The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-12

those tarther gcre in corruption aid luxury.
Yet y IS morttyng to see the progress the
young and fair ones are daily makingin these
delicate requirements which. give lustre to
virtue. and embellish good sense. Those
arts which have now the charm of novelty,
and the grace of infancy, cannot fail to inn
prove ina soil where living beauty triumphs
where the great scenes of nuiestic nature in
vite; and where history points the eye OF the
poet, the painter and the sculptor, to the
virtues of WASHINGTON, and the plains of
lSaratOsa and Yorktown. But one who
passes for having good sense, avowed to me,
some time ago, that ne would rather see 4
| weli-c!ad and active population, than the fl
nest antique groupes or naked fawnS and sa-
tyrs, with a Lazeronipopalace. And thing
that has raised great wonder in me, is this,
that some Of these fair-hared Dryads of the
woods, have manners more polished than the
| shining beauties of your splendid court
| Where they got it, or how they came by it,
know not ; but on the chastc stem of native
purity, thew seem to have engrafted the rich
est fruits of foreign cultivation. And as the
ladies in all civilized nations viii, covertly,
| or openly, h ave the sway, think these dan
| ~erous fiersons ought to be well watched :;
and I am not indi ;rosed, my lord, TO keep an
eve upon them, provided I may be encourap;-
ed By Your lords1ip's appreciation. / shall
not then regret tic situation in which il has
pleased the wisdom of his maiesty's councils
to have placed me, and I shall labor TO the
end of NV life to make suitable return.
In this view, / think it right 80 mention,
shat the young ladies have imbibed French
hrfucifies; some of them can express any
sentiment, grave or gay, by a motion OF the
! head: speak any language with their eyes,
and tell an effccting story with the points of
their tces---Those cotil,ions, my lord, are
dangerous ia5,oVatioas.
| at is, for the reasons Ihavc mentioned, cx-
treIne!y important, that Mr. Weld, and the
.fnacreonic Poet, should %vrite do7cn the A
me7ican ladies'. The Kind and frank hospi
taity they received from these unsuspccting
fair ones, has afforded them an opportunity
of taking a noble revsnes, soorthy IF M-ir
! masters And if the finest genius, like the
fairest beauty, is TO be selected for pros
tituton, MooRE is the man.
/ - i5uI il this Svtcn or detraction be follow
cl up, Won Will do well, NV lord, TO keep
vow tnglishmen at home. They will be We
~ liable, coming over with such notions, to
be sUrhriSed--perhaps tut IN Uok4atGry
chains. 1t has already happened to more
than one OF my acquaintance, and may be-
fal many more.
| There need come no more. with toys from
Birmingham. There is. one LangsfaI' here
that has done them mischief. He gives him
seq ont for goNty and sits writing in an elbow
chair. When the fit leaves him, he announces
| 1t in the newspapers, and appoints an hour
f! for his visits: all doors are thrown open, and
scouts sent out to watch for hinl--He runs a.
bout in yellow coatee & in the course of tn c
morning viii have kissed the hand Of every
| pretty lady in town. 1t provoked me 20 see
a little fellow lie in lady work-bgsket, and
make a laughing sport Of grave men. And
it makes me feel more mortified, at my own
growing corhutcnce, lest my bulk should be
no recommendation in the eyes of the fair,
whose favor is the chief object of my wishes
] shall therefore, before the evil grows worsc
go Immediately to Press, be squeesed into the
genteelest form can, and then pay my res
poets to the ladies, and to your lordship-
Meantime
l have the honor to be,
With I'll due gratitude Cor past favors
NV Lord,
Your lordship's much obliged,
And very devoted humble serv't
I "WILLIAM SAMPSON'