The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-13
m wAr OF YHg CHEAT EXPOSITION
Tha Most Interestins Jitv IN
the Union.
Ht;,i.torieai sketch.

duent was on q pehliisu" 1 NIL
-. liver a short distance below hicn.
-ond The English had already estaolisheu
s,s-,.s,ves in Virginia and had explored
n. country far above the site oil h,cnin1 oSt
,rd had taken it in the name Oh 'neii wv
ri their King. and had representative 40
.-,,hlv when the Pilgrim Fathers set 100.
49,. p,vmontb Rock. Powhatan hao 'raueu
sorr with the Virginia settlers had mace
80 and war with them for years ana hau
,.t;red from the scene amid his natiVe io'.,''
49, The hanks of the Powhatan Wy .,i'
Su.s;ct colonists foolishly changer TO the
lanes, long before Massasoit ana o"'no s,,'
80 che Wsmpanseys made their treaty WIN
sovernor Carver and taught the nan s'ai "
-snnsnt of the pilgrims TO raise corn.
1.nes river from Richmond to Old foin'
corofort was the highway for Virginia poS'-
IN and jamestown, Newport News per
wuds Hundreds and Henrico were nO rsl,
to- colonies. when New York was Du''"
Grading post and Boston was forest
No, many mics below Richmond are .ne
IL. q, he old st Christian church which
4.
Az. saxon race built in America ana 'he
Peninsula is the scene Of the first struggle
.,.twsan the English race and the forces OIL
.ha r,tderness and the savage. Every 1901
&c ground is more directly associated WIN
A.. s.,,lement Of this continent than is MS
tcxic Plymouth Rock.
r,,,s Virginia is the oldest Of all the states
IN the Union. snce that time she mas IT,
tanned Der historic prestige 49,,
The first representative assembly wn'ch
aver met on American soil convened az
Jamestown. The last Of the British Donlih'
,o,s which held irne 70 the Crown was VIZ
.Sr;. which gained thus the night 70 DC
snsv+ered ON British Arms. The hrst arihed
S..;s,ance made against vice-ragal tyranny
vss made in Virginia, and was heaueo y! "
Young planter who owned the very Spot oi,
vb,ch a portion Of the city of Richmond
*, stands one Of the boundaries OF the
r,tv being named in incidental commemora-
hon Of The fact Bacon's Quarter Branch,
On Virginia soil 'ook place the long s'rug
ole between the colonies and the crown, oe-
tween liberty and oppression and many from
Virginia burst forth that matches galaxy Oh
stars which founded this nation and es'ao-
ljshed the American Union
Along thebanks Of the James 'risneu a
rsce which has had no parallel IN 'his ianu
. race ofEngi b gentry who added 10 u .,,
,.har;,aa and transferred from their Blush
ancestors. a love of freedom and Passio"
Gov ,he rights of the individual born oil the
,,h.,.v of the forest. The splendid man
SONS falling to decay yet dignity and adorn
,hs hanks of the historic river Their WORK
osn never decay. Its fruit is the American
Uaion. :.
Thus Virginia is historically the most IN
snyes<tine of the States Of the Union FROM
the settlement Of the continent to the eiid %
a.. great Civil War she retained uhih'ei-
rupsed her prestige.
T, yirginian, Henry, who first hung
down the gauntlet at the feet oil an arineu
ard ,nailclad tyranny and declared iof I'D
.rtv or death, It was Virginian, Nelson
~ FIRST moved in general assembly that
t.~ Delegates of the colony inthc Ooioh'a,
CL.,oress be instructed 10 declare us Tree anu
sndenendent States. 1t wasa Virginlan' MA
am who drafted the great Bill Of Right II was
yirginian, Lee, who was selected 10 oraw 'n'
Dcclsration Of Independence, and III ms un-
.vo;dable absence, the task deyolved upon
another Virgnian, jefferson.
II WAS yircinians who first in the world
....or,, ordained a writ en- Constitution as a
conpact between the Governor ana the gov
AIMED. II was Virgnian VINO tooh com,
n.rd If the armies of the Revolution ana
sft,r conquering Freedom for the new iaho'
49, and held the helm Of State steady
through the rough seas which pre- ,eeded ihe
launching of q nation 1t was a Nirgh'an
Tho presided for nearly half a century over
The suoreme Bench Of the United States aho
a. axnounded the laws and laid down the
rinciples upon which the new government
v.s founded, with wisdom when Wa
ths;r vindication and reason when wa
their proof. ..,a
Al the time Of the war Virginia had heio
a.. os,ca Of President during half the period
vb;ch had elapsed since the formation oil .n'
government; virgnians had commanded
shs armies of the country in the only two
vars which had taken place and |irg'Ihah'
h.A taken the lead in nearly every act IN
solving the welfare and progress Oh INT
country.
In 1851. Virginia alter long and painful
deliberation and doubt as to her duty eno
after eShausting every effort TO effect a re
cancellation between the hostile sections
upon her peace commissioners being treated
with disdain, aud upon President Lincoln
call for troops and demand for a passage wa,
through her borders, deeming this INA
violation Of her Constitutional rights with
drew from the Union. and prepared for war
She Immediately became the. battle-ground
within three monty one OF the bloodies'