The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-17

taxes, loads, iunded debs, -. eis HAY AZ,
arie among orri.ive> h!nqo i.uNiuy army may ..
lee np, sr''';riy 'iereaied i.i length may b- en-
p'oyeH ~ ton- s'rhitou lr7aeg as an inraa,rut Of
uiprpaiioa. 3. y ciarse OF manners is inevitable
and It will probably be For the wore. As our laul
becomes more theky failed, it Mil b. more dn:cult
TO oLtain living Ii. .a,a si.ie l.. re MATES OF
property i'll fall into the hands oil reater number OF
individuals Hence the two great ofavarice and
iuxury the vice Of trying to obtain a reas deal ot
money and the vice of spending it on extravapant
pieaiures, will mot probably incr-afe Each OF them
viii iet,en the Pohtr virtue Of the people, and pre-
pare tire way for individual ulhrpation. Reader
there Is OILY check; unieis ipirt Of liberal and
i"iehs refinement &sS.S pace with the nuinbersa
wealth OF our country tine e.aRg.. N A.aas. ag4
f'e@.ee correspondent change in our ssvsya1e,sf.
what then is requiiite to pef-i.stuate and extend
our enloymen,s? 1T is that individuals hould en-
p"y their time talents, and property in exciting the
uieiui crrotity and extending the knozoire OF their
couiitrym 20. This may be done by addrefing the
adults, OF by addrehirg the young. The firit mutt
he o'i7coeiiy accomplished through the medium of
the PRESS, the iecoud, by EDUCATION.
l. The general advantages of the preis have been
Uncovered and admitted by almoft every oberver.
In free government it is particularly important ;
and more particularly in 70 large ore as own Itall
nor enter INTO any argument the following theorcn,
though 1t appears to NE !ufcepbleof much plauiibe
evidence 9 Had not fuch an apparatus as types and
P'Ni' Dee Neheu, iueh an eNteiiive republican, our
Own could have exiited for any great lenyth OF
time. 1t is'not however by cuiishe,ling the peo-
pie on political iubecfs alone, that tine prel contributes
TO our advantage is the influence confined tn
our own pres alone. lhe pTees OF other countries
are employed for our benef, and we expect from
them miicelianeous and general information. This
iuoJect deierves It'll more inveRigation
"A principal expejenti for innprovnp o,,r ,J,,y,,
would De to bring before them the KNOWLEDGE of 81.
ree. The United States hand in gre alter need of the
icien'hc a5ours OF Europe than perhaps any country
IN II more 10 perhaps than Spain tfe,f. France En-
! g!7nd and Germany have wife men in every branch
ofkncw!edge. Bas We have few in any branch and
io'lie none IL e.! We maj either then be alinol
entirely ignorant OF teie puruits or we nu(l n,port
our knowledge from Europe. Hence it becomes a
great aeuderaum, to obtain I'll their improvements
jo0"' at e3Gp rate, and produce general tate for
them here But we order tefe things" very badly a,
preient a new work comes out in London. perhans
e'"d'sin's NEW MAN OF FEELING" II
iearcely ever comes directly one of our ozvn Lssk
ore'' and zoe very ieidon, get book any where elie
we mutt therefore wait until it comes round TO HIS
from ioAle northern town, when we muif pay the adj
oitiohai expeuee OF traniportasion. Mott generally
We Go not get 1t, until appears in a cheap A,neri
can edition When it arrives in the Virginia book
'ores, may lay for months together upon the Glf
without our knowing the value the contents of the
work. We ometmes fee its title advertised in
n'enees he attended by better arrangement Can
not books be imported directly from Europe imn,edi
ateiy upon their appearance there You fav tbcv
wn coy to fell But certainly few copies may
be diipofed of! May it not however be reprinted
mere know that we cannot DO fuch work as
cneaPy as IN tie northern towns yet if we were to
etabith paper mills land there is only one at prent
in the whole tare) might certainly do little in ts
elegant Still this is not the MOT material narr
OF my plan lhoud:wfh to fee in our public print,
mort anaiyiIS OF every new and valuable work; IL
iaurated by intcresing extracts Tie iirl to give
US general view of the contents and plan of the
DOCK the econd to erve as lpc cnlens of its execu
Ton. IN this way our curioity woud be eafy excl
ted and we ihould t,en obtain the immediate fobt
o. work, which might otherwife have rema;5ed
Tor weeks without inlpe2Ion upon the ihelves Of
book Gore.
2 At thisbright ara uaiimproven,e,, an
euiosium can fcarcey he expected OH the advant,,,s
OF educating the young. The who is in favor orn
tightening the people nui feelaproportonate degreeo of
regard Tor tins valuable purluif Education may in
tact be eoniiderei as the radical byeEoa of locetv
IN the fame manner land is conGlered as the baGs
OF its wealth, tince principally furniihes tbofe val-
able 01te'a on; of which the tyiul of all tb. liberal
men OF iocety, itslegiaators its lawyers its pbvGc
ans is hereafter to be ahoncd. BY zobat relcurces
thisproieionistobc nouriled; wethertis be ef IN
PofeA! appropriation or to ihdYsiRsaicontr;bn,;ot;
howeverarec!ear that individuals zvl not withna
7Ha6Ie time, governmentmay & ought to upply refour
ces not tor paying the falares of infrueo bur for
urni.sng them with hnues Libraries, apparatus and
the Other ea eGi of their trade and that il ought
never directly to interfere in the eboies of the ntr9c
tors In Virginia government has done very liz
The advantage Of education & individuals ltill
lels. A'"'
-zsn accomplished infruaor is neither paid nor ref
pected enough FOR his lervices Before liberal minds
can be induced to enter into this protection mutt be
more nearly placed upon level with law or phvfc.
An iniiructor who obtains 80 pupils at 40 dollars A.
head' is thought very fuceelsful in his purfut and
yet 1t IS certain, that mot lawyers and Phyfcians re-
ceiVe every year more than 200 dollars It is cer
tam too that he is not 70 much refpeed as they are
tho am Pieafed with Perceiving that the elimination
OF the Puriult has conlderaby increaied within few
years. An Improvement has ALTO taken place in the
LyeTt oi nitructon. The enlightened theories which
nave appeared in Europe, fuch RouIeaus Enilins.
Mis- Edgworth's practical education, Mrs Hamilton
on education and Cowan on educaion have had Gon,e
erect and will certainly have much more, in reEor-
ming the n'onac, clafical and Azy7sl dilciplpe Of
the ichoos OF the threr grea; ends of education 20
teaen y7rbaf to think be7o think and to teach
MN 10 f6iHf, the ait perhaps the mot important
Till he arrives at certain age; it has been the moG
neglected. but 1t now begins to attract the attention
OF the INTRUSION. To niPire boy with an intrnfc
tyre tor knowledge; not to teach the Young IDEA