The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-12
, Richmond
yYR SEAT OF THE GREAT EXPOSlTlON
Mo Most Interesting Cltv IN
the Union.
Historical Sketch.


English speaking race on the American Vo''
tpent was on a peninsula jn'ting out h'o
lanes river a short distance below fnch
,,ond The English had already established
themselves in Virginia and had explored
the country far above the site OF hlchihono
and bad taken il in the name ol tnef wv
and Their King. snd had representative a.
,.mblv when the Pilgrim Fathers set 100
on Plymouth Rock. Powba'an bad iT'oe'
corn uith the Virginia settlers. had mad'
vssce and Wal with them for years ana nae
r..;,ea from the scene amid bis native ioresi'
On the banks Of the Powhaian 10y th'
homesjck colonis,s foolishly changed TO th'
vsmeso long before Massasoii and samose'
Of the Warnpanseys made Their treaty WIZ
Governor Carver and taught the bali starved
remnant Of the pilgrims TO raise corn
LANES river from Richmond to Old rom
Comfort was the highway for Virginia boat
mon and jamestown, Newport News Der
muda Hundreds and HenTico were hoursh
,ny colonies. when New York was pu'ci
trading post and Boston was forest
No, many miles below Richmond are 'h'
ynins Of .he Oldest Christian church whict
tbe Saxon race built in America and lh'
Peninsula is the scene Of The irsi struggle
,,e.veeu the English race and the forces o.
tbe wilderness and the savage Every FOOT
NJ ,round is more directly associated Win
the settlement Of this continent than IS us
toric Plymouth Eook.
Thus Virginia is the Oldest Of all the states
In the Union. nee that time she has re-
tanned her s;oricpresiee
The first representative assembly Wh''h
ever met on American soil convened III
Jam.ioSn. The last 81 the British pomin'
ions which held true 10 he Crown was Nii-
yinia which gained thus the right to be
ouartercd Oh British Arms. The first armed
,ss;s,ance made against yiceTsgal tyranny
was made in Virginia, and was headed by a
Young planter who owned the very spot Cd
which a portion Of the city Of Richmond
NOW stands one Of the boundaries OF the
citv being named in incidental commemora-
lion Of the fac, Pacon's Quarter Branch.
On Virginia soil took place the long slrug-
ole between the colonies and the crown, be
tween liberty and oppression,and finally IRON
Virginia burst forth that matches galaxy OF
stars which founded this nation and eslao-
lished the American Union
Along the banks Of the James tlourished a
race which has had no parallel in tins land
a race ofEngN gentry who added to TRAITS
Inherited and transferred from their British
ancestors. A love Of freedom and a passion
for the rights Of the individual born Of the
liberty Of the forest The splendid man
MONS failing TO decay ye. dignity and adorn
the banks Of the historic river 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 20 the end Of
the great Civil War she retained uninter-
rppled her prestige.
II wasa yirrinian, Henry, who first flung
down the gauntlet al the feet Of an armed
and mailclad tyranny and declared for lib
eny OF death. II was Nirgnian, Nelson,
who first moved in general assembly that
the DELEGATES Of The colony in'he Colonial
Congress be instructed to declare us free and
independcnt States. ltwasa Nirgnian Ma
p.yho drafted ihegreat Bill Ct Right. Il twas
ayirgnian. Lea, who was selected to draw the
Declaration Of independence, and in his M
ayoidable absence the task deyolyed upon
another Virginian. Jefferson.
TWAS yirgnians WHO first in the world
history ordained q written Constitution as
COMPACT between the Governor and the gov
srned. It was Nirgnian who took COM
mand Of the armies Of the Revolution and
after conquerirg Freedom for the new land,
took and held the helm OF State steady
through the rough seas which PIE eeded the
launching Of nation. II was YiTginan
who presided for nearly half q 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 yirginians had commanded
the armies Of the country in the only two
wsrs which had taken place and yTginians
had taken the lead in nearly every act in
yolying the welfare and progress Of the
country.
In 1851, Virginia alter long and painful
deliberation and doubt As 10 her duty, and
after exhausiing every eifor, to effect re-
Cancellation between the hostile sections,
upon her peace commissioners being treated
with disdain and upon President ldncoin's
call for troops and demand for passage way
through her borders, deeming this a iinal
violation Of her Constitutional rights, with
drew from the Union and prepared for war.
he Immediately became ihe' battle-ground.
Within three months one Of the. blooaie-t