The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-28

r h storical region. of the most historical state
of the Union.
One cannot walk the streets or take turn
, about the environs without stumbling DER
recoIlections.'
Here rs has been said. the first settlers
stopped here Nat Bacon, the Rebel, sprang to
horse and rode hence clamoring to James.
town with revolution and liberty armed for
individual rights at his back.
Here came the representative branch Of
the Colonial Government in the time when
revolution again broodsd over the land and
when men were grayely weighing their
liberties against their heads and lands.
Here met the great convention whose
members here devised this Government and
formulated ordinances which till then UNI
known. have since become inalienable heri-
tage of mankind.
Here. in old st. Johns Church. still stand
ing amid the trees and graves on Church
Hill thrilled forth that watchword of the
revolution. that brthright of the unborn
nation, Give me Liberty or give me Death.
Here took shape those State papers al
ready referred to, the Virginia Bill of Righ 5
and the first written Constitution the world
ever saw.
Here George Washington lived and moved,
and his headquarters still stands, Here
jefferson. the Lees. Nelson. Ben Harrison,
the Tvlers. Madison. Monroe Presidents. end
fathers Of Presidents spent their Iime and
pondered their problems Of siate-and many
others Of the giants lived and loved and
stroye. Here Tarleton, the Raider, swept
everything before him, till young Lafayette
crossed his rath.
Here John Marshall, taegr at ChiefJustice,
+ lived. His house yet stands, an object OF
veneration to every man whose soul is higher
than beasts. Some day 1t viii belong 20
the citv. unless some sharper shall trade on
the indifference Of the South, to its highest
memory apd turn it into second rate tene-
ments.
Here was brought Aaron Burr after being
indicted By a grand jury Of 'hich John
Randolph was foreman % be tried before
Judge MARSHALL. with VIM. Writ. Luther
Martin. john VIC. ham and John Hay of
counsel.
Here the gre Daileys of Old times framed
thc clict. vhic made and mmade Pre,-
dents aui Cabinets.
Here General Winfield Scott. the Com
mandcrm-Chief Of two wars lived and
married
Here Lafayette came as % young soldier
with sword dfaNa for iiuslJy and heart fired
with dreams ofths Gid. and herem old man
who had seen and had tempered as he might
tine horrors Oft most appalling revolution
which shocked liberty with her own
name BE returncdto receive theapplausea and
affection Of a people be had done so much
10 save.
Here lived Ed,ar A. Poe Americas
greatest literary Genius. The house which /
was his home has so far survived, noble
old pile, fit for a poets home ltoyerlooks /
the reaches of the james for miles and is the
envy of every Spectator
Here when Civil War with half drawn /
sword gowered on the land, when common |
weaiths stood face to face ready TO spring /
took place the momentous, but unsuccess-
ful effort of Virgini' the Mother of States I
and statesmen. 20 avert the ca amity, and
here at last she adopted the ordinance OF
secession. and flung herself across the path /
of war.
Here was ,tiblishtd the Government OF
that child Of war, the Confederate states OF
America.
Here the leaders Of the Coniederacy had
their hom's. and Jefferson Davis house /
General Robert +. Lees. Judah p Benla-
Minis. James \ Siddon and other Southern
leaders houses are objects Of interest to the .
Northern visitor if Of indifience to the resi- .
dent
Throughout the four years Of the Civil
War. Richmond was the point Of attack the
prime object of endeayor of the Federal .
armies.
1t was the heart Of Virginia, and Virginia 4
was the heart Of the Confederate army, after .
the army was dispatched against It, General .
after General flung himself desperately /
upon it. Hundreds Of thousands OF men and .
hundreds of millions of money wrrc lost ID .
the endeavor to capture the Confederate Cap .
ital defended as it was by gallant army /
and a devoted people. For two years 1t was .
nracticativ a beleaguered city.
In three different campaigns the guns Of
the enemy could be heard from her hill
tops.
Almost within walk of the city are the bat /
tie fields of two of the blOodest campaigns .
of modern warfare. and within easy ride OF
those OF two more.
Thus stands Richmond full OF memories. the /
Mecca of the historian, every road associated
with events whose recall must kindle the i'm
agination. every spot fragrant with recollec-
tions which must elevate the mind.
As regards its commercial Importance, Rich /
mond's position is no less remarkable It's
motto sic fur al astra is not untounded. The .
UNEMPLOYED country. which when Colonel
Byrd. with prophetic SOUL laid out this city .
beside the rapids of the James, stretched be
yond the mountains through an unknown .
wilderness. across trackless forests 10 the .
French posse ssions then twenty times as dis /
tant AS France itself is now. have since that |
dav been onened I'M. His dream has been |