The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-28
william O. Goode. OF Mecklenburg: Con.

o,,,ITsI STANDARD I'm Virginia. Many vi
the above were continued Tor yeesunSrai
the House, so will only give addinon ,,.r
new material Of the same, nign star.r
Pobert { Sfanard. Henry X EllNSon'
Thos. VI. Boudurant, OF Buckingnam, ~ ~.
thur j. Boudurant OF WOODS Kopel,
Vssbinrton county. NAPOLEON j. french'
OF Mercer: Muscoe r. III. Garnett, OF rs re-
sex. edward DrOmkooie. OF ~ "ini.. -
John RrannOn, Of Lewis. John {. i.ut"'a
ford, OF Goochland: Jas; l.. kemPseerif, ..
Madison. Thos r. Trcdvay, or flii's'
Edward: Benz. u. Smith. Of kanaMa,,aii
John Seldom. OF King George, Ns'" Srns,
RiCdick. OF Nanscm0nd. 1hos. l.; iteea
ion. OF Smyth Humphrey b. rover,
~ Ioudoun: Albert q. Pendleton', 81
Giles; Or. Geo. L. Nicholson, OF MAJ,
thews and Mddlesex; Francis ,,,,, ManSis OF
Norfolk county: John Blair Hose. OF
Bcrkoly; Bolivar Christian, OF H az II
NVtlliam NJ Cabell. OF Nelson. w III. ",
Burwell. OF BEDFORD. LhiS nam, many pleas
ant memories TO the elder class o. sou 80,
rcaders. and are a fair type OF INC IA, IA
who confOrmed our Legislation 10 ILL.,. w "a"
vanced mans Of the state government
hased on universal white man sunIase'
and gave the State an impetus III ndte
rial progress that alone coulu nav ~
pared her for the long and heroic sH a us
gle she maiutaipcd against tyranny .a
outrage from 1861 until 1850. Ana by VI.
tno,,es,ration and prosecution OF a great
system Of highways. N all ages an "lu,N
Of a peoples civilization, dii space per
nit. Ii could be demonstrated that inc
mountain people of Virginia were AZ
WAYS In the advance column. IN" We
dom OF their public men In this regard Is
now manifest TO all her PeVPtS. anu VIZ, ~,
In another generation some historian un-
dertakcs the labor Of tracing out inc SUI
cessive stages Of that great general pros.
perity which Is i'm store for even WHAT
NJ n D.
rious Old Virginia. the advanced thought
of the mountaincer leaders VIII ind iuli
recognition and their labors be duly ack-
nowledged. Let us, then. in patience bide
our time.
TASATICIsM IN THE NORTH.
But there are other matters than law
making and highway construction tnd'
claim attention In these "reminiscences.
FaDaticism at the North was spredui"s
like a prairic fire Congress passed Il
law in exact conformity with the consul
iien OF the United states Tor the 'fitel
and return OF fugitive slaves escaping
from one State 10 another. IhS idIa
el cain" nearly all over the North, ana
whOt they called personal hDerty "iio
were pass ed in many states WIN tlc
avOwcd aim Of defeating the eN cu,'oh
of this clearly constitutional law or Con-
ereer. Emissaries were sent II TO the bo.-
Ger slave states to induce slaves 10 run
away from their masters, ana orsd'n~su
efforts were made 10 assist n tleI No, -,
cealment end facilitate their escape 10
Canada The Constitution of The unlted
states was denounced as "A league VIA
the devil and covenant Win H'H' =.
The Bible was repudiated because ID IL
slavery was recognized as laWluI III
stifution consistent with Christianity.
And the States whose people were in"St
ran part IN these disunion proceedings
were those that were formerly save nom
ing and whose people had sold tnelr
negroes South before their own endllcr
patton acts went into operation. -
member well my father buying heslo
girl from Pennsylvania az PUBIC " ~
lion for 300 cash, Who ran her across tne
line into Virginia a few weeks before ~,
would have been twenty-one years oiu
and free under the fehilsNiNalla u" w.
and afterwards sent money. ana empty
ed a LAWYER to ger her before lnlteu
States District Judge on habeas corpus
to test her right to freedom on tile
prCund tfat he cher former MASTER ndu
practically kidnapped her just before she
would be free, TO sell her in slave state:
The scoundrel testified by deposition !sa.
he had done this but the court heiu ,ilde
she was now slave for lie, haNlhs
hcen one when she was sold But MS
nejghbors made IL so hot for nm thal
he had to send the money ana Duy h'r
hack having i'm addition 70 the $fo' the
costs of her suit for freedom, and we
heard that he afterwards joined Inc
s'freedom shriekers' AID underground
railroad conductors, 49,. ooc,,.
"gfties" by the Supreme Court added
fuel TO the flames" bred scott was
slave In ST. Louis, whose master ,vrN
him to the Territory OF Kansas, chlineu
to be free territory, and Afterwards
brought him back to Missouri. Stimulat-
ed by the Abolitionists. bred claimed ms
freedom on the ground thht ms iuastc'
having taken him into free territory,
had thereby lost all right of property III
him. The court decided Otherwise, ana
the North went wild with indignation
over IT, The dregs OF Northern clllcs
were gathered up and hustled on 10 N Nall
sas 10 become citizens and voters, ana
down" the Southerners who had gone
there I'm large numbers.
The pious leaders in this crusade arm
ed their emigrants with SnarP Ii'i ~,
bies." and they were urged to "shoot
the way they voted
DEFENSIVE MEASURES.
With all this transpiring in the North,
the legislatures OF the South could not
hnt he moved 10 enact defensive meas
ures. Gov Henry A. Wise succee9ed
Gov. Johnson on the LIST OF January, le1o,
and proved TO be 1.-THE right man IN me
right place" His first message 10 w
legislature on public affairs, was wlthin
a few DAYS after he had assumed olilce,
when he laid before the representa,N -
of the people OF virginia resoiu a,or,s o o
the Federal Government Tor us dune-
renee to the mandates Of the Consutu-
ton, and declaring the purpose OF ,na'
State through her senators ana repre-
sentatives in Congress to resist ever
afterwards the admission or any new
State into the Union, whose Constitution
aid not forever prohibit slavery Cover
or Wise In transmitting this insulting
document foreshadowed the awful storm
that was TO sweep over our lahu anu
counselled his countrymen. as a iather
would his sons. TO course al a..'',,
that would command the respect or all
civilized mankind. by that first message
ne made a profound imrr ,sslon on al
his fellow-ctizens of all sha les OF pol
tiles i'm Virginia 10 the enect ma, W. We
rad a governor. whose lead II would oe
cafe TO follow. no matter what the ~
ture might have I'm store for us.
In those DAYS tie Tredcsdr Company
had extensive contracts for furnishing
the largest calibre cannon Tor the navy
and coast Notifications. AM the w AZ
Department kept an officer, Captain Han
dv of the United States Army, on duty
10 inspect and test these great guns
Contain Handy was an elest Sentit-
man. and married one OF klcnmohu
loN eliest girls and leading belle OF tne
snicndid society Of that day. Miss Marie
Chevalie. His -proving ground" was
near the Tredegar Works. between the
canal and river where all day long the
loud rcports Of the cannon resounded ana
reverberated for miles along the valley
OF the James-sCunds 10 which we De
came accustomed, and some thought omi-
rous of the future strife In store for us
or our defendants. unless God. IN HIS
mercy and wisdom, should rehuke fanat-
icienn and revive patriotism throughout
the North. Aye. indeed they were sounds
that many OF the fair women ana young
men of your beautiful city, who were
accustomed in the afternoon TO stroll
ont on Candles Hill to listen TO, and TO