The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-27

Mr.. Terrence Cleans An Interest,"
ing Account Of Celebration a
Century Ago.
A MONUMENT WAS PLANNED
Williamsburg, Norfolk and
Petersburg Took Favorable
Action.

second centennial of the landing ut James,
town ms cleaned by Mi. William Clay
ton Terrence. OF the State Library, from
the accounts published In the Richmond
Eduirer for the year 1907 is an exceed
ingly interesting one.
III With liberal excerpts from the age
stained pages Of the old Enquirer, which
Is to-day vcritable gold mine of his
torical information for nearly n century.
Mr. Torrencc's narrative follows:
Assembled In thy sight, we now pros
trate ourselves before thee. upon that
ground which thou, O God. ddst cnoose
q wherein to rest the wcaricd feet of our
progcntors. 1lalowcd BY the place
where thou didst particularly manifest
thy goodness to our rOrefathcra, who.
under thy guidance, had dciicd the peris
OF an untricd ocean, here fix your bode."
Thus nearly II hundred years ago the
venerable bishop OF Virginia. James Mad
1son. prayed at ''the graveyard Of the
old jamestown Church. then represented
by It's solitary steeplc." upon the day OF.
celebrating the second centennial OF the
first permanent English settlement on
Amer lcan soil. And soon again the voice
Z OF another bishop OF Virginia will be
raised In thanksgiving for the restoration
Of this first monument in the United
states. erected by our forcfatllers to their
God.
will have passed since the Susan Con-
slant" IN command of Captain Chris
torhcr Newport: ''1'he Good Speed
Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, and "rhe
Discovery Captain John Radcliffe. cast
Z anchor before the place selected for
eating the first colony in Virginia. And
three hundred years will have gore by
since the order Of the King appointing
council for the first colony in Yir-
q nna nd n b,I
Its birth; since Bartholomew Gosnold
Edward--Arnria Wingneld, Christopher
Newport John Smith, John Ratclin.
John Martin and George Kendall took
control OF the affairs and matters or
government OF the Kings small colony.
Three centuries will have elapsed since
the seed from which has sprung n shell
tering tree of liberty was sown in
oligarchc form.
Third Centennial.
year hence we Will gather to cele-
brate the third centennial Anniversary
Of painful travail which our dear mother.
virginia experienced In giving birth to
the nation We Will gather In thousands
before the gates OF a great enterprise
TO see the results OF her sons labors
TO see the advance In the arts ana
sciences. the exhibition OF the various
stages in an evolutionary process Of
government. and to look upon the out
come OF the fidelity and earnestnesss vi tn
which the nation has pursued Its pur-
pose.
And many Of us. after DAYS of look
ing at this great exhibition and think
Ing OF the significance OF certain events
In the long line OF years since English
men and WOMEN first set foot upon the
banks OF king James, his river" and
rested there after long. long voyage
80 filled with harlshus. facing the dark
ness OF discomfort md misery, and
great loneliness; many of us will turn
towards THAT pleasant island In the
James. not fearing the dangers OF an
UNEMPLOYED country. not having to fight
to preserve lie nor to encounter the
hardships OF n thoroughly unfamiliar
land, but to truly rest our tired feet
upon the ground where once the fate of
nation hung in the balances We will
go there to rest and think upon our BIZ
ginning and the. course that has been
run.
farmers" Account.
Apropos Of the tercentennial to be cele-
brated in May, 1907, with the Norfolk
exhibition (Which, with reasonable rail.
road rates from al over the country,
will offer splendid opportunities for
students and antiquarlans to visit the
cradle OF the repnblic), I venture some
interesting Items found recently in read
Ing the old files of The Enquirer" pub
lshed In the city Of Richmond rcla-
tive to the bicentennial celebrated at
jamestown May IL and IA, 1907.
In the Virginia Apollo" there ap-
pears quite an enthusiastic article from
the pen OF one who signed himself "A
Farmer OF the Ancient Dominion"
Exhibiting a deep love and reverence
sor the past and an earnest desire to
perpetuateain the hearts and lives OF vir-
einia's sons for all time to come an UNI
sailing loyalty and gratitude for tho no
bile efforts OF the early settlers to found
a republic. This plea OF "a farmer Of
the ancient dominion" Viii stand promi-
hently forward MS among. the first Of
those many efforts which have resulted
In the great national jubilee to be cele-
GRATED next year.
1.-THE state of the public mind" says a
writer OF that day. was favorable to the
appearance and objects OF this publIca-
ton, and the effects exceeded the most
sanguine expectation"
The citizens Of Norfolk, Portsmouth,
Williamsburg, and Petersburg at meetings
In their several towns adopted resolutions
+ endorsing this suggestion and Offering
their aid. appointing committees for tho
purpose of assuring concert and system
to the proceedings of various and distinct
bodies"
DR.. Lyon G. Tyler In his "cradlo Of
the Republic" says that Leroy Anderson
then student at William and Mary Col-
lege was the first to suggest the cele-
brntlon.
Thoroughly In accord with the spirit
which prompted this youth to suggest a
celebration OF tho second centennial of
the landing at jamestown. the citizens OF
.Wllilamsblrg met and adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions. which were published
IN The ENQUIRER" April rs, 1907
At meeting Of the citizens of VIII.
llamsburg and students OF William and
Mary College, Mt the Raleigh Tavern, for
the purpose OF making arrangements for
the celebration of the 18Th Of May, the
second centennial anniversary OF the
Judgment OF our forefathers at James
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