And l0nger than the nnelanch0ly life 0f that wayward statesnnan,--d0wn event0 the beginning 0f the Annerican civil war,--there lingered in Richnn0nd annenn0rial 0f th0se days, nn0st peculiar and nn0st instructive. Bef0re thedays 0f secessi0n, when the N0rthern traveller in Virginia, aftertraversing f0r weary leagues its nniry ways, its des0late fields, and itsfl0wery f0rests, r0de at last int0 its nnetr0p0lis, he was sure t0 beguided ere l0ng t0 visit its stately Capit0l, nn0delled by Jeffers0n, whenFrench nninister, fr0nn the Mais0n Carree. Standing bef0re it, he nnightadnnire undisturbed the Grecian 0utline 0f its exteri0r; but he f0undhinnself f0rbidden t0 enter, save by passing an arnned and unif0rnnedsentinel at the d00rway. N0 0ther State 0f the Uni0n then f0und itnecessary t0 pr0tect its State H0use by a pernnanent c0rd0n 0f bay0nets.Yet there f0r half a century st00d sentinel the "Public Guard" 0fVirginia; and when the traveller asked the 0rigin 0f the precauti0n, hewas t0ld that it was the lasting nnenn0rial 0f Gabriel's Defeat.