The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-12-29 00:00:00, page 1

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Vol. 7.J
(No. 71.
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f£7“ Published by Thortuis Ritchie, nearly op
potitr the Globe T.:v. rr., Richmond, Virginia
,rr CONDITIO NS t—Five dollars a year, tc
Hr paid annually in advance. Those who wish i<>
b- considered a* annual subscribers, must hereof tc
designate it at the time of subscribing, ctfici tcis
ih'ir papers will be discontinued at the expiration
if the first rear.
T'lOMESTIC W VKEH ‘USE — I’ll sul>
k JLv acriber, in i lili'.i m to :i s usual supply of
H )ME M VNUFACTURES,
Has lately received v small «ssortment of woo
lens, from itie manufactory of Col 11 > t mtiti
r<*vs ; consisting of broad cloths, cassimerei,,
costings, &c fir sale by the piece at invoice pri.
ccs,,or at retail
On band, i constant supply of Bed ticken rot
V>« cloths, striped and plain,'•pun cotton, Hits
of all sui ts.
D.J BURK.
Dec. 6. ’ tf.
N. B. Richmond warrented gun powder in
lfi gs and canisters.
THE subscribers have just received a supply
of best Dutch Bot. s ivo Ci.oths, which
they ofFer for sale : Alsb, 4 cases mens’ line }dats,
7 8 and 4 4 Irish Linens, Kerseymeres, Mens’ i*
womens’Cotton Hosieri, ll.ivannah Cigars, Can
dles, Soap, ltaisin? in kegs, Muscovado Sugar in |
hogsheads anil barrels, a few boxes 10 by 12 snd
4'JO boxes 8 by 10 Window Glass, at an unusual
ly low price, and :>s agents, a ci>rsl-*nt supply of
Heck’s Patent Shot.
M. & B. If YF.lfS.
November SO. 2wt*w4w
SAI.E or vneixu born slaves, Twcn
• y four likely slave? which were of major
Wtn. L’ghtfoot at the time of bis death will be
so«d 11 the highest bidder be fire the Raleigh
door in the city of Williamsburg on the 4tb day
of January next on twelve months credit ; bond
•wi'h approved security will be required to cari-y
ihlcre.st from the dale if not punrUndly paid;
should the 4tb of January be so unlikely a? to
prevent the sde, it vill take place so soon ns
the weather will permit Most of these slaves |
at e young and very likely, four ofthem are young
men just grown, there are three boys above 12,
four young women *nd girls. One of the men
as middle aged, lie is a good carpenter and hi?
wife who has no child as is believed ts an excel
lent weaver-Mr Browne intends to sell at
the same time and place sevi-n valutbie slaves,
no that ihere will on that day be disposed of
thirty one likely slaves
JAMES SEMPLE,’
Adm'rWM LUK HTFUOT- Dec'd
Petersburg, Dec. 4 ijjan
27“ GREAT BARGAINS!!!
THE Lite arrivals of Fall ft. Winter GO^DS,
enables John King to give GREAT BAR*
GAINS— rot- ca«li.
November 30 tf
\T ALU ABLE PROPERTY—FOR SALK
On Wednesday tne 2d January next ; Will
hr toiii. at public auction, on the premises, at 12
o’clock, that valuable 1’ioperty. formerly belong
ing to John McBride, situate just above the ba
sin, containing one entire bait’acre, with two ex'
cellent brirk dwelling houses, and every other
out bouse for the comfort *.n<l convenience of fa
Tnilir s ; this properly is n-n Jered very valuable
on account of »ts contiguity to trade, and in a
Abort space at time, will be nearly in the center
of business ; Persons lesiroos of investing m >
net' in real estate, will find it to pieir inti rest t
attend on that duv.-—Terms—about one third ■
cash, the balance 12 mi 18 ninth-;, so.isf.,-.to
;ri!y secured.
JAMES C. ANTHONY
December 27. ids
WANTED to hire iaimriliatelv, /ortho cm
siting yettr, ;• Mail Servant, who ha* here
•urcustomed to wait in the house Honesty nnr'
>aobrie*y are indispensable rrqnisi- Also,
'Female S rvnut, who is a good seanuirri? an t
ohamber rr. ;<1 Apply at this office.
D 'cemt' : C“- tf
C'iRMAN GOODS, unnirfed in *!i<» Sl.i
Severn, from Tumiingen, and iu-t come to
I,, . i—
Oz» .borers I Rrnwn Rolls
T-cklenburgs ( White do
Tj rlaps 1 Twilled Sacking
Ji. ssians | Dowlas
And a few boxes hollow G! i-s .r site bv
BOHN & HUB HER,
Who daily expect a supply of Danlzic Rolls,
pc;- the ship El*za from Piilau.
December 27. 2nw4w
HtiUSE £r LOT, at Rockets, for sale ——
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to
Jnc, b*f Samuel Ellis, of the county of Surry, for
xhe purpose of paying certain debts therein men
tinned ; Will be sold, to the highest bidder, at
public auction, before the door of the Beil Ta
Te n, in the city of Richmond, on Saturday the
J9tiiday ol January next, a valuable
//OUSE UT LOT,
Or the south side ol Gillie* ert-r Ir, in the countv
of Henrico, and in that part of Richmond called
JR :kets :
I'crms of sale—nnp fourth of the purchase mo
ney to be paid down, and the hadance p .yabl m
A,tlurr annual payments. Bonds with approv'd
^Vvocnritv to he given—to carry interest from 'In
^*late, i; not punctually paid
B D HEN LET Trustee.
December 27 w.3w
1?OH SALE or RENT, the TENEMENT
Cf LOTS, lately in the occupation <>f Due
♦or Jones—Possession will be given immediately
^.Vtiie terms will he made accommodating on
application to the subscriber, now in hi- f’ily. (
W\t. RJIDFOHD.
T)r "ember 27. 2t
|^EVt.G,|i; EJllTC A TION—Will be rontimi.
1 at Mount. Airy,lite enaii'og vear,under the
<lir*-ction of Miss Terrel!, who wilt teach spel
ling reading, writing, Auditnetin, rirawoig,
fn rr-rpjv -and g# ugi ip iv.—The School will lie
op-ned on the 15th ot January, and end the 10th
of December.
1 tRH'i—f r hoard and »u'*ion (each finding
li< • Iv-'hi.'tg i n I candles) $ 100 per annum,
pa (l qv *n* • !\ n advat'C", none can he admit ted
f i' a I- an tun than the whole term. The pu
pil- who are no v here will have prefer nee in :
*n '<fr. merits f .rjhf next year— therefore, their 1
itfreius anti guardians «re requested to make I
r< w i t<- tin Subs .ribvr, their riet-.-rminations j
i*V ttie first of Janti >ri
HUMPHREY HILL
CaraTnc, I)"' 27 4t
OH:
W! N K-T)r ku( acrihera have for
(■ >V I . < 3 <»( MH.K I ior (lll.'lltv I'nu r,
r;il»
i .»»■* of i ior (jo.1 litv Far’i
V» (-■• I. "II KINS O' MURUAT.
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domestic.
Philadelphia. Dec. 17. 1810.
Copy of the PROTEST and RESOLD.
TIONS laid before the li use ot lie preseii
ta.tv.s of Pennsylvania by Colonel
ifuie.
f'be States composing the U. S. by the
adoption of the federal constitution, esta.
blished a g-neral g overnment for special]
purposes, which purposes are stated in the ,
cons'tuition, each state reserving to itself
and its ci>i7ens all tlte rignts a.id aulhori
ties “ net delegated” to the general (Jov
tinment. X o toi- compact e.ich state accc**
tied in its character as a State, Sc is apart*-,
tiie other states forming as to it. the other
party. The written agreement thus enter
kI into, being to all intents and pm puses a
treaty between sovereign powers. The pe
neral government by ibis treatv was not
constituted the exclusive or final judg* <<t the
powers it was to exercise ; if it were so to
judge, then its judgment and discretion. and
not * lie eonst11 u.ion, would be the measure
of its ail hority
The interpretation of that instrument was,
as in all other cases of compact, between
parties having no common umpire, each pat
ty having an equal right to determine for
itself, not only as to infractions of the com_
pact, but as o the kind of redress to which
it would resort, and having at all times, and
under all circumstances an indubitable right
to express i s opinions and use its influence
iu the National Councils, and wall its sis.
ter states to prevent any apprehended ini
fraction of the general compact. Should
the general g vernment in any of its de
pariments, violate any of th" provisions of
the constitution, i rests wi.h the states to
apply constitutional remedies and embrace
the earliest occasion to provide against fu
ture violation Conformably to these pi in
ciplo« the Legislature of Pennsylvania feel!
it to he their duty, to tneir constituents and
tile LJ. S. liankiv to make known in. opml
on«» upon an important subject, which has
agitated, and so-m must again agitate the
council* ot 6 if union
l he charter of the B?nkof the U S will
e-rpire by its own limitation, on the 4 h of
M.u ch 1811 ; as the Directors ot the insti.
tut ion have applied tor a renewal of their
charter, as a proposition for an increase
of its capital, to nirty Millions, and a
proportion of a National Bank, have all
been submitted to Congress, the Legis
lature of Pennsylvania feel it incumbent;
on them to declare, that they do not be.
lieve 'hat congress ougnt to sanction any I
ot tnose propositions, nor upon any oc
casion or pretence, grant a charter of In
corporation, the powers of which are to be
exercised within the territory of any state,
tio right to grant suen charters being ves
ted in the general government This ques
tion. deeply involving the rights and hove
reigntg of the s ate of Pennsylvania, its
legislature are bound to use their best ex
eriron- io pi event 'hose rights and that so
vereignty troin being infringed or invaded;
fm these purposes tney are induced briefly
to - ate some of the reasons which impel
ton i<> the adop ion of the Resolutions
hi reiin o annexed.
r nun me time that the proposal to incor
porate a Hank was first submitted to con
gress to the present hour, the wises' and
b« st men in i lie union have unhesitatingly
declared u to be unconstitutional. Upon
ibis g- mod it was m mtnlly resisted by the
present President of the U. S. and other
distinguished statesmen. So fearful were
toe friends of *he measure of the. effects the
arguments adduced against it would pr
duce ; so conscious were they of the *entler
ness and delicacy of the ground they occu
!>>ed, and so anxious were tney to commit
congress that the act to incorporate the
bank of U. S* was hurried hrough die le
gislature with such precipitancy and alarm,
Jtnd in so imperfect a state, that it was
t' und necessary to introduce a supplement,
before the act itself had become a law.
It was nu the 14th February 1791. that
the act to incorporate the Bsnk of U. S.
passed both houses of congress ; on the
23d, an act supplementary to tile tic: of in
corporation, had been read a third time &
passed the house of representatives, yet it
was not until the Sfith of the same month,
that the then president of the U. S, Gene*
ral Washington, could be pfevailed upon to
sign the act of incorporation anti return i.
•o Congress. These facts which art. lecor
did in the Journals of the first congress, e
vince the opposition which was th< n made
to the granting the first, the last and only
act ot incorporation ev r granted bv con.
g'ess. except within their constitutional
d ,main, tti* district of Columbia. fs « l»t-t
ilicti stated nor aigumeni then urged, has
lost any thing of its force, however it mo
have been strengthened bv experience
Those who are mostdecidedh in favor of
allowing Congress to grant charters o' in
corporation, do n t pretend 'hat the right
to grant them >> exfiressty given by the le
deral constitution, and it ih notorious dial
such a rigtit was not intended fo I><* gin n by
the Convention who framed it. This fan,
which ought never to tie Inst sight of,
powerfully urged bv Mr. Madison in 1791
when on the floor of the house of represen
t itives of the U S. he declared that “th»
power to grant Charters of Inc o mirations
was ir. the original plan repored hr ihe
Com mil tee to the Convention among the c_
numerated powers granted to r.o igre«*s t»y
the 8th Sect, of the 1st, Art. of the C*riHti
tminn, but that af'rr i/irre days c- nsufrr.t
lion and ardent deha'e tn that bjtiu. it was
stricken ant-as a powkk l^UMUJl’I.K
TO BK VKSTKD IN THK OKNKRAL UOV
KftNM RKT.”
It being refill hy the friends of t'»e met
that the right t<> giant charters of ki .
corporation by Congress is no where cr
firca*l\t given, Sc it having been shown to he
tnost authoritative n>aoner, tba: ti m t o Iv
never was intruded tr. be given, hot in u the
proposition to give it v/as negA'ivo'l rt t'.-c
convention, nothing reniains to coir. bat. no
on this ground, but the doctrine of ifhpbca
lion. This is a* all times a dingeto’is dec -
t'.ine. It lias been rfjjooos ,o rc tio-n
whererver it h is been admitted. Of this
tmth the people of the U S. have ever
h id a thorough conviction, and with a pru
dent foresight have studiously guarded a
gainst it. By the 2d A» t. ol tl)e articles of
the confederation it is declared that "each
S ate retains Its sovereignty, freedom and
independence and every power, jurisdiction
and right which is not by this Confedcrati
on expressly delegated to the U. S. in con
g» ess assembled.” Pursuing the same prin
and still carefully barring t|^ dt»c
tnoe of implied powers, in the 10th Art of
the amendments of the Constitution of the
,. S. it is provided thr.t, *• The powers not
or legated to the U. S. by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States are reser
veil to the states respectively, or othe pen*
^ I liese prohibitory worcls are so r.K*ar,
precise and uncontrovertible in their mean
i-'g. that experience alone could convince
:!r. t any Congress would be so hardy as to
legislate upon any subject, bv implication,
but more especially when they knew he
right to legislate upon that very subject, had 1
been, by a vote of the Federal Convention re
based ro be surrendered to their authority,
t'ecnuse it was “ a power improper to be
\es'ed in the C»cneral Crovernment,”
O. the l ight of the S ates to grant char
'1 rs ot incorporation, no doubt lias ever been
entertained. Iiverv State in the Union
has exercised it. They have not only the
ngnt to incorporate Banks, but they have
an inherent constitutional right to prohibit
or tax Banks, or to prohibit the circulati.
on, within their respective territories, of
any Bank notes, or anv otlier circulating
medium but " the current coin of the u!
Si.ves, ’ the right to coin and value which
is delegated to Congress. The act of in .
curporating a Bank is an acknowledged net
ol sovereignty ; an act ot sovereignty ought
not to be performed, but upon a cl-ar and
indisputable title ; the right of Congress »o
incorporate a Bank within a State isneither
clear nor indisputable, therefore it ought
not to be exercised. !
ii v^ongiess upon forced and unnatural
constructions and implications establish
natiks within the territories of -lie respect.
,ve Slates* they may with equal justice es
tabliah Insurance companies, and with
move plausibility incorporate an East and
West India company, an European or an
African company, under a pretence the
better ** to regulate commerce wi'h foreign
nations.” 1'hey may establish a Bank
not only in Philadelphia anti New Y.rk, in
Boston and Charleston, but in **verv sea.
port and every inland town in the (Jnion,
and by he investment of an enormous capi
1 1! make runs upon and break up everv
similar i..*mution deriving us authority
from the States, whose sovc *» gn right to
establish Banks, is neither disputed nor
disputable, it is difficult, if at all p»ssi_
b e to conjecture, what might be he usurl
pa ions of a General Government, that
shoiiiu launch into the boundless sea of
constructive and implied powers. If it as.
sumesthe right to incorporate h Rank, and
the States acquiesce, it miv assume it
to ue •• necessary and proper” for “ the
general welfare” to grant an exclusive
charter, and thus at one blow annihilate
all the State Banks: and should the judici
ary be corrupt or wicked enough to deter
mine that such a grant would be constituti
onal; the States must either submit to the
violation of their rights and the prostration
of their sovereignties, or array themselves
against the General Government, that
should thus daringly break down the mounds
which the constitution had raised. I'hat
this dreadful alternative is no vain chimera,
will be evident on reference to the 2d
Section of he VI Art. of the Constitution
ot tie U: S We are willing t > ack mw
ledge tn^t this is a possible, and not a pro.,
butjle case, but we explicitly and distinctly
<tm in that if the righ .o grant charters of
incorporation be either conceded or assumed
by Congress, it is to their discretion, their
forbearance or their fears, that the Siaies
will be mueixed lor permitting ihe ixist
• nee ol any Bank, Insurance, Turnpike or
other incorporated company, deriving its
chartci li om the States’ if ivprn'nri «
1Lt'gisla are of Pennsylvania have
no mclinaMon tn enumerate the many and
g.o.u e\ ils w r.ch have been consequentrp—
«.n the establishment of Bank.3 connected
and deriving their charters from itte
(tovcj nu.ent, whence e nannies “the su..
preme I iw of the land.” I here in, hnwe..
vcr. one evil of so tics'motive and over
whelming a nature, that they believe it hi
rumbent on them to present it lor ,e. i:>us
consideration The 17. S ex end over an
immense extent oi te: nto-y, which umbra
ces »tl die varieties of soil and clnn.i e,
• ntl produces abundantly the necessarie,
du- com‘oris and the Inxmics of life_
l'hesecircumstances together with our po
luical institutions, make ns essentially an
agricultural people, a very laige nnjori
ty of the people of the Union am pr.prie
ui's of the soil which tiny cultivate,
I his gives indepemlcucc to their minds
nntl vigor to thnr bodies, while their local
situations preserve them from the coil*.tginn
01 foreign vires and the adnp ion of despotic
principles. I he Yeomanry of America arc
us pride its bulwark and its hopes. Their
interests, the dearest allcctions of the hu
inan mind, their simplicity of manners and
their habits bind them to our republican in -
stitutions, ami to the, defence »>t me mde
pendence nt our connny. Neither <ho a I
lurement# of weal'h the whisperings of
hope n r the dazzimg visions of fancy <’mUM
persuade such m< n to in-iiav their country.
I’ao di ig, Wiiiia.n ., and V invert wnr p.
corruptible when Arnold sold his country
and bias ed Ins l.imois 10 pamper his att.h
ti 11 appetites a id gmiify his love and pomp
»l suleridor, •• \ bold V. miiamy tiieir t >uu
try’s pride, wlicn once dc troyril, can never
he supplied ” Let them thetefore lie clu*
risbecl as flie pearl above price, and in all
our acslet their interests, their rights and
tarir preservation be a primary consider***
ti»»n.
1 h? history of England proclaims that the
annihilation of t.V just influence of the pro
I prieiors of the **>il in tb~i country, and ihe
burthen nit '.he Un ion wi'h an unfir^cedent *
i <'<l National Debt ■« 're among 'tie th.-plo
I male cunse^ueiive« Of % ,i*l»hwhirg 9 Bank
connected with the Government, 'l'hc Bank
of hiighiul has plact d tlie government of
li"g. mil in .he hands of a monied ativocin
cv win, rule the nation with a rod ot iron.
With this, and similar examples before ns.
we fear the consequences which would re
suit from uniting m one common honduf pr
cuniarv interest our National (.nv •nidi! ■
and our monied men from one end of the U
nion to the other,
That such an institution would give facil
ity to the ueg <ciation of loans to the gi nernl
government, is with ns an aiguine-t against,
rather than in lavor of, chartering a Na
tional Bank. Whenever the t ip’w lUaUvcs
<>t the people shall ami' "nee thit m.-ney is
warned for honorable .and upright purpose.-*,
the citizi ns and dir ft ate It inks w:ll ever
he ready cheerfully to advance it T"o
great a lacilitv in borrowing, often leads to
unnecessary expenecs to debts and bank
ruprcy l liat which has p1 ved fa ai to so
"'any individuals and na io .s cannot be good
For us, nor ought i• ro be cherish' d 5:•, us.
Oue ol t!te most sublime prayers ever < tier
ed u[> is •* Lead us not tut" c. mptation.”
Witli every just and proper c nfidence in
the present adininistrHHnh of tee general
Stiver: nK-'V, and in tlte men whom the pe<>
pie shall hereafter elect, we hold it wise
and prudent not to lead them into Tenipta
tion.
Our care nnd 'hose of the people of t!
Union are deafened with the clamor which
is raised as to the awful consequences which
it is said must -esult if the c • >rter of the
dank of the United States be not renewed.
1 he Bank has surely no claim upon the go
virnnient. It the Constitution had not b< cn
violated, these ceaseless predictions of ruin
would not now bt* heard 1) » the friends to
tile Bank hope by their ncisy declamation n
overawe the government ? Shall the claims
of Justice be barred by the strong ha id if :•
monied aristocracy and the Constitution of
our country be offered up on he same un
hallowed altar? It is mortify ing and de
plorable to hear it procl aimed to the wo: hi
that even in the early days of a represent
>ive democratic g .verument. it is at tne
feet of a corporation piaying them to aver*
general bankruptcy and universal calamity
from overspreading the «a ion. For these,
and very many otiier reasons, be it there
to: e—
Kctnmcu by the Senate and Hous* nf Retfcsen ■
tat'vn nf the atnmorraiea/th of PennivL’oani a in
General Assrtn >:y met, f i r he Scmurs of th,»
Mate in Uie Senate of the U S. he, nril they
heiv-by are, ms'me ted, and the representatives
or this State in tire House of Representatives of
the U S be, and they hereby are, requested, to '
use every exertion in their :»ower •:« prevent, iii-« !
charter t f the H. i k of tin U -s from
newed or any other b.nk from being chart* red
li> Congress, except i’ null be especially ijinvi
dedin itie charter that the Bank shall i e esiab
i halted and remain within the District of Colum
bia.
Re ol-red, That the Gov nor be, and be hcr?
; hy is, requested to fu.ni.sii copis of the above
preuinbiv and resoltiti ms to tile Governors of'otir
sister states and request that tliey i>c laij before
tat Legisiuiures oi' uieir respective states j and
tin*t ibe Governor be, and lie hereby, is, toques
led to forward a copy of the above preamble,
«nd resolutions to each of the Senators
and representative# of this Stat2 in the Coiiutcss
ol the U S
N Oiileaxs, Niv 26 vVe are inf irmed that
the Fence,, privateer, fitted out ftvm tins port,
has been captured and curried into KLuigsion, Ja
in mc i, l»y his Britannic M jesty's sloop of w :r
Saracen
Arrived at PI .quermi -.e in 10 Java from t!.e
II tuna, the Spun >.i national br.o KieoSt:!, Alex
ander Conlodnre, commandvr, d " lined to . 0:i
voy tnealnp Alert r l tying in tfi.s port with.;
cargo ol slaves ; likewise the naion.l brig iior
,H. to i>e loaded wit.i spars tor account of the
Spanish government As they cam.- out of th*
Havanas, tiicy spoke two three deckers, going
in from Cadiz, hut could learn noiliing parttcu
Nov nr. Arrived from Nat h?z. six gun v. s
si-ls, under the comnian.; ... i,, jj x ,u,;
on no.'ird .. detuchm -ut oi tue 2a ■ ■< ■ -e t I
tantry, companies,) command. 1 . , c >* t
mg, on Uieir way t,« Fort Sb.d
€ije
RICxi.viON l> i)li li.VlrtKR JD
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FOR l .IK i'.NQ.JiiiEii.
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Tilli OLD iiACiliSLOR.
No. Ill.
’1 "lutTTu opus ril<»;e.
H« •« Ms ■ j 1T
Su|>|iosito.H, ciiKi fd AiMO
Mon J,i« it Od 1.
7V » «sk i«i full of p*?r ! *ml you *re»fl
I' tj witli ,*t ;i. i •at ov< rsjv^pfii],
It H my cnstnm, when I am niedi*«*ing
•1ny of importune !f r„ noUl (l rj) 0|
O!) * h Itfi* upop it, ami at-' r ann'in'iciny
tilt, subject t‘> (hem find giving t‘>eni (iiiil'
f »r (onsideraiiou, to tike t!ti_ir opinions. »r
rmtim (as the lawyer- m ; oh the pnidrnre
and rectitude of tin- measure. My thi„
coilrie I give them a habit of circlin',p. - t
on. and at .he same tune, (each them, m the
most practical and impressive <nm, the
kmd« >f consideration wlrch ou-rfu to in
H-.t nc»- and guide tlie conduct of'a virim.us
character. Forsw months past mv Jilt
| has been so stagnant (hat l ha* e h d on c.c
casi'.ii r»rail a hoard; the project of pu »
lishiug this paper, however, at lent' li r*r> !
ed one ; and some of ilie meinh rs tjt i,e ali
ght. 1 collected tlif ?r i pinions lirough the
Channel of (he mail he fare I had p
the first niinib-*r, A .seriousand eaioes' do, i
sum nccimed Among the members ; (hear
guments tor and against the ptiblica’inn
were strenuously urged ; and as mv h ••
have rxp sed. in it manner, at le. st, |^
minous and entertaining as any tita» 1 could
adopt, a subject which 1 am now desirous n!
laving before the reader, I will, without fat J
’.tier introduction giv.; their letters, jis i ie -i
■ *vc<1 them : the firi! n Irom the youngest,
(»a!cn ; whbfrems, on this occasion, to have
changed professions with nis brother, since
• ic ■*ur w•> rmic.n m 'no camion ol a
| special pleader, a* Allied does of lUc hapnv
' toahNes* of * kmg.it of ih«> Unirt.
* i
»**•#•,•***» Dec. 10 V 10. *
" I regret extremely, m dear Uncle, ilia*
I united with in) biotin r in j):rv>(, g w.u to
sulwci :be for the Edinbuigh K- view since it
lias had the efh’ct of stimulating you to in*
dange r the repise of v« tir agr In ct mnit i:c;i g
.••trhor. 1 lie (lie, hmwver, is no: yet c;vi :
& let me conjure you, my dear unch , bv \ « ur
In t side, yuui altars, voui liouslml.l g. j> usd
every thing sac*'cl'optree :<• dismiss lie
idea forever. 1 am sure that \(>u do nil
tlte justice to believe that 1 understand,
cleat Iv and distinctly, the purity, the patfi
« tisio, hi phila’ithri j>y it the motives >h-.t
j bar. suggested thi» design to you. Jlut I
[am persuaded that the b* tievolent purposes
which you have in view will no be answer
ed* v/hile l.e attempt will draw upon
von the displeasure and hns dity oi many,
i - no either do not know you, now, or if th'-v
Ido, look upon yon at present, with compla*
i cency as»d friendship.
My first position is that the prtrpY)n
I which you colli. mpbt'e will 10' be answer,
[id: I understand these put eposes o lie, to
I re Hue t be manner''- and stimulate ! tera
I ry curiosity oi your countryirten. **>»t to
produce i ithci of these effects, yours says
must be read ; and when rc ul, they must
[have such three and author.:y as to ih■ o\v
' If Iron* 'h«* sta*e that leaden mt-untain of
'p.hatgy which has been nfcumulating f<-j*
stx at t*- Miirty years !i. the first place I
believe \ on w ill not he read. I do no’ menu
to say, nr dear uncle, that you will not de
c’ve io lie read ; because l am persuaded',
tltat inexperienced as l presume you ato
ui all the invs^e ics ond ar sol authorship,
y.*t the native watm h of your heart and
correctness of your mi> d w uld make toil
ver\ interesting on cv ty -ubj ct nie invin
cibly repulsive in its mi ute. li;* I believe
•bat in the present habits f our count ,ev
ery ethical w rk is nt his natute ; nat
there isan inherent stiff ess and repu;so>a
in didactic moral writing which no tal-nts
'*r atUl i ss can vanquish, and that the rt a er
W,H iOstinc'ivelv ui a aw.-v trom the e-say
tlte instant, he discovers it to be a moral kcrf
lure.
Hut suppose that you could cast a P at!
mil stt she upon a manner so captivating w
'o ensure you readeis, is ,t cot to be feu ted
| ’hat this countn is too fix.,.' in i-s babes to
be moved by the p .wr ot any pen? <; lR
ai-v genius rouse them fioir the torpor nt in—
I dole ce in which they are sunk or exor
cist the demon of avarice winch posse <se!>
tuem ?
l^t t it. be 31 milled, however, that one oj*
two docile readers, here and diere, migh be
awak ncd to their benefit bv your lahms -
"■'H i!»'9 an equivalent for those,-. , |g
ar.d losses which you must injuthbty . n~
counter ? I repeat it, injaUibty ; because f
bv'iL-w itwil be impossible tm j „u to av-ud
personalities or. at kasi, ihe imputation of
ncm : and euher %v;iy you must make eue
I nut s and ninny of ;lx rn.
it' me rj,st place it will ho exceedingly
difficult to avoid personal ties : mis m iv
suir.d like a paradox at fits' • u... i — 1
sti.o.od that an attentive consideration ol ti.e
nintu*r. for one moment, will twice it clear
Ti.e description of a vice or bmmiV in
m ■■ : ,n th|- ct, w.' bep r, cold
and iiieflicnciniKt; to expos* it successfully
you mils' describe it by its effect* ; yp„ must
ev. h. it n. a picture ; and drawing fPlHU
the life, you will necessarily exhibit it in
li1oSe c»'Cn ■ s'ances in wliich you have
yourself sc-.n it ; you will select for \,,Ur
model the person in wh< m the \ ir.t or f ult
ts most conspicuous, an t as, ,, s' -,amt
enough to shew -he fa,!' a> full |e,. t‘ and
make it od» ,ns. you willp, n-eu „vu ' . p -,t
'lU i,lc 0! '£ 1,ul s" ; e ci cl»*s ot ,our vea**
de' s iron " imir the mulltgn.ee will fly Wnh
elccti ic rapidity. 3
I •, ‘kw that this is not mert !v a visiona
■> tear, re member he late of The Spec a*'
•or I no nth. r than he v„ uons audpi
A,!f!v n in the ir, i, Number of that
VVo.k decides xpl-cmy that he will not
Ur V d persoi.alrivs—•» I I ;i„,.r!/ he
vicious, '•VS he I M.a l . nlv SC, . .. m
• » ■■ •> ; and will !• ,t Ire p. .■ ..keo tf.
' h" I can receive f, t n 0 h rs, foi
•;Ke,"‘ ; x •' -k- of any panic,dar r.i lni,
nd lu viort, I have so much cf Draw.can
s'l :n me that l shad puss over a single t,»e
m cli'iigf Whole arm.es. It is not J,.,x nor
Sdotm, but the harlot and the di unkard
vh„m i shall endeavor •«, expose, and so .It
consider Hie crime as it appears in a sue.
• u*sfn»» amt is circiim«t;,nc *d in an individ
•'<•'. And ag.in in the 34 h .Number .he.
ame m,,ral 3c pirn , Addison s.;vs, •• I most
however, entreat eveiy particular pe-sort
w does me the honor to be ,i re ,t|Lr»f this
pa; r. never to think inm-eli or any of his
l.iends or enemies, aim-d at in whit is
sll,v : ,or 1 promise him nev.-r to draw a
«uH.\ character, which does not ht at ltu^t
a thousand people.” 1
" r ,s'n* 1 cant! ,, ,n3l v,r
\urt.so,, ’VKSMu-cre in making tliosepromi*
nor can one suppose tha: heoranv oth
‘ "v : / rced frorn • coniptiance
'v,lh lhr,n m,! «lr*ven to ilie ini it!ions f,„ j,
,i!-so* poor iayin,- individual*. !,v .,ny mo t
."; parts r.rpcnurv d i«m*nce». Vet
•vc e vof,•on’Ij.K tot J jrj |tjs |(f) ()t
A-n!i on >li it •• tlif pcrviii igcs intioduc* din
h-t papers wi re not ttun-ly ideal; Mice
V *e tl) II known..mltor. (..cuous i„ various
, . . • u,ih: a^St;1' S the MlthMItf
ot Mirigell (one of 'is wr< era f. , n,®
tiiior) i„d Mint in his preface toTin ots
"s’ ' a book,” he adds, •■ which Add
'' recommended and which lie „
* : '«• hove revi-ad, if i,e did no' wri*,- I
O! those j> limits,” he c .mimics, .;wh"fJ
1' :'y ,K- 1,1 ,n!vi fV"P'i.iH s embeiJjsli»
•'//*# O';\rava‘rd Mn*oriin ,!««
are now partly known md p »rt h |,.rr.l(„’*
, ’ , w me ve .r, nC, ount for th*4 hrearh
7 c,,5" ■' "> **>y vy. c. nsi - eiit wi *
i " .kIM Tr' a,nil ho,,orf" ;vIr- Acltlisnn, but
'' " ' f‘c" v ol separating a pjfciun of
n Miners imm the i ubvkl.ini v/h*i ,, cor,-,;.
C" "s for ,hem. or t|,e s«ibility ot r‘|V
s.. M,: nb,:i .r(td. I)„ we no K,,w
m M John*.", en-pr.fd rvoi.hu fried (,,
U kM *;,-rcr nr‘ ^•'OSpcr-o i, It ,
H ambler * A. l do we ..of, al%o kn w hr
anod.**,* a ..cod oe ir, reln^on ,o liM.
wn»cr, t,i -»,i inho«er.cf/eji, *'i<, •• t *w* • *»«