The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-19
Richmond
us sglT OF The GREAT EXPOSITION
The Most interesting )itv IN
the Union.
Rhetorical Sketch.

Tho first permanent settlement oil the
ENGLISH speaking race on the American No''-
,;nent was on peninsula jutting out mo
river a short distance below Kich-
mond. The English had already estapnsheu
.h.,nse,ves in Virginia and had explored
The country far above the site OF kichmolu,
and had taken It in the name OF their oou
md their King. and had representative az
vembIy when the Pilgrim fathers 81 ioo,
nm Plymouth Rock. Powhatan hau 'faueu
.orn with the Virginia settlers had mace
1900 and war with them for years ana hau
r.t;red from the scene amid his native forests
.r the hanks of che Powha,an tby tue
homesick colonists foolishly changer 10 'ne
J.mes) long before Massasot and Sainose'
NJ the Wampanseys made their treaty VIII
SIovarnor Carver and taught the hall starved
remnant of the pilgrims TO raise corn.
y.mes river from Richmond to Ola foih'
Comfort was the highway for Virginia boat
men and jamestown, Newport News Der
muds Hundreds and Henrlco were Iot'iisn-
,,y colonies when New York was D''ch
.-sa;rg most and Boston was forest
Not many miles below Richmond are .ne
ru,ns Of .he Oldest Christian church "hich
ths Saxon race built in America ana 'he
Peninsula is the scene Of the INST suussie
..&ween the English race and the forces o.
the wilderness and the savage. Every 'oO'
Of ground is more directly associated WIN
ths settlement of this continent than Is his
toric Plymouth Rock.
Thus Virginia is the Oldest of all the States
81. Irr;on Since that time she has re-
tanned her historic prestige
The first representative assembly, "niOn
aver met on American SOIL cohNeneu At
J.mestown. The last of the British Dohll'''
toms which held true to the Crown was VIZ
yinis. which gained thus the right 10 w
onartered on British Arms. The hrst ar''ieu
resis,ance made against vice regal tyranny
vas made in Virginia and was headed py
Young planter who owned the very spot on
-b,cb a norton Of the city Of Richmond
NOW stands. one Of the boundaries OF fhe
c;tv being named in incidental commemoia-
t;on of the fact Bacons Quarter Branch
On Virginia soil took place the long strug-
Gle between the colonies and the crown Dc
tween liberty and oppression. and finally from
virginia burst forth that matches galaxy OF
rtars which founded this nation ana es'a'-
iished the American Union.
Along the banks of the James 'n'S,'e' "
race which has bad no parallel IT 'his lanu'
. race ofEngli h gentry who added 20 ia',s
inherited and transferred from theif bi'''s"
ancestors. a love of freedom and passio"
,or the rights of the individual born OF the
Uhertv Of the forest The splendid man
mons falling to decay yet dignity ana auofl
the banks of the historic riyer' Their "o'A
can never decay. Its fruit is the American
Union. :,
Thus Virginia is historically the most IN
teresting of the States Of the Union FROM
,hs settlement of the continent to the end OF
the great Civil War she retained 0mh's'-
rppted her prestige.
twas Virginian. Henry, who first hung
down the gauntlet at the feet OF an armed
and ,nailclad tyranny and declared ior I'D
~ or death. 1t was a Virginian, Nelson
vbo first moved in general assembly tha'
Ave DELEGATES of the colony IN the oo'on'@l
C,..,.,ress he instructed to declare us free ana
independent States. ltwasa Nirgnan' Ma
.on who drafted the great Bill OF Right IL was
yirginian, Lee, who was selected 10 ora" 'ne
peclaration of Independence, ana III ms uh-
.vo;dable absence, the task deyoived upon
another yirginian, Jefferson
twas virginians who first in the woTio ;
history ordained a written Constitution Us
compact between the Governor and the gov
aimed II was Virginian who took COM
uard of the armies of the Revolution ana
after conquerirg Freedom for the new iahd'
took and held the helm Of State STEADY
,h,opgh the rough seas which proceeded the
,.nnoS;oc Of a nation. Vt was Virginan
who presided for nearly half century over
the Supreme Bench Of the United states anu
there expounded the laws and laid down 'ne
r;ncioles upon which the new government
WAS founded, with a wisdom wh-ch was
their yindication and reason when was
their proof.
At the time of the war Virginia had heio
the Office of President during half the period
which had elapsed since the formation OF the
government, virginians had commanded
the armies of the country in the only TWO
wars which had taken place, aud Nirginians
had taken the lead in nearly every act IN
volying the welfare and progress OF the
sountry.
In 1861. Virginia after long and painful
dehberatiop and doubt as to her duty ana
after exhausting every effort to effect re-
cancellation between the hostile sections,
upon her peace commissioners being treated
with disdan, aud upon President Lincoln $
call for troops, and demand for a passage way
though her borders, deerning this maj
violation of her Constitutional rights, with
drew from the Union. and prepared Tor war.
She Immediately became the. battle-ground
Within three mon'N one OF the bioodiest