The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-11

hattie. of modern warfare was fought On her
SOIL
When the small remnants Of Lees army
surrendered at Appomattox Virginia was
PROSTATE.
-Four wears Of var had stripped her; her
labor was metemorphased into an incubus
her institutions we're overthrown; her deo's
aud burdens we're increased; her property
and taxable values were annihilated; her
energies were paralyzed; her very existence
was suspended.
This was tventy-three years ago During
q large part Of this period the problem OF
existence the paramount question OF slmp'e
bsinc engrossed all her powers. Misunder-
stood and Stunned by all without, threat
ened and burdened by many within shs hau
n devote all her facilities TO the imperative
demand of the hour the preservation oil her
being as State and a people.
AT last she stands upright again in the
,igor Of renewed strength, in the JOY OF re-
s,o,,d health. in the full power of sovereign
State and the pride Of a bale and prosperous
people. h.r,;t,,
Richmond on the james now seS nei
house IN order, prepares her feass' se's ou'
her wares and stretching out her hands uh'o
her sister cities, Gays to them
"coME AND ZEE ME-.
Richmond the Capital Of Virginia IS 'he
oueen ofthe South enthroned upon her Tree
o,ad hills and crowned with the dladem oi
beauty and health.
Situated ON the elevated plateau al 'he
Falls ofJames River once the fowha'ail' sne
stands at the gateway between the upianuS
81 Tho Piedmond and the lowlands OF the
Tidewater. The breath of the mountain
fans her brow, the tides Of the Ocean WASH
her feet.
o,d William Byrd Of Westover, whose
historic mansion not many miles leio" -
ono of the landmarks Of the continent, ana
IN of the hejrlooms Of American history
gentleman Of Virginia, member Of the kings
Council. Representative Of the Colony Bur
cess Of his County. was entrusted to run 'he
much questioned line between Virginia anu
Tor sister North Carolina. Thus occupied,
l,;cy awake one night in the juniper recesses
of the Dismal Swamp, came to him thoughts
Of his home. and with them one OF those IN
spirations which may be the whisper oi
nassire angel, and may be the emana'ion Oh
aon;us He would found a city, nay he
you'd found Two one should be ON the APP
nomattox. but the other should be on YET
fairer spot on a queenier riyer, his own
majestic james.
He tnexr the SPOT for it. There Nature
herself had laid the site-a more sSliiiui TN
ipeer than he had drawn the plan-a diYiher
architect had laid the foundations.
1t was already a city ND wanted but the
buildings and the people. These must III,
avitably come in time. Indeed that most
rash hut most brilliant and farseeing young
man who had been once his fathers nelsh-
bor. had chosen the spot with his rare Wis
dom and had there a plantation or quarter,
and when the Indians had come down ana
killed his oyerseer and cattle. had ne not
cIamored for revenge until be had started a
revolution which came deuced near upsetung
His Maiesty's Government, and played the
devil generally. It would be the chief city
in Virginia, the largest in the southern
colonies if not on the continent, II the peo-
nile would but recognize its advantages anu
build it up. What a spot 1t was!
An elevated plateau right at the ialis OF
The river above malaria and ague with
the fresh air Of the mountains, keeping II
cool in summer, and Incompatible climate
and purest water from npopulated
snrincs. view Of the foamlng
waters. glancing and dashing over
immense bouiders for nearly two miles
made Landscape whose beauty was un'
rivaled as place ofresidence fora beauty-lov'
ING people. this side of the oak clad reaches %
the Thames. The river front was easily ac'
cessible. and evenly d strbuted and at the
same time so immense that IT would gFihd
the grain of a continent. and run the factor
les Of a nation. Behind it was the rich Fled
/ q
mont running up to the Blue Ridge and YET
further back behind the azure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches to the
French territory, Louisiana. Before 1t wa
the -
HAD OF DEEP WATER NAVIGATION
with its diurnal tides which cou'd float any
vessel that His Majesty's marine could send
across the seas.
How could il be otherwise than a city,
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM
Byrd lying under thestars reading the future
with prophetic vision, for on the completion
Of his mission, he laid out the streets anC
squares Of a cit. on the fair spot at the Fall
of the James, nd the head Of deep waite
which had haunted his dreams IN that thei
far distant shore Of the Dismal Swamp, an'
as there was no place this side the sea who's
beauty was comparable, he named it aftc
that Incompatible spot upon the loved an'
winding Thames
| RICHMOND.
This was n 1877 and from that day 70 tn
present. Richmond has been the Gem City o
the South.
For beauty, for salubrity, for convenience
r,r oil the charms and advantages which car