.ders for nearly two miles
made a Landscape whose beauty was IN
ryaled as a place ofresidencefors beanty-ioV-
ing people. this side of the osk clad reaches OF
the Thames. The river front was easily ac-
cessible. and evenly stributed and at the
same time so immense that It would gflnd
the grain of a continent, aid run the factor
les Of nation. Behind it was TIE rich Pied
mont running up - the Blue Ridge nd yet
further back behind the azure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches to the
French territory, Louisiana Before 1t was
the
HEAD OF DEP wATER NAVIGATION
with its diurnal tides which could float any
vessel that His Majesty's marine could SEND
across the seas.
How could il be otherwise than cityt
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM
Byrd lying under the stars reading the future
with prophetic vision, for on the completion
of his mission, he laid out the streets and
squares Of city, on the fa'rspot at the Falls
of the James. and the head Of deep water
which had haunted his dreams III that then
far distant shore Of the Dismal Swamp, and
as there was no place this side the sea whose
beauty was comparable, be named ii after
that Incompatible spot upon the loved and
winding Thames,
| RICHMOND.
This was in 1857 and from that day to the
present, Richmond has been the Gem City o.
the South.
For beauty, for salubrity, for convenience
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