The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-12-29

! united with my brother IN pressing YOU to
subscribe for the Ediubulgh Review since it
has had the effect of stimulating you to en-
| danger the repose OF your age by commencing
author. The die, however. is nor yet cast !:
q let me coriure you, my dear uncle, by tour
t'esiGe, your affairs your hcushnld guds and
every thing sacred opeace "a dismiss he
idea forever. | am sure that YOU do me
| the justice to believe that ! understand,
Clearly and distinctly. the purity, the pa 81
! otis"', he philanthropy ct the motives that
nave suggested this desigu to you. But l
am persuaded that the b. nevolent purpc- es
which you have in view will nor be answer
cd; while lie attempt will draw upon
you The displeasure and hostility OF many,
Nho either do not know you. now, or if they
do, look "pon You at present, with compla-
cency and friendship.
MY first position is that the purposes
which you contemplate viii not be answer
ed understand these purposes o be, TO
refine he manners and stimulate ~ ltera
ny curiosity of your countiymer. mt 10
produce either of these effects, ycrrt says
must be read and when read. they must
have such force and authority as TO throw
otf FROM The state that leadcn mountain of
ie.hargy which has been accommodating fer
SIX arc 'niry years III the first place 7
he Heve VOC will not be read. do no, mean
TO say, m, dear uncle, that you will rot de
serve 10 be read because am persuaded.
that. inexperienced as ] presume YOU arc
ia all the mysteries and ar = OF authorship
yet the native warm h IT your heart and
correctness OF your mind would make Won
very interesting on every subj c. nor irwin
chilly repulsive in its ua u,e Bu ! believe
mat IN The present habits f our COUNT, ,ev-
cry ethical work is of this nature nar
there IS an Inherent stlffaes and repu!s,on
III didactic moral writing which no tal~nts
or address can anguish, ana that the re q, err
will Instincnvely urn away from The essay
the instant he discovers il to be moral lec's
turc.
But suppose that you could cast a pan
ana st!!ke upon manner So captivatipg -,
TO ensure you readers, is It not to be feared
| that thIs Country Is too fX6A in its hab,rs to
De moved by the p"we' OF .ny pen Can
any genins rouse them from the torpor OF in.
a"eNce IN which they are sunk or exor-
else the demon of apaTice which Dossesses
Itnem
Let it be admitted, however, that one or
two docile readers, here ana there. mieh. be
awakened TO their beneti. by your labo,e
viii Tins ce an equivalent for those = nc
and losses which you must 5nGaHlbIu en-
Counter l repeat it, injai.i6iY y; because
oeieFe II Wi be impossible tor YOU to avn,d
personalities or. at least, the iinpu.ation of
mem and either way You must make enc
mes ana many OF them.
ia the frst place it Will be exceed,rg,t.
ulhcuit to avoid personalities 4: ,nis NAV
sound like paradox al frs IN. ~, 49,,
Suafed that an attentive consideration oftLe
matter, Tor one moment, will! make il clear
i he description OF vice or b,rmi.h r.,
manner, IN the abstract, VIII be poor. coIa
anu iheInCttcions TO expose il successFulIv
you mas describe il by its effects Won must
eN",ol' lI IN picture and drawing from
me lie, you will necessarily exhibit II in
nose ci'cun stances in which YOU have
YHptSel seen II you VIII select for vour
model the person in whom the vice or f,nl.
Is most conspicuous AMI as youm 81 pa,nt
enough to shew he taplr q, fnlI lent AID
make 1t od'ons. You viii , tnten .ur,i 20 o...,t
'u' we orig mai 4" some. ci clcs of No,l,. rea.,
ders fro" whom he intelligence will fl, with
electric rapidly. VIE
!" shew thaJ this is not merely vis;ons-
y Iear, remember he fate Of The SDer-a.,
Tor rs no other than he VIZ nous and nj
COS ADDISON who in The 16 n Member If tbat
Wok declares zpl cit.y tina, h. viii no+
&c &c - personaIi,lcs-" a,,,ct hs
ycl"u>, avs he >Gal cnlv ser mon ~,
' = J";iy aud VIII Mt be pr.r,.%go il, NO
-, tS"8@ } Cen receive from others tn
axe an tXa"ple OF any particular cr,,ni
ntl In short, have so much Of llra,y.
S'r IN me that shall pass over single foe
20 chaigc whole armies. 1t is not ], ~, mr.
''iehu', out the hariot and the dIunkard
"h'h shaIi endcaVOr 20 expose. and ,nau
consider tue crime As it appears in a snr.
cieS not "s ~ IS circumstancsd in an indiy;J-
u''' Nnd agAiH IN the 54ih Number ,no
anne moral * pIous Addison saws. ., mrst
however. en.reat every particular Dersor,
VINO does me the honor to be A reader If this
pa'er' never to think himself or any of his
'ne"dS or enemies, aimed at in what iy
SAID Tor l promise him never To dra,va
faulty character, which does no, 1t. at 1east
thousand people"
no Person, presume, can & ob, nat Mr.
ADDISON was sincere in making those pronni.
'e'j nor ca" one suppose tina, he or anv OH
or writer was forced from a rof,piio,ce
win mem and driven to the invit!ions ma,
"fSS'' P"urrayinG individuals By any poor
ness oi parts orponurv Ut resotnces Yet
we learn from Doctor j hn5-n in his If ~
Aidi on mat " the personaces introducedin
'eN papers were not merely deal; thew
were lh.n known and corr picuuuS in various
3.'u"h'' tse asscrls this on the auih,rit,,
oi Budget Zone Of he writer's for INC Soc.
'"'"r) ana tha' IN his preface IN 1'Dccp,,ae-
'uS, " book" he adds, which Ad,li.no
mas recommended and which he wa. s,.,,.,.s
cd tohave revised if he did not wri,a
VI those p'ftraits" he Continues. .swb,,h
may DC 'nuPosed 10 b. ows'i,nes euhetli.i,
~ ""1 @rlrHWc8 a"gravatcC The originals
gre now partly known and plr,ly ror- In -
Nov. q l. .,,.