The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-02

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mond: to speak ofthe pure N1lesian hospi,a-
lily Of Norfolk.
| Nor sense of eestacy was ne'er SO thrapd
] But it reserved some quantity OF choice
! To serve in such d;flerence''
have been frequently astonished at the
striking difference of manners, U NAV all
most say of nature) between the these place.;
in the first, social life is starnant ara cor.
rupt; in the last, it circulates pure and di-
vine how to account for this contrariety
KNOW not, unless VIC resort to the trick of some
| theorists who ascribe to the climate what
they cannot trace to a moral cause. But
| / doubt very mnch whether any of the thirty
Climates could produce such an effect upon
places 50 approximate if the nature and
| manners OF the citizens were to constitute the
| criterion OF latitude, Richmond would be as.
sociatcd with Lapland and Siberia. How
frequently. dear i. have we coaversed up
| on THIS, subject, without being able to furnish
| solution, and yet there must be one, for so
ftranye difference cannot exist without a
cause. Is it from the commercial life of Nor
folk An1ore equal community of property
Or from more lively and generous vein of
| nature fit is true that trade involves a
mixed and general association which NAV
tend to- polish and refine the rough PARTICLES
Of pride and selfshness from their frequent
collision, and thus by profession they NAV
be said to acquire courtesy & compla;sance:
But why on the other hand may it not be ur-
ged that quick and rapid pursuit after
wealth, which Keeps the mind constantly a.
live to specializing schemes, would most pro-
badly produce contrary effect, & give it sell
fish & avaricious impulse Philosophy has de-
clared that the mind is as much subject to ha-
bit as any other part of our system, thence
should infer that trade which has in view
self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT would be creative of par
sinony and economical reserve If they
were indebted to this advcntitious school of
trade for the winning urbanitv of their de-
pertinent, we should perceive the colours of
art and the Impressions of practice instead
OF the native pulse ofhospitality, and the un-
feigned intercourse of social friendship. liz
there more equal community of property.
Or is every inhabitant votarist to the hui
mours OF Thetis? And therefore never con-
siders himself wealthy, until he has retired
from the commercial vortex This ideal e.
quality is theonlyspecies that can possibly ex-
list, for in the round Of trade there is more IN
certainty, than any other department, and
he that LOUNGES upon the wheel TO dav, may
ourrow beneath it tomorrow. The dispari-
| t. OF Individual fortune is as great III Nor
folk as any where else this then cannot be
the source Of that transparent stream ofhos-
Pitahty which joys the stranger and refresh
es the Citizen. Is it more lively and gene
rous vein OF natures ] believe comparatively
that it may more correctly be ascribed to this
cause than any other. 1t is true that both
places possess specimens of every part of the
globe, but Richmond appears to be infested
with greater proportion of the CanaiLe D'
EcoSSe, whose noXious influence is felt by e.
very fibre of society, whose very nature is a
potent antidote to the pleasures Of intercourse
like leeches upon the corporate body, they
gradually suck until they are distended with
safety, and then drop off in the obscurity of
selhshness and the seclusion of joyless life.
| Pardon this rude and rapid sketch, I am
journeying TO the mountains to my "native
bower of innocence and ease" where nature
is Unfashored and uniformed to the purposes
OF art and chievace, where instead Of the u
slrer and the Alchymist shall meet with the
Farmer aud the Planter;
| Their best companions innocence and health
| And their best riches, ignorance of wealth"
| This day the Hon. ALEXANDER McRAE
was again unanimously reelected President
OF the Council of State, and of course Lieut..
Governor OF this commonwealth for the en-
suing year.
December 3Ist, 1907.