The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-24
Richmond
PIX SEAT OR THE GREAT RSPOSlliON
Ths Most Interesting Ni'" ."
the Union
Historical sketch.

r.a srs, permanent settlement OF inc
English speaking race on the American con'
snsnt WAS on peninsula juttlng out in.o
- river short distance below kich-
.rond The English had already established
themselves in Virginia and had ehploreu
The country far above the site OF hlcninonu,
nd had taken il in the name OF tnelr ooo
"a their King, and had representative as
~, uhen the Pilgrim Fathers set 100.
.n plymoutb Rock Powhatan had traoeu
corn with the Virginia settlers hao niau1
80 and war with them for years ana hao
- from the scene amid bis native forests
an ,be hanks Of the Powhatan 10Y tne
Somesck colonists foolishly changed 10 VI.
I.mes) long before Massasoit and sa'nose'
If tbe Wampanseys made their treaty WIN
norernor Carver and taught the half starved
vsmnsnt Of the pilgrims TO raise corn,
LANES river from Richmond to ola ro'n'
couror, was the highway for Virginia boat
NON and jamestown, Newport News Der
.nuda Hundreds and Henrico were houFish-
Inc COLONIES. WUtu A'''
t,sding post and Boston was forest
Nor many miles below Richmond are tne
MINIS ., he Oldest Christian church Wh'cn
.hs Saxon race built in America ana 'ne
peninsula is the scene of the flrs' struggle
..etween the English race and the iorves VI
wilderness and the savage. Every ION
ground is more directly associated Win
the settlement Of this continent thah Is MS
toric Plymouth Rock. ,,o...o.
Thus Virginia is the Oldest Of all 'he ''''''
IN the Union. nee that time she has re-
tanned her historic prestige
The first representative assembly when
ever met on American soil convened al
Jamestown. The last Of the British Doinih'
inns which held true to the crown was II
sin;s which gained thus the right 70 De
ousrtered on British Arms. The trst sriheu
ras;y,snce made against vice-regal tyranny
WAS made in Virginia, and was heaueu ny
voune planter who owned the very spot Oh
xb;ch a portion Of the city Of Richmond
now stands one Of the boundaries OF the
city being named in incidental commemora-
ton of the fact Bacon's Quarter branch
On Virginia soil took place the long strus-
ole between the colonies and the crown De
tween liberty and oppression, and hnaily isoill
VIRGINIA hurst forth that matches galaxy OF
stars which founded this nation ana esIaD'
lshed the American Union.
Along the banks of the james Hrsneu
race which has had no parallel IN 'his iaiu'
a race ofEngli h gentry who added to tra',S
inherited and transferred from their biitish
ancestors. a love Of freedom and passion
for the rights of the individual born OF the
liberty of the forest. The splendid man
.ions falling to decay yet dignity and adorn
the banks of the historic riyeri their WORK
can never decay. It's fruit is the American
Union.
Thus Virginia is historically the most in
teresting of the States Of the Union. From
the settlement Of the continent 10 the end oil
the great Civil War she retained uninter-
snpted her prestige
II was Yirginian, Henry, who first hung
down the gauntlet at the feet of an armed
and mailclad tyranny and declared for hp-
erty or death 1t was Nirginian, Nelson
who first moved in general assembly that
the DELEGATES OF the colony inthe Colonial
Congress be instructed to declare US free and
independent States. II was Virginian, Ma
son,who drafted the great Bill Of Right 1t was
a yirginian, Lee, who was selectedto draw the
Declaration Of Independence and in his I'M
ayoidabe absence, the task deyolyed upon
another Vrginian, Jefferson.
II was Virginians who first in the worlds
history ordained a written Constitution as a
COMPACT between the Governor and the gov
erned. Il was Virginian who took com
msnd of the armies of the Revolution. and
after conquering Freedom for the new land,
took and held the helm of State steady
through the rough seas which preceded the
launching of a nation. Ii was Nirginlan
who presided for nearly half a century over
the Supreme Bench Of the United States and
there expounded the laws and laid down the
principles upon which the new government
WAS founded, with wisdom which was
their yindication and reason which 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 of the
government; Virginians had commanded
the armies of the country in the only two
wars which had taken place and Virginians
had taken the lead in nearly every act in
solving the welfare and progress Of the
country.
In 1861 Virginia after long and painful
elaboration and doubt as TO her duty, and
after exhaustlng every effort to effect a re-
Cancellation between the hostile sections,
upon her peace commissioners being treated
with disdain and upon President Lincon's
call for troops, and demand fora passage way
through her borders, deeming this iinal
violation Of her Constitutional rights, with
drew from the Union, and prepared for war
She Immediately became the battle-ground
Within three mon NsOne Of the bloodiesl