The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-04-04

m-morT.He im5eioa,ion. a :, co0,.r, ,.;.h
irreliitibe force. We feel we recOccl, we IN
dnIse, by turns the torrows and the p!eafures og
the fancy, not only as ,uen, bn: as citzs,!s. E
very surrounding rain is transformed into an sc-
quaintance, friend in di,lreis. with WHOM, We
tynPathife, and held rrountui converf, IN
der fuch feelings, tand fuch feelings arc recef
iarily excited the fcenery becomes tguiy ;ater
citing, truly pathetic.
g. Whence (faysthe elegant author OF the Br;
nh Spri, fpeaking of the ruins now under CON
hder1tion) arites the irrcpre bie reverence and
tender affection with which Tod. at this BIO
Ken iteeple Is ~ thu my foul, by 4 ftcret fib-
tile Froceis, inycits the Wondering ruin with
her own powers; iinagiHeS IT i frllow-h,in}: 4
venerable old man, Meteor, or an Ofi4n, WHO
has wItneiied aud fJrgivcd the ravages Of .uc-
ceiiivs generations, ti:c paui0nS Of his yCuth
aud his maturity, and now n:ourns his own iu.i-
tary and dcioiate condition, lud halls til eii ,r-
its in very pailinS cloud ?--TYhatcver NAV tx
the cauie, as took at il, ! feel nv toul dram
forward as by the chords Of EcmilrH tynra,Eg,
aud involnntarily open my lips 10 Offer Coniola-
tion 70 the droopins pile -
The coatraG between the 3ydgcS ftime aud
the .ecunditY Of nati.re is here peculiarly frik-
ing. Where the one deitroys the os.er creates
Love nt'ties, life teens, among thote defol.te
II .'S'iN'tN' oANOIdi ldLli.lcS OF inc ECsthgrCd
race inhaat the grey C.ftS &c the mouldcriDc
lteepie; from thoGc clefrs and from che futures
in iome of the ruinous to,no ltones iiIue various
IhIu5s, CRATES, and creeping plants, which ihadc
or embracetheirinoi oily idrfdccs, Spreading dthck
ven over the intcriptioHs traced by the pious
hand ct atSctlonate tUrrUw. This, however. j.
not the cafe with Ill the fepulchral monuments
III the lugubriaus group. Some, containing the
aiheS Of The aGcelors aud friends of neiehborne
families, are rehgiouf1y Nrotected aganh the in
ju'les oftine, ard my rude vioistiou.-Would
nor total mcclure Of 70 Ecrcd ipot at the
national GXPenfe be highly commemorate "a
mere are TO monuments more intereftine
" than the tombs OF men, Especially thofe of our
kindred 1t is worthy OF remark that all "a
wage, and even NOT civilized nations have
made the tombs of their anceGors the center
OF their worhip, and an rllcntial part ofthcir
religion. This pious melancholy prevails e..
very where. In China, the tombs Of anc,f-
tors coGfiiutc one of the principal ornaments
OF the tuhurhs OF tewus and of the hills in the
! " country. Among h,aqe nations they form
" the irrongea iini. in the iociai CHAIN When.
/ " at any period, the Europeans have yropufed
10 the latter TO gait their native territory,
! " they have uniformly anfwcTst, - ihail we Ely
" TO the bones Of OR forefsthers, arGc and fol
I " low us into I foreign land - To them that
objection has always appeared irlurmounta-
! g. he.-CnT vo.uptUar'cs, VINO iometi.a.s re-
turn TO natural teutiments, have fictitious
tomhs erected in their gardens. A tomb is
+ " monument placed on the limits of both
worlds" Bs,TardinDt 81. Pieyre.@*
! II thus confecrdtcd by the national yener.ti-
on, II adorned, too, with 4 fiit1b'c monument
to the memory OF the Enoft coripicuous and de-
ferving among the fathers of virginia, we know
enough Of the human heart to ailcrt that the
cemetery at Jamestown, 70 inpreiiive even in
its preieut Gate, could not be viewed without
exciting emotions of patriotic, exalted, and
virtuous tendency III
p. S. Uader the influence Of the ftntlaents
which we have 10 family de:cribed, we could
not, whiiit exploring the defoia.c beach, fo.bear
aiiiXirg to \ tree which ovcrhangs the river, the
following tumble ufcription
FEImIs NRcIMlA CoLoNIs,
Pr-EcIpuE
]OANNi SMITH;
ouI orrIDUM noe,
I PARvU &AGNgE FosTEA GENTS RuDrMENTr,r
(EHGU NUNc STU EFT RUINS noRRENsD
A. u. MDCVl coNDIDERE,
PAULATlM AUxERE
FL CoLoNIAm
FAKE, MORB0, BARBAKoRUM FURoRE, PENE oP-
PREsSAM,
! CowsuIo, VIRTUE, PERsEvERANrIA,
REsrI1U2RE, rLoRENTEM PosTERIs TRADE
DERE;
! ARGOS IsTA, DUN yIvEr,
ESTO SAC2A
ode AUGvsrI XIV, a. d. NIDCCCV)