The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-12
fiji, thrilled forth that watchword of the

revolution, tnit DiflniiShe w 'i' "''"V'
nation. Give me Liberty or give me Death.
Here took shape those State papers al
ready referred TO, the Virginia Bill of Righ
and the FIST written Constitution the world
ever saw.
Here George Washington liyedan moved,
and his headquarters still stands. Here
Jefferson. the Lees. Nelson. Ben Harrison.
the TvIers. Madison. Monroe, Pres dents, and
fathers Of Presidents spent their time, and
wondered their problems of sta'e-and many
oihers Of the giants lived and loved and
strove. Here Tarleton. the Raider, swept
everything before him, till young Lafayette
era. sed his Iath.
Here John Marshall. thegr a. Chief Justice.
/ lived. His house yet stands, an OBJECT %
reneration to every man whose soul j. higher
than beasts Some day IT will belong TO
the c;iv unless some sharper shall trade on
tho indifference of the South. T. its highest
memory and turn it into second rate tene-
ments.
Here was brought Aaron Burr after being
indicted by a grand jury of which John
Randolph was foreman, to be tried before
Iudge Marshall. with VIM. Writ, Luther
Martin John Wickham and John Hay Of
counsel.
Here the great Daileys Of old times framed
the edic,s which made and unmade Presi-
dents and Cabinets.
Here General Winfield Scott. the Com
mander.in-Chief of two wars lived and
married.
] Here LAFAYETTE came as a young soldier
with sword drawn for liberty and heart fired
with dreams of the Cid. and here an old man
who had seen and had tempered as he might
the horrors Of the most appalling revolution
which shocked liberty with her own
name he returned to receive heapplause and
affection Of a people he had done 50 much
to save.
Here lived Edgar A. Poe Americas
greatest literary Genius The house which
was his home has so far survived, noble
old pile, fit for a poets home. HoverlooKs
/ the reaches tl lut Jaii'o iDA -"''N~ ~ | ~
envy of every speculator.
Here when Civil War with half drawn
sword glowered on the land, when common
vealths stood face to face ready TO spring
took place the momentous, but unsuccess-
fnl effort of Virginis, the Mother OF States
and statesmen. to avert the ca amity, and
here at last she adopted the ordinance OF
secession and flung herself across the path
OF war.
Here was est .blishtd the Government of
that child of war, the Confederate States OF
America.
Here the leaders Of the Confederacy had
their homes. and Jefferson DAVIS house,
General Robert f. Lees, Judah J. Benja-
minis. James A Siddons and other Southern
leaders houses are objects Of interest to the
Northern visitor if Of indifience to the resi-
dent.
Throughout the four yeas Of the Civil
War. Richmond was the point OF attack, the
prime object of endeayor OF the Federal
armies.
II was the heart of Virginia, and Virginia
was the heart Of the Confederate army, after
the amy was dispatched against it, General
after General fling himself desperately
mon it. Hundreds Of thousands Of men and
hundreds of millions Of money wre lost III
the endeayor to capture the Confederate Cap
ital defended as it was by gallant army
and devoted people. For two years 1t was
practically beleaguered city.
In three different campaigns the guns OF
the enemy could be heard from her bill
tops.
Almos, within walk of the city are the bat
lie fields of two Of the bloodiest campaigns
of modern warfare, and within easy ride OF
those Of two more.
Thus stands hchmond full Of memories. the
Mecca Of the historian, every road associated
with events whose recall must klndie the I'm
aqination. every spot fragrant with reeOllec-
tions which must elevate the mind.
As regards its commercial importance, Rich-
mond's position is no less remarkable Its
motto sic itur ad astra is not uniounded. Inc
UNEMPLOYED country, which when Colonel
Ryrd. with prophetic soul. laid out this city
beside the rapids of the james. stretched be
vond the mountains through an unknown
wilderness. across trackless forests 70 the
French poss ssiops, then twenty times as dis
tant AS France itself is now. have since that
day been opened up. His dream has been
realized. His widest imagination far more
than verified.
Even the French possessions have been Sc
cured and made tributary TO the queoniy city
he founded. Mines richer than GOlcondas
have been discovered. Plains which are the
granaries of the world have been found and
cultivated. The cattle upon thousand hills
are there in countless myrdids. For
ests TO make the navies OF the
world grow there, and with il all space and
time have been practical annhiiated, and the
coal mines of the Alieghanies. and the grain
fields of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys are
nearer Richmond day than Colonel Byrd's
plantation was when he laid of the city.
The foremost navigator and gcographer of
this century was Commodore Maury. Until
ne threw u his lot with his own people Of Viz
ginia be was man whom the United States de-
lighted To honor He discovered the laws OF
| the winds and the tides; he laid down charts OF