The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-16
Tx TIMEs-RICHMOND VA: SATURDAY MARCH 10


OF Maryland to Virginia and compelled
him To fee I'm disguise on the snip Sres-
cent 10 England. where he wrote his
charming monograph OF Lean ana henec-
ca to vindicate the two Sisters virginia
and Maryland. from any ana an asper-
sion, that some unKind persons had cast
upon them. and 10 make a noble appeal
for the remission of the fine imposed upon
Captain Thoroughbred for carrying MN
away without a permit.
Governor Mathews died In January.
$500. and the Legislature tnat met In
the ensuing March elected Sir William
Berkeley Governor.
richmond Cromwell resigned on the
eoth April. 1870, and Charles H., to the
wild delight OF his people. was restored
on the 18th Of May, 1860
on June II. 1860. Charles the second
commissioned Berkeley GoVerhor ol VIZ
ginia. as he had done ten years before.
Iura u tgrO whilst he was an exile at
Breda.
Though these coming events all cast
their shadows before" yet the ofhcial no-
tifcatoin to Berkeley OF his peihg APP
pointed Governor did not reach MIN until
the 10Th of October, 1860. on which day
he issued his official orders tnat charles
the Second should be proclaimed King
in every county.
DEMONSTRATION IN JAMESTOWN.
Then there was a grand illumination and
demonstration at jamestown dt "hich
the great gunnes Numbered and the
trumpets proclaimed their JupiidhI notes.
one of the conspicuous hsuIes III that
grand demonstration was Wlinah Ciai-
borne-Baltimore's antagonist Crom"eir s
bo u made secretary OF
the colony by the Legislature OF l5os-oO
at the instance and request oil berkeley.
"One by one the roses fai'
A special express was sent 10 west
Point TO bring him to jamestown, that
his aged voice might add TO the gem
eraI Joy. That general JOY was attest
ed by the Legislature OF 1907 VINO ihdue
the 18th OF May a holy day. 10 De an
nualIy celebrated.
Governor Berkeley continued to pre-
side over the destines OF the colony until
1861. but | cannot follow his career be-
yond my limit 1850. That future VIII De
sketched by my successor. must iedse
him in jamestown, where lie hdd 'hiee
brick houses i'm the westernmosl part vi
the island" and on his estate at Green
Spring, near by. where, with thou-
sand acres his plate, servants, carriages
seventy horses. fifteen hundred apple
trees, besides peaches. pears. ounces ana
mellow-cottins, he lived the grand ne
of a Virginia gentleman.
LANDING THE ASSOCIATION.
This is a magnificent work that you
are engaged in Not only have you said
to the frost and snow that dlsintegrateS
the boulder from the mountain size and
hurls IL dashing and splashing TO the
valley below; that takes mere brlck and
mortar i'm its ruthless grasp ana crushes
II. as a toy, to atoms: Cease thy WORK OF
desolation and destruction, ana 10 the
crumbling ruins themselves, Rise again
and ciothe your selves with your former
habilaments; to the encroachihs water
that frets and chafes the side OF aged
and neglected jamestown, Thus far shalt
thou come and no further but you have
said another, and. If possible. grander
thing. You have said to the reading
public: Read again your Colonial MS
tory and bring 10 light the precious
truths that lie embedded there.
The Revolutionary period, standing
century and a half nearer TO us, blessed
with printers ink and abundant time Tor
has. with the birth Of a new
nation, obscured for while that more
distant Colonial period when the breath
was being breathed into the nostrils OF
the State; when every mans lie was In
his own hands, and when character. pub
lie and private, was being formed anu
developed. But that Colonial period Is
finn of momentous matter and of tragic
incidents. which, In the mad rush TO reach
more recent times, is either ignored en-
tirelv or yelled with indefinite mention.
As. right here i'm tins period assigned TO
me. between the arrival of Berkeley ana
the surrender of the colony, Is an effort
TO COLOMBO a sister State which is no
Where properly narrated, and the massa-
ere of the 18th of April. 1914. when IN one
hour-the old hour of noon-under the
leadership Of the brave, the aged, the
hind. but the relentless and implacaDle
five hundred of the ad-
venturers bit the dust, the details OF
which are flung TO the wind and the date
oven given incorrectly By most OF histori-
ans
The pursuit, the capture. the death, Is
a scene for the poets fancy. and for the
painters brush, on which the genius OF
Valentine ana a Shepherd could be WORTH
w extended. You have given new
impetus to that glorious and kindred
work that was so long sustained ana
upheId by Henry and Brock, and that,
cheered and intensified by your approval
and enthusiasm. is now so nobly carried
by Bryant and Bruce, Stansrd
and tyler, James and others, VINO are
compiling splendid material for the fu-
ture historian, who, when they shal nave
compelled the musty and Wondering rec
ords to Yield up the secrets OF the dead
and YOU come to crown jamestown with
her crown OF glory, will enable you to
bring there. from the mountains ana the
seashore. not only the descendants, but
the splendid history OF those whom re-
cent English historian, with opposite
" sordand philosophic discrimination, has
TO be the Srandest type OF
the Anglo-SaXOn race.
AT the close Of Mr.. Thomas address.
Mr. NJ. VI. Gillian arose and stated that
Virginia could safely intrust her history
10 the efforts OF this association, that
had already proven so eminently sue
cessful in preserving some OF the we'll
known landmarks TO future generations.
He then expressed the most profound
thanks of all to Mr. Thomas for the
immensely valuable work contributed by
him in the interest Ct the history OF this
Commonwealth.