The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-10

and not one OF ou- kindred blood on THIS
side OF the Atlantic. rhc banners OF 81.
George and st. Mark. which Cabot hau
planted on the Northern coast, had iohs
since disappeared. The colony OF fa-
leigh. at Roanoke. in what is now North
Carolina. had been exterminated. Vir-
gini1 vas only the name OF n vague terri
tory In the West. sometimes called "tho
Continent ot Virginia" which the Ensiish
peopled with great hopes ana exp"ctt-
tlons and which was named In conpn-
ment TO the Virgin Queen.
The powerful rivals had nxed theh
eyes on this distant hind, England. Francs
and Spain. In i0S France planted ne.
lilies amid the SHOWS OF the North. ana
Champlain was already hailed as the
father OF Canada. Ponce de Leon had
planted himself I'm Florida. The conh-
nent southwark was I'm the grasp OF
Spain under the conquest OF Cortez ana
Pizarro.
II ever the language OF Shskespeare
and Milton is 10 be spoken here. now ~
tho time for some one TO speak II In this
waiting wilderness II ever the Anglo
Saxon Is 10 have here his home-ruic
liberties. his parliamcnts Of the people,
now n the time for some bold haud 10
SOW the seed. For over century the
beautiful land has laid unwon, but 10,
the bridegroom cOnsthl
IT.. sea Gate.
Through the sea gate between capcs
Charles and Henry the navies OF ths
world came into the placid waters OK
Hampton Roads az the beginning OF this
cxpositton. where the James. the York,
tho papnahannock and the Potomac meet
I'm the Chesapeake bay. "the Mother OF
Waters" as Il was called In the lndiar
tongue. ana where BAY and ocean nlhslo
together. whether practical ef sTn""'F"-
t.l considerations be consulted, II WAS
ntfine spot Tor the irys'ing place OF the
a,ltnlr.iIs. for no better hnYen on the "
iauiic coast could pe found. and the resi)h
Is az fuli of romance rs the 'rH,iN
A~chinelago over these waters hai
,ldol tie light canoes Of the tribes OF
povhntan and Pcoahontas. They had
soon Arsau sail from the Virginia coast
IN lelg 10 drive the French from Mount
Dossrost I'm Maine There at Hampton IN
1TT coptaiu George Nicholas had hreu
the first gun In all the South aBains, tne
British forces Yon1er az Great Bruge'
near Norfolk. the minute men on Nlrsinit
under WoodforL had won victory over ,ne
Regulars OF Great Britain, on beceh,pc,
S. l775. and the British COMMANDER nau
saluted them when their fire ceased In
trthute To their chivalrous tenderness to
hts fallen braves. There the fleet OF Dun
moro had turned his sixty cannons 10
lombard and burn Norfolk.
over thorn the Count de Grasse with
our French allies. had gone Up the YORK
60 ioln Washington I'm hemming IN 'orA-
wallis. over them Admiral Cockbu'n.
with British fleet, IN turn had moVeu
up the Potomac ga burn the capiioi NJ
Washington. Through that sea gate the
Virginia. troops had sailed IN the Mexican
,,or IN ioin the columns Of scott ehd
,-,vior over these waters the traitor
Arnold had sailed up the James 10 de-
,,retote Virgiria in 1884. while she gener-
ouslv stripped herself OF her troops 70
neht elsewhere the battles OF the Union.
There had been Witnessed III tne M MN'h
var the terrific conflict between the Mer-
rir,,c and Inc Monitor. when Greek met
Greot Dut no scene Was eyer mlfroted
in tbeee dopths 80 important 10 the human
race as that I'm May, lDr when thI -
Isnclish ships-the Good speed, the bis-
| coverv and the Susan Constant-ohuer
| Christopher Newport. bearing 'ohh ',n'n
and i05 adventnreis. FIRST touched tne i"'lu
/ az ora Point Comfort. where Fortress
/ Sfo,roe now commands the rivers mouth
| vim ms frowning cannon Sailing up the
lanes which they ma ned after their klnS'
/ tbav landed on the 18Th OF May on an
/ leland now n peninsula which they also
/ called after him, jamestown
The Starving Time.
rho fortunes OF this little band ana
| those who reinforced them were Wiseld-
! lilo indeed for the first twelve years.
| Factions dlsordered them, lamihe anu
! fever decimated their ranks lhere ea.u. .
the starving time OF lblO ana no, p"S,
sixtv men and children remalned hi'e'
| ard they cherished the hope or retnl llhB
o. t,rsiand Rut God would not that
| this country should be implanted, ana as
/ ,no,, we're about TO sail back, lOl came
| Lord delaware, with his fleet and year
provision. one ruler and another came
/ and went Rough Dale inflicted 'Iuei
| ntinfshmerts, and coyeious Ars all t"ilh-
/ cred his nest Christopher Newport went
| on other adventures. John smith, dear
noble captain and loyal heart" as he
was called who had been their stay In
time OF need. was recalled 20 tnkiahd'
| Adventurer In many lands. bold soldier.
saQacious ruler. honest man. he, like
| columbus. never reaped where he sowed.
/ lie died in London in 1881, and was
buried In 81. Sepulchres church with
| these lines over him: -
Here lies one conquered that hath con-
quered kings;
with angels he might find his recom-
| ponsc."
During all this time the colony was
| ruled by laws Of blood. Their distress
surpasses language 10 describe. and "des-
potIc power counteracted all efforts Of
| benevolence." Not one In twenty OF the
| original emigrants remained alive, AMI
they dwelt with desolate hearts In ruin
/ Gus habltations.
In the colonial charter OF the London
| Company. the mercantile corporation,
which planted the colony. there VAS no
trace OF popular rights whatever The
company received nothing but a desert
with a right 80 populate it " they could.
The colOnists were bound TO obey It's ordi-
nances. which they had no part In maxi
! ing. and they were under it's local conn-
| ell. with n higher council ia England. and
above All was an arbitrary king But in
! 1919 came Governor Sir George Yeardiey
TO the colony. and he brought with him
commissions and Instructions from the
| London Company for the better estab-
| fishing OF "A commonwealth here, ana he
made a proclamation that those cruel
| laws by which we had been 50 long gov
| erned were now abrOgated, and that We
were 20 be governed by those laws which
/ His Majesty's subjects lived under 10
England" and that they might have a
hand in the governing of themselves" :"
! IL was granted that a General Assembly
should be held yearly once. whereat were
20 be present the Governor and council
! with two burgesses from each plantation.
| freely 10 be elected by the Inhabitants
| thereof. And so the Governors summons
| went over the country for the election OF
| burgesses. and so II came TO pass that on
| Friday, the 9Th OF August. 1919. without
| direct authority from the British crown.
but by spontaneous movement Of the