The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-01
Richmond
YHB SEAT OF THE GREAT EXPOSITION
The Most Interesting Citv in
the Union.
Rhetorical Sketch.


English speaking race on the American coh'
Hnent was on peninsula jutting out mo
lanes riyer a short distance below kicn-
r.ond. The English had already established
themselves in Virginia and had explored
the country far above the site OF kchmono,
and had taken it in the name oil their you
nd their King, and had a representative as
..n,b,v when the Pilgrim Fathers set ioot
=, plymouth Rock. Powha'an had traded
norm with the Virginia settlers had mace
nssce and war with them for years and mao
...,-sd from the scene amid his native forests
an the banks Of the Powhatan 10y the
.o,,esick colonists foolishly changed to the
lanes long before Massasoit and samose'
Of the Wampanseys made their treaty WIN
Governor Carver and taught the half starved
yemnant of the pilgrims to raise corn
lanes river from Richmond to Old Point
co,nfort was the highway for Virginia boat
n,sc and jamestown, Newport News, Ber-
r,nds Hundreds and Henrico were flourish
,no colonies when New York was Dutch
,r.a;ro most and Boston was forest.
No, many miles below Richmond are me
wins OF he oldest Christian church whiCh
,bs Saxon race built in America ana lne
peninsula IS the scene Of the first struggle
.,etween the English race and the forces o.
wilderness and the savage. Every ioo'
yround js more directly associated with
A.. so,,,oment of this continent than IS MS
toric Plymouth Rock.
Thus Virginia is the Oldest Of all the States
IN the Union. Since that time she has IT,
tanned her historic prestige 49,,
The first representative assembly "nicn
ever met on American soil convened al
jamestown. The last Of the bnrsh D0mih'
ions which held true to the Crown was 'ii-
.;n;. which gained thus the right 10 De
onartered on British Arms. The first armed
resistance made against yice-T'gal tyranny
vas made in Virginia, and was headed by a
young planter who owned the very Spot Oh
which a portion Of the city OF kichinonu
Wv stands. one Of the boundaries Of the
citv being named in incidental commeiholS-
,ior Of the fact Bacon Quarter Branch.
On virginia soil took place the long strug-
ole between the colonies and the crown De-
tween liberty and oppression and finally nom
virginia burst forth that matches galaX.
stars which founded this nation ana es'ao-
Bshed the American Union.
Along the banks Of the James 9risheu
race which has had no parallel in 'hls ianu'
. race ofEngli gentry who added 20 ua''s
inherited and transferred from their bii'isn
ancestors. love Of freedom and passion
,or the rights Of the individual born OF the
liberty Of the forest. The splendid man
MONS falling to decay yet dignity and adofh
the banks of the historic river their worA
can never decay. Its fruit is the American
Union. :.
Thus Virginia is historically the most IN
.orastino Of the States Of the Union. from
the settlement of the continent to the enc oi
the great Civil War she retained uhih'er-
sapted her prestige.
II was Virginian, Henry, who inst huhg
down the gauntlet at the feet OF an armed
md mailclad tyranny and declared ior hO-
.-,v ~ death. il was Virginian' Nelson
wbo FIRST moved in general assembly that
the Delegates Of the colony inthe Coioh'@i
Conoress he instructed to declare us free ana
,ndanendent States. IT twas Nrgnlah' Ma
.or rho drafted the great Bill Of Right. IL was
. y;rdpjan. Lee, who wass selected to ora" 'he
Declaration Of independence, and IN MS uh-
-ro;dable absence. the task deyoiyed upon
another Virginian, Jefferson
II was virginians who first in the ~orio ;
history ordained written Constitution as d
compact between the Governor and the gov
srned II was Virginian who took com.
.aaud If the armies Of the Revolution and
.esr conouerirg Freedom for the new land
,ook and held the helm Of State steady
through the rough seas which preceded the
launching of nation. It was Nirginlah
who presided for nearly half century over
the suoreme Bench of the United states ana
,hore ernounded the laws and laid down the
,,rinc;,les upon which the new government
was founded, with a wisdom when was
their vindication and reason when was
their proof.
AT the time Of the war Virginia had held
the Office Of President during half the period
which had elapsed since the formation oil the
government virginians had commanded
the armies of the country in the only TWO
wars which had taken place, and Virglnians
had taken the lead in nearly every act in
volving the welfare and progress Of the
country.
In 1861, Virginia after long and painful
elaboration and doubt as to her duty, and
AFTER exhausting every effort to effect re-
cancellation between the hostile sections
upon her peace commissioners being treated
with disdain, and upon President Lincoln 5
call for troops, and demand fora passage way
through her borders, deeming THIS inal
violation Of her Constitutional nights, WITH
drew from the Union, and prepared Tor war
he simmediately became the, battle-ground
Within three mou' Nsone Of the bloodles'