The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-14
Richmond
PIX sgAr OF 1HE GREAT EXPOSITION
The Most InterestinH III" "
the Union
Rhetorical Sketch.

MI &C., nermanent settlement Of the
rng,isb Speaking race on the American col-
tinent was on a peninsula jut'lng out i',o
I.ues river a short distance Delo" nv"
-ond The English bad already estapiisheu
themselves in Virginia and had e&ploieu
an. country far above the site OF Rchmohu'
and had taken it in the name Oh 'neii 0oD
md their King, and had a Representative a.
..,,,,v when the Pilgrim Fathers SET 100.
p,rmoutb Rock. Powhatan had traoeo
so,n with the Virginia settlers had maze
rd uar with them for years ana hao
rsaired from the scene amid his naive oies"
AZ hanks of the Powhatan 10y the
.au..;ck colonists foolishly changed 70 I've
I.mes, long before Massasoit and sainose'
- the Wampanseys made their treaty WIN
novernor Carver and taught the nan s'''i'''
r.mnant of the pilgrims to raise corn.
lance river from Richmond to Old rolh'
ro,nfort was the highway for Virginia poa'-
s., and jamestown, Newport News per
-onda Hundreds and Henrico were hourisn-
inc colonies, when New YORK was DO'0"
.,sd;ng post and Boston was forest
~, many miles below Richmond are inc
,r,,ns Of The Oldest Christian church WIZ"
A.. soron race built in America ana inc
peninsula is the scene OF the ilrs' 81 "'sls
..etween the English race ana 'he ioi''s
,he w,lderuess and the savage. Ever! 'oo'
.s ,ronnd is more directly associated WIN
.o.,,oment of this continent than Is MS
to,ic Plymouth Rock. c.-..
Thus Virginia is the Oldest OF all the states
IN the Union. Since that time she mas IT,
tanned her historic prestige.
The first representative assembly, "i'i'n
~ver met on American soil convened at
Jamestown. The last Of the British DoiIllh'
g.. .,h;ch held true TO the Crown was VIZ
vinia which gained thus the rls''t I" w
ou.rered on British Arms. The INST "ii"'u
-..;stance made against yiceregal tyranny
v.s made in Virginia and was heaueu W :"
wouro nlanter who owned the very spot OH
which a portion Of the city OF h'on,'oaD
now stands. one Of the boundaries Oh 'iio
,,,v he;ng named in incidental commemora-
.,on IF the fact Bacon's Quarter Branch
On Virginia soil took place the long s'rus
.,o he,ween the colonies and the crown De-
tween liberty and oppression and iinailS iron"
Virginia burst forth that ma'chiess galaxy VI
.tars which founded tins nation ana es'ao-
lished the American Union
Along the banks Of the james 1rsned a
800 which has had no parallel in ms lano'
race of Engli h gentry who added 20 ua','
Inherited and transferred from their Biilish
.noestors n love Of freedom and a passion
FOR the rights of the individual born oil 'nc
,;he,,v Of the forest. The splendid man
.,ons failing to decay yet dignity and anorh
,ha hanks Of the historic river; Their WORK
ran never decay. Its fruit IS the American
Union. 1850. -
Tins Virginia is historically the most III
teresting of the States Of the Union rion,
,he settlement Of the continent to the emo oi
the great Civil War she retained u'iii'''
rupted her prestige.
II YVES Virginian, Henry, who first nuhg
down the gauntlet at the feet oil an a'i,,eu
"a ,ra;,clad tyranny and declared Tor I'D
.r+v or death. 1t was Nirglniah' Neiso"
vho first moved in a general Assembly 'n"
Lie Delegates Of the colony nthe oo'oi'i",
C...,,ress he instructed TO declare MS Tree ana
,naenendent States. ltwasa Nirglhiah Ma
..,, Ohio drafted the great Bill Of Right. 1t was
.Virginian, Lee, who was selected TO draw inc
Declaration of independence, and IN MS uii-
.vodable absence, the task deVoiVeu upon
another Virginian Jefferson.
7, wos yirginians who first in the world
history ordained written Constitution as "
,omnact between the Governor ana the gov
armed. 1t was Yirgnian VINO TOOK coiii,
,nsrd of the armies of the Revolution anu
.ftsr conquering Freedom for the new i"Du'
.oob and held the helm of State steady
,brouch the rough seas which pre-, eedeu 'nc
launching of a nation. II wasa Nlrsii''ah
Tho presided for nearly half century over
the suoreme Bench Of the United states an"
exrounded the laws and laid down the
rincipes upon which the new government
~ss founded. with wisdom "h-ch was
,heir yindication and reason when was
their proof.
AT the time of the war Virginia had heio
,he 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 t"'
vars which had taken place, and Virginian'
s.d taken the lead in nearly every act III
volyine the welfare and progress oil TIT
country. s,
In 1861, Virginia after long and painfu
deliberaiion and doubt as TO her du'y' ant
AFTER exhausting every effort to erect rc
cancellation between the hostile sections
mon her peace commissioners being irea'e'
with disdain, and upon President Lincoln
call for troops, and demand fora passage way
through her borders, deeming this ma
violation of her Constitutional rights, with
drew from the Union, and prepared for war
Sae Immediately became the. battle-ground
Within three monty one Of the bIoodies