The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-08
battles Of modem warfare was fought ON her

prostrate.
For, years Of wsr had striped her; her
labor was metemorphased into an incubus
her institutions ere oyerthrown; her debts
and burdens were increased, her properly
and taxable values were annihi aied' hef
energies were paralyzed; her very existence
was suspended.
THIS was twenty-three years ago. during
a large pan Of this period the p'ooiem Oh
existence. the paramount question OF siinpie
being engrossed all her powers. Misuhoe''
s,ooa and Stunned by all without threat
ened and burdened by many within 81 had
~ devote all her facilities to the imperative
demand Of the hour, the preservation oi he'
being as a State and a people.
AT last she stands upright again IN the
v;gor If renewed strength, in the Joy OF IT,
s,o,aa health in the full power of sovereign
state and the pride of a bale and prosperous
AZ sueh her Capital City, her beautiful
Richmond on the James now se's he,
house in order, prepares her ieasts' se's o"'
her wares and stretching out her hands unto
her sister cities, Gays to them
"coME AND SEE ME-
p;cbmopd the Capital Of Virginia IS the
oueen ofthe South enthroned upon her Tree
clad hills, and crowned with the d'aoeh u
beauty and health. 10
c;,nated On the elevated plateau AZ 'he
raI,s ~ lanes River once the Powhatah' she
..ards at the gateway between the uplahus
&c ,he p;edmond and the lowlsnds Of the
T;dewater. The breath of the mountain
Cons ber brow. the tides Of the Ocean WASH
her feet. rbose
ola william Byrd of Westover, whose
historic mansion not many mics 'eio" .,
nno Sc tho landmarks of the continent anu
o of tho beirlooms Of American history
ne ofyirginia. memberof the Kings
Council. Representative of the Colony Dui,
cess of his County, was entrusted 10 run ~,
- 90 Questioned line between Virginia ana
49, s;sie- North Carolina. Thus occupied
,,;nc awake one night in the juniper recesses
IF the Dismal Swamp, came to nm 'llo"sn's
90 bis home. and with them one Of lhose III
s,;ro,;ons which may be the whisper oil d
nao,irg angel and may be the emanaiion Of
aenius lie would found city nay 1t
Would foundtwo; one should be on the Ap
noruattox. but the other should be on a yet
fa;rer snot on a queenlier river, his own
majestic James.
He knew the spot for it. There Nature
berselfbad laid the site-a more skliiiid en-
,-;neer than he had drawn the plan-a OWNER
orcbitect had laid the foundations.
II was already a city and wanted oW 'he
bindings and the people. These must lh'
evi,ably come in time. Indeed that most
,osb but most brilliant and farseeing young
man who had been once his father he'sn
bor had chosen the spot with bis rare WIS
don, and had there plantation OF quarter,
and when the Indians bad come down ana
Killed his oyerseer and cattle had he not
clamored for revenge until he had s'ai''o "
evolution which came deuced near up citing
His Maiesty's Government ana piayel INC
davil generally. It would be the chief city
in Virginia. the largest in the Southern
colonies il not on the continent il the leo-
nile wound but recognize its advantages ana
bpild IL I'D. Whata spot il was.
An elevated plateau right at the falls Of
the river above malaria and ague' with
49, r-osb air of the mountains, keeping It
cool in summer, and Incompatible climate
and purest water from appropriated
snrincs; view Of the ioamins
waters. glancing and dashins over
immense boulders for nearly two miles
made landscape whose beauty was IN
rivaled as place ofresidencefora beauty-loV-
ing people, this side Of the oak clad reaches Oh
,beTbaues. The river front was easily ac-
cessible. and evenly d stributed and at the
same time so immense that II would grind
the grain Of continent, and run the factor
ies If n nation. Behind il was the Tich Pied
mont running up - the Blue Ridge ana YET
further back behind the azure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches to the
French territory, Louisiana. Before 1t was
the .-
UrAp or DEEF WATER SAylGATIoN
with its diurnal tides which could toat any
vessel that His Majesty's marine could send
across the seas.
How could il be otherwise than city,
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM
Byrd living under the stars reading the future
with prophetic vision. for on the completion
Of his mission. be laid out the streets ana
squares Of a city, on the fair spot at the rams
of the james. and the head Of deep water
which had haunted his dreams IN that then
far distant shore Of the Dismal Swamp and
as there was no place tins side the sea whose
beauty was comparable, he named 1t aitcr
that Incompatible spot upon the loved and
winding Thames,
RICHMOND.
This was in 1877 and from that day 20 the
present Richmond has been the Cen City Of
the South.
For beauty, for sslubrity, for convenience
for all the charms and advantages which can
make home delightful or place Of bust
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
Since II was founded the most momentous
events Of the nation have clustered around IT,
focusing Il as it were in the focus Of sun
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